[Coming out unscathed just meant the fight hadn't been worth it, and that just eliminates all the fun. And certainly it was only proper that a fight between Sparda twins had to be properly challenging.

Dante just uses the momentum of the parry to carry on his attack. The nice thing about large swords is they made decent battering rams.]

'A true warrior', did you forget who you're talking to? I don't give a damn about that old-fashioned crap. Limiting yourself takes the fun out of it.

[Besides, there were some demons that were immune to swords, evolving to guns is just good business practice.]