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^ HAHAHAHA. Laughed so hard there xDD
http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/gby137.gif Brown Porygon anyone? http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/sprites/greenspr/greenspr023.png KWAK! I didn't know Ekans had a duck beak. http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/sprites/greenspr/greenspr083.pngLOL http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/sprites/greenspr/greenspr134.pngWHAT THE-- http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/sprites/greenspr/greenspr045.png Waaaay to scary! http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/sprites/greenspr/greenspr094.pngHurr Hurr! Big and hairy Gengar http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/sprites/rbback/rbback056.pngTentacles! And of course, for the 11111th time... http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/sprites/rbspr/rbspr042.png GOLBAT. |
(sorry for the lack of sprites, but no images allowed under 15 posts; an understandable rule to prevent trolling I guess!)
I have never been quite so randomly bemused as accidentally stumbling onto this thread. Except Sydian, none of you understand the slightest bit about the humor of the game that the sprites represent (absurd, expressive, free flowing at times), let alone the fact that the game was made to be about monsters. That word was included in the name of the game for a reason! There is a reason that sprites here are wicked looking, and also often laughing/amused. That this changed is not because the sprites became better, but rather because the games after GSC were solely, 100% guaranteed about preserving the series and the money flowing in, not about presenting anything fun or good looking. I am not saying every sprite in RB is good (probably around 80%?), nor in GSC (probably around 60-70%?), but it goes down to 10% or less in every game afterward. Especially puzzling is people calling out Blastoise, Golbat, Haunter, and Kangaskhan in particular. Haunter is one of the few very best sprites ever made in any video game! Blastoise is not pointlessly fat in the way that any monsters were in DP (Magmortar, Electivire, Rhyperior, Tangrowth, et cetera). The huge bulk is to make it an absolute bully, as you can see from its very well designed eyes. The mouth adds a bit of meanness, but also completes the absurdity and humor of it all. Even without reading into all that, one look tells you that this sprite looks good, unless you need a sprite to look "slick" or something. Golbat is absolutely monstrous. The long teeth, the oversized tongue wagging out so ridiculously far, and the incredible length of its mouth...all completed by anime cat styled eyes, making the whole affair just a bit more absurd. The reason you are all so attracted to it is not because it is bad, but because you seem to think it needs to look "good" and slick again... Haunter is the perfect combination of the humor and monstrous effects that the creators of this game were in love with. The wicked eyes, the intensely curled, clutching fingers, the sharpness of the whole creature, all with an obvious sense of Haunter having the laughing time of its life. The last part is lost by the next game (Yellow), and the sharpness goes nearly as quickly afterward. The effect is that one of the best sprites in video game history turns into the most generic rubbish it possibly could. (Kangaskhan) "Oh my gosh, you're so cute, yes you are, yes youuuu are!" should be the reaction of anyone to these sprites. The eagerly excited mouth and eyes, the baby (especially when it is calling for mommy!), the cuddly largeness, and the awesomely clear detail of all the texture makes it so this sprite really stands out. After these games, that was lost, and Kangaskhan just looks like a clumsy bear like beast, kind of like an even uglier Ursaring. Not every sprite is good in GRB, but there was a detail, a free flowing humor, and a sense of wickedness that was completely lost. In GSC, they substituted that with cuteness while retaining some of the humor. In ADV, it was completely sold out. In fact, a lot of monsters seemed to be purposely ugly in ways like coloring. Technology made it easy to use whatever colors they wanted, and it also made it easy to throw out sprite designs with absolutely no effort at all, so they just made everything possible generic and totally lacking expression. Apparently you all think this is a good trend, but technology is no substitution for creativity. HGSS is the absolute bottom, evidenced by sprites like Jolteon...we really cannot go much lower than this. |
Hey! I like you, kid. ;) While I won't say I hate all newer sprites, I can't agree with you more on the HGSS Jolteon. That's the one reason I don't even want one in HGSS. It just looks horrendous. RGBY Jolteon looks great. I can't explain why, though. It's just got a charm that I really like. Golbat used to scare me, but hey, was that not the point?
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I know it is not "too serious", but everyone is getting their kicks endlessly insulting good sprites...it is really annoying!
