Pending Gen 2 Item Sprites

GoldenSandslash15

Given that the Teambuilder includes sprites for Pokémon from Gen 6-onwards, despite these being unofficial and not actual in-game sprites, I was wondering if the same could be done with Gen 2 item sprites.

The items in question are the Gen 2 Berries (currently uses the Gen 3 berry sprites), the Pink Bow and Polkadot Bow (currently uses the Silk Scarf sprite), and the Berserk Gene (currently uses the Red Chain sprite).

Could we get unofficial sprites for these?
 
The difficulty is that unlike modern Pokemon sprites, it's not as if there's some model of Berserk Gene out there that could be referenced. Unless those items were seen in the anime or guidebooks or something, it'd just be up to the artist's interpretation. Filler sprites from modern gens work just about as good for Gen II items as anything.
 
I disagree. I think that you can get them to work.

Pink Bow and Polkadot Bow are fairly obvious based on their names.

Berserk Gene is a little bit more obscure, but you can get it to work. Based on the name of the item, it's some DNA-based thing. The player obtains it by using the Itemfinder in the location where Cerulean Cave was located in Gen 1. Based on this, we can probably assume that Mewtwo is involved somehow. Anyone who's seen the anime would agree that "Berserk Gene" as a name works quite well with Mewtwo, so it could just be a Mewtwo-colored DNA helix, or something like that.

The berries... I will concede, are an issue. I suppose it would be up to artist interpretation there.
 
Fwiw, I've been looking up multimedia archives since reading this thread, mostly for the sake of it (and quarantine). Already found TCG images of Berry, Miracle Berry, and Gold Berry. I don't mind drawing GSC style or Modern style sprites for those either, and looking up media in old magazines/anime can be quite interesting. If the rule of thumb is "only make the sprites if there is an official media reference to it", I can continue looking up for all the missing items. It also makes more sense than inventing them, I don't think it's proper of a simulator to "imagine" the sprites just for the sake of it.

Ofc any application of those would need dev approval.

EDIT 1: Found an official representation of Berserk Gene. It's the item Detective Pikachu wants to retrieve from the bad people using it to make a chemical on the 3DS game. It makes more sense to represent it on a vial than a wanna be protein chain anyways.
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EDIT 2: Mystery Berry
Also, me every time I believe I've found a berry picture in TGC/GSC manga publications
 
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