I remade Pokémon 2d sprite animations in 3d!

[@EmeralBookwise]

No one would ever expect only a single person to animate all 700+ Pokémon in just their spare time, but the fact it only took an hour or two each means there really shouldn't be any excuse why a professional game studio like GameFreak which can split the load between dozens of paid employees couldn't get the job done.

[@liamtrischman4141]

I’m not sure what criticism you are trying to make? The Pokémon in SV have idle animations and idle battle animations

[@elizashingler]

@@liamtrischman4141they cut most of the pokemon

[@aarionsievo]

​​@@liamtrischman4141And still most fish-like Pokemon are levitating in battle...

[@Libra-_-]

They could Fr get hardcore fans to animate them for free as volunteer work 💀

[@babycatto173]

​@liamtrischman4141 wrong. they ripped the animations from sun and moon and called it a day just like how they did for sword n shild all while lying to the fans by saying they cut the dex for higher animations

[@jexusdomel5194]

funny you say you werent very happy with hydreigon although its hands down the best animation out of the three, it looks so smooth, with a few more touch ups i could see it in an official game

[@TheDeathmail]

The issue is that it had 3x the work for such a result....

[@ClayByDallin]

This is sick!! I hope gamefreak starts implementing more animated/lively 3D sprites in future games. Even the stadium games for the 64 had livelier models

[@EmeralBookwise]

Unfortunately, GameFreak is far too understaffed to give every single Pokémon even half this much attention. Despite Pokémon being the single largest media franchise in the world, GameFreak still runs their studio more like startup business. To have this level of detail on all the animation, they would need to either higher more animators, or else outsource more of the animation work to other specialized studios.

[@jonathanflanagan1504]

The console spinoff games had lively animations but they were also VERY long sometimes so I'm not too beat up about the simpler ones we have in our current games lol HOWEVER, one dramatic yet subtle improvement would be to keep what Legend Arceus did and have pokemon actually get into melee range when using a physical and/or contact move. That made the physical move animations much more satisfying because the mons were actually throwing hands. Decidueye's Triple Arrows are much more raw and dynamic when he actually flip-kicks the opponent's face in before umping back and letting the arrows fly.

[@causalguide]

ah yes 10 year 1 game

[@fieldday4836]

Those 3D animations are so cool! I honestly think the issues you were having with Hydreigon boiled down to the animation being originally made for the 2D sprite and not for a the 3D model. It'd be really cool to see your own original idle animations for the Pokemon instead of having to work with a outline that was made with one less dimension in mind.

[@abeeyakemi325]

Liligant slap is my favourite animation. They're so cute!

[@booster-b3568]

Cool initiative! Though the movements look a bit stiff in 3D. Those 2D sprites can get away with a minimalist approach, but it feels unnatural when they are directly translated to 3D. I'd love to see more of your content in the future!

[@dahuntre]

Super cool! Another thing is that the 3d models’ colors are noticeably less saturated

[@sneakyfloats]

victini I think some squash and stretch on the hops and especially idle would make it look more energetic. The part where it moves its spine up and down makes it look like it's just retracting and not shifting its weight lilligant the squash and stretch on the gown for the last bounce looks like it's a bit too exaggerated hydreigon the mouth-hands could do with a little more snappiness, they don't look particularly vicious and kinda tired more of a model thing, but the colors on the model feel a bit pale overall, great work. You recreated it pretty well and showed the differences between sprite and model animation (like how 3D needs more in between frames to look natural and fluid)

[@VerkoAviarhidea]

this production level is insane, how does this not have 100k views ATLEAST yet

[@Superbuchi]

The animations, editing, and music choice (Under Night's OST is so underrated) came together so well! This really reminds me of Yisuno's work on Twitter. I loved this video and hope you keep doing these, cheers!

[@MsAdrammelech]

this is such a great idea! i love the lilligant result. u very talented

[@WardofSquid]

Publishing your work on channels like this is what will help you get insanely great jobs in the future! Keep up investing in this future!🎉

[@itsturniptime3699]

Lilligant’s Gen 5 idle animation is very similar to its “happy” animation in things like Pokémon Amie or camp. Off topic side note, Lilligant’s 3D model is such an improvement over its sprite, she needed smoothed out lines

[@lainhyugatha3762]

BW2 are my favorite pokemon games, so it's really interesting to see the fairly static 3ds-era models with the movement and life of gen 5. That said, I think I agree with you that original idle animations would be the way to go, and if you ever decide to make those, I'd be super excited to see them. I've always thought pokemon worked best with pixel art, but 3d models that strike a balance between static/boring idle animations and gen 5's more energetic and cartoony movements may be a really good direction, too.

