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Ayselipera May 15th, 2010 5:40 PM

I don't know how I missed that Red/Blue sprite of Arcanine. I generally prefer the Yellow sprites over Red/Blue, but I absolutely love that one!

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.

Kon~ May 16th, 2010 5:35 AM

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. :/

Sydian May 16th, 2010 10:20 AM

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."

blaze_the_cat May 17th, 2010 1:23 AM

What is Weezing made of? By the sprite, it looks like Rock.

And why are the sizes of its head swapped occasionally?

NickofTime May 22nd, 2010 3:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blaze_the_cat (Post 5806755)
What is Weezing made of? By the sprite, it looks like Rock.

And why are the sizes of its head swapped occasionally?

Due to heart gold's pokedex when one head deflates the other deflates so yeah
and did you read what weezing is? it is the poison gas pokemon, it is essentially a balloon filled with poisonous gas

AWind13 May 25th, 2010 6:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Silhouette (Post 4833563)
Nidoking's sprite in R/B looks surprisingly normal. XD

Vileplume's sprite just doesn't... flow. I don't know why...

Oh my god... Blastoise... LOOK AT IT :knockedou

kokopuffchan May 25th, 2010 7:32 PM

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*

Aggressor June 8th, 2010 10:07 PM

Squirtle had a sexy baby face back in the old days of Pokemon R/B/Y x)

[IMG=http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/sprites/rbspr/rbspr007.png]

Blubber300 June 20th, 2010 11:41 AM

Emerald Scizor-WTF
HGSS Scizor-FTW

mortisha June 20th, 2010 12:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aggressor (Post 5866116)
Squirtle had a sexy baby face back in the old days of Pokemon R/B/Y x)

[IMG=http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/sprites/rbspr/rbspr007.png]

Its SO CUTE! :D

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

Amew June 22nd, 2010 7:45 PM

As a fan on Vulpix I have noticed many changes in its sprites.

Fronts:

Spoiler:


Backs:


560cool. June 29th, 2010 1:02 AM

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 ! :)

Essence June 29th, 2010 1:38 AM

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.

Myzou June 29th, 2010 2:25 AM

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.

Charmageddon June 29th, 2010 2:27 AM

We all got there 12 years ago, mate. ;)

Charizard★ June 30th, 2010 1:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 560cool. (Post 5922815)
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 actually kind of like the way it turned out. Then again I'm not good with cuteness o.o

Koratah July 2nd, 2010 7:31 PM

I'm going to do more comparisons~ They are so fun. xD

Sandslash!
Spoiler:

http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/sprites/greenspr/greenspr028.png(green) Man, look at those ears!
http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/sprites/rbspr/rbspr028.png(RB) We are facing down why..? Cute, though.
http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/gby028.gif(Y) This makes me want to puke. It's like some kind of ugly bear!
http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/gbg028.gif(G) Something behind you?..
http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/gbs028.gif(S) It burns! Too bright! The pose is more dynamic, though.
http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/gbc028.gif(C) For a crystal animation, I never liked this one much.
http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/pkrs113.gif(RS) Checking for something?
http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/pkfrlg028.png(FRLG) Borrrrinng!
http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/sprites/emesprani/emesprani028.gif(E) Does it have a twitch or something??
http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/sprites/dpmfa/dpmfa028.png(DP) Uhhh, no.
http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/f/f8/Spr_4h_028.png(HGSS) ..I don't know, this didn't do much for me.
I've always had a soft spot for the RBG sprites. IDK, they are so weird they're good!


Rhyhorn!
Spoiler:

http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/sprites/greenspr/greenspr111.png(G) What.. happened to it's face?
http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/sprites/rbspr/rbspr111.png(RB) AAAH SAME FACE IS SAME!
http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/gby111.gif(Y) No creepy face, but what is up with this pose? And it looks like someone peed on it!
http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/gbg111.gif(Gold) Jumping.. trying to, anyways!
http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/gbs111.gif(S) Colors are too dark! It's not supposed to be green!
http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/gbc111.gif(C) Is it listening to something catchy?
http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/pkrs169.gif(RS FRLG) Here's where they start making it blue-gray. It's okay overall.. Squished-looking though.
http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/sprites/emesprani/emesprani111.gif(E) Looks like someone's phone is on vibrate.
http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/sprites/dpmfa/dpmfa111.png(DP)... WHAT IS THISSSSS
http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/sprites/plmfa/111.png(PT) ..cute, big improvement from DP..
http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/8/8b/Spr_4h_111_m.png(HGSS) ..what.. what did they do to you??!?! NOOOOO


