Easy Difficulty.
Intentionally use continues while completing one of the first three levels. An option for the easy difficulty setting will appear when starting then next level. Once easy difficulty is selected, you will be locked into that setting for the remainder of the current game.


Replay bonus.
Successfully complete the game under the easy difficulty setting. You will be able to keep all your items such as the grenade launcher and all your swords.


Hard difficulty setting.
Successfully complete the game to unlock the hard difficulty setting. There are extra in-game options when playing the game in hard mode. Press Select during game play after starting a level. Two new options, "Save" and "Total Results", are now available.


Legendary dark knight mode.
Successfully complete the game under the hard difficulty setting. You will be able to play as Sparda in this mode.


Dante must die mode.
Successfully complete the game in legendary dark knight mode.


Super Dante mode.
Successfully complete the game in Dante must die mode. Dante will be able to change into a demon with unlimited Devil Trigger.


All-star group photo.
Successfully complete the game with an S rank on all missions.


Skip FMV sequences.
Press Select during an FMV sequence.


Secret missions.
Fall back in the water where the skullheads were located.

Mission 3: - You will start near the Judge of Death. Press X to get the secret mission.

Mission 3: - After you get chased by the Phantom, at the end of the hall will be a door to the left. Enter it.

Mission 4: - Return to the room with the power-up statue. You will have an encounter with the spider in the hall, just escape to the nearest door, then go back out.

Mission 4 part 2: - Go to the airplane room after the panther has been defeated, then take the elevator down.

Mission 7: - Kill the enemies in the sewer hall, then go the pipe room (where the key was located).

Mission 11: - Go through the door at the start of the mission.

Mission 14: - Check the skeleton of the boat from the previous mission.

Mission 15: - Check the skull carving underground in the previous mission.

Mission 16: - Defeat the blob Boss, then go to the airplane room.

Mission 16: - For a second secret mission, go to the coliseum.

Mission 17: - Go through the warp zone, then cross the broken bridge without falling.

Mission 21: - Check the wall on the opposite side of the power-up statue.


More Orbs.
This trick can be done in any stage, as long as you find that this mission has a lot of monsters. First, kill all the monsters on that mission or even after a part of that mission. Save the game, then press Select to reset the game. Restart the mission again and start killing monsters. Repeat this process to get more Orbs