Definitely not just Jolteon though....Hoot Hoot and Noctowl are two of the worst sprites I have ever seen (not topping ADV Haunter ^_^). "Dear God" status to Gengar and Electrode ;____; The shading is off on a lot of stuff too (even Gyarados mentioned below, but the rest of that one is so hilarious and powerfully posed that it is fine). The only ones I can really say I liked from all of HGSS are Raikou, Muk, Lugia, Raticate, and Gyarados. Those are all really positive designs...which makes it all the more frustrating that they do not care to put that effort in on every monster. |
I think you're confusing 'so bad it's good' and just plain 'good'. Haunter is one of the most simple sprites ever. A black zig-zag with a white outline and face. And I don't think the theme was suppose to be humor.
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I do not see where I could possibly be confusing so bad it is good with anything, since I never called anything bad good. Haunter's RB sprite is not simple - you can tell the designers paid attention to the body design, the mouth, the eyes, the hands, the overall posing, and they even kept the Gastly styled texturing going despite evolving it from a poofball. Even if none of these were true, simplicity is not bad and can very much breed elegance. Simplicity is only bad when it is sloppy and lazy, which is what Haunter unarguably becomes afterward (if not GSC, ADV+).
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CaptKirby , I am saying these for good : I LOVE YOU !!!
You just stumbled in our lauggh of good stuff . In our stupidity and broke it . Pokemon is Pocket MONSTERS !! M-O-N-S-T-E-R-S are scary . Supposed at least ... Now I love the Green Charizard the yellow Mewtwo the Green Dragonite and the Golbat . Yep , you just changed my way of seeing sprites . Now this will take up a BUNCH of space but I need proper thanking : THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR CHANGING MY SPRITE UNDERSTANDING , CAPTKIRBY ! HONESTLY ! Sorry , it ain't actually spam ... |
Here are just some oddities I've noticed in Red and Blue:
http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/sprites/rbspr/rbspr109.png His skull is ABOVE his eyes... http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/sprites/rbspr/rbspr132.png Looking good as ever. Poor guy, not much room for upgrade? http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/sprites/rbspr/rbspr048.pnghttp://www.pokemonelite2000.com/sprites/rbspr/rbspr012.png OMG, Venonat->Butterfree??? Just kidding... http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/sprites/rbspr/rbspr122.png He looks like he's running out of air in that box he's making. http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/sprites/rbspr/rbspr026.png You're a round little guy, aren't you? http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/sprites/rbback/rbback034.png I might be blind, but if it wasn't for the fact it was my Pokemon, I would have no idea what the heck that thing was. http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/sprites/rbback/rbback149.png AND we've got a bit of a head/wing proportion issue here. |
The thing I always hated was Mankey's backsprites. Every Kanto game I play, I chose Charmander and then caught Mankey to beat Brock.
This does not look good. http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/sprites/rbspr/rbspr056.png "It's fun to stay at the... Y! M-C-A!" This looks even worse: http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/sprites/rbback/rbback056.png I'm sorry. Are those antennae? Tentacles? Whatever they are, they're lanky and misshaped. o.0 And then we skip ahead to FR/LG (the next place I caught Mankey early on) http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/pkfrlg056.png "It's fun to stay at the... Y! M-C-A!" And the backsprite: http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/4/40/Spr_b_g3_056.png Now THAT looks like a Mankey! In all, my favourite Mankey sprite is Gold's: http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/1/16/Spr_2g_056.png Oh yeah. He looks like a fighting type. Just look at that Low Kick in action. :D And while I'm on R/B playthough, http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/sprites/rbspr/rbspr127.png Wow. His beady little eyes are... burning into my soul... |
Wrong sprite colors
Has anyone ever noticed the discoloring of Pokémon sprites? For example, Bulbasaur's flower on its back should be blue, but when in viewing its 16x16 sprite, the bud is green, which is the coloring for a shiny Bulbasaur. As most of you may know, Turtwig's face should be green, but when he's following you on HG/SS, his face is turquoise.
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Yeah, HGSS Espeon and RSE Espeon are different colors. HGSS's is a lighter pink color whild RSE looks more purple. I'd post pictures, but I'm really lazy. :<
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I was also intriguided by Bulbasaur issue .
In his PMD facesprite it is also blue and in the OW he's green . I just tried turqoise Turtwig too and it's a modern sprite oddity . 0_O I'll probably email Nintendo about it, but now I'm pure lazy ... :I ~`!|900th POST|!'~ |
TEddiursa sprite in fired leafgreen
okay in firered and leafgreen give new sprites at all kanto pokemon but also they give from jotho only to eddiursa why???????/
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I really wish they'd go back to actual more-than-2-frame animations like they had in Crystal. I mean really, what's up with all the sprites in Emerald shrinking/stretching as part of their animation?
