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==Marketing and release==
''Revelations'' was announced at [[E3 2010]] in June 2010,<ref name="IGN E3 2010"/> while a playable demonstration of the game was showcased at the [[Nintendo World 2011]] event in January 2011.<ref name="Nintendo World 2011"/> A short [[Game demo|demo]], allowing players to control Jill on the game's cruise ship for a brief period,<ref name="2011 Demo details"/> was included with the release of ''The Mercenaries 3D'' in the following months.<ref name="2011 Demo Mercenaries 3D"/> In June 2011, ''Revelations'' was presented at [[E3 2011]],<ref name="IGN E3 2011"/> receiving a nomination for Best 3DS Game at the Best of E3 2011 awards by ''[[IGN]]''.<ref name="IGN Best E3 2011"/> The publication later listed it as one of the 30 most anticipated games of 2012.<ref name="IGN Most Anticipated"/> A second demo was made available for download from the [[Nintendo eShop]] service in North America and Europe in January 2012.<ref name="IGN Demo 2012"/> Shortly before ''Revelations'' was released, Capcom shipped the first North American copies of the game with the game's title, as printed on the cover's spine, misspelled as "{{Typo|Revelaitons}}". To make up for the error, Capcom offered buyers the option to replace the cover with a corrected version.<ref name="IGN spelling"/>
''Revelations'' was released in Japan on January 26, 2012, in Europe on January 27, 2012,<ref name="Gamasutra bundle"/> and in North America on February 7, 2012.<ref name="NA release date"/> It was the first Nintendo 3DS game to support the Circle Pad Pro outside Japan.<ref name="Gamasutra bundle"/> A bundle containing the accessory and the game was exclusively released in Europe.<ref name="Gamasutra bundle"/> According to [[Media Create]], the game sold 296,040 copies in Japan in 2012.<ref name="Siliconera Japan sales"/> In the United States, the game was among the 25 best-selling video games of February 2012 and sold 122,000 units in March 2012.<ref name="Joystiq US sales"/> Although sales of ''Revelations'' were considered successful for a Nintendo 3DS game, Capcom wanted it to sell "a little more" given the game's large development costs.<ref name="EuroG 3DS market"/>
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