>animated pokemon sprites Why did they do that? It looked

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>>31494175
Maybe just a bit too animated.

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>>31494208

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>It looked like fucking shit

>>31494237
Hell yeah.

>>31494175
I liked them. A couple did look wonky, but I like them more than the watered-down colors of the bland, almost perfectly stationary models (bar Archeops) we have now.

>>31494175
I always hated Gen V's pixel art work for some reason, especially the overworld character sprites. They always looked ugly to me.

Not half as cute or comfy as the Gen IV sprites, anyway.

>>31494278
>anime
shit opinion discarded

>>31494175
because gen 5 is worst gen that ruined everything

>>31494808
go back to r3ddit newfag

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It looked amazing at the time OP. It blew my mind on release. The spritework in general was amazing as well. Great on the details and not overly vibrant like Gen 4 but not washed out like 6 and 7.

>>31494394
Opposite for me. I thought gen 4's overworld sprites were fucking awful and the spritework for the Pokemon were hit and miss, just like every other gen.

>>31495848
u first turbovirgin

>>31495992
Don't exaggerate, the animation sucked even then, they're basically just rotating the arms around for the most part.

Still better than 3d

>>31496452
It made the sprites actually feel alive and active, which was something that hadn't been present

>>31494175
Crystal had the best animation, to be honest.

>>31496485
Crystal says hi.

>>31496496
Not nearly the same level of animation, and it only played on encounter

>>31495992
>It looked amazing at the time OP. It blew my mind on release.
sure as hell didn't the first time I tried it, they were obnoxiously over-active and also not really animated, they just manipulated a still image really to give the illusion of movement

3D beat the ever loving shit out of it in almost every way, there's no rose-tinting yourself out of it

>>31496497
the spritework is infinitely better, though.

just because it's animated doesn't mean it's instantly better. if anything, playing the same four second loop of animation just makes it look even more stiff.

>>31494175
looks pretty good in Pkmn Prism however.

or Crystal for that matter.

I don't know Gen 5 only is fun if you play BW2. BW is weird because the trainer NPC animation aren't there but the pokemon have them. that always looked weird imo. BW2 added trainer animations too if I remember correctly.

>>31495992
I have to agree here, except for the comment on 6 and 7. I loved gen 5 because the pokemon felt really alive, and one of the things that prevents me from going back to previous titles is how dead and static everything feels. The pokemon are like cardboard cutouts.

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i really hated how pixelated the back sprites were tho, along with the character sprites

I love how butthurt some people get on this board whenever Gen 5 gets any praise.

>>31496561
It bothered me a lot more in Gen I but I agree it's bad, Gen III-IV had the nicest back sprites.

>>31495992
It looked like the Pokemon were animated in flash.

Because watching an official tournament that is just 4 still pictures facing each other looks really fucking boring?

>>31498342
It would be impressive if the DS could handle flash