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It's not the same sprite from Johto. It looks similar, but it's still redesigned. What are you talking about?
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As much as I dislike Johto's Pokemon (the first ones) I must admit, the sprites are absolutely awesome!! Really animated and real.
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I took a look and the following sprites are weird (too lazy and tired to post pictures)
Kakuna (why does it have claws if it can barely attack) Pidgey family (okay...) Wigglytuff is a perv Golbat (for the 11112nd time!) Vileplume (it must have stopped eating) Diglett and Dugtrio were made by MS Paint Machop family (all of them look bad) Graveler (it has 4 arms and legs, it's standing on it's arms!) Slowbro (think about it, us pervs) Gastly has no body (but Haunter is awesome) Exeggcute (steroids) Chansey is too thin Mewtwo is not the "most epic pokemon you'll ever face" |
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Just no registeel.... no heiling..... |
^ Yea, they had to remove it in Europe because it looked like Hitler's salute.
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I'mma post some more, because I love sprites:
http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/1/1a/Spr_1g_048.png Is it just me, or does Venonat look really... emo-ish here? His hair is black and lanky, and he seems more subdued than, say... http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/e/e1/Spr_3f_048.png ...this, where he's all happy and jumpy. I recently noticed Salamence's backsprite has turned into a giraffe: http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/4/44/Spr_b_g3_373.png Normal, dragon-ish, you can see his wing... http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/b/bf/Spr_b_g4_373.png WOAH! Where did THAT neck come from?! http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/0/0f/Spr_2c_249.gif This is just for fun. Lugia is playing a piano. :D That is all. |
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I'll be checking out Houndoom + Tauros. I wanted to do Girafarig and Stantler too, but the post became too long and it's getting late.
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I think Haunter has had pretty good sprites throughout all the games. Even its Red/Green is great and possibly my favorite out of all of them. |
They were a bit lazy with Honchkrow's Gen V sprites. All they did was add a wing in Platinum and HG/SS:
http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/a/aa/Spr_4d_430.pnghttp://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/a/a7/Spr_4p_430.png That's it. :/ |
Platinum and HGSS aren't gen V, but I do agree that they could have done better. All they did was take its DP animation and pause it and said "THAT'S IT. THE PLATINUM SPRITE."
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What is Weezing made of? By the sprite, it looks like Rock.
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i like yellow for early pokemon sprites, and fire red/leaf green for new pokemon sprites. i like r/s/e for the trainers though. they're so soft and cute. *pokes edited rse aroma lady avatar*
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Squirtle had a sexy baby face back in the old days of Pokemon R/B/Y x)
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Also I noticed in HG/SS it seems that Feraligatr and Blastoise changed colors kind of...Well its not how I remembered it. Feraligatr is a little brighter than I thought, and Blastoise's blue color seems just off o.O;; I noticed it yesterday. Can we all agree Charizard had a really awkward pose in R/B? It just looks weird XD |
As a fan on Vulpix I have noticed many changes in its sprites.
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Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you :
One of my personal fav. Johto Pokemon, AMPHAROS ! G:http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/c/c5/Spr_2g_181.png Cute Fluffy Plushie ! =D S:http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/f/f7/Spr_2s_181.png Awwww... You want me to hug you ? :) C: http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/9/94/Spr_2c_181.gif This is even cuter than before (Gold animation) RSFRLG :http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/8/8f/Spr_3r_181.png You lost your cuteness (and your balance too !) :( E: http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/e/e5/Spr_3e_181.gifThis destroyed you, darling ! WTF shining lights ? DPPt :http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/0/04/Spr_4d_181.png Cute pose ! :x But still no fluffy round and big eyes ! :-X HGSS :http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/a/ae/Spr_4h_181.png Weir looking pose... never seen an Ampharos like this one. Conclusion : Ampharos lost its cuteness over the years. DPPt promised something which HGSS ruined (wtf 2 :weird looking feet). I'm hoping for a better future ! :) |
I totally 100% agree with you about Amphy. Used to be the cutest little thing! :) Now it is not hunched over and cuddly, but stretched out and like.... blugh. |
One thing always threw me off...
