5th Gen Dance Doredia, dance! - Sprite/Animation Discussion

Look at this Ambipom. It's like it's jamming to it's own beat. I wet myself when I saw this animation.


This one is just lol. You should watch it when it KOs its opponent. It looks like it's waving that fainted pokemon goodbye.

As for full body animation, I definitely like it. It feels more life-like then the static crap in the previous games.

looks like he's teabagging :/
looks like he's doing a weird dance :)

I just love Bellossom's animation! It's so adorable with it's little dance. :3


So cute when it's trying to fly! x3


Tangrowth looks pretty funny when it shakes it's hips. :p


Oh yeah! It's dancing like the pros. ;)

looks like a reloading scene from COD :3

One thing i dont like about the B\W sprites

Im not directly complaining about the sprites but what kinda irks me is that some pokemon have theese awesome, completely new sprites, yet some pokemon are pretty much the same sprite from d\p just with some added movement. i mean even I the GREAT WOBBUFFET am jus ta d\p sprite wobbeling back and forth, cmon nintendo, make me look like in Battle revolution and make me stand in my right position and SALITE. other than that the sprites are awesome

Hm, the backsprites could be a little less pixel-y, but yeah, that minor issue aside, I absolutely love the animated sprites. Definitely my most favorite addition in Black and White, and it's such a huge improvement over those awful 2-frame animations from Emerald, Platinum, and HGSS.

Going through the Battle Subway's Super Single Line is the best way to experience some of these sprites firsthand, by the way.

King Gumball said:

Yeah they are definitely pretty sexy, but yeah I just find the pixels far too distracting D: They are still cool to watch, but is there an option to turn the animations off? There usually is, because they do go for a long time XD

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You can turn off animations, but they only disable the attack animations, not the Pokemon animations, I'm afraid.

Have you played the game yet? I used to find the pixels really distracting when I looked at screenshots, but you don't really notice as much when playing the game, for some reason. XD;;

King Gumball said:

Aww that sucks DX

Nah I haven't played yet, I will probably, hopefully get used to them when I play though.

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Indeed, what Fushigidane-Chan said happened to me as well. When the screenshots of the game first came out, the pixels for the back sprites looked absolutely horrendous... they still do. Once you start playing the game though, you tend to forget about it. Granted, if you keep paying attention to it, there's a good chance it'll continue to bother you. :P

I love these! What I especially like is how they have full body back animations too - not just the front ones for your opponents. I hate just seeing those static heads of the Pokemon I'm using. x.x

Wobbuffet said:

Im not directly complaining about the sprites but what kinda irks me is that some pokemon have theese awesome, completely new sprites, yet some pokemon are pretty much the same sprite from d\p just with some added movement. i mean even I the GREAT WOBBUFFET am jus ta d\p sprite wobbeling back and forth, cmon nintendo, make me look like in Battle revolution and make me stand in my right position and SALITE. other than that the sprites are awesome

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New Pokémon sprites were drawn based on an order of priority for what needed new sprites the most.

Nearly every Hoenn Pokémon was redrawn because they'd had the same sprites since D/P came out, then many Kanto Pokémon had new sprites for whatever reason, while most Johto and Shinnoh Pokémon were not given completely new sprites because they'd both recently had the most work given to their sprites drawn in Platinum and HG/SS.

The remaining time that they could spare was spent giving any Pokémon a new sprite if they currently had none that were suitable for animating (e.g Weavile).