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I'm honestly disappointed no one has paid much attention to Wrverii's sprites. I think that those poses best display the Pokemon in a VooDoo doll fashion, while still keeping the Fighting-like appearence of the Pokemon present, and enchancing the Dark-type Pokemon. I could easily imagine that...
There are a lot of things I miss from RBY, but I think what I miss most is the style of the Pokemon sprites. Nowadays, it seems to be all chibi stuff for pre-evolutions, and monsters for fully evolved Pokemon. I think it might be literally possible for the new sprites we see today to be Spore...