prototype design

A proof-of-concept design (usually not officially released to the general public), or a preliminary design (such as those appearing in artbooks, animation pilots, or pre-serialization one-shots).

Examples

Monika
Doki Doki Literature Club

Notable prototype characters

• Bowser Peach (Super Mario Odyssey)
• Warupeach (Mario Power Tennis)
• Saver (Fate/Stay Night)
• Unused Character (Kill Me Baby)
• Akatani Mikumo (Boku no Hero Academia)
• Second Generation Enoshima (Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls)
• Feels the Rabbit (Sonic the Hedgehog 1)
• Terios (Sonic Adventure 2)
• Prototype Blaze (Sonic Rush)
• Hatsune Miku (if) (Vocaloid)

See also

• Design speculation
• Concept art
• Production art

The following tags are aliased to this tag: beta_design (learn more).