Yes it's an assumption but he's the son of a demon and a human. That's more than enough for me to explain him having white hair (and the fact that he can have a blade go through him and still be able to fight).

My take on this reboot is that it's not at all related to DMC 1-4, it is not an origin story, their Dante and the one of the other games is not the same character. So even if they screw it all up, it won't affect Dante's characterization in the original games.

I don't think the reason behind why he is grey explained the vengeance plot :S wait can you remember why he is grey?

and I'm not disagreeing..small details are important to story telling and I'm on the boat that good solid interesting story PLUS gameplay > mindless story and gameplay

SPOILER!!!

Ares tricked Kratos into attacking the village where his wife and child was seeking refuge and Kratos killed them in a moment of pure bloodrage. He's pale because he was covered by the ashes of his wife and child, and after that we have the first game where he tries to kill Ares.

That's the first time any god really pisses him off.

Its Capcom that dosent get DMC, thats why the DMC series is a cannoncal mess. that why almost every game Capcom has developed this console generation has been mediocure at best.

Dante has changed in each DMC. i trust Ninja Theory because they are interested in creating relatable characters in believable stories. if they can do that for DMC but maintain the action at the same time i will be very happy.

Ninja Theory shouldnt get Dante, theres nothing to get. as you said hes irrelevant. the point is to make this character, this series relevant again. as someone mentioned God of War, that is a somewhat reasonable comparasion. but the story in God of War 3 was so awful, after 5 games an interesting character (Kratos) with more potential has been made irrelevant because of unskilled writers. thats why i'm glad Capcom chose Ninja Theory.

and this information is not new. anyone whoes been paying attention sinceTGS 2010 knows that Capcom chose Ninja Theory for these reasons.

Not really, because this new DMC being a reboot means there are two universes to the DMC series.

They can always go back to the old universe or make a new one altogether similar to what happened to the Tomb Raider series or the Megaman series.

facepalm aaaaaaaaargh I can't believe I forgot that..I mixed that up with getting ash from Prometheus to gain the titan powers! 'hides head in shame'

All the more reason to go in with an open mind and see what happens. And Dante being the son of a demon and human doesn't explain why he has white hair unless it's explicitly used as a reason for it.

I'm not saying DmC is going to be the best thing ever or even a good game at all. I just think it's silly to think that explaining some characteristic can't lead to a good game. There could be a myriad of reasons for why Dante's hair is the way it is, and Ninja Theory is trying to show players the adventure which leads to it. For all we know, it's going to be one hell of a ride.

Yep, I just hope they dont kill it, I honestly didnt like their last big named game they made: Heavenly Sword ;x.

Hopefully they can retain the same classic gameplay style of 1/2/3 with a few new additions/changes rather than making it new altogether. I dont mind a reboot to the storyline to be honest, more worried about the gameplay xD

Explaining that characteristic doesn't automatically make the plot bad but considering that Virgil (Dante's twin brother) also has white hair, they'll gonna have to get creative to find a way that both brothers ended up changing hair color during their adult life.

In any case, Dante's hair color isn't my main problem here. It's that what they discard as being "Japanese" is the whole reason I love the franchise. Like Zim said, they should have just made a new IP.