Devil May Cry 4 walkthrough/M01
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| Mission 01: Birds of a Feather | |||||
| Face off against the mysterious assassin. | |||||
| Characters | Nero | ||||
| Bosses | Dante | ||||
| Tutorials | Move, Shoot, Jump, Side Roll, Melee Attack, High Roller, Buster | ||||
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| “ | What’s the point of packin’ a sword like that if you aren’t even gonna use it? | ” |
—Nero to Dante, Devil May Cry 4 | ||
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Walkthrough
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Opera House
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Note: The following only applies if Tutorial is set to "On" in the Game Options menu. If it is set to "Off", the mission will skip directly to the boss fight.
The mission starts with a forced tutorial in which Nero must successfully perform a specific action the designated amount of times. These tutorials are divided by cutscenes, and Nero can only use the required techniques during each tutorial, whether he has acquired other techniques or not.

Added by KevzMarzAfter the cutscene, Nero will have picked up a Durandal, and you will be given a tutorial on how to perform a Melee Attack (Pressing ![]()
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After the cutscene, Nero will be able to use his Devil Bringer, and you will get a tutorial on how to perform Buster (Press ![]()
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Boss: The Man in Red/Dante
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Attacks (1)
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Dante's normal attacks (Human and Devil Hunter difficulties)
- Helm Breaker
- Rebellion Combo A
- Stinger
- Normal Shot
- Honeycomb Fire
- Coyote-A
Attacks (2)
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The Man in Red's additional attacks (Son of Sparda up to the higher difficulties)
Buster uses
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- Normal
- Air
- Clash Counter (does more damage but can only be done if Dante blocks Nero's buster and enters clash stance).
Strategy
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Compared to the Dante you fight in Mission 10, this Dante is a piece of cake on Human and Devil Hunter difficulties. If you went through the tutorial, just use the skills you learned to take him down. Dodge his attacks and gunfire, and use Buster on him to win. Dante will sometimes "counter" your Buster, resulting in a cinematic face-off between Nero and Dante. Mashing the ![]()
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Strategy DMD
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The boss fight against Dante can be hard with all that use of the Pandora, Lucifer, Gilgamesh, and Coyote-A. It doesn't help that he counters almost everything you do. However if you know how to exploit him, he is relatively simple.
The fight will start with you Dante and Nero standing opposite corners of the room. Start by smashing the chairs as fast as possible, dodging any attack Dante does, to get the Orbs. Avoid the gunfire by rolling left or right, and do NOT get hit by Pandora as it will do a lot of damage.
Now to exploit Dante, get close enough to him that you can reach him with your snatch move and shoot at him, he should deflect your gunfire with his own. Straight away, use Snatch. As long as Dante isn't moving left or right you should be able to bring him in. If you miss, dodge roll as Dante will do a Stinger attack straight to your face. If you brought him in with snatch do a 3 slash combo. (y) (y) (y) and then buster him. A cutscene will show up giving you style for each deflect you do during the cutscene. Straight after, you will either:
A)Charge through dante taking a bar of life.
B)Dante will knock you back
C)You will knock dante back
If in the case of A and B, get away from dante by jumping or rolling as he will likely Stinger/Kick-13 right away. In the case of C, do another (Y) (Y) (Y) Devil Buster/Buster combo quickly or he will either Stinger or shotgun you.
The animation and the combo if done over and over will give you an S in Stylish. Rinse and repeat and Dante is dead.
Trivia
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- The mission name, "Birds of a feather" indicates that Nero and Dante are both half-demon and half-human.
- This is the shortest mission in the game, which can be completed in less than 5 minutes (approximately less than 2 minutes if the Tutorial is set to "Off").
- The first three in-game cutscenes for this mission are only viewed if the Tutorial is set to "On"