How come http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/sprites/rbspr/rbspr048.pnghttp://www.pokemonelite2000.com/sprites/rbspr/rbspr012.png wasn't the correct evolution path? EVERYTHING is similar on them. XD And then http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/sprites/rbspr/rbspr010.pnghttp://www.pokemonelite2000.com/sprites/rbspr/rbspr011.pnghttp://www.pokemonelite2000.com/sprites/rbspr/rbspr049.png V on Cater's head grew, the tail is now on the ends of the wings, and his arms grew. Just always Flabbergasted me. |
We all got there 12 years ago, mate. ;)
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I'm going to do more comparisons~ They are so fun. xD
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I randomly decided to analyse Mr. Mime's sprite, and how it has changed. :P
http://media.pldh.net/pokemon/gen1/green/122.pngThe Green sprite... wait, is it hiding? :P http://media.pldh.net/pokemon/gen1/green/122.png The Red/Blue sprite. Mr. Mime looks quite fat here. It's eyes look really... wierd too. :O http://media.pldh.net/pokemon/gen1/yellow/122.png The Yellow sprite. It looks really... discoloured and bad. Plus, is it trying to give me a high-five, or "touch" me. ;_; http://media.pldh.net/pokemon/gen2/gold/122.png The Gold Spri... face me when I'm talking to you! >_< Yeah, it looks pretty average and MS Paint-like. :\ http://media.pldh.net/pokemon/gen2/silver/122.png The Silver Sprite looks very... stupid and all i can say is derp. :P http://media.pldh.net/pokemon/gen2/crystal/122.gif The Crystal sprite... or the Gold sprite animated. xD It's making a wall. Finally, it's doing something! :D http://media.pldh.net/pokemon/gen3/rusa/122.png The Ruby/Sapphire sprite. Also, no more animations. ;_; Yeah, it's pose is pretty generic, it's shoes look dodgy and so does its right hand. :\ http://media.pldh.net/pokemon/gen3/frlg/122.png The FireRed/LeafGreen sprites. To me, it looks like the Ruby sprite flipped with a few differences. :\ Pretty poor, imo. At least they fixed the colours... http://media.pldh.net/pokemon/gen3/rusa_action/122.gif Mr. mime can do Teeter Dance??? :\ Pretty poor animation. It's... dancing... At least it's not randomly flashing/growling like most of the other sprites. :\ http://media.pldh.net/pokemon/gen4/dp/122.png Diamond/Pearl's Mr. mime sprite. For Mr. mime, the wierd mime Pokemon, it looks quite cute with its happy smile. I actually really like this sprite! :D http://media.pldh.net/pokemon/gen4/hgss/122.png HG/SS sprite. It looks worse than Diamond/Pearls imo. It's not smiling anymore. ;_; Yeah, not as good as D/P. :\ |
Hm... ESPEON TAIMZ
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@Koratah Lol, the RB Cubone sprite has always made me think of a cow. I have to look to see the Cubone there X3
Man, what happened to Ninetales? It used to seem so epic and elegant, but in recent games it's kind of generic and 'meh' looking. It must be the poses. HGSS is getting somewhere except the face is kind of boxy. Couple fewer pixels on the chin would have been a bit better. Spoiler:
Also, anyone else think it's kind of strange that all the 'animations' after Crystal seem like they've had way too much coffee? That or Hoenn and Sinnoh must suffer a lot of earthquakes. It seems they rely less on actual animating and more on shaking/rotating/transforming and use only like 2 actual 'frames'. Kinda cheating if you ask me. :/ |
HGSS Rhyhorn doesn't even look like Rhyhorn. :( And that has to be the most color problems I've seen through the years. That poor thing is a different color every generation, isn't it?
I agree on the Emerald and DP animations. Platinum and HGSS did better than that, though. Growing in size and flickering around doesn't count as an animation for me. Also, with those Ninetales sprites, as the years went on, it just looks like they made the tails longer, but didn't have any room for them and crammed them in. So yeah, it's not looking as elegant as it used to. |
Interesting, I wanna try some:
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So, Mew went from this:http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/3/38/Spr_1g_151.png (I mean, what is that?)
To this: http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/5/50/Spr_4h_151.png Big improvement. |
I agree on mew, thats a big improvement. :/
One of the Best, from RBY to HGSS: http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/1/1b/Spr_1b_059.png original R/B, one of the best looking ones in my opinion http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/4/41/Spr_2s_059.png Silver sprite, even better http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/4/44/Spr_3r_059.png FR/LG, A step back i think, not much personallity http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/a/a8/Spr_4d_059.png DPPT, still not a sprite befiting an awesome poke. :/ dumb pose http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/0/05/Spr_4h_059.png Sprite Perfection. |
I noticed Generation 3 reused Generation 2 back sprites.
