At one point, Dante says his third worst job was, "The one in Raccoon City". This is a reference to another popular Capcom horror series, Resident Evil. Despite it being referenced, Dante has yet to appear in any Resident Evil games.
The arcade game in Dante's apartment is Street Fighter II, a long-running fighting game series also from Capcom. The character in red clothing and long blonde hair is Ken Masters, who in several projects, was voiced by former Dante voice and motion caption actor Reuben Langdon.
In this series Johnny Yong Bosch voices Dante, in Devil May Cry 4 and 5, he voices Dante's nephew Nero