Pokémon Sprite Discussion [from RBYG to XY]

Is it me, or does Poliwag's left eye look bug-eyed or something? Each time I see it in HeartGold, it just bugs me.

When I look at Bellossom's B/W sprite, I can't help but think that it's rickrolling me (because of the movements of its hands).

I wish I could replace HGSS's sprites with BW ones. On my retail game. *sigh*

Where'd you find the sprites?

I found my black and white sprites on PokeJungle

< This. A chubby happy man. What more do you want?

< I like the stance on this one. I also like the the head thingy!

Some were good, some were not. I prefer BW over GSC, but that's just me.

Here's a list of sprites on B/W that dissapointed me:

NiKaNoRoU said:

Here's a list of sprites on B/W that dissapointed me:

Spoiler:

Head fail.

Something makes me feel like this isn't a Crobat.

Bad palette choice.

PLEASE OH PLEASE WHY DIDN'T YOU CHANGE IT

Lol.



Also, is anyone with me on the verdict saying that "too much black outline makes the sprites look 2-D"?
Like this:

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OMG Crobat grew feet!?!

Yea I agree, the black outline make them look flat -__-

anyone else noticed that mostly all Hoenn's sprites have been changed? inb4pokemonR/S/E remake.

I don't really understand why they switched to the Black and White sprites for Mudkip and it's evolutions.. ):

HG/SS -

BW -

They were pretty perfect in HG/SS. I probably don't like the Swampert one because of the palette choice.

Logiedan said:

anyone else noticed that mostly all Hoenn's sprites have been changed? inb4pokemonR/S/E remake.

I don't really understand why they switched to the Black and White sprites for Mudkip and it's evolutions.. ):

HG/SS -

BW -

They were pretty perfect in HG/SS. I probably don't like the Swampert one because of the palette choice.

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Now that you said it, Swampert's colors are darker compared to the older sprites. Swampert's B/W sprite is also the first of Swampert's sprites to be on all fours.

When you look at it, it's kinda funny....

5th Gen Sprite for Nintales. Look familiar?

I do believe they based it on this. The...er...face avatar thing in Pokemon Mystery Dungeon.

Consistency, perhaps?

Amew said:

When you look at it, it's kinda funny....

5th Gen Sprite for Nintales. Look familiar?

I do believe they based it on this. The...er...face avatar thing in Pokemon Mystery Dungeon.

Consistency, perhaps?

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This one kinda reminds me of the Exeggutor thing. It had the same sprites in both Yellow and Gold and the developers hardly even change his pose, and usually go back to old ones. Yeah, just lazy people at GF...

PlatinumDude said:

Now that you said it, Swampert's colors are darker compared to the older sprites. Swampert's B/W sprite is also the first of Swampert's sprites to be on all fours.

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Actually, that's not on all four, he's just leaning in front. I think. I haven't seen him in game yet.

Logiedan said:

anyone else noticed that mostly all Hoenn's sprites have been changed? inb4pokemonR/S/E remake.

I don't really understand why they switched to the Black and White sprites for Mudkip and it's evolutions.. ):

HG/SS -

BW -

They were pretty perfect in HG/SS. I probably don't like the Swampert one because of the palette choice.

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Actually, they only pretty changed the lighting in the sprites to reflect the 3D and made Swampert lean. That's all.

NiKaNoRoU said:

Here's a list of sprites on B/W that dissapointed me:

Spoiler:

Head fail.

Something makes me feel like this isn't a Crobat.

Bad palette choice.

PLEASE OH PLEASE WHY DIDN'T YOU CHANGE IT

Lol.



Also, is anyone with me on the verdict saying that "too much black outline makes the sprites look 2-D"?
Like this:

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I totally agree.
And no, Muk looks 3D, mostly because of the lighting if the sprite. Take a look at his hand, see the color ?
And OMG, Crobat grew feet ! =_=

560cool. said:

Actually, that's not on all four, he's just leaning in front. I think. I haven't seen him in game yet.

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Really? It looks like it's on all fours to me.

Anyway, I find B/W's Salamence a huge improvement over the R/S/E and D/P/Pt Salamences:


B/W


R/S/E


D/P/Pt

Yeah, I agree. I much prefe the colour scheme of Salamence in B/W. :) Also, I prefer the red wings to the orange ones, and the pose is good too! :)

Also, I guess they don't care/forgot about Gulpin, as I don't think it got a new sprite in B/W. :l

D/P/Pl/HG/SS:
B/W:

I really like Salamence's BW sprite. It looks more like the official artwork, which has a much better pose than the other sprites. I like the colouring too, it looks more like the Hg/Ss overworld Salamence, which is kickass...which is also more like sugimori's artwork.

The same goes for Swampert, as far as the pose goes...I mean, looking at its' previous sprites....is it honestly going to fire a Hydro Cannon whilst appearing to be sitting up, on two legs? It's not a Snorlax, ffs....But I think the colouring is fine.

I gotta admit, the ones where they stole the Gen IV sprites are pretty lazy....as is the fact that all of the previous 5 generation's pokemon have their Platinum pokedex entries too....but you gotta at least realise with Houndoom they chose the one with the best colouring.
Yes, Crobat and Sudowoodo do look really weird...

Also, I gotta say, I only really came on this thread to say something about Dragonite....although I only include Gen III/IV sprites, as I haven't played a Gen I/II game, and they look out of context on Bulbapedia.



RSE: Why the long, bent face? Looks like a horse viewed whilst drunk.....It also seems to look lazy...


FrLg: Better face...my second favourite Dragonite sprite, but it still looks iffy....


DPPt: What is with that pose? It doesn't look lazy like Gen III, but it's a weird pose, it looks like it's about to kidnap me with those arms...but it's Dragonite, and it looks too friendly to wish me harm.


HgSs: Slight hint of RSE nose....but looking back, all the noses look slightly off. Colouring is slightly different, but good. I like the pose, too, it makes it look active, whilst showing off most of his features. I also like the slightly different feet. Good job really, when one of my longest battles in-game will involve fighting 3 of them..


BW: Haven't played the game yet....but it doesn't bode well.

I don't know if people are normally so fussy about their sprites....but I love Dragonite, and I just wish he looked better in these games...

Oh, and another Gen III pokemon to finish off my post:


I personally think this is really, really good, although none of Rayquaza's sprites are bad (luckily he's lost the Gen III blue tongue), this has a hint of his official artwork, but he's leaning forwards ready to hit you with a Hyper Voice or Dragon Pulse, and looks pretty amazingly bad-ass tbh