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I don't think Tyranitar got a truly "badass" sprite until DPP, IMO.
Too much of the Gen 3 graphics, in general, felt like 16-bit revamps of GSC graphics (which was painfully obvious in Rusturf Tunnel, in particular), when the GBA was capable of far more (as many hacks on this very site have proven).
Ironically, Gyarados' best 8-bit sprite might actually be its Red and Blue sprite. It looks very powerful and imposing (as it should be), and not all squished/skinny/wonky.
Gyarados' best sprite, overall, is the HGSS one, IMO. Great, imposing stance and nice coloring and shading.
Well, I think being on the DS would've forced them to make more significant changes to the game. The DS had its own built-in clock, so there wouldn't have been any excuse to leave out Day/Night or even, berry trees, for example. The dual screen probably would also forced them to implement a cell phone-type device, possibly even the Pokégear, itself (as Kanto and Johto are connected). And, we might've gotten following Pokémon here instead of HGSS (which would've been more appropriate, anyways, as it was a Gen 1 game that introduced the feature to begin with). And, the graphics and music would've certainly been better.
It might've worked if they had extended Gen 4 to cover the DS' entire lifespan and saved BW for the 3DS. Have a "Gen 4, Part 1" that included DP and FRLG and a "Gen 4, Part 2" that included DP sequels and HGSS.
If not that, they could've always just done HGSS in Gen 5 (even if it possibly meant getting Grey instead of B2W2). This way, the remakes would've nicely paralleled the originals, handheld-wise, with FRLG being DS games and HGSS being DS games that were DSi-enhanced (like how Red/Blue were GB games and Gold/Silver were GB games that were GBC-enhanced).
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