Worst Pokemon Sprites in Every Generation

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Going over the worst Pokemon sprites and models throughout all generations and games of Pokemon
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[@i_liketocausewarsincomments]

I dont like it when u stream lets plays :(

[@Threatpack]

Can ye not stream it pls ty

[@MilestheDirtyMindedGoblin2099]

LEL GIMMIE DEM TOES NOW KID OOGA BOOGA

[@budkosin326]

Yay your doing sword!

[@lannahuxel98]

Who are you starting with? I was going to go with sobble but I don't like the evolutions so I'll probably go grookey

[@MLittleBrony]

the gen 5 sprites look perfectly fine when they're on a DS screen and not, y'know, blown up to a goddamn HD monitor size

[@l5098]

Zennec Fox Agreed. I personally think the gen 5 sprites are the best in the series (aside from 3D models)

[@JBzucc]

@@l5098 i think the 3d could be the best if they gave them more personality, like machamp and machoke flexing and acting all macho could add so much to the pokemon instead of a static pose

[@Toby.Opolis]

I really love the animated sprites

[@torokami1109]

Thanks, that's what I was thinking

[@f4ded420]

@@l5098 I prefer the gen 5 animations more, they're more alive and catch every pokemons quirkiness

[@ademir6]

"i hate gen 5 moving sprites" *you have provoked a gang war*

[@LTD538]

Gen 5 sprite gang

[@wrdoro]

Lucky the Duck yes

[@ranilthilakaratne8768]

I hate them too

[@papapapa2856]

@@ranilthilakaratne8768 oh that's fine the electric chair is that way

[@Heinz_Sakamoto]

*HERECY*

[@FungusBug]

Pokémon Gen 5’s moving sprites aren’t as bad on their native console because the smaller screen size makes it much harder to notice the issues with the sprites when they move. Blowing them up makes the issues much more noticeable.

[@juliamxd9614]

@JaroGold still, thats like judging a sega genesis game because it looks pixelated when in reality the developers accounted for the fact that you would be using a ctr tv wich "blends" some pixels making the image look way better

[@cononodapotato6920]

@JaroGold take the mario model from NSMB, it's pixelated right? that's because it was made for a small 194p screen that kids would playing on from a foot away. it's the same for the B/W sprites, it looks bad now because it was designed to fit on a small screen, even if it could've looked a bit better.

[@LRM12o8]

@JaroGold it does become quite irrelevant on the Nintendo DS screen, though

[@sebastianaliandkulche]

Well, the previous gens sprites dont look as bad even when fullscreen the entire emulator and they were released before. Animated them on that way at least was a mistake.

[@LRM12o8]

@@sebastianaliandkulche it looked fine on the DS screen...

[@blanknaemguy]

I think the problems with the gen 5 sprites are that they use direct transforms (scale, motion, and rotations) instead of frame-by-frame animations, (because that many pokemon are very difficult to animate)

[@juliamxd9614]

If they did frame by frame animation the game size wouldnt fit in the cartridge, imagine +500 pokemon with nore that 15 diferent frames each

[@egon3705]

also you're not going to notice a tail looking weird when that tail takes up a tiny slither of a screen the size of 1 1/2 pokemon cards even if you're playing on a dsi xl

[@adrienstarfaer]

​@@egon3705Do you mean sliver? Slither is a verb and it's how snakes move

[@fusionwing4208]

there's no real problem with it either way, the sprites were designed and animated for the console they were going to be put into. If gamefreak had the time and willingness to do another sprite based pokemon game now, they'd probably fully animate all the mons using frame by frame, and also have highly detailed pixel art on top of that. for the console it was designed for, the sprites and animations are pretty damn good honestly.

[@yournutt]

"archeops doesn't look like the completely effective flyer we know it is" all of archeops' pokedex entries: archeops is not that good at flying

[@awesomeboi9197]

........

[@mr.preston1632]

In it’s crown tundra Pokédex entry it even says it has to run 2 miles to get off of the ground so yeah that proves your point

[@yukiharumi9250]

It's actually the ancestor of all flying type pokemon

[@nate9962]

@@yukiharumi9250 yea but it still can’t fly

[@dwanedibly8129]

@@nate9962 Archen, the pre-evolved form, is the flightless one.

[@RicoNite]

Mikey:"I hate gen 5 moving sprites" Literally everyone:peace was never an option

[@windupmachine]

I recognize the council has made a decision, but it’s stupid and i elect to ignore it

[@smd0512]

I hate the sprites of Gen 5 Like Micheal Does-

[@inanjarif1388]

@@smd0512 *loads shotgun*

[@smd0512]

@@inanjarif1388 *shotgun dosen't load*

[@iamnotmessy123]

@@inanjarif1388*Ready's To stop this since people can have there own opinion*

[@jabarithegoldenlucario8841]

15:00 Well, technically, your problems with the 3D Model Archeops are possibly intentional design choices. Because Archeops sucks at flying. Many Dex Entries state that it is better on the ground than in the Air.

[@egon3705]

true, but they could still have it be angrier and less rotund

[@staringcorgi6475]

Why did it learn fly then

[@egon3705]

@@staringcorgi6475 apparently it can fly... but it needs a 2 mile runway

[@zeked4200]

​@@staringcorgi6475 *Then It's Dex entries say that it's *bad* at flying, not that it can *not* fly. Big difference...one means it can't fly at all, and the other means that it can fly...just poorly. Not sure why you're confused by that, seems simple to grasp...but either way...I hope that helps.

