It makes him look like he accualy levitites, but I kinda understand you
Eelektross got absolutely screwed over. It went from an intimidating land electric eel to a more realistic depiction of a desperate sea creature flopping on land. Imo the 5th gen version was one of the best Unovian Pokémon. Then I saw the 3D version.
tbh i actually think 3d exca looks better. it's bw sprite looks like someone's fat drunk dad that sits on the couch and watches Oprah reruns all day and gets asthma attacks complaining about infomercials. 3d exca's slimmed down and actually looks intimidating.Welcome to my thread. Here, we discuss about Pokemon, that looked better in their 2D sprites, rather than in newer games. You may also point out the Pokemon that accualy got better with 3D models, if you want. So I'll start it off with Excadrill. In gen 5, he looked fearsome and intimidating. When in gen 6/7 he just looks so lame and boring. Now's your turn. Feel free to share your opinion and please respect other's. Enjoy.
Most of sky drifting modelsThe single most disappointing transition for me was that of Tropius. Admittedly, many of the gliding animations introduced by Gen VI for sky battles didn't really suit the Pokemon in question, but I feel like Tropius suffered the most from this change since it completely undermines its otherwise great design. Tropius was for a large part inspired by the thought that dinosaurs might have survived in the uncharted depths of the jungle, and yet the new animation takes away so much from that cool dinosaur aspect.
After breeding a Tropius for in-game use in my Y version, I unfortunately had to learn that its backsprite is even worse by a large margin, since the perspective and pose basically removed everything unique and charming about the design: the fruits, leafy helmet and the long neck are mostly covered, the leafy cape is barely visible, and the rear leaves look useless and out of place even when gliding. This is especially disappointing considering how perfect the Gen V sprites and animations were.
I hate how some of flying types like Swellow, M-Pigeot and Tropious are somehow drifting the air while staying in the same position. It looks just wierd and akward. I know that GF wanted to show them of accualy like a Flying types, but Toucannon is staying on the ground and he's still Flying type, so that kind of animation was realy unnecessery.The single most disappointing transition for me was that of Tropius. Admittedly, many of the gliding animations introduced by Gen VI for sky battles didn't really suit the Pokemon in question, but I feel like Tropius suffered the most from this change since it completely undermines its otherwise great design. Tropius was for a large part inspired by the thought that dinosaurs might have survived in the uncharted depths of the jungle, and yet the new animation takes away so much from that cool dinosaur aspect.
After breeding a Tropius for in-game use in my Y version, I unfortunately had to learn that its backsprite is even worse by a large margin, since the perspective and pose basically removed everything unique and charming about the design: the fruits, leafy helmet and the long neck are mostly covered, the leafy cape is barely visible, and the rear leaves look useless and out of place even when gliding. This is especially disappointing considering how perfect the Gen V sprites and animations were.
Eelektross got absolutely screwed over. It went from an intimidating land electric eel to a more realistic depiction of a desperate sea creature flopping on land. Imo the 5th gen version was one of the best Unovian Pokémon. Then I saw the 3D version.
But that's part of the Empoleon line's charm! They're so proud that battling is disdainfully beneath them unless their pride has been sullied, in which case Arceus help the target of Empoleon's ire.Empoleon has always been one of my favorite starters, and when I first saw his form in DPP, I loved how it actually looked like "royalty" who was commanding its kin.
The new one... Empoleon went from a conquering Pokémon to a penguin who looks as if it ate too many PokeDogs and would rather watch the PokeHistory Channel than make History. That, and doesn't it look just... unmotivated to battle for you? I don't know, GF.
There are going to be a lot of these, but here's one that bothers me in particular among the flying sprites
Now, Salamence's flying pose looks stupid in its own right, but compare it as well to its original sprite. The sprite looks imposing, gives it weight standing on all fours with that huge tail and very angular head in profile, like you're hoping this thing doesn't turn and notice you. The flying model takes away that sense of strength by having it look like it's just suspended in mid-air, takes away a significant part of its mass by hiding the tail, underlines how those wings really shouldn't lift it (even if we know they wouldn't, it's more pronounced when it's constantly hovering in a way where even proper wings wouldn't work), and makes the head spikes look so much thinner and takes away their menace making them look more like "thorns" than spikes. And maybe this particular part is just me, but the expression looks tired, rather than vicious with the top one open and baring fangs.
I've had this problem with the dragons in general, not just flying mons. Garchomp in particular stuck out to me. It looks really cool in Gen 5:
And Gen 4 also looked really cool:
But the Gen 6 one wasn't really great. It didn't have the same badass vibe:
I mean, it's not exactly the worst model in the game. Oh dear no. However, I felt that the older sprites were more intimidating and lively, like it's ready to fight and show off how good it is. The new one looks more mature to me but at the loss of some of the badass heart and appeal.
There are going to be a lot of these, but here's one that bothers me in particular among the flying sprites
Now, Salamence's flying pose looks stupid in its own right, but compare it as well to its original sprite. The sprite looks imposing, gives it weight standing on all fours with that huge tail and very angular head in profile, like you're hoping this thing doesn't turn and notice you. The flying model takes away that sense of strength by having it look like it's just suspended in mid-air, takes away a significant part of its mass by hiding the tail, underlines how those wings really shouldn't lift it (even if we know they wouldn't, it's more pronounced when it's constantly hovering in a way where even proper wings wouldn't work), and makes the head spikes look so much thinner and takes away their menace making them look more like "thorns" than spikes. And maybe this particular part is just me, but the expression looks tired, rather than vicious with the top one open and baring fangs.
This thread seems to realy interest people, so what's the problem? It's cool if it was mentioned somewhere else, but it looks like people like the idea of seperate thread for this topic
