Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening [PS2]

By now, everyone has already played or heard of Devil May Cry 3. It’s a hack and slash video game and part of the Devil May Cry series that single-handedly revolutionised the genre as we know it today. However, before Devil May Cry 3 hit store shelves, it went through several changes that we can observe in this article.

Originally, when DMC 3 was unveiled at E3 2004, the red orbs, HP, Boss, and Devil Trigger HUD were slightly different. Not only this, but some dodge movements from Devil May Cry 2 were cut from the final release. Saying all this via text won’t cut it, so check the images and videos below.

Images (Pre E3 2004):

Beta changes:

Different Red Orbs
Different HP/Devil Trigger HUD
Slightly different graphics
Slightly different Beowulf and Cerberus design (Beowulf is missing his eye)
Different demons in the sixth picture (count from left to right)
Wild Stomp is not tied to Gunslinger Style
Using Sword Pierce with Rebellion results in Dante using Beowulf’s moves instead of the final version’s kick.
Different taunt dialogue
unused areas

Videos:

Beta Changes: (observed by HyperSonicXtreme on YouTube)

At 00:05 – No red trench coat hanging next to the door. Different door and no poster of the sexy lady on the other side of the door
At 0:22 – The pupils in his eyes are only looking in one direction while talking on the phone, while in the final, he’s moving them a bit more.
1:36 – The tip of the pizza is bitten off in the final when he picks it up.
1:01 – The Diamond Window panes on the door changed.
1:10 – The wall had a lot of stuff on it in the final version, no ceiling light, no posters, no rails, etc.
1:27 – Those different swords hanging on the wall are removed in the final.
1:31 – Different door and a picture frame not in the final. Teen Dante’s facial expressions look different from the final.
2:36 – Especially at 1:36 when he’s about to eat the pizza. Just look at those eyelids wide open and compare them to the final. He also slightly sticks his tongue out in the final when he’s about to eat it. Here, it’s just a wide-open mouth. The Pizza Box. (Pizza 1 box with different font changed to just Pizza) Changed the phone and chair design. The pool table looks different. (They changed it from green to red.)
Pause at 2:51. When Teen Dante puts the gun in the demon’s mouth, it’s a different demon design. No glowing red eyes, brown cloth, plus the fingers holding the gun look weird. In the late 2004 trial version (When getting the Japanese Biohazard Outbreak File #2 game), they had glowing white eyes with a cracked vertical face. Just watch Devil May Cry HD Collection: DMC 3: Special Edition First 11 Minutes HD – YouTube.
Pause at 6:16 for the comparison. The 3-headed Demon Dog Cerberus boss face, eyes and teeth look different.

My observation:

At 9:12 – It’s a completely different dodge. It likely uses the same move from Devil May Cry 2.
Different enemy design
Different Style meter
Different coat physics
Different Sword Pierce animation
Different Dante’s face and animation at 1:37
The enemies that attack Dante in the beginning are different
Drive moveset lacks the red charge.
At 7:45 – Different environment
At 7:59 – Different environment
At 8:40 – Attacking Hell Wrath with Rebellion is possible
At 8:58 – Different screen