[@thegalacticbard]

I'm really surprised you didn't talk about Venusaur's stoner eyes in Pokemon Stadium.

[@stuhff8169]

The landlord - The Rent isnt that high The rent:

[@thegalacticbard]

@@stuhff8169 🤣

[@danemartinez193]

@@stuhff8169 💀

[@holynovaentertainment5007]

Me: *Looks at Typhlosion in Gen 6 and onwards* Me: Look how they massacred my boy. EDIT (2023): THANK YOU SCARLET & VIOLET!

[@Arnie3]

HolyNova Entertainment™ 69th like

[@volcanictyphlosion1724]

I don’t see nothing wrong with typhlosion

[@notballer365]

Poor, poor typholsion

[@simonixen0762]

I dont like Typhlosion because the first time i saw it was in go. I had heard it was amazing and was amazingly disappointed. I never got over that.

[@mjincorporation30]

Super squid Ninja it looks like a hairless rat

[@maricelmurillo1060]

"I hate gen 5 moving sprites" *Holy music stops*

[@blueheaven1048]

Lol!

[@eggyt1153]

1 more like.

[@-Puppet-]

Congratulations on getting 300 likes!

[@supermario7811]

**sm64 credits stop**

[@mr.preston1632]

He is making them out to be as BAD as Amazon primes interface/hud

[@kbgman01]

I honestly prefer the Gen 5 sprites over the new 3d models. The sprites just look more expressive and unique when compared to their stiff, soulless models. They're brimming with personality. It also doesn't help that the flying Pokémon look absolutely terrible in the newer games, especially Charizard, Salamence, and Xatu. DistantKingdom has a great video detailing why the flying 3d models are terrible.

[@DarkEclipse23]

I adore the sprites.

[@_zander1025]

you actually missed a pretty bad error in slowbro’s gen 5 sprite. stationary, it looks fine, but when it moves its tail to the side a bit you can see that the shell on its back is missing an eye

[@syedmarwansyedjaffar3707]

MandJTV: I hate how gen 5 have the pokemon animated Also MandJTV: I hate how most pokemon look so static in gen 6 What

[@evan250592]

Probably Gen 6 has opposite problem of gen 5 : High detail but boring animation.

[@crunchypac114]

SyMarwan 3 no he said he doesn’t like the moving sprites, he also says that he wanted them to be posed better not just standing there.

[@cocoroach_ok]

It's like you can tolerate 2d background characters in anime/cartoon to stay still, but it looks jarring if it happen to 3d background characters.

[@WhiteRaven696]

Because sprites shouldn't be animated, while 3D models should be.

[@brandonbernard1570]

Aren’t sprites animated in like 99% of the games they’re in?

[@WAFilms-gv2en]

“I don’t like the gen 5 sprites” The Comments: “so you have chosen death”

[@roddyaxolotl8519]

Stolen comment

[@WAFilms-gv2en]

@roddy axolotl oh, i didnt read down that far sorry.

[@kaleoprime619]

roddy axolotl rude...

[@zabawa444]

tbh they're just pixel art, they're always gonna look kinda broken when animated, that's why we love them i think

[@afarensis9720]

He probably played Gen 5 on a 3DS, it looks pretty bad on the 3DS so I had to go back to the DS Lite, so much better

[@behindyou4505]

For me the biggest victim of color saturation is Gengar. If you look at Gengar's older sprites, it's a much darker shade of purple, to the point where there's actually a noticable difference between it's regular and shiny sprite, especially in gen 3. But as you said, color saturation transformed Gengar to look more like it's shiny so there's hardly any difference now.

[@fusionwing4208]

I hate how so many shiny mons are just slightly saturated or desaturated color schemes honestly. I fully agree with gengar, the older games gave him this pretty dark purple while his shiny was borderline black in color. Legends Arceus did a pretty good job more recently (although the shiny could be a tad darker).

[@99wins31]

“Gen 4 has no bad sprites” Gliscor in Diamond and Pearl: Helo Edit: and also Swampert in all of Gen 4 because seeing Swampert do a dad dab is in my brain now when it shouldn’t be

[@ArthurTRead]

I was curious so I just looked up Gliscor's DP sprite and now I am officially terrified. what were they thinking honestly

[@99wins31]

@@ArthurTRead Thankfully they fixed it in Platinum

[@johnathonadams1877]

also nazi registeel?

[@umaxii1591]

I honestly think the gen 5 sprites were my favorite of any of the generations. Even counting the ones that came after. I never had a issue with them looking segmented or weird. I guess the gen5 sprites look the most ''pokémon'' to me if that makes sense. The entire artstyle of gen5 is my favorite too, it all gaves nice a nice vibe to me.

[@taylorsue1267]

UMaxii agreed

[@tysonmoriarty1977]

Gen 5 is my favorite generation so I like the sprites

[@doctorhappy3609]

I agree the gen 5 sprites are really cool they feel the most like pokemon

[@snapl3s715]

👍

[@amesstarline5482]

Agreed, it feels lively and like the 'mons are 'dancing'.

