4th Gen Important Trainer Sprites were Animated

[Palamon]

Pokémon Platinum was the first game to give us animated trainer sprites. The only sprites that were animated, however, were important trainers. These trainers were your rival, the gym leaders, Cyrus, Battle Frontier Heads, the Elite Four, Champion, and the stat trainers. It was a long while after that every single trainer sprite was animated.

That being said, which animated sprite was your favorite in Platinum?

 

[Zeostar]

Crasher Wake is the only one I can remember,

It might not be a very popular thing to say, but I don't think the animations have ever been that important. It's a small enough detail that the game is still completely unchanged and my mind just starts filtering them out as they happen more and more.

Then again maybe there are cool ones. When I play Gen 4 for a second time, this is something I'll pay more attention to.

 

[TheZipBon]

The Barry Dance.