Pokémon Sprite Discussion [from RBYG to XY]

Houndoom's proportions were pretty off from the original design before its HG/SS sprite, especially that gigantic head present in DP and Platinum.

Kaisuki said:

Omg. It's chewing its fur. RABIES RABIES RABIES!

It's missing the DJ table.

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It's lost some weight!

Wheres its face?

Red/Blue Exxegcute's got too many Eggs...


Slowbro doesnt have the Shell on his Back. FAILURE

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Hitmonlee's arm looks like a poke'ball than an hand.

Id have to say my favorite sprites are the ones from R/S/E. I have only played Diamond briefly, and no other games from the DS series besides White. I hate White. The battle sprites are horrible. The moves just..suck. I mean, the graphics ingame are good in all..But the in battle ones are suckish. Should have spent more time on them before releasing :/

I don't know if this sprite is already discussed (I hate viewing hundreds of pages just to see)..

Well, I'll compare the sprite of..
Jynx


Red (JA)/Green: This sprite is extremely bad. Especially the lips. It's just gross.


Red/Blue: Okay, this is just as bad as the previous one. At least they fixed the lips.


I could say I like it but there are two things I don't like about this sprite: one, pose and two, LIPS!


Gold: I guess it's okay. Pose is good, lips are fine..GOOD.


Silver: I like everything about it, except for the POSE. Back at the first gen, LIPS. Now, POSE.


Crystal: Good thing they used the Gold sprite. I like the animation. SHAKE YOUR BOOTIE SHAKE YOUR BOOTIE COME ON AND DANCE! XD Awesome! By the way, Jynx, you really need to brush your hair.


Ruby/Sapphire: Bad color palette is bad. Pose is bad. A good thing about the sprite is: hairdo! Jynx has been really brushing her hair lately. XD


FireRed/LeafGreen: Good color palette is good. Pose is great! Cool sprite overall!


Emerald: LOL'd at the animation XD. Her color palette is the same as R/S. That's a shame.


Diamond/Pearl/Platinum: Good color, hair is good. And it's saying "I don't know." The pose is rather decent but it's not the ultimate sprite.


HeartGold/SoulSilver: BEST. JYNX. SPRITE. EVER XD Hair, pose, everything about it! GF (GameFreak) did a well good job here. =)


Black/White: .......it's really similar to the D/P/Pt sprite, but not exactly similar.

BACK SPRITES:


Gen 1: EW! GROSS! YUCK! EWW! GROSS! EWWWWWWWWWWWWW! BAD SPRITE! EW! YUCK! EWW!


Gen 2: =/ no comment.


Gen 3: I don't like it, but I don't hate it either..


Gen 4: Awesome! =)


Gen 5: I don't like it, but I don't hate it either..

SHINY:

Aww..the shiny has nice coloring =3

Seeds Horizon said:

Id have to say my favorite sprites are the ones from R/S/E. I have only played Diamond briefly, and no other games from the DS series besides White. I hate White. The battle sprites are horrible. The moves just..suck. I mean, the graphics ingame are good in all..But the in battle ones are suckish. Should have spent more time on them before releasing :/

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I'm not sure what's so bad about BWs sprites when they're larger and more well drawn than most of the GBA sprites.

Let's take a look at Nidoqueen's sprites shall we?


R/B

The pose is fine and the colors are a bit off, but thats to be expected. The proportions are a bit off. 7/10


Y

The colors is a improvement and the pose is slighty better. Great sprite for a gen I game, but that isn't saying much. 8/10


R/G

This looks gastly. 2/10


G

A huge step up from the other Nidoqueen sprites. The pose is fantastic. 9/10


S

Same thoughts as Gold's sprite.


C

It's Gold's sprite, but animated. 10/10


R/S/E

The face just ruins it. 4/10


FR/LG

The face is much better now, but I still don't like it for some reason. 6/10


D/P/Plt

The pose is fine, but I want Nidoqueen to be happy. :( 7/10


HG/SS

It's a bit happier. 8/10


B/W

Why did they choose the D/P/Plt sprite over the HG/SS sprite? 6/10

I'm going to compare sprites of my fave Water Pokemon, Golduck.

Red & Blue: Golduck didn't look bad, a nice shade of blue. 8/10

Yellow: A lighter shade of blue, but a better pose, very similar pose to the DW artwork 7/10

Gold: Not too bad. A cool blue 9/10

Silver: Same opinion as Gold. Pose looks very similar to D/P 8/10

Crystal: More blue, just what I wanted 9/10

Ruby, Sapphire & Emerald: Not too bad, but the face, uhh? 6/10

FireRed & LeafGreen: Cute, like a dancer. 7/10

Diamond & Pearl: Looks like it is dancing. 8/10

Platinum: Same pose as D/P but the first time it's bill is open. 9/10

HeartGold & SoulSilver: Best Golduck sprite yet! 10/10

Black & White: Most Gen I-IV Pokemon retained their D/P/Pt/HG/SS sprites but this one really looks nice 9/10

Shiny: Bill looks too pink but a nice bright blue 8/10

SNORLAX

Its Snorlax's turn!


Oh yeah... MUNCHLAX!

I'm gonna compare the Biker and Roughneck.

Biker


Roughneck

Timbjerr said:

Xatu (Silver):

Sceptile (Ruby/Sapphire):

When you see it, you'll **** bricks. :D

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Looks more like Grovyle's face than Sceptile's.

This time, I'm looking at the sprites of one of my fave Canine Pokemon - Manectric!

Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald Yellow doesn't look too bright 3/10

Diamond/Pearl/Platinum/HeartGold/SoulSilver Pose not too bad 8/10

Black/White Best Manectric sprite ever! 10/10

Black/White Back Sprite They did a damn good job with the coloring here 10/10

Timbjerr said:

Xatu (Silver):

Sceptile (Ruby/Sapphire):

When you see it, you'll **** bricks. :D

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I always thought it looked more like a treecko.


primeape looks like it's exploding imo. O:

dude i forgot how immensely bad the sprites were in the very first games. wow.

I think the G/S/C twins and B/W was the best in terms of pixel art. The B/W twins are too cute; it makes me want to eat them.

Noooooo don't infractt. i'll be nice to the little girls. ):

Also I think if they had dark grey hair or blue like the R/S/E sprites, it'll ruin their bright pink and green colours.

I have noticed in the past that the progression of sprites over 10 years is not very much. I can't wait to see a new version on the 3ds!!!! But, I have to say, I do enjoy pixel art myself, so if it was computerized 3d graphics, I would not be able to keep up with my spriting!