[@NeoArashi]

“Archeops looks like it struggles to stay afloat rather than being the *effective flyer we know it is* Except that almost EVERY Pokedex entries states that it is NOT an effective flyer, and that it’s better at running than flying.

[@agents8318]

Lol

[@NeoArashi]

Agent S What’s so funny?

[@agents8318]

@@NeoArashi the fact that he thought arceopys is a good flyer

[@TheFlyingPotato777]

Yep

[@TheFlyingPotato777]

The 3d model for archeops is so much better than the 2d one.

[@JCDragon2819]

The sprites in Generation 4 were all really great, but I preferred different poses between the three eras. An example is Gyarados in Diamond and Pearl, Heracross in Platinum, and Weezing in HeartGold and SoulSilver. However, what I loved about all of them is that they gave us some really great animations for all Pokémon species using only two sprites per species.

[@ark-0yt148]

Fun Fact: The 3D sprite of Thyplosion in Gen 6 is actually it's actual physical appearance in the anime. One example is Jimmy's Thyplosion.

[@765ZackAttack]

Mikey: [mentions how he hates the moving sprites for Gen 5] Me: "ight imma head out."

[@dickeater67]

*_mikey_*

[@Rafael-pl4lg]

MIKE

[@thomaswalters1968]

On Archeops: "it looks like it's struggling to stay afloat rather than being the completely effective flier we know it is." White Pokedex entry: it runs better than it flies. It takes off into the sky by running at a speed of 25 mph. UM Pokedex entry: Said to be an ancestor of bird Pokémon, the muscles it uses to flap its wings are still weak, so it needs a long runway in order to take off. Sun Pokedex entry: Although apparently able to fly, they tended to run along the ground, averaging speeds of roughly 25 mph.

[@zaleww5824]

It's speed is base 110 btw lol

[@bubbleverse]

Was looking for this comment

[@eertikrux666]

I think what he meant was how to wings got shrinked

[@Apronika]

Bruh Archeops always has been struggling

[@unluckychucky3979]

It make sense, considering the fact that what it’s based off of *can’t fly* so it make sense it struggles to stay in flight.

[@druzysticks]

4:41 DAMN THAT EXEGGUTOR LOOKS LIKE ITS FROM A HORROR MOVIE, THE GREEN SHADOW MAKES IT LOOK LIKE ITS USING A GREEN FLASHLIGHT UP TO ITS FACE, AND IT LOOKS LIKE ITS GIGANTIC AND CHASING SOMEONE-

[@Amelia4111]

Can you please not type in all caps?

[@ChrissyChrissss.]

9:39 Quilava be twerking

[@obuma6459]

Mikey: "I don't like the gen 5 moving sprites" Also Mikey 5 minutes later: "THEY'RE JUST STANDING THERE! IT'S BORING!"

[@zacharywilliams9708]

This wasn't the gotcha you hoped it was

[@therobloxgamer6109]

@@zacharywilliams9708 its just a joke

[@zacharywilliams9708]

@@therobloxgamer6109 Whats the point

[@therobloxgamer6109]

@@zacharywilliams9708 the point is its not supposed to be a gotcha, its just a joke.

[@zacharywilliams9708]

@@therobloxgamer6109 The whole point of the joke is hes being contradictory which in fact he's not

[@dianarichardson7326]

fun fact: the spinirak that was purple is actually crystal's shiny. How do I know? that was my first shiny.

[@Chara_Dreemurr1]

GG... My first shiny was a tynmo from Pokemon uranium... A Pokemon fangame

[@gengarman8009]

My fist shiny was dratini in Pokémon fire red

[@WolfyGamer99]

My first shiny was a flipping haunter in moon.... I almost had a heart attack

[@Chara_Dreemurr1]

Actually in uranium every time I encountered tynmo it was shiny. I just had no idea until I started encountering normal tynmo

[@cray6065]

My first ever shiny was the gift eevee from Bill in Soulsilver, now it is a beautiful shiny Umbreon, and also my first level 100 pokemon

[@Yipper64]

9:20 this is due to non integer scaling, something you can actually see throughout the game, not just in the pokemon sprites (if you haven't noticed sometimes characters might have different sizes of eyes, or straight up lose detail as they are further away) This would have been fixed had they kept the same engine going into the 3ds Era. Sadly... no. Edit - wow I made this comment already. I'm consistent with this idea.

[@mecen8]

I actually kinda like the old Moltres better than the new one. Mostly probably because the gen 1 sprites are less detailed than the other sprites, so Moltres just generally fits better, but also it looks more royal for some reason to me, while normal Moltres looks just like you lit a rubber chicken on fire.

[@willthewaffle9846]

“I wanna see how they make typlosion better” Me crying in gen 8

[@megametexe5129]

Game Freak: Typhlosion can't look bad......... *if it's GONE*

[@SuperNicktendoEntertainment]

@@megametexe5129 Modern problems require modern solutions

[@rosarioesquivel1126]

Why did they not include Half of the Ogs!?