Example: http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/6/63/Spr_b_g2_001.png http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/0/00/Spr_b_g3_001.png They were only recolored to look better, but still the same sprites. XD |
Some of the older sprites have really good lineart, just horrific colouring in. It always made me smile to see a new sprite that is basically a recoloured old one, with a few tiny tweaks.
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ooh, my turn!
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Ledian is so cute. :) <3 I agree that DPPt had the best sprite for it. HGSS is way different, but it's not that bad.
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AH, I so miss this place...
Ledian... I find him cute in his HGSS pose the most. Dunno. The Crystal one is actually worse than his Emerald animation, which quite surprises me. ~_~ |
Awhh it looks like Ledian has always been adorable. I think Gold's sprite is possibly the best for it. It may be a little awkward, but the awkwardness actually makes it a little more unique then the rest.
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DRUMROLL PLEASE
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That's one of those rare cases where the Green sprite is actually better than the RBY one...haha. And the Yellow sprite is the worst. It's like "duuuurrrr."
And because I haven't posted one in a while: RS/FRLG: http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/c/ca/Spr_3r_359.png The silhouette used to scare me when I saw it popping up in battle. But this is a good pose for it being the first time we see this Pokemon. Emerald: http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/2/2d/Spr_3e_359.gif Not the best Emerald animation, but not a horrible one either. It's decent. Adv gen: http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/1/1d/Spr_b_g3_359.png Cute and ready to kick ass. DP: http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/a/a8/Spr_4d_359.png It's paw looks a little awkward. :c But it's okay. Platinum/HGSS: http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/a/a8/Spr_4p_359.png It's legs look...so...awkward...no, no, no. Gen IV: http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/9/9c/Spr_b_g4_359.png Beautiful pose. Overall, Absol hasn't been done much justice with its sprites. They can do better. |
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RBG Jigglypuff look like murderers. I agree, Crystal is the best. HGSS and DPPT look awkward though...especially DPPT. "HAI GUYZ IMUNNA COM PLAY WIT U LOL"
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ahh back to this site.
can we add a list of sprite critiques to the OP, so we can see which ones have been done. Oh yes, and im weird, because i LOVE HGSS Jolteon. Jolteon didnt really stand out before (VERY generic eeveelution), but HGSS just looks cool, evil, menacing, threatening. and the animation is cool. |
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For Me Jolteon does look very weird... in HGSS, the one where its kinda running is my favourite.
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Just posting to say the BW sprite discussion can now carry on in here, since BW has been released in Japan...and I assume sprites were leaked.
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Damnnnnnnnnnn!!!!
My two favorite pokemon Sceptile and Feraligatr look AMAZING! Imdissapointed with B&W cause the pokemon look terrible butthe previous gens looks Amazing |
Yeah, I looked at the sprites of the old Pokemon (still avoiding most of the new ones) and Umbreon looks the same as it did in HGSS. :/ Vaporeon looks a lot cuter, though. I'd post but ehh...
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I looked at the B/W sprites and noticed that some of the Generation I-IV Pokemon's sprites were re-used (like Monferno's D/P sprite, Kirlia's R/S/E sprite, Magmar''s D/P sprite, Skarmory's HG/SS sprite and Scizor's Platinum sprite), with slight modifications. As for the Gen I-IV Pokemon sprites that were completely changed these are my favorites:
-Blaziken -Sceptile -Lucario -Gallade -Milotic -Flygon -Absol -Salamence -Weavile As for the new Gen V Pokemon sprites I like: -Doryuuzu -Emboar -Jaroda -Daikenki -Wargle -Ononokusu -Kirikizan -Zoroark -Reshiram -Zekrom |
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Quilava is so adorable!!! :DDD I am so happy<3 That's probably my favorite Quilava sprite ever now. :) I cannot wait to see the animation. And Charizard's back sprite sure is amazing.
