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Anyone Miss the Old 1st Generation Pokemon Art Style?
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foxuzamaki
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Yaphett Kotto
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strangedopamine
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That's from the Carddass series of cards that Bandai did. Some of the art on that is quite freaky looking but nice nonetheless.
Remember when Dragonite looked bad ass?
Still one of my all-time favorite Pokesprites.
Never liked that sprite.
impetuous_silly
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No, I've been playing since blue and looking back the designs of the first generation are boring compared to now. OP, the only thing I think you prefer is nostalgia.
Snacks the sober sea lion
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Some of the sprites never got better than their Gen 2 and Yellow versions.
And the art just has a more unique look and some cool poses for the Pokemon. But some of Sugimori's old character art is really awkward.
And the art just has a more unique look and some cool poses for the Pokemon. But some of Sugimori's old character art is really awkward.
Yeah google image search can be really iffy at times. Tried to search for some video game title once, and got several things totally unrelated right off the bat.
I think his trainer art has gotten A LOT better.
There isn't much of a difference between the watercolor and digital Pokemon art. A lot of the poses are identical or mirrored. There are Gen 1 Pokemon with more dynamic traditional art and Gen 1 Pokemon with more dynamic digital art. That said I definitely would like to see Sugimori draw the newer Pokemon traditionally because I enjoy traditional art. I think his art style has improved immensely since Gen 1 overall.
It'd be cool to see him do more illustrations like the ones below.
Dat battle subway art.
Sounds like a game that could never exsit in reality tbh.
Dion Blaster
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Are there like pokemon art books you can buy? Would love some of the gen 1/2 stuff
Uno Venova
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Nostalgia? People just can't like watercolor?
This is a pretty stupid thing to say. Wow, knock it off with the stupid "you only like it because nostalgia" bullshit that poisons every fucking Pokemon thread.
Some of the sprites never got better than their Gen 2 and Yellow versions.
It's a shame Blastoise's sprite got worse since Gen 3. His poses looked so off since then, not to mention something looked really off about his face in most of the newer games.
Seven Force
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If OP had said "I like Gen1's art because it was the best and the new one sucks" then yeah, the nostalgia card would make sense, but the OP very clearly explained why he liked the art. That's not nostalgia, it's preference.
1.21Gigawatts
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I like everything up untill gen 3.
But gen 1 are my favorite pokemon.
I don't know why. Its probably nostalgia since everything untill gen 3 was on Gameboys and I loved gameboys because they were a part of my childhood. The DS never had this place in my heart because the PSP took it.
But gen 1 are my favorite pokemon.
I don't know why. Its probably nostalgia since everything untill gen 3 was on Gameboys and I loved gameboys because they were a part of my childhood. The DS never had this place in my heart because the PSP took it.
The design style of the Pokemon games tends to change each gen. I think it's reasonable to expect some people to dislike newer Pokemon due to that, even without nostalgia.
Remembering correctly would help him too. Was pretty embarrassing he got it wrong twice.
Like some of the people here, I miss the old designs too. I wont say I like them over the new designs though. They're all pretty good to me.
I miss the old Sugimori watercolor roughness in promotional artwork.
The actual games look better than ever. We've gone from this...
To this.
This is exactly how I feel. The 'artwork' has declined hugely, just because the original watercolour style was amazing. But the in-game stuff has only improved, with a massive jump in quality to the cell-shaded 3D of Pokemon X.
Player character designs in-game have been a trainwreck for some time, though.
StreetsAhead
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One thing I love about X and Y's models is that they let us see more than the sprites would reveal. Like how Samurott uses swords on its arms.
As I said in this thread here, I feel like the models in XY do the best job yet in the games of representing the Pokemon themselves.
One thing I love about X and Y's models is that they let us see more than the sprites would reveal. Like how Samurott uses swords on its arms.
Welcome to the year 2000.
There were a lot of amazing touches in Pokemon Stadium that really gave life to the monsters.
Stadium (and later home console titles) has a ton of great animations, but it took forever to see that level of detail on a handheld title.
Snap and Pokepark also made them very lifelike. I hope we get a new Snap game.
Damn this looks so good. Wish the art was in this watercolor style again.
StreetsAhead
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I mean, I guess it's true that Stadium and the console games have always shown them that way, but seeing it in the main games feels different. The evolution between even the GBA and now is awesome, at least to me.
For example;
I feel as though the in-game personality of the Pokemon makes up for any perceived generic-ness in the official art.
Yeah. I think all this "new designs in old style" is sorta proving that the whole mindset of new designs looking different is a perception thing.
Same. Happy to be disappointed, though.
entremet
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The Gen 5 are pretty great. Fully animated really seals the deal.
http://sprites.pokecheck.org/?gen=1&
Another thing to remember is the influence the anime series had on the art direction of the series. It's pretty huge.
http://sprites.pokecheck.org/?gen=1&
Another thing to remember is the influence the anime series had on the art direction of the series. It's pretty huge.
Dr. Buni
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Yes, it is literally the only thing I miss about the first generation of the series. The current art style, especially for humans, is too generic animu for my tastes.
Edit: I am talking about the Pokémon designs in Sugimori Art. The sprites in Generation 1 games were fucking awful.
Also, on the subject, it might sound weird, but after playing BW, B2W2 and XY, I really miss the static sprites from Generations 1~4.
Edit: I am talking about the Pokémon designs in Sugimori Art. The sprites in Generation 1 games were fucking awful.
Also, on the subject, it might sound weird, but after playing BW, B2W2 and XY, I really miss the static sprites from Generations 1~4.
I thought immediately so after watching these old style drawings.
For example MagaBlastoise in official artwork looks awful and i would've continued to think that it had an awful design if i didn't see the old coloring drawings that make him look more than decent (still not great though).
StreetsAhead
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This artwork sums it up nicely for me. Drawn like this, I don't think Tyrantrum stands out from any of the original 151 designs.
I actually quite like the newer Gen 6 Pokemon models. The only thing that really bothers me is that every single one of them is just ridiculously desaturated compared to practically every previous incarnation from each gen. The pokes are so fucking faded in Gen 6, it drives me crazy.
BumblebeeCody
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[insert post about how my generation is better than your current generation and if you like what's out now then you have no idea how good the "old days where" even though I've never played any of the latest games but I'm still right]
No, the old art style sucked.
Kill it with super effective ground type.
Seriously, give 'em a chance.
On the Wii U hopefully.
No, the old art style sucked.
Kill it with super effective ground type.
Seriously, give 'em a chance.
On the Wii U hopefully.
She got older yes.
Ontopic
No.
I have no emotional connection to the older art, and as an artist he has gotten way better over time. Even if i liked the older art,which I don't really now that I look at it, i couldn't even say its better because sugamori has gotten so much better.
And in regards to pikachu, they refined his designed and made him look more like a mouse, you know good evolving art and all that.