[@TD0150]

They wouldn't have changed him anyways

[@thoserandompeople1478]

Rosario Esquivel all starters are gone except charizard............... I *THINK*

[@girlie_p0p]

nah stationary sprites just look lifeless, the gen 5 sprites actually seem like moving creatures and not tacked on pictures

[@watermelon8300]

Nah static sprites > moving sprites

[@ahyafikri4746]

Idk, I like gen 4 Sprite a little bit more than gen 5, it's just look pixelated

[@SoggySlopster]

You wanna talk about lifeless look at the 3d ones. They dont even move much they have no personality or expression they just exist

[@lsswappedcessna]

@@ahyafikri4746 probably look pixelated because they are. Y'all are forgetting Gen 5 was still on the DS and DSi, BW releasing in 2010 and B2W2 releasing in 2012. Damn I feel old. The weird visual effects are because of graphical limitations, the DSi XL still had a screen resolution of 256x192. Just like the DS and DSi.

[@ahyafikri4746]

@@lsswappedcessna yea it look pixalated bc i play on a computer so its look soo pixelated but good news, i have dsi this week and play it. Its doesnt really pixelated, ITS doesnt look Messy. Maybe bc of the smol screen ^^

[@randallrenfert]

Gen 5 has my favourite sprites, they weren't designed for an HD display it was designed with the idea it would be viewed on a ds

[@zentendoxn8955]

For Gens 1-5, this only covers the Front Sprites! I was waiting for you to say: “Yes, this Back Sprite belongs to Venusaur. Obviously.”

[@autistickid8905]

Typhlosion without fire gives me 70 nightmares everyday

[@MostMorose]

I fucking hate that they removed the fire in that line, only Cyndaquil looks ok but Cyndaquil is my favorite Pokémon

[@devalphamon7289]

@@MostMorose I mean if you were to train any of them theyd be non fiery most the time.

[@thecolorblue9609]

Don’t u mean *69?*

[@autistickid8905]

TNT CrEePeR n o

[@nightfox75withenigmaberry95]

Really? I think it's cute

[@adamlynch9153]

“I dislike the gen 5 moving sprites” Hate Speech!

[@wynautandwobbuffet5694]

Report him

[@liddiagaston2041]

@@wynautandwobbuffet5694 hate Speech!

[@wynautandwobbuffet5694]

@@macandcheeseandrice LEEK GLEEK LEEK GLEEK LEEK GLEEK

[@phud420]

Literally shaking and crying rn, he would never do this

[@islandboy9381]

Some of them are badly animated ngl

[@acesod]

To be honest, My favorite change in Legends Arceus was battle stances for pokemon. Like for Luxray instead of just standing there, Looks like it's about to pounce. It makes pokemon look more ready for combat instead of just plainly standing up.

[@KatIsBrocken]

Not to mention, they do Typhlosion justice even if it's a hisuian form!

[@emberdhologram3095]

That Ekans sprite from the Japanese Red/Green looks like a yawning snake. But if you're not familiar with what a snake looks like while yawning... then yeah, definitely looks like it has a duckbill. I'm glad they didn't continue doing that with Ekans.

[@kcwjunior1AceAttourny]

1:26 ekans was doing the pog meme in the 90's. Truly he was ahead of his time

[@ninja_tony]

Huh? Pogs are from the 90's, nearly every kid had them. I didn't know there was a meme about them though, because they haven't really been a thing for nearly 20 years.

[@thehenwithatie]

@@ninja_tony you're thinking of the wrong pog lol

[@null_doesnothing2487]

@@ninja_tony no no, pog like Poggers, like pogchamp, not pogs

[@3MB3Rx134]

Pog moment

[@VoicedIlluso]

@@null_doesnothing2487 Something about this comment just makes me laugh for some reason

[@tuxedobird]

Imagine getting mad at sprites for not looking good in HD when they were made for the ds.

[@ahyafikri4746]

Well, he probably playing in emulator, no wonder if he say that

[@otakuattackcosplays1778]

Tuxedobird well, I mean, you're not wrong...

[@natecruz7114]

It’s his opinion on what looks bad or not. None of this is fact.

[@yoshii842]

@@natecruz7114 it's our opinion that he didnt have a good point smh

[@babauranai]

ive been playing on emulator since i was 9 and it has always looked worse than the real thing

[@leastlikelysuspect5122]

15:35 I still think Eelektross has one of the worse 3D Models, no offense to anyone who like them. But Eelektross looked really cool as this giant 6’11” Eel, but then in the 3D Models they struck it and now it looks just weird

[@maritzabeltran7000]

I know right Eelektross 3d model makes it look Iike it’s evolution

[@tripledreigon6417]

I am very gen 5 biased, so I think they look awesome, I remember playing soul silver a year after I got pokemon black, and I felt that the stationary statues weren't lifelike, which is one of the reasons why I like pokemon BW and the remakes, they're more lifelike. Edit: in bw2 they fixed some of the sprites and gave the starters, and other pokemon updated sprites, like phanpy was fixed in bw2 I know for a fact

[@codenameunown]

Nobody's gonna mention 3d Hitmontop? He's actually standing on his feet......

[@tobysinbad]

?Codename Unown? And the mankini is horrifically prominent

[@zareffarhaan6106]

When I saw that abomination, I thought it was a new Pokemon.

[@joycelinlgbtq]

It was pretty bad compared to the console 3d models.

[@nuttynutella4468]

@@zareffarhaan6106 so true

[@fazbearking87]

Of course he is, if he was always on his head he would be constantly fainting with all the blood going to his head

[@thenorfnonly3486]

I think Gen 1 Golbat is the “So bad it’s good” of sprites.