[@Dipwad_Omega]

You should consider doing Ferrothorn. One of the simplest animations ever, but one of my favorites for some reason. It's always stuck with me and I don't know why lmao

[@Naenaefreshcuts]

Ooo sweet animations! Victini looks so adorable!!

[@drowsymicrowave3544]

3:45 THE YELL I JUST LET OUUTTT THIS FELT LIKE A JUMPSCARE I LOVE HYDREIGON THEY'RE MY FAVORITE POKEMON YAYYY

[@HaughtyToast]

NGL, I kind of want to see some of the gen 2 - 4 animations done in 3d just because of how limited they were. I think it would be hilarious to see just because of how limited they were back then.

[@B1rakul0us1yflare14]

The animations is so cute. Hopefully in the future I'll be able to do 3d animations as well 🥺✨

[@bartowo]

soem squash and stretch on the victeenee houldve made it more awesome looking i bet

[@Wiimonkey2]

Cool project idea! Great work! I love the little personality animations you added with your characters throughout the video (like the Lilligant slap). I understand that doing those can be quite a bit of extra work, but it adds a whole lot to the presentation. :)

[@bruh-oj1ji]

This is amazing, i hope you get the views you deserve, keep up the good job

[@swinley5539]

your super talented! I hope to see your channel pop off!

[@rogue_114]

as a childhood gen 5 fan this made my day, hah. gf needs to add the liveliness and energy from moving sprites back for future games. very well done, especially with hydreigon.

[@BlutwoAnimations]

We shall watch your career with great interest. Good to see life being added back into pokemon models

[@BreadProduct]

1:29 You are looking for the Non Linear Animation Editor. or NLA for short.

[@mugmangaming1012]

Llligant is my favorite Pokémon! I’m glad you decided to animate her ❤

[@espelhodasconstelacoes]

You are genuinely underrated! Got yourself a new sub! God bless ya and Jesus loves ya!

[@EnderWarlock]

You should make a video with the same pokemon where you animate idols without guidelines. It would be a fun comparison video to watch. These 3 look great, Liligant is my favourite but I also think Heidragon looks great.

[@tylertichoc7330]

As someone who grew up with Gen 5 with Black and Black 2, all of these were perfect. I couldn't think of any way they could be better. Maybe someday we'll get a more traditional top down game in 2D animated sprite form blending with 3D overworld models. After all, we weren't expecting Legends Arceus which even went with a Cell Shaded aesthetic. So who knows, anything is possible with Pokémon now.

[@DaGreatKikos]

Any of the 3D remakes (especially Brilliant Diamond and Shinning Pearl) should've done this. The gen 4 remakes were lack luster, but having the 3D models mimic the original 2D sprite animations would've been a great touch.

[@SillyLilly-t1x]

Any 3d game during the Switch era should've done this. At least with the 3DS games some games can straight up crash if too many animations are in play (Triple battle + sandstorm + all large Mons can lag and even crash any Gen 6 game) so it makes sense why they had to limit the animations with the 3D models and why they didn't update them during Gen 7. But the Switch can handle both BoTW and ToTK. Gamefreak doesn't have that excuse anymore.

[@EmeralBookwise]

@@SillyLilly-t1x: GameFreak is clearly out of their depth, not to mention incredibly understaffed when any other major studio with a franchise even half as valuable as Pokémon has over twice as many employes. If GameFreak doesn't want to expand, at the very least they need to do more outsourcing. I mean, part of the reason animations were so much more lively in the Stadium/Colosseum games, which had even less powerful hardware to work with, is because GameFreak wasn't really involved outside of oversight.

[@WatsonDynamite]

@@EmeralBookwise there are HUNDREDS of names in Scarlet and Violet's credits and a good amount of those are outsourced employees from 5 different outsourcing agencies (Source: TamashiiHiroka/Tama Hero's video "Pokémon Scarlet and Violet are BROKEN. What happened?") the problem with Game Freak isn't a lack of staff, it's the fact that the people they DO hire are mostly junior developers with very little experience, and the older more senior developers, while wizards with older hardware, have failed to update their knowledge for modern consoles (Source: Gireum Red's video "I EXPOSED What’s Really Going On At Game Freak") but of course, you're going to ignore this comment like everyone else does whenever I post this because facts go against your narrative that Game Freak employees are victims of mismanagement when in fact they really are just incompetent...

[@EmeralBookwise]

@@WatsonDynamite: I'm not going to ignore it. If they really are outsourcing that much however and the games are still turning out worse and worse, then it really does just all go back to a fault of incompetence in the management.

