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5th Gen B/W Graphics

Overall, I'm extremely impressed with the graphics. the random 3D parts of your journey-- especially the Sky Bridge and the Nimbasa Gym... AMAZING. I had so much fun on the little track ride in Nibmasa's gym. Walking along the Sky Bridge has been the peak of my adventure, so far (as far as the enviornment features go). I love the battle animations, although I HATE, I HATE, I HATE how pixelated and crappy the hind view of your Pokemon looks, when in battle. I also hate that the Pokemon follow and the use of the Pokewalker weren't continued onto B&W. I really loved those features, and I thought they'd be a prolonged piece of Pokemon forever! I'm impressed with about 85% of the new pokes. They're very good. Better than I imagined. I really wanted to be able to use my Pokewalker forever ): Soul Silver is the best Pokemon game in my opinion, but the girl and the boy in Unova are my favorite player designs, so far!

I'm sure some of you "indie," classic gamers love the pixelation of the backsprites, but personally... I hate it more than anything and it actually makes the game a bit less awesome ): Maybe I'm being a whiner, but I miss the old, crisp graphics on the backsprites. Please put them back in, in the next game!
 
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Midnight Jog said:
I'm sure some of you "indie," classic gamers love the pixelation of the backsprites,
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Funny you should mention that. I kinda do like the pixelated look on the front sprites, though I will agree the backsprites should've been higher resolution. They are TOO pixelated. Still, the fact that we have full-body back sprites is nice now, I would have liked to have seen that ages ago, and the animations never fail to make the game feel a lot more fun. PS: Pokemon Black and White are the first games to actually have good sprites for Lucario.

Outside the battle, I'm not sure if I like the graphics or not; The sprites look much better than Gen IV's sprites, but I feel like the scenery has sort of lost it's "Pokémon" feel. I guess I can't complain though, it still looks awesome.
 
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Fireworks said:
That's only on the Rom. Try playing it on the DS, and it looks fine.

I love Sky Arrow Bridge. I could run about on it all day :D
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When you're viewing a pokemon's backsprite, it's much more pixelated than a front sprite. Just sayin'. It's quit noticeable, but text pretty much covers up your pokemon and it goes off screen whenever you attack so it's no big deal. :]

I think the graphics are pretty astonishing this gen. I love the small details in the floor tiles in certain places (especially in Pinwheel Forest).
 
I bought the game mostly for the beautiful graphics. I love the bridges, buildings, and especially the towers. I could train in Dragonspiral Tower for hours and not be bored. :3
 
IceGod64 said:
Funny you should mention that. I kinda do like the pixelated look on the front sprites, though I will agree the backsprites should've been higher resolution. They are TOO pixelated. Still, the fact that we have full-body back sprites is nice now, I would have liked to have seen that ages ago, and the animations never fail to make the game feel a lot more fun. PS: Pokemon Black and White are the first games to actually have good sprites for Lucario.

Outside the battle, I'm not sure if I like the graphics or not; The sprites look much better than Gen IV's sprites, but I feel like the scenery has sort of lost it's "Pokémon" feel. I guess I can't complain though, it still looks awesome.
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I can dig that. I understand where you're coming from! But, Pokemon is evolving and "improving"/updating, just like everything else in the world is.
 
I'm quite impressed on how the battle scenario was made in the game. I mean, triple battling? That's something. Also the animated sprites, to be quite honest, are a lot better than the 4th generation games.
 
I think they really pushed the DS graphics, which isn't too much of a surprise. Anytime the next device comes out (the 3DS in this case) the previous generation output is maximized. They've mastered the DS hardware.
 
The backsprites are scaled up so that they manage they can fill the screen to a reasonable degree in the battle sequences - leaving them at a regular size would make your side of the field seem sparse, while drawing backsprites natively at such a large size would take forever.

(And there's also the matter that Pokémon Musical sequences use the back and front sprites together to improve the impression of movement, and that wouldn't work if the back sprites weren't the same size as the front ones)
 
Fireworks said:
That's only on the Rom. Try playing it on the DS, and it looks fine.

I love Sky Arrow Bridge. I could run about on it all day :D
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It doesn't look fine on my Lite or my DSi. They are way too pixelated and it really bothers me. The NPCs in the Pokecenters look bad, too. I love everything else, though, especially the bridges, but that might be because I'm strangely obsessed with bridges, lol.
 
Maybe it's because I haven't gotten too far into the game yet, but the graphics look like D/P/PT Graphics to me. The graphics in battle have really improved though.
 
I dunno. Sometimes when I move, I get some strange graphic issues like NPCs with holed eyes so they look like zombies. It's kinda bothersome.

Also seems pixellish sometimes, and blurry. I love the battles, though.
 
The graphics in the fifth generation improve upon the later fourth generation games. I especially like the battle graphics, aside from the backsprite resolution - I do understand that VRAM can run out, though. As for the overworld - much nicer than HGSS, and definitely better than Platinum. (Castelia City... I will never forget. Or all the bridges.)
 
I don't like the way they did White Forest and Black City, or how pixilated your Pokemon are in battle but other than that, amazing!
 
Graphics are really nice, they are vibrant and detailed.
Love the animations to each pokemon. :D
 
I only like the battle graphics but hate everything else, the taller characters look awkward too.
 
The environment like the Routes, etc. looks impressive but actually not much of an advance compared to 4th Gen. The 3D still looks a bit 'emulated' and the taller characters look very skinny... (Big head, too slim body).

The battles are great with the animations of the Pokémon, they let them be alive somehow. I think they really overtopped themselves.

The idea with the seasons is great and that the areas change that noticeable is also great but still it's not blowing my mind away :D But I guess that's because they have to keep that cute charm, players are familiar with and only can do bigger changes from game to game. This time it was definately the character design which they want to improve.
 
I sometimes think the 2D sprites don't scale very well...

but overall I think the direction of some of the 3D scenes is very good and I love the new battle animations. I like the fact that when pokemon with eyes are sent to sleep their eyes actually close. It's a real improvement and way past due.
 
holdmykidney said:
I sometimes think the 2D sprites don't scale very well...

but overall I think the direction of some of the 3D scenes is very good and I love the new battle animations. I like the fact that when pokemon with eyes are sent to sleep their eyes actually close. It's a real improvement and way past due.
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I was astounded by this. The ingame graphics shocked me also. Overall, its a great game.
 
I love Castelia city :D I feel like I'm in a Final Fantasy game there to be honest ^^ And Sky Arrow Bridge blew my mind ^^

Ive noticed the pixelated backsprite too :( Its a small price to pay for the rest of the good graphics though n__n

I love how all the gyms are different on the outside as well as the inside n.n Nimbassa and Driftveil gyms are pretty memorable to me n.n
 
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