[@trent800]

I never had a problem with hitmonchan it looks like it is punching you throught the screen

[@bluepearl4624]

So derp

[@aquatic9591]

4:02 me after getting punched in the chin

[@eggyt1153]

Ding dong your opinion is wrong.

[@bennypage9990]

No...just no.

[@user-yl3dr1bz8f]

My problem with gen 5 wasn’t the glitchy animations on the front sprites. But the back sprites of the Pokémon in battle were sooooo horrendously pixelated it was horrible. How are people not talking about those super pixelated zoomed in back sprites?

[@RetroGuy9]

9:30 I am, but I don’t understand why you aren’t.

[@psychie8625]

If I may offer an argument to your stance on Gen 5, sprites... 1. The sprites were made with the DS screen size in mind, and your complaints are a lot harder, if not impossible to notice on a DS. 2. It was the logical next step for the battle system. Gen 5 tried as hard as possible to differentiate from Gen 4, and this including changing up the battle interface. If the camera was to move without moving sprites, there would be complaints similar to Sword and Shield's battles: That they're too static. The increased battle speed and moving sprites make the battles more exciting, if only by a little bit.

[@WishGender]

AGREED

[@coolcruel418]

Yeah imagine if the sprite didn't move at all. Just standing there like idiots.

[@rubychen2635]

He can have his own opinions

[@MrMetropolis]

@@rubychen2635 And everyone else has the right to provide an argument against that opinion if they disagree. What's your point?

[@LRM12o8]

They did look choppy and wobbly though. I never noticed the problems he described on th DS screen, but it explains why they looked wobbly. Still, it was a really cool gimmick. I always wished for the Pokémon battles to be more dynamic, more like Pokémon Colloseum as a kid, so that change was very welcome.

[@nuttyrant2747]

“It looks like a *flat* Gingerbread man” I think Gingerbread men are SUPPOSED TO BE FLAT

[@jellydonut1875]

Woomyster Cora stolen comment

[@nuttyrant2747]

Alex W I didn’t even see the comments until you decided until I thought to comment

[@RN-pt2xk]

Lol

[@bennypage9990]

*FLATTER* than most gingerbreadmen.

[@chimknnuggied6109]

Jelly Donut stolen comment I’ve seen this before

[@notbob1711]

16:26 Yall wanna know something that nintendo really fucked up while making shinies? It's that the shinies look ALMOST EXACTLY as they're normal forms and this happened with a ton of Pokemon like garchomp,glaceon, or any of those pokemon imagine killing an pokemon and realizing that it actually was a shiny

[@Amelia4111]

NO MORE SWEARING PLEASE!

[@notbob1711]

@@Amelia4111 What's fu + ck?

[@snivysnivy]

14:35 Hisuian typhlosion: hello guys welcome to my minecraft let’s play

[@demi-femme4821]

Mikey: "I am not a fan of the gen. 5 moving sprites" Literally everyone: *One day you will have to answer for your actions, and God will not be as merciful as I am.*

[@blahblahblahgames2986]

Hi arceus This reply wont make sence if you change your profile picture

[@haseebahmed2544]

Blah blah games 2 ur amazing

[@No1AsakaKaorifan]

@@blahblahblahgames2986 *arcoos

[@blahblahblahgames2986]

@@haseebahmed2544 why am i amazing? Or are you joking

[@haseebahmed2544]

@@blahblahblahgames2986 aren't you a super rare light fury

[@javierpucheu6150]

Don’t worry about typloshion’s 3D model, they removed it in Sword and Shield ;)

[@xXxSnowXAblazexXx]

:(

[@nightshade6997]

☹️no

[@tforde2143]

Game Freak: Why keep old pokemon and fix sprites when you can cut half the pokemon and not change anything from Gen 7.

[@richpichu1272]

Flintlocke Forcer I’m pretty sure data miners found other Pokémon that are not In the games dex

[@milboxr9772]

@@richpichu1272 will they update the game and make them available? Oh nvm they will most likely charge you 60 bucks and make them available in the "new" Pokemon great sword and great shield

[@conlon4332]

I think the Typhlosion 3D model is adorable, and looks great for all out-of-battle contexts, but it would make sense for it to have its fire out and a more alert pose during battle.

[@sameatscement3997]

14:34 Nahh he just predicted Legends Arceus

[@kro2704]

“I hate gen 5 moving sprites” You have lost your Pokémon rights

[@zoelindwall637]

Kro the worst sprite in black and white is snviy he looks like a bratty kid when he moves. 🤣

[@Maeveyyx]

@@zoelindwall637 pretty sure that was intentional

[@trent800]

@@zoelindwall637 it was intentional

[@ddrakgo]

Zoe Lindwall and that’s what you call ✨𝓟𝓮𝓻𝓼𝓸𝓷𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓽𝔂✨

[@MiriaJiyuu]

I love the idea. I love the intention. The ideas and technology that went into them was absolutely ingenious. They made my head hurt and I couldn't play the game because of it and I hate looking at them. Which is a shame, I want to play gen V, but it's literally painful for me to do so. On the DS or an emulator. I tried both.

[@prplwings_afp]

15:05 *After evolving Archeops can fly, though they aren't very good at it.* ~Pokemon Wiki

[@MrShadowThief]

They're literally based on an animal that couldn't fly at all.

