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[Otakumegane]

Sun and Moon are the first Pokemon (mainline) games to not feature Trainer Sprites. This was confirmed in the E3 Demo. (23:30) Trainers are now all models.

Say goodbye to some of your favorite sprite arts.

A shame too because some of the trainer sprites and portraits were my favorite things that gave nuance to pokemon games. Really gave a jolly feel to what a crazy world it was.

 

[Forkball]

Right at 23:35 they show a portrait of the Lass.

DO YOU HAVE EYES MY FRIEND

 

[Puruzi]

 

[1upsuper]

They'll be back. Mark my words.

Spoiler

Please come back.

 

[MayMay]

Right at 23:35 they show a portrait of the Lass.

DO YOU HAVE EYES MY FRIEND

lmao

 

[Hatty]

The 3D models are so ugly Black and White had the best style

 

[jjonez18]

Wow it's in full 3D too. Looks wierd.

I want mah old skool toggle like in DQXI

 

[Otakumegane]

Right at 23:35 they show a portrait of the Lass.

DO YOU HAVE EYES MY FRIEND

It's just a freeze of the character model not an actual piece of VS sprite. It's just hard to tell on the stream

 

[super-famicom]

Good riddance Youngster Joey.

 

[Puruzi]

Right at 23:35 they show a portrait of the Lass.

DO YOU HAVE EYES MY FRIEND

those are the 3D models my man.

 

[Lunafreya Nox Fleuret]

Yeah, I'm really sad about this

 

[Forkball]

It's just a freeze of the character model not an actual piece of VS sprite. It's just hard to tell on the stream

those are the 3D models my man.

And? It functions the same way i.e. a static image of the trainer in some sort of pose.

 

[FZZ]

I lowkey wanted to smash all the female swimmers when I was a kid

Pouring one out for the real ones

 

[KeyBladerXIII]

Seeing those sprites has made me realize that I never really paid attention to the trainers of any game past Gen 2. Swimmers and psychics are easy to identify but for most of these, I really can't tell the difference between gym leaders, elite four, and regular trainers.

 

[Puruzi]

And? It functions the same way i.e. a static image of the trainer in some sort of pose.

The OP liked the 2D art more clearly.

 

[Andrefpvs]

On the plus side, every trainer is now visible during battles, shouting instructions to their Pokémon.

 

[RecRoulette]

Gotta say I was bummed when Gym Leaders in X/Y just had a static photo. I'm cool with this.

 

[Tagyhag]

RIP

And? It functions the same way i.e. a static image of the trainer in some sort of pose.

That doesn't make it sprite art.

 

[Femto.]

I lowkey wanted to smash all the female swimmers when I was a kid

Pouring one out for the real ones

lmao

Spoiler

What happened to your L bruh?

 

[Kid Heart]

Let's face it, we knew this was coming with the move to 3D.

It's still disappointing mind you since I love the trainer sprites, (I mean just look at my avatar), but yeah I was just waiting for the inevitable at this point.

 

[Foxxsoxx]

Good riddance. They served their purpose and nostalgia etc but they definitely needed to go.

 

[Femto.]

On the plus side, every trainer is now visible during battles, shouting instructions to their Pokémon.

This is the best thing to come out of this.

 

[Neoleo2143]

A bit of a shame that the high quality 2D art is done. However, that being said, the new models have a bunch of personality in and of themselves especially now that they actually hang around in the battles. Doesn't hurt that they don't look half bad. The Preschooler could have fooled some people into thinking its 2D art. Can't wait for HD pokemon. Still, more stuff like Maxie's defeat animation is a good thing.

Edit: On the downside, I'll miss stuff like Red's cap raise in HGSS, that might've been the most epic addition to that fight aesthetically.

 

[chaobreaker]

Those gen 6 sprites are literally just official art I'm not sure why you're missing them.

Those animated gen 5 sprites are the real shit but we need to move on.

 

[PK Gaming]

I HATE IT

 

[Mediking]

Ahhhh... Pokémon Platinum... one of my favorite games of all time...

 

[FZZ]

lmao

Spoiler

What happened to your L bruh?

Cavs won a title

Hbox won Evo

New music been dropping left and right

No more L's

Turn that M in Member upside down, it's a W now

WHEW

 

[Otakumegane]

If I am to be honest, the sprites randomly appearing during battle in black and white really threw me off. Don't know why because the Pokemon were sprites too.

Models look far better for in battle purposes and I do enjoy the added end poses. I'm just going to miss some of the flair of 2D art, especially now that X/Y and ORAS's really clean art isn't going to appear in game.

 

[StreetsAhead]

That doesn't make it sprite art.

In that case they weren't sprites in XY, either.

 

[HawthorneKitty]

Tsutsuji got real cute.

 

[Andrefpvs]

They can still take this one step further: since it's obviously impossible to create unique models for every trainer, they could at least slightly change their hair/eyes/skin colours with simple hue modifiers.

So, for example, one Lass could be brown-eyed, another could be blonde with blue eyes, and so on. Would be a neat touch.

 

[Boss Doggie]

OP is showing disservice by not posting all of XY's top notch trainer sprites

especially the best one (no hex girl is overrated and generic)

 

[StriKeVillain]

Good.

 

[SalvaPot]

The new models look so good and close to the sprites I don't think we need them anymore.

 

[Joeku]

I'll never stop liking shorts. So comfy and easy to wear.

You can't take that away from me, GameFreak.

 

[Boss Doggie]

I'll never stop liking shorts. So comfy and easy to wear.

You can't take that away from me, GameFreak.

he still like shorts, just now in 3d!

 

[Puruzi]

(no hex girl is overrated and generic)

i'm disappointed in you

Hex Maniac is godlike

 

[Banglish]

I like it lol.

 

[Vena]

OP is showing disservice by not posting all of XY's top notch trainer sprites

especially the best one (no hex girl is overrated and generic)

Glacia is superior to all of the other art in XY/ORAS.

 

[Toxi]

OP is showing disservice by not posting all of XY's top notch trainer sprites

especially the best one (no hex girl is overrated and generic)

 

[Vena]

Also how could the OP miss one of the most memorable sprites and moments in the series?

 

[Nanashrew]

OP is showing disservice by not posting all of XY's top notch trainer sprites

especially the best one (no hex girl is overrated and generic)

She's one of my favorites.

Pokemon is filled with hot girls.

 

[PK Gaming]

RIP

 

[Sesuadra]

Also how could the OP miss one of the most memorable sprites and moments in the series?

Lol the M'lady sprite

 

[Toxi]

Lol the M'lady sprite

Please, Red is an amateur.

 

[Boss Doggie]

Glacia is superior to all of the other art in XY/ORAS.

she became an Elsa clone

Female Pokemon Breeder is perfect!

 

[tauroxd]

They can still take this one step further: since it's obviously impossible to create unique models for every trainer, they could at least slightly change their hair/eyes/skin colours with simple hue modifiers.

So, for example, one Lass could be brown-eyed, another could be blonde with blue eyes, and so on. Would be a neat touch.

That would be godlike.

 

[Gravidee]

Is there an artbook that compiles all of the trainer art used for the games? Transition to 3D trainer models was looming for a while now but each NPC should still be based on some sort of base artwork.

Also, the female swimmers in X and Y were insane.

 

[PsihoPerihelion]

I'm with her.

 

[PK Gaming]

Let's be real, the trainer designs surpassed the Pokemon designs