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According to the game's illustrator Falcoon, Dante from the Devil May Cry series was intended to be a playable character during the early planning stages, but was eventually scrapped for unknown reasons.
Falcoon tweet:
https://x.com/falcoon_master/status/910341363459252224
https://archive.is/6iftm
English translation:
"This week, Capcom takes the lead. First up is Dante (DMC4). I recall that he was included in the character lineup during the early stages of SVC Chaos production. I have a vague memory of the pixel artist who drew Demitri working on his initial sprites."
https://x.com/falcoon_master/status/910341363459252224
https://archive.is/6iftm
English translation:
"This week, Capcom takes the lead. First up is Dante (DMC4). I recall that he was included in the character lineup during the early stages of SVC Chaos production. I have a vague memory of the pixel artist who drew Demitri working on his initial sprites."
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Athena and Red Arremer's pre-battle dialogues between each other, as well as in mirror matches, are different between the Japanese arcade and Japanese PlayStation 2 releases.
Dialogue comparison:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aerO83LXM-o#t=416s
Full pre-battle dialogues:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKpvLIUUoic#t=30s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aerO83LXM-o#t=416s
Full pre-battle dialogues:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKpvLIUUoic#t=30s
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The pre-battle dialogue between Athena and Red Arremer, as well the dialogue for mirror matches between said characters, was left untranslated for the international release for unknown reasons. Additionally, while the arcade version skips immediately to the fight, on the PlayStation 2 version it shows glitched text.
Comparison between arcade and console port:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aerO83LXM-o#t=408s
Glitched text on PS2 version plus Japanese dialogue (Athena):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzekQdMTsfA#t=696s
Glitched text on PS2 version plus Japanese dialogue (Red Arremer):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjLdm1_FYPk#t=487s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aerO83LXM-o#t=408s
Glitched text on PS2 version plus Japanese dialogue (Athena):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzekQdMTsfA#t=696s
Glitched text on PS2 version plus Japanese dialogue (Red Arremer):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjLdm1_FYPk#t=487s
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