Game Freak is known for creating Pokemon sprites that are later fleshed out into fully realized creatures in later titles, and somePokemonfans have wondered what modern of them would look like with the visuals of oldertitles. OnePokemonfan has decided to create their own Gen 2 sprite demakes of a team of Pokemon fromRubyandSapphire.
Reddit user Healingmii recently shared a compiled image of various Pokemon sprites they created inspired by thePokemon GoldandSilverdesign. Healingmii’s fan art includes seven popular Pokemon fromRuby and Sapphirecovering a variety of typing and unhindered by the often replicated Hoenn starter Pokemon. BecausePokemon GoldandSilverwere the original forays into improving Pokemon sprites with a broader color pallet, Healingmii’s Gen 2 sprites are fittingly less blended and brighter in tone.
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The Gen 3 Pokemon included in Healingmii’s fan art are Gulpin, Pelipper, Salamance, Shuppet,Spheal, Swablu, and Trapinch. Being the larger Pokemon, Pelipper and Salamance take up the majority of Healingmii’s fan art, while the rest still accurately represent their proportions inPokemon RubyandSapphire. Though these Pokemon look like they’d fit intoGoldandSilverthanks to Healingmii’s artistic twist on them, the sprites are noticeably different from their Gen 3 equivalents and aren’t animated like they might be if inspired byPokemon Crystalinstead.
Because the Game Boy Advance brought a big technological leap to thePokemonseries, the sprites were refined to be less jagged like the more pixelated Pokemon in Healingmii’s fan art. As a result, Healingmii’s Gen 2 sprites have a more visibly boxy and abnormal outline to them compared to their true appearances inPokemon RubyandSapphire. Although the Pokemon sprites inGoldandSilverandRuby and Sapphirewere stationary, both duos received sequels that animated the sprites deemedCrystalandEmeraldrespectively.
Though the colors of Healingmii’sGen 2 Pokemonsprites may stand out more than their Gen 3 counterparts, the details of the Pokemon’s design get lost, most notably with Swablu and Shuppet. Several fans of Healingmii’sPokemonfan art would like to see demakes of more recentPokemontitles, but Game Freak remains dedicated to games for modern hardware. While these Pokemon may not be getting demakes like Healingmii’s fan art in any mainline titles, some of these Gen 3 Pokemon may receive regional variants in the upcoming Nintendo SwitchPokemongames.
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