I'd like to talk about Misdreavus.
Initially, it looked pretty great (I will stan GSC sprites til the end of time)
Silver: the colours are phenomenal and its mostly great, although the front facing perspective doesn't really let you appreciate the hair and its tiny smile isn't particularly spooky. Its neck is a bit tentacle-y.
Gold/Crystal: the side shot gives you a better perspective of its big wavy weave. The animation is also quite creepy, as it appears to be floating passed the trainer, and suddenly tracking its eyes over to look at us. It's got a skinny and longer neck, so it actually looks like head/neck/shoulders. The bottom ends in wavy almost jagged cuts, so it looks like a creepy sack.
Hm. Its eyes are too big for its face, and they tried to do the side glance from GC, but its not exactly facing sideways, so it looks cross eyed. The sprite is too small, Misdreavus completely loses its neck and the red pearl necklace becomes a choker. Aside from the main pearl and like two tiny ones, it's hard to tell its even wearing a necklace. The neckline is evenly cut and wavy like in official artwork now. I feel like making it slightly bigger and extended the neck would have really helped. The colours are totally washed out (why gen 3 why).