[@penggao7034]

Yeah, but the arms/wings are TINY. It makes it look like a tiny baby bird that cant fly at all

[@edwardtomlinson3213]

wait the wiki says that?

[@prplwings_afp]

Edward Tomlinson yep

[@AdrianBludfang]

@@penggao7034 *laughs in Pidgey*

[@calebmcnabb3668]

My first wild shiny was a Fearow caught in the Sevii Islands in my copy of Fire Red. I was literally snap pointing at my phone screaming, "Dude!"

[@ThirtyDimensionedMissile]

7:26 in the anime thats how it looks, i remember the heads being connected in two places, thats why it looks like that.

[@Invisibool]

"...So now it looks like [Archeops] is struggling to stay afloat..." Because it is, that was the point of it. "...rather than the completely effective flier we know it is" Except Archeops isn't. It runs way better than it flies and even needs a running start to take off at all. Its probably super hard for it to stay airborne in one spot like that. Come on do you even read the Pokedex entries?

[@xL0stKIlah]

It is capable of flying extremely fast. . .

[@Invisibool]

@@xL0stKIlah It can, but thats mainly through gliding, and it still needs a running start for takeoff. Its not at all a skilled flier

[@xL0stKIlah]

@@Invisibool no not gliding. Flying squirrels glide archeops can FLY as in go up and down left right

[@Invisibool]

@@xL0stKIlah It still struggles with it's flying and is a much, much better runner, as several of its Pokedex entries make clear, and just like the actual prehistoric creature it's based on.

[@rakysuchus3828]

It’s glides, not flies. Your right, it should look like it’s struggling to stay afloat.

[@bainbonic]

"They rotated Cloister's shell and I don't know why." ...Your innocence is kinda charming, dude. XD

[@chalkydusty]

Oh. I’m stupid because I don’t get it :0

[@thezootycooner]

What why

[@idrovepastyourhouse-9385]

O o f

[@Woodenfan]

@@chalkydusty Female anatomy, m'dude.

[@chewbyham9197]

**insert Lenny face here** Edit: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@Cupcakkecult]

8:50 gliscor is staring intently

[@paxryderakakirbybisharp2310]

6:44 What has been seen, cannot be unseen... 😂😂😂😆😆😆 The way Smoochum is mentioned to be Chucky (I watched some of the Child's Play movies, and most of the Chucky series episodes, except episode 7, which I missed.), got me laughing so hard... 😂😂😂

[@orinking4437]

He used the shiny model of archeops

[@MandJTV]

I knew only a few people would catch that since they're so similar XD I used the shiny model because there is no hi-res gif of the regular model. The site I got them from has shut down, and they only got to Gen 4 with the regular models

[@Kylecoll1629]

@@MandJTV when someone wins how would they know if it was you telling them that they won

[@teejieyt]

Slick catch

[@djdee6386]

@@Kylecoll1629 what does that mean?

[@Kylecoll1629]

@@djdee6386 I mean if you won how would you know if you won

[@Kadaadotexe]

*Claps at gen 4 sprites* Me: Flashback to Registeel

[@nuttynutella4468]

Oh god

[@vicentep3571]

Flashback to diamond and pearl gliscor

[@kavaler1471]

Rami006 What’s wrong with that sprite?

[@vicentep3571]

@@kavaler1471 Looks very creepy

[@Heinz_Sakamoto]

@@kavaler1471 registeel is a nazi

[@charanks2377]

13:41 they now kept in legends arceus.

[@bananerbug165]

12:30 XD

[@giroppa99]

Gen 5 sprites are amazing, love the way they move.

[@pengil3]

hate the way the ds makes it look tho

[@BeckyBaluga]

I like it too but their body is ruined

[@meowth5986]

hey have you heard about opinions?

[@giroppa99]

@@meowth5986 perhaps (?)

[@jolien9138]

@UCDpC8IhX_eb31twwbQLYjEg he is just telling his opinion you dumba$$

[@TheWDerp]

Mikey: I don't like Mewtwo's yellow sprite Mewtwo: *pelvic thrusts angrily* Edit: over 400 likes?! Damn o_O

[@Sealed_Chamber]

lol

[@feathertailfanspoofs]

lol

[@feathertailfanspoofs]

BEST COMMENT EVER

[@idrovepastyourhouse-9385]

Lol

[@squeaktheswan2007]

I mean he's not wrong. Mewtwo looks better purple.

[@Ninja_Geek]

Honestly I prefer the horizontal Cloyster over the vertical one. It looks closer to shelder plus it looks less suggestive.

[@TangleHamain]

4:50 Okay so, the proportions of Exeggutor's sprite are.. meh.. quite bad.. BUT, one thing Im sad that Game Freak removed from this specific Exeggutor sprite is the fact that it looks very creepy. I wish they kept the creepiness of it instead of making it look goofy nowadays. Still adore Exeggutor, just my point of view on the matter

[@heroinhero]

You are the only other person I've seen that likes Exeggutor. Normal form Exeggutor is my favorite pokemon. I dunno, I just really developed a connection with my derpy looking tree in HG/SS.

