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Hello everyone, I am working on a hack of Pokemon Gold/Silver which seeks to maintain the story as it is, but replace most of the Gen 1/2 Pokemon with ones from the future generations. The idea is based on the following premises:
1) Choosing Pokemon which, given their characteristics, would work especially well under GSC rules. Ex: with a skyhigh Special Attack and STAB Crabhammer, Clawitzer could work very well in the somewhat bulkier environment of Gen 2. On the contrary, something like Bearctic would be a no due to lack of STAB on its best stat (Atk).
2) Choosing Pokemon based on the needs of Gen 2's major trainers. For ex, there are several Poison-, Psychic-, and Dragon-type trainers, so I filled the dex with many such mons. Conversely, Ice and Bug are not as hotly required, so they get a few less. Still, I made sure that (not counting legends) each type gets at least 7 FE Pokemon.
Unfortunately, however, I'm not an artist myself, and most Gen 2 devamp projects (such as one recently on this very site, and one on Smogon a few years ago) tend to die out very soon due to lack of manpower and/or interest. Also, often the sprited Pokemon are not ones I'd include in my dex according to the aforementioned reasons.
So, I was hoping I could come here every so often to ask if somebody wants to help me with a certain evolution line^^ As far as the technical details go, here are the details for workable Gen 2 sprites, in case you were wondering:
1) Sprite size should be 40X40, 48X48, or 56X56 for the front, depending on the Pokemon. The smaller Pokemon tend to get 40X40, while 56X56 is generally reserved for fully-evolved Pokemon. For example, Chikorita is 40X40, Bayleef is 48X48, Meganium is 56X56. I will suggest a size for each sprite I request, according to these guidelines. Back sprites are always 48X48.
2) Colors should always be four: Black, White, plus two more. You can use existing GSC sprites for a comparison.
3) While the optimal choice would be to make sprites from scratch, for them to fill the different artistic style of Gen 2, actual devamps of existing sprites work too if they're done passably well^^
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So, to start with, I'd like to request sprites for Rowlet (40X40), Dartrix (48X48), and Decidueye (56X56), my Grass starter of choice for this game. I ofc am not asking one person to do them all (unless they feel so, of course), but if you pick one of the three, please do front and back sprites + shiny versions, otherwise I cannot use them in the game. Thank you for your attention :-)
1) Choosing Pokemon which, given their characteristics, would work especially well under GSC rules. Ex: with a skyhigh Special Attack and STAB Crabhammer, Clawitzer could work very well in the somewhat bulkier environment of Gen 2. On the contrary, something like Bearctic would be a no due to lack of STAB on its best stat (Atk).
2) Choosing Pokemon based on the needs of Gen 2's major trainers. For ex, there are several Poison-, Psychic-, and Dragon-type trainers, so I filled the dex with many such mons. Conversely, Ice and Bug are not as hotly required, so they get a few less. Still, I made sure that (not counting legends) each type gets at least 7 FE Pokemon.
Unfortunately, however, I'm not an artist myself, and most Gen 2 devamp projects (such as one recently on this very site, and one on Smogon a few years ago) tend to die out very soon due to lack of manpower and/or interest. Also, often the sprited Pokemon are not ones I'd include in my dex according to the aforementioned reasons.
So, I was hoping I could come here every so often to ask if somebody wants to help me with a certain evolution line^^ As far as the technical details go, here are the details for workable Gen 2 sprites, in case you were wondering:
1) Sprite size should be 40X40, 48X48, or 56X56 for the front, depending on the Pokemon. The smaller Pokemon tend to get 40X40, while 56X56 is generally reserved for fully-evolved Pokemon. For example, Chikorita is 40X40, Bayleef is 48X48, Meganium is 56X56. I will suggest a size for each sprite I request, according to these guidelines. Back sprites are always 48X48.
2) Colors should always be four: Black, White, plus two more. You can use existing GSC sprites for a comparison.
3) While the optimal choice would be to make sprites from scratch, for them to fill the different artistic style of Gen 2, actual devamps of existing sprites work too if they're done passably well^^
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So, to start with, I'd like to request sprites for Rowlet (40X40), Dartrix (48X48), and Decidueye (56X56), my Grass starter of choice for this game. I ofc am not asking one person to do them all (unless they feel so, of course), but if you pick one of the three, please do front and back sprites + shiny versions, otherwise I cannot use them in the game. Thank you for your attention :-)
