Is Vergil the reason why every hack n slash game has a Vergil clone? Was Vergil that huge back in DMC3?

He’s my wife.

Yes

>>714315223 (OP)
MvC3 Ultimate gave him a huge popularity boost

>>714315223 (OP)
Vergil is in many respects the Video game rival character in it's purest form Well actually it's Shadow the Hedgehog, but saying that causes some to throw a fit

He wasn't even playable in vanilla DMC3.

>>714315223 (OP)
By vergil clone, do you mean "a character with similiar abilities to the player character?"

That's just the funnest and most satisfying way to demonstrate to the player their skill and progress. Especially in hack n slash games.

>>714316892
I mean... TECHNICALLY he was...

>>714315223 (OP)
he's the best and there's no beating him, that's simply why.

>>714317039
No, he means "brooding and/or autistic iai cut katana guy with a cool attitude"
There were such guys before, but Vergil crystalized a bunch of hypercharged traits that lots of others have been copying since.

Could you name some Crgil clones for clarity?

>>714315223 (OP)
Isn't he just a standard shonen rival? like meta knight or that silver metabot

>>714318234
??ok. Throw some examples of Vergil OCs from other games then.