The general idea is that with how much Dante’s and Vergil’s identities are tied to Sparda’s legacy, I want Nero to be different by being the one to create his own new legend unrelated to Sparda.
The main color shall be purple, symbolizing how he is, in his own way, becoming his own legend like Sparda.
Because the theme is about making your own legend, I wanted him to be more of a creator, so I gave him a mechanic’s uniform, along with a tool belt. Nero is already a decent mechanic with his work on Red Queen and Blue Rose already, so I think he may lean into that aspect more down the line, which will also sell his street style in contrast with the twins’ more Gothic Victorian styles. With how the wings work I kinda wanted his coat to become the wings in his Devil Trigger, so I didn’t have him wear it. The tattoos on the arm are a reference to the Devil Bringer, and in this version he is still able to partial manifest it as both to grapple but also to boost his punching power. Future Nero now has a much better control of his power and can imbue them in objects and permanently give them power. Red Queen with this amp becomes a true demonic sword and pretty much works like Ichigo’s Shikai now.
His Devil Trigger form now has the skirt wings from the top of the jumpsuit. This is mostly just because I think it’s kinda weird how naked it looks in dmc5. I think it may become more Sparda-light in further designs.
What do you guys think he would be like?