Devil May Cry 5: Devil Hunter Edition
Developed by Capcom · Capcom
Action · Switch 2 · 2026-06-23
“A complete edition that is quietly incomplete, but it still runs at a smooth 60 and out-styles most of 2026.”
Capcom brought 2019's character-action masterpiece to the Switch 2, bundling the base game, the Vergil DLC and years of extras into one Devil Hunter Edition package. The good news is the important news: it holds a stable 60 frames per second docked and handheld, and the combat is still so sharp that critics flatly say it schools modern action games. A Metacritic around 85 confirms it still rips.
The roast is in the word complete, which someone at Capcom defined generously. This is not the long requested Special Edition, and it is missing the PS5-era extras fans actually asked for, namely Turbo Mode and Legendary Dark Knight Mode. Nintendo Life called it, plainly, not definitive. So you get a beautiful all-in-one bundle with a couple of the ones quietly left in the box back in Osaka.
It is the eternal Capcom dance: deliver a genuinely excellent port, then leave just enough out to make the double dippers grumble. If you have never played DMC5, this is a fantastic way in and an easy recommendation. If you waited specifically for the definitive version on a Nintendo handheld, you waited for a version that calls itself complete with its fingers crossed behind its back.
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A rock solid 60 frames per second both docked and in handheld mode.
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Combat that, seven years on, still embarrasses most modern action games.
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A generous bundle of the base game plus Vergil and years of DLC.
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A Metacritic around 85, comfortably in generally favorable territory.
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Missing Turbo Mode, one of the most requested PS5-era additions.
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Missing Legendary Dark Knight Mode, the other big omission.
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Marketing itself as the all-in-one edition while not being the Special Edition.
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Asking returning fans to double dip for a version reviewers call not definitive.
Switch 2 owners who never played DMC5 and want one of the best action games of its generation running buttery smooth on the go.
Veterans who specifically waited for a true definitive edition with Turbo and Legendary Dark Knight modes, because this is not it.
Your website, CV, or whatever you made. I'll roast that too.
A full teardown from €2,99. No mercy.