Resident Evil: Revelations is a survival horror developed by Capcom and published for the Nintendo 3DS in January / February 2012. It seems that the beta version of Resident Evil Revelations featured an almost completely different story line where Chris and Jill were on an unnamed ship. For some reason the two protagonists turn against each other. The original trailer shows a Chris look-alike tied down to a chair. Jill asks Chris if he has some sort of object and Chris replies “You’ll have to kill me to find out.” The characters and story in Resident Evil Revelations seem to have been heavily changed during its production.
Fun note: prior to its release, Capcom sent North American copies of Resident Evil: Revelations to reviewers, with the game’s title misspelled as “Revelaitons”.
In the second video, there’s another beta cutscene that didn’t make the final game. [Spoiler] When you first meet Rachel as Jill you just see her getting killed through the glass window in game there is no cutscene. In the Resident Evil Revelations pilot version demo in merc 3d, Rachel is not used and there is a different person that sounds like Raymond.
If you find more beta differences in the old trailers and screens, please let us know!
About tech-demo:
http://nintendoeverything.com/50136/resident-evil-revelations-graphical-details-screenshot-comparisons-withwithout-effects/
Early arts
http://nintendoeverything.com/56966/brand-new-resident-evil-the-revelations-screenshots-and-art/
Thanks to David Garcia, Matt, Stalfos, Pycckuu! and king for the contributions!
Videos:
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15 Responses to Resident Evil Revelations [Beta - 3DS]
matt
March 8th, 2012 at 4:56 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tzv5xNOjdhI#t=216s
this cutscene didn’t make the final game. When you first meet Rachel as Jill you just see her getting killed through the glass window in game there is no cutscene.
Stalfos
March 8th, 2012 at 12:10 pm
@matt
I was close to post this strange TGS Trailer too. There are only 2 options for this scene:
1. It was cut out due to various reasons Capcom will never tell.
2. This was just a Video for Promotion. Maybe, because there wasn’t enough time to present the backstory of Rachel in the final game.
Anyway. There are a few things I don’t get at all when it comes to the final game. The game was great. but the new beta stuff is definitely more mysterious than the actual game ;)
monokoma
March 8th, 2012 at 2:31 pm
Thanks Matt and Stalfos for the info and link! :D I will add the video to the page later :)
Pycckuu!
March 11th, 2012 at 9:48 pm
about tech-demo
http://nintendoeverything.com/50136/resident-evil-revelations-graphical-details-screenshot-comparisons-withwithout-effects/
early arts
http://nintendoeverything.com/56966/brand-new-resident-evil-the-revelations-screenshots-and-art/
early build (3:38)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33c7Px3S4og
pin
March 11th, 2012 at 9:51 pm
in the earlier build of the polygons shaking like in psx game :’D
monokoma
March 14th, 2012 at 2:38 pm
Thanks for the links Pycckuu! I will update the page ASAP (or anyone could edit it from the “edit” link below the post) :D
king
March 15th, 2012 at 7:13 am
i played the piolt verson demo in merc 3d and Rachel wasnt in the piolt verson it was a differnt person and he sounds like raymond
monokoma
March 15th, 2012 at 2:08 pm
Interesting, are there any video of that demo? :D
king
March 16th, 2012 at 4:19 am
yes there is go on youtupe and search resident evil revelations piolt demo srry cant give the link cause this is on a phone and i have no internet right now so search on youtupe
king
March 18th, 2012 at 6:13 am
did you find any ?
monokoma
March 19th, 2012 at 2:31 pm
I found a couple! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fudF71Su9gw and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqgra3ScoRI is the different scene in these?
king
March 30th, 2012 at 12:52 am
ok you found some cause im shy on video
cam
May 19th, 2013 at 5:11 am
Actually, I was able to play the original beta because a guy on Assembler shared it with me after i paid him for it. ($500 for the cart).
Its fully playable and contains major differences to the plot.
What was said above is in this version, but additionally, Rachel never dies in this version. She simply vanishes midway through game. What happens is, Jill and rachel team up around 50% in game, and rachel says they will meet up later, but that never happens. The story randomly progresses without her. Im assuming some kind of FMV or something was planned to explain, but never completed in this version before the script was overhauled.
Mrox2
May 20th, 2013 at 11:21 pm
That guy whos in place of Rachael is called (Richard) according to the art book and official information ;P
Mrox2
May 20th, 2013 at 11:22 pm
@Cam, I would love to get on in contact with you, email me @ therealmrox2@hotmail.com :P