Colin in the New World/Tropes/What Could Have Been

Colin in the New World has tons of facts and ideas that almost went through, but never came to be.

CiTNW (1989)

 * Penelope was originally going to accompany Colin, but due to hardware limitation at the time, she was scrapped. It was tried again in the sequel, but it was also scrapped.
 * She was eventually added as a picture character in Colin: The Earth Situation and then eventually added in person in the Colin in the New World Archie Comics series.
 * TBD

Colin and the Mind Hive Kingdom (1992)

 * Similar to the first game, Penelope was planned to accompany Colin, especially due to Capcom having more technology, but she ended up getting scrapped again, but this time, she got replaced after a worker suggested a tomboy girl, which led to the creation of Delaney.
 * The Hive Queen was originally going to be a one-shot villain only, being killed off after the game. However, after getting popular, she ended up returning several times, especially the 2005 spin-off game, Delaney vs. The Hive Mind

Colin: The Earth Situation (1999)

 * This was originally planned for a Holiday 1998 release, but was moved to 1999 to polish bugs and glitches, and to accompany for a release for the then-upcoming 10th anniversary.

CiTNW comics (both Archie Comics and IDW Publishing)

 * The comic book series was originally planned to get released on December 1998, before being delayed by a couple of months by Archie Comics.

Others

 * When she was first planned on the first two games, not only Penelope wasn't going to be related to Colin, but was to be Colin's love interest and going to be a young adult like Colin is. However, it was scrapped and Penelope would end up becoming Colin's teenage sister instead, and Delaney would be the one to become his love interest.
 * Both times, Penelope's onesie was originally going to be a dress. But in 2000, a worker suggested they'd try a onesie, so she ended up having a onesie instead.
 * Although, Penelope's dress designs were eventually reworked into Melina for PiTNW.