[@iantaakalla8180]

Stuff like this is why I am fine with Pokémon being finished as a franchise. Yes, it could still go on and make mainline game absolutely agreed to be good in almost every aspect. But I am done waiting for that day. Pokémon belongs to the fans and has arguably been so since Pokemon X and Y and each year after that shows how the fans of Pokemon treat it better than the developers and distributors.

[@daniellelondon439]

This is so cool! I like how you detailed the steps it took to recreate each sprite’s animations.

[@enderking6904]

I think that some 2D sprites dont hold up in 3D becuase they domt make use of the medium fully. Let Victini float around, summersault, and just be its floaty fun self. Let Hydragon show off more ferocity and chomp wildly. Stadium had the right idea, its 3D, the pokemon should act it

[@iantaakalla8180]

I actually find Victini to be very offputting despite the fact that Hydreigon is considered the weirdest. It just really feels like it is standing there and awkwardly moving. I mean, so are Lilligant and Hydreigon, but calm flaps and a Pokémon bouncing every once in a while seem more natural that Victini’s faked excitement.

[@diamonddust4486]

I'd love to see you give these three pokemon your own idle animation fitting a 3D model, and then compare it to what you made here.

[@GoldenKernel]

I am JUST finding out Victini has wings 😮 Like what the actual heck

[@sylvyboi]

butt wings!!!!

[@demonico917]

My favorite Pokemon/mythical AND pseudo? Great choices :)

[@kyephafakemon]

these are incredible!! especially love how hydreigon turned out 👌👌

[@RolineOverlord]

I love how my child got Kirby final boss music while animated. Really fitting.

[@couchtater8426]

Loved the project! Way better than anything I could pull off.

[@Mr_Mcgee_]

This video is about to blow up

[@ralpbeez8414]

I'd like to see you free-style it sometime! I would to see you do this again! Gen5 is the only gen to not get 3d battle models before the gen6 overhaul, gens1-4 got them in Stadium1/2, Colo/XD, and PBR. The gen1-2 models are a bit rough in those games, so if you want to follow a reference, you could use the new models to match the Stadium1/2 idle animations!

[@Arcanesquish]

Looks way better then I thought it would

[@enriquevaldesmedina]

I think Hydreigon was the best one. All it was missing was the main head doing the small tilt/pulling in motion. Great job!

[@swagkirby3449]

I love the use of Revenge of the Enemy

[@Canal_do_Lontra]

you should post more vids with animations like this, they are pretty good, also heydreigon's animation that you did is really cool :D

[@gywii]

This is really interesting! There is definitely something to be done with recreating more lively animations.

[@CrystalSunriseFox]

your lilligant animation made me like that pokemon a lot more lol

[@DanDaFreakinMan]

They looks more jolly and lively, but a bit off and NPC-ish when they bounce around for too long

[@iantaakalla8180]

Victini in particular looks very offputting to me, especially considering he is supposed to be an energetic bundle of joy and a symbol of victory. It instead looks like something is puppeteering Victini to act as lively as before but it can only manage jerky movements.

[@typedullx]

This is really cool and I think you should add some personal touch to them if you ever do more. Because I am not sure if the 2D animations translate well in 3D. Ironically, I like the Hydreigon one more because there's more movement. But for Victini it looks a bit awkward. The pose feels off in 3D and its head feels stiff looking at it. And I don't even know how to feel about Lilligant

[@lauram.g.4998]

absolutely wonderful video!!

[@Arcticgod3535]

I definitely did enjoy the Animated Sprites of Gen 5 and your 3D takes on them was pretty good all things considered. You could have taken some inspiration from the actual Hydreigon wings in the Current games. Sometimes being too faithful to the original source can be more of a burden than you think. Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl were also guilty of it while they did show some neat original stuff like the Grand Underground, Ramanas Park and access to Fairy Types for the main story. However being too faithful to Diamond and Pearl and not including the things present in Platinum (apart from the Outfit you can get if you got the game early like I did) like: More diverse Pokedex, the New Poketch Interface, Updated Gym Leaders Team, Battling Fantina before Crasher Wake, an additional Battle against Cyrus it makes some yearn to play their Original copy or better yet Platinum as it was the definitive Diamond/ Pearl Experience.

[@cherry62]

Would love to see you do this again but doing a bit of your own style/flair and using a reference like a real animator like you said- art is always better when you're not trying to do things 1-to-1 imo

[@wildrabbit2237]

One guy did 3 Pokemon justice in less that 5 hours. Now look at the multi-BILLION dollar company's models

[@goldoan]

These were great! It'd be be great to see you freestyle on a few of the gen 6-9 pokemon.

