Vergil's name was taken from Dante Alighieri's poem the Divine Comedy. Unlike other game bosses, Nelo Angelo was conceptualized as Dante's rival. Vergil's altered version, Nelo Angelo, as seen in Devil May Cry.

His redesign for Ninja Theory's reboot was the subject of praise, finding him more appealing than Dante. The character has been well received by video game publications, several of which praised his role as a boss, and his playable inclusion in the special editions of Devil May Cry. Many of the series' characters were named after characters in Italian poet Dante Alighieri's poem Divine Comedy Vergil was named after Virgil. Despite the character's apparent death as a child, Devil May Cry director Hideki Kamiya allowed Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening writer Bingo Morihashi to change this event so Vergil could be featured as a young adult in the prequel game. Vergil was originally portrayed as Nelo Angelo-Dante's rival in terms of moves and appearance-in the 2001 game. A re-booted version of Vergil also appears in the 2013 video game DmC: Devil May Cry as the leader of a group of rogue vigilantes bent on stopping the demon king, Mundus. He is one of the two main antagonists of Devil May Cry 3, and the final antagonist of Devil May Cry 5, though he becomes an anti-hero at its conclusion.

He has appeared in three video games as a main antagonist opposing his twin brother, Dante, and in a novel and a manga based on the series. Vergil is one of two devil-human hybrid sons of one of the devil lords called Sparda, and possesses demonic powers. He was introduced in the first Devil May Cry game as a boss called Nelo Angelo ( ネロアンジェロ, Nero Anjero, which is Italian for 'Black Angel'). Vergil ( Japanese: バージル, Hepburn: Bājiru) is a fictional character from the Devil May Cry series that was created and published by Capcom. Daniel Southworth ( Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening, Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition, Devil May Cry 5)

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