[@TangleHamain]

@@heroinhero Same! Im not too sure why I really like Exeggutor.. I guess cus its goofy, has a unique design, its funny lookin, its has a nice typing (rip cus of bug types though) and its a much better improvement then the eggs that is its pre evo ^^

[@heroinhero]

@@TangleHamain I remember getting a really good moveset on it in the post game. Also all of those playthroughs where I refused to evolve it until it got psychic... yeah that's a thing I did. I dunno, every time I play HG I make odd decisions, but it's one of my favorites.

[@TangleHamain]

@@heroinhero Lmao I mean you do you mate x33

[@johnofonett8036]

The Gen 5 sprites look fine if viewed in the actual game. Outside of the game, however....yeah.

[@guidomista3570]

They do only really look good in their home games and showdown, and I say that as a gen 5 fanboy

[@ninja_tony]

The sprites are fine, which he even said in the video. The only thing wrong with them is the animation, but a lot of the comments didn't understand that apparently.

[@idajohansson6921]

@@ninja_tony I don’t think there’s anything wrong with the animations tho, they did the best they could. And i love the animations, they’re literally a lot better than the 3D model idle animations. The animations is what I love about Gen 5 games, it’s amazing. This is of course my own opinions, and I respect others.

[@sebastianaliandkulche]

​@@idajohansson6921They are literally GBA games with better animation so they didnt do "the best they could". Even on real hardware it looks ugly.

[@ZiptoZapto]

I personally think that the gen 5 animated sprites were done through stretching and rotating the base sprite. I've stuck them onto a sprite editor, and looked at them frame by frame, and it's very noticeable that that's probably what happened.

[@Castronian]

The only one I had a problem with Pokemon 4th gen was wooper. The mouth always made me uncomfortable

[@hensleydodson5733]

At least it is the closest to the official artwork.

[@Castronian]

@@hensleydodson5733Yeah but it always creeped me out

[@VEKTOR_]

One notable 3d model i rlly don't like is Lucario's, in gen 4 it had a weird crouching guard stance and in gen 5 it gets a karate punching stance, but in the modern games, it just STANDS there MENACINGLY They gave it an amazing fighting stance in Pokemon Unite tho

[@IM_7031]

Having the Gen 5 sprites and the 3D models moving while standing in a neutral position is better than them just sit there like a picture doing nothing in 2D

[@ryder5637]

its his opinion

[@blazingexil4003]

He’s talking about aesthetics

[@krm1930]

Is it though

[@krm1930]

?

[@josueztheiii9089]

@@ryder5637 well its a shitty opinion, srsly how are you not going to like animated sprites after going thru litetally 4 generatioms of static sprites at the time

[@Elbon-the-Lolinator]

Gen 5's animated sprites aren't bad at all, honestly.

[@rosariolima3057]

Is good in a ds or 3ds or a phone but, when you seen the sprites in full screen its possible see how they are veeeerrrrryyyy pixeleted, i personaly like then but i play in phone sooo its good

[@gaviniscringe9411]

Yeah

[@rosariolima3057]

@@gaviniscringe9411 if my english is wrong sorry for that i'm brazilian

[@HeroicBatsard]

@@rosariolima3057 pelo seu nome da pra ver

[@hahabaliw]

haha no

[@CaseyLabAnimations]

Overall I like Gen 5's sprite animations, it's very dynamic. Understandably they couldn't animate all of the frames by hand and had to use transforms. It creates a lot of pretty bad frames like you point out, but I guess it's just personally easier for me to overlook that

[@davebambigamingita9292]

Typhlosion is not the only one, cyndaquil and quilava have the same problem, they removed the fire

[@StealthBlackHand]

"Mewtwo is in the middle of a pelvic thrust" lmao

[@aquacyanide]

Shake those hips

[@ducc_drip5371]

I got an ad from Trojan after that lmao

[@aporue5893]

shamona

[@aporue5893]

*hee hees*

[@Darmani2MB]

Gen 5 has my favorite battle animations of the entire series. Plus the constant camera movement makes combat dynamic, instead of two static figures looking at each other

[@genarftheunfuni5227]

The thing with Gen 5 sprites is that the animations sometimes don't look "natural" because they aren't frame by frame animations, but rather coded animations. Each Pokemon sprite are just a bunch of separated limbs, and with a couple lines of code, they slap them together and make them move with scales, angles, positions, all that stuff. And this is a nice trick because, not only would it take a lot of time to individually animate 600+ Pokemon, but the memory of the console wouldn't handle it either as every animation has more than 15 frames.

[@TriggeredSceptileSSJ]

When someone's drunk 12:17

[@conair2786]

I can see why Venusaur is the least liked Kanto starter because of their sprites and appearance in general. I still love Venusaur though.

[@mrevilducky]

Grass typing didn't help either. By far the least used starter type.

[@hallerty]

@@mrevilducky Decideui and sceptile seem to disagree with you

[@trent800]

@@hallerty its just that grass is a bad type water has two weaknesses and fire has three weaknesses Grass has five

[@meltyanimations2672]

Serperior torterra and venusaur disagree

[@thezootycooner]

@@hallerty Decidueye*

[@cameronsmiljan9374]

I've never seen the Hitmonchan meme, and now I can't unsee it. I died at that one, that's too funny

[@game84cube]

Typhlosion gets to look cool again in Scarlet and Violet!!