[@ChrisPkmn]

1:58 taking shots at crystal, emerald, dppt, hgss

[@ankhuzerouno4361]

Animations came out so good! Just wished the colors were just as vivid and saturated as the sprites.

[@Wobuffet3]

kickass. game freak should have done this

[@ketchup2263]

Dude cannot believe you don’t have more subs great video.

[@truepotatoq4455]

I think Hydreigon is actually the best end result, but if they were to update the 3D animations than I would prefer they just do something new that shows off the Pokemon personalities

[@ellosteve]

i didnt even know victini had wings until this vid HAHA thanks cerulean

[@ChrisPkmn]

lord if you could even get the static posing right for some of these mons, that would be amazing (HGSS Gyara for instance)

[@kaitlinmiller9168]

These were all so cool!!!

[@nilsperry04]

2:41

[@Y_BCivil]

This was super dope

[@ImaGreenBoi]

I would Say these animations need more easing, just to make the movement feel smoother

[@Evixyn]

This is great and fully smoothed but leak better then what game freak / the Pokemon company has for generations eight and nine.

[@JoaoLuiz-ro6wy]

amazing work

[@FieryRed_BE]

i always wondered what they‘d look like

[@looomas5852]

LILLIGANT YOU HAVE MY ATTENTION

[@miaemblem8072]

Please make custom hackroms of the 3d games with these GOOD animation

[@aclock4815]

Maybe you can look into tools like rigify or auto rig pro Cause things like wings can be waaaaaaay more enjoyable to animate if you have a nice rig for them

[@Gamer2002]

This is amazing

[@rayanson2795]

You should make more & allow yourself more freedom, these animations work well as sprite because they were design for it but I bet it could be done better in 3d, or in a way that just looks better in 3d, like the tail sway being a sway that makes the tip of the tail also swing instead of always being crooked

[@isaiahperez5719]

This is EXACTLY what i wanted (im 30 seconds into the video)

[@LaytonObserves]

Very cool!

[@alejandro.c9066]

Will we ever see Pokemon and Game Freak animate all the Pokemon like that in a game?

[@Neko-Duck]

as SOON as i was wondering- 🙏

[@Orez-Suke]

Looks very stiff, and the liligant going down animation is way too exageratred imo But yeah the transcription of 2D to 3D is done so that's kinda nice

[@BootlegGremlin]

3:05 GYAAAAATTT i had to im sorry lmfao

[@SodiePopples99]

HELPPPPP THE LILIGANT SLAP

[@chrometheraptor]

Hell yeah!! Super cool :D

[@SinisterPixel]

While the 2D animations are SUPER expressive for sprites, I don't think they translate well 1:1 in 3D. They look a little stiff. I think to translate well, you'd have to freestyle it with some inbetween frames. Stretch/bounce the sprites in areas that make sense. That'll add a lot to it in 3D

[@VictorEmerald500i1]

Imagine this was used on the black and white remakes

[@spluff5]

Id love to see Archeops since the animation they have it in 3D looks so much less cool

[@barneymamadisimo3229]

Great, now do it with the 1020 different Pokémons with their respective animations in one year

[@Mumps755]

very good video i enjoyed

[@Eyolahess]

This guy is underrated

[@wantedasylum1091]

I'd say go with a select handful of Pokemon from each region pre-gen 6, cuz realistically you're not gonna get all 700 something pokemon done by the time Pokemon Presence & Absence Gen 12 comes around.

[@rtype2816]

You gave them their souls back

[@Chaogardenx]

A little lighting would go a long way on this models

[@WhiteRaven696]

Almost 900 pre-Gen. 6 Pokémon including form changes and gender differences. Not including post-Gen. 6 form changes like Mega’s and Regionals for post-Gen. 6 gender differences (Eevee).

[@miaemblem8072]

The lilligant animations looks good and smooth but I think the victini one looks too robotic, it's ok if it's in pixel, on the ds, not so good in 3d

[@Kirbman]

1:07 Did you intend to use the SiIvaGunner version of the cry there or was that an accident?

[@ellolired3994]

Imagine if TPC put half the effort you put into these

[@quinjet6446]

Y’all, this is awesome

[@Omar-bz7tl]

Bro is in the path to get hired by gamefreak

[@MastodonMann]

GameFreak hire this man

[@Max-qe5ec]

We want all 700!

[@inxine]

guy has more talent than GameFreak as a whole ha

[@Terracrafty]

Victini's cry sounds a bit Different than ususal