A bunch of FRLG's sprites are like
I'm just
I'm just standing here
I'm just
I'm just standing here
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Worst Pokemon Sprites?
- Thread starter Rankumander
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Kinda like the Pokémon models from Gen VI onwards, in other words. Then again, I suppose it is much easier to make a Pokémon sprite do a cool pose than a model.
Mamoswine's back sprite in Gen 4 suuucks.
Notice how Mamoswine's main defining feature, its tusks, are totally missing and now it's just a brown blob. Its nose is missing as well.
Notice how Mamoswine's main defining feature, its tusks, are totally missing and now it's just a brown blob. Its nose is missing as well.
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Something that bugs me with portraits in Mystery Dungeon 1/2, the background color is included with the mon, wasting color limits for the pallete. If the simply had the actual Mon separate from the background sprite, they would of had better color range
Also silly face Wigglytuff is adorbs
Forgot to mention Garchomp's Gen 4 backsprite.
Why is its fin curved downward?
Why is its fin curved downward?
The only ones here that really bother me are Sandshrew and (especially) Sandslash, where the poses look boring without looking natural
I just found out about this hideous front sprite that Garchomp had during Platinum's development
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stuff like this makes me wish there was a "nauseous" reaction on here
It's not. You can even check out all the sprites for Kricketune here: www.pokestadium.com/tools/sprites
That could be part of Garchomp's "sent out" animation. Still, the final version looks far less ridiculous.
Ever since the prototype sprites for gen 1 were leaked, and we had the helix chamber people try to figure out what they might've looked like from the front, I think it's kind of a fun exercise to think about if we ignore that we KNOW what they look like, how close would we ever get?
I mean by gen 4 we generally had more accurate, and larger, backsprites, but you still get things like Mamoswine. Pretend we've never seen Mamoswine before and all we had was this Mysterious Backsrpite. It has no tusks and it's low to the ground but think of how many ways to interpret this there could be. Strictly speaking, if it still had no name, type data or evolution data we wouldn't even know it's related to Piloswine and probably couldn't tell what was going on with its nose.
Or how about Togekiss? At least here we have a more defined headshape and relationship
But no wings! Togekiss is a pretty bulky pokemon but you'd be forgiven for htinking it's just a silly head on a giant dango or whatever
also i'd consider this just a bad sprite.
... actually, that's the point. It's not a good flier so its flying is very clumsy.
(Then again, it's true that it should have a grounded idle animation, but Sky Battles said "no")
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I don't see any images.will add more later.looks squished.
looks even more squished than Ivysaur.
What is with your nose?
What is with your mouth?
What is with your eyes?
just looks dead inside.
It's literally just a bird.
Again, what is with your mouth?
Now you don't even have a mouth???
doesn't have a properly defined head.
needs to hit the gym. And I mean an actual gym, not a Pokemon League Gym.
Something about the eyes just unnerves me.
SELF-EXPLANATORY.
Not as bad as the Blue sprite, but it just looks derpy.
Perspective has always been a problem for Vileplume sprites, especially in the earlier gens.
Where is your head???
just looks bad.
looks dead inside.
Mostly fine, but they fucked up the spiral pattern on its stomach.
Where are your eyes?
One arm is bigger than the other, and the expression is just stupid.
looks even stupider.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
Its tentacles are too short.
has no mouth.
has a stupid looking face.
it's... it's just standing there.
wtf
what is with gen 1 sprites and dead-looking eyes?
just a big ball of gas with a face.
Looks fat for some reason.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
looks like a plush toy.
Enough people have memed this already, I think you get the point.
durrrr...
One of the first sprites designed, and it shows.
just looks poorly drawn.
The parent is fine, but the kid has problems.
The origin of a racist controversy.
Pinsir got it the worst with the Gen 1 eyes.
Vaporeon notably uses an old design for its sprite. No wonder this was changed.
The placement of the eyes is the biggest issue with this sprite.
Zapdos looks fine, but the other two birds look awful.
Seriously, what is with these eyes???
SELF-EXPLANATORY.
Yung Dramps
awesome gaming
Dragonite's Diamond, Pearl and Platinum sprite, A.K.A one of the most uncomfortable-looking poses I've ever seen a Pokemon make