[@SteelEcky]

Is there a date for when Typhlosion is being released in Scarlet and Violet?

[@haileycha5475]

@@SteelEcky I don't think so..?

[@SteelEcky]

@@haileycha5475 dang

[@blueillager]

i think they meant legends arceus??

[@petramcsm]

@@SteelEcky april, when pokemon home is out for it you can transfer hisuian typhlosion

[@tonkuriihq8133]

I like the gen 5 moving sprites tbh, but they can be a bit weird, I had a raticate in white 2 and noticed even then whenever it would bend its tail it looked like it was snapping it in half lmao. The weirdness adds charm to me tho

[@Fanimati0n]

It *is* struggling to stay afloat. Archeops aren't good fliers. The pokedex even says that they're better at running than flying

[@staringcorgi6475]

But the pokedex said that yanmega can hold an adult to fly but I can't learn fly

[@yoshidaaimi34]

@@staringcorgi6475 I mean that's fair, but if Archeop is stated to struggle to fly on multiple dex AND actually been shown that it does struggle to fly, I mean something's up

[@staringcorgi6475]

@@yoshidaaimi34 so the pokedex is not a good excuse because it contradicts it self

[@yoshidaaimi34]

@@staringcorgi6475 Yes, a lot of pokedex entry are bad, but that doesn't mean a lot of them aren't logical. A lot of pokedex actually give good insights on why some pokemon are like this or like that. Archeop is a good flyer based on... what?

[@MireVale]

@@yoshidaaimi34 because it knows a lot of flying type moves and is strong with those attacks. How could it use flying attacks if it struggles to fly?

[@Akira_usb.]

Can we talk about how Haunter’s gen 1 sprite was AWESOME and they made it LESS scary even though its a GHOST

[@oftheaethereal]

Gen 5's sprites were pretty clearly animated using transform tools rather than by hand, which is why they look so bad

[@WishGender]

I think animating by hand would’ve made the game too big. There probably would not be enough space on the cartridges for that many frames per Pokémon

[@sebastianaliandkulche]

​@@WishGenderThere are literally GBA games with better sprite animation. I think the games were just rushed like... most games in the series.

[@Bananay-qs6ie]

Mikey:” Archeops is shown to not be the effective flyer it is.” Me:”So… Who’s gonna tell him?

[@Maricodone]

"He looks like he's in the middle of a pelvic thrust" hahaha i never noticed that before - now you ruined it for me!

[@jex1689]

Lmfao

[@GusThugShakerKong]

And that’s the sprite that appears when he breeds with a Pokémon

[@nuttynutella4468]

Lmao

[@sapphiresupernova]

When he pulled it up I immediately thought of SpongeBob's bubble blowing technique. 😂

[@mintyman1413]

6:47 when Nintendo sees a mod of their game

[@erikbalandra5191]

I really like how the fire is animated on the cyndiquill line's 2d sprites with the more pointy and jagged look instead of the flowy looking fire of most other fire types

[@guillaumemafady]

4:37 with a dirty mind you see why.

[@Shady-up5cz]

Number one: Mew that looks like et Number 2: Miley cyrus GOlbat

[@potaterperson3402]

Worlds first chair with 2k subs more bell delphine golbat

[@TheForeverRanger]

You reminded me how in the 20+ years of playing Pokemon, I have never trained a Koffing.

[@cintronproductions9430]

Galar will be your chance.

[@albaker1718]

just poison types in general for me. i recently tried using an ariados in a pokémon gold play through but it’s move set and type advantages weren’t worth a slot on my team

[@JBzucc]

Its kinda crap cause he's a physical attacker but doesn't get a physical poison move in gen 4, i caught one in my gold and looked it up to be extremely disappointed, i just don't get how they can do him such a dirty like that especially with the special/physical split that gen

[@user-wh4qs7gn1l]

@@albaker1718 . Poison types are good for stalling. I have used them

[@Awesome_Dawson_Films_Official]

Fun fact: Jynx has a differently colored sprite in international versions of Yellow and the Johto titles due to the blackface controversy. This also applied to later ROMs of Pokémon Stadium and Snap on the NINTENDO64.

[@aaronwong235]

Pokemon in 2D sprite: Im about to end this guys life Pokemon in 3D model: I hate my life

[@Wadosan]

“I am seriously not a fan of the Gen 5 moving sprites.” Alright Michael I’m going to have to stop you right there.

[@Wadosan]

@Warp Star That is not at all what I said lmao

[@nakizebrown1228]

@Warp Star opinions are ok but to say gen 5 sprites animation as a whole is bad is just wrong 😂 opinion or not

[@nakizebrown1228]

@Warp Star thats fine

[@nakizebrown1228]

@Warp Star 😂dam tbh the thought aint even cross my mind

[@bs1sH78]

"I hate the Gen 5 sprites" (•w•)🔪

[@sronaimus3640]

He started a war in the comment section

[@omnispork12]

Oh

[@bluepearl4624]

MMMMM WHATCHA SAAA~AAAY KNOW THA CHU ONLY MEANT WE~EL WELL OF COURSE YA DI~ID.

[@srrycatzz]

(•w•)/🔪🧎

[@kaitenkarmluni903]

Everyone can have opinions

[@ThirtyDimensionedMissile]

5:05 chansey is so forgettable, i only remembered it right then.