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Gen III starters are my favorites and they all look amazing. :) I'm loving the whole Torchic line (I loved them already, haha). And Gen IV starters are my least faves. :( I don't even feel like looking their sprites up cause they're ugly. And I don't know the gen V starter evos yet, so I don't wanna spoil it. But! I thought I wouldn't like the new battle screens, but I'm really liking them. I love the sprite animations, back and front. For instance, the Sexy Cat (that's its name, don't deny it) will lift up its paw sometimes and Middle Evo Puppy will do...doggy things, like sticking his rump in the air playfully. I dig it. :)
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It is odd of me to say that the back sprites of these Pokémon is what makes me like some of them even more than before? I've always loved the Treecko evolutionary line, but Grovyle and Sceptile's back sprites are really well done. I didn't think it was possible for me to like them even more.
Swampert's back sprite is pure win though! I've been a fan of Mijumaru since the start. The sprites for his evolutions is what makes me like them even more - especially with actual confirmation and a change from the leaked artwork. But, the second stage sprite is both cute and cool. Still wishes it's main body was white, like Mijumaru, but I can live with it. |
http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/5/59/Spr_1g_006.png Can I get a WTF. Charizard is one of my favorite Pokemon and this just doesn't do it justice XD
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No way, hon! That's my favorite sprite of all time! :) Haha, no joke either. I just really like it for some reason. XD Something about that sprite makes me love it...probably because it gives a good laugh. :P But Charizard sure has had some good sprites since then, so his justice was served. Nothing to fear. :P
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We'll since we're now mentioning Black and White sprites I just have to say Jolteon's new sprite does it so much justice. Now I can erase its HGSS sprite from out of my memory<333
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Sceptile looks too skinny somehow.
Charizard backsprite is awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
WHOA. Major improvement on Jolteon. That is...really one of the best Jolteon sprites, and that's coming from someone who loves Jolty's Green sprite more than anything. lol They don't look too similar, imo.
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Wooooah, Medicham's sprite looks SO different... /sarcasm
http://pokesplash.net/pokedex-hgss/sprite.php?natid=308-Platinum/HGSS http://floatzel.net/pokemon/black-white/sprites/images/308.png-B/W ...Wut? D: I think I actually preferred Platinum/HGSS's instead. T_T Or maybe the original Ruby/Sapphire one. :< EDIT: WOOOOW, I just noticed this. They used the Diamond/Pearl sprite's head, and just flipped the Platinum one's body the other way around. Yeah, that's really cool Game Freak. u_u |
http://i871.photobucket.com/albums/ab272/pokemon_university/Kanto/PKMN035.png HG/SS
http://floatzel.net/pokemon/black-white/sprites/images/35.pngB/W ... ... Did'ja gain some weight there, Clefairy? |
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Clefairy, what happened to you?!?! XD I really like Mamepato's sprite! :) It looks sprited really well, and I just really like it! :D http://pokemondb.net/static/images/black-white/sprites/mamepato.png |
I agree. :) I like BURD (that's its name) a lot better than Starly. And it's got a ballin' sprite to boot, so that makes everything better. Looking at it makes me want to catch one now.
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Burd (????) and Starly look exactly alike to me.... I don't like any of them. Pidgey is the way to go!
Jolteon's sprite has gotten worser and worser... until B/W. Now it finally looks like it's got fur! And Clefairy, omg... XD lol |
I like Burd. I think Pidgey's cuter, but Burd ain't bad. Much better than Starly was. >.>
But it may be the fact of my grandpa raising pigeons that I actually like the pigeon Pokemon. (even if it does become a pheasant) Burds final form though...with that pink mask face....no. |
I actually love Mamepato's final form. I was a bit "meh" with the first two in the line, but I love that final one.
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http://floatzel.net/pokemon/black-white/sprites/images/264.png
Hey. For a moment I thought it was a different pokemon. This is one of the major sprite changes (and I gotta say it's pretty good, too). |
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I'm going to talk about Sceptile now.
R/S/E: http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/pkrs003.gif D/P/P and HG/SS: http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/sprites/dpmfa/dpmfa254.png B/W: http://floatzel.net/pokemon/black-white/sprites/images/254.png From R/S/E to B/W, this is the worst sprite update in history. The R/S/E Sceptile is my favourite. D/P/Pt/HG/SS doesn't appeal to me because I don't like the pose. B/W, what happened here? |
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DPPt Sceptile is my favourite too. It looks a lot less passive and more dangerous than the other two.
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RSE Sceptile lacks pizazz, and BW Sceptile is super skinny and kinda "hay guyz -flails hands-" Gen IV wins for Sceptile imo.
Also, the Linoone is ~adorable~ |
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