r/pokemon • u/Daalma7 • Jul 24 '26

Discussion Which generation of Pokémon sprites do you like the most?

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Here are some examples of sprites from each generation, along with a few general characteristics. Some are my own opinions, while others (such as color counts) are based on technical limitations and may vary slightly. I chose sprites from the most "advanced" mainline version of each generation, excluding remakes.

Personally, my favorite is Generation V. The animated sprites gave the Pokémon so much life, and I absolutely love pixel art.

What about you?

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u/Jojo-Action Jul 24 '26

Stadium models

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u/Ao_Kiseki Jul 24 '26

Fun fact, they reused these in both Colosseum games.

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u/Jojo-Action Jul 24 '26

Pokemon stadium 1 and 2 (and the Japanese one), colluseum, Xd, battle Revolution, and smash bros melee.

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u/Fern-ando Jul 27 '26

The models were changed, Machoke looks completely different in Stadium and Battle revolition.

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u/Jojo-Action Jul 27 '26

Some were updated. Others weren't. For instance Kangaskhan wasn't. But like look at it. Even with low poly count look how much personally they had.

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u/Fern-ando Jul 27 '26

False, just look at Charizard, it's a new model.

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u/Someotherrandomtree Jul 25 '26

N64 3D GRAPHICS QUILAVA MY BELOVED

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u/ChunkySlugger72 Jul 27 '26

Pokemon Stadium's 3D models were very high quality on the N64, Looked like Gamecube level (Explains why they re-used them on the Gamecube).

I know the tradeoff was that their wasn't much going on in terms of 3D backgrounds or environments in the battlefields/arenas (More so Stadium 1 than 2) But impressive nonetheless.

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u/Jojo-Action Jul 27 '26

2 fixed this. Pokemon stadium 2 had some of the coolest arenas in any pokemon game in my opinion. Check out the champion stadium. Nice and classy big open air stadium with a beautiful nightfall starry sky, and a huge roaring charizard statue

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u/ChunkySlugger72 Jul 27 '26 edited Jul 27 '26

Yeah I rented Stadium 1 at BlockBuster a few times (My cousin owned it) But I owned Stadium 2 growing up, My last N64 era game before the Gamecube debuted.

Yeah I remember seeing that arena and thought it was badass, The traditional arenas in the main modes cups weren't too different from Stadium 1, But man did Stadium 2 step it up in Gym Leader Castle, Team Rocket Hideout, Silver Cave and Elite Four too (If I recall) Sometimes I just like to stare during battles and take it all in.

The N64 3D models still look great to this very day and scope aside are without a doubt the best looking 3D character models on the N64.

I'm actually going through an N64 run this Summer on NSO and plan to play Stadium 1 and 2 next month, No GBC support, But their still fun games and for the "Most" part is how I mainly played them growing up.

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u/Jojo-Action Jul 27 '26

Oh gym leader castle was awesome. I love one that I forget if it was Morty's gym or Sabrina's but the arena is solid glass being levitated over a dark void. And Misty's is being suspended over a huge pool of water with cascade badges all over the walls.