Cubone
Spoiler:

http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/sprites/greenspr/greenspr104.png(G) ..no comment, really. Big head.
http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/sprites/rbspr/rbspr104.png(RB) Very.. round looking. It looks like it's commanding an army.
http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/gby104.gif(Y) Cute by so verryyyy awkward. Liking it's skull, though.
http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/gbg104.gif(gold) Much better. Loving this one.
http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/gbs104.gif(S) ...I feel cheated. They darkened the colors.
too tired to finish the resttttt

Superjub July 4th, 2010 6:15 AM

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. :\

Espeonature July 5th, 2010 12:07 AM

Hm... ESPEON TAIMZ

Spoiler:

Espeon. The sun Pokémon.

G: http://www.gtsplus.net/files/images/sprites/goldnorm/196.gif

Hm, colour's off, and he's in his generic pose... Also, his 'sideburns' are awkward.

S: http://www.gtsplus.net/files/images/sprites/silvernorm/196.gif

AHH FUDGE WHATDIDTHEYDOTOYOUTOOFATANDAWKWARD! *dies* It's not SO bad as Emerald, though.

C: http://www.gtsplus.net/files/images/sprites/crystalnorm/196.gif

Pretty much Gold's review, and he's rubbing the fork against the knife! (I mean he's rubbing the split ends of his tail like someone just sitting down to a big dinner :D)

R/S/FR/LG: http://www.gtsplus.net/files/images/sprites/rubysappnorm/196.png

Colour's back, again he's out of his generic pose... I'd hate to admit it, RSE being my least favourite games, but this is his best pose...

E: http://www.gtsplus.net/files/images/sprites/emerald/196.gif

ICK!!! He looks awkward and small, poor guy... The worst so far. And he's growling or howling?

'Espeon used Growl / Howl!'

D/P: http://www.gtsplus.net/files/images/sprites/male-normal/196.gif

Naah, his leg isn'r properly shaded, and Nintendo could (And HAS done) do better...

Pt: http://www.gtsplus.net/files/images/sprites/plat1fn/196.png

This is practically just the flipped DP body. His tail's upper half's exactly the same.

HGSS: http://www.gtsplus.net/files/images/sprites/hgss1fn/196.png

Colour's off again, but this is one of the best so far.

HOWEVER! If second frames were included, THIS'd take the cake for all the sprites:

HGSS Frame 2: http://www.gtsplus.net/files/images/sprites/hgss2fn/196.png

Amaruuk July 7th, 2010 1:00 AM

@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. :/

Sydian July 10th, 2010 12:04 PM

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.

Chaos Rush July 11th, 2010 9:34 PM

Interesting, I wanna try some:
Spoiler:

Charizard:

Red & Green (Japanese): http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/sprites/greenspr/greenspr006.png Wow, I didn't know that Charizard can detach it's left arm!

Blue (Japanese), Red & Blue (English): http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/sprites/rbspr/rbspr006.png Meh. Fat wings. Hey, that's a good nickname.

Yellow: http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/gby006.gif Looks fat.

Gold: http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/c/cc/Spr_2g_006.png I can see you've finally lost some weight.

Silver: http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/c/c3/Spr_2s_006.png I like this better than the Gold one. He looks... fierce.

Crystal: http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/6/65/Spr_2c_006.gif Are his arms frozen or something?

Ruby & Sapphire, Emerald: http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/pkrs208.gif "IMMA FIRIN MA LAZAAAAAAA"

FireRed & LeafGreen: http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/pkfrlg006.png Looks good, I like how they removed his "FIRIN MA LAZAAAA" face.

Diamond & Pearl, Platinum: http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/File:Spr_4d_006.png Probably the best sprite of Charizard, IMO.

HeartGold & SoulSilver: http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/File:Spr_4h_006.png Ew. This sprite looks horrible.


Glameow:
Spoiler:

Diamond & Pearl: http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/8/82/Spr_4d_431.png It looks like... a mirror of it's artwork. Except it's too dark.

Platinum: http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/b/b1/Spr_4p_431.png Pose looks awkward.

HeartGold & SoulSilver: http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/9/9b/Spr_4h_431.png Okay, if you're going to bother changing the colors, at least make a new sprite for it...

mikey July 17th, 2010 10:49 AM

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.

Livewire August 12th, 2010 9:39 AM

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.

Meadow August 14th, 2010 4:04 AM

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


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