Over the years, as Pokemon games have changed and evolved, one aspect of the series that has gradually become a fan favorite are the sprites from the original games. And although some Pokemon are nearly unrecognizable in their Pokemon Red and Blue sprites compared to now, the artwork conveyed various dynamic poses and infused many of the monsters with personality.
For almost 2 decades, Pokemon games used 2D sprites to depict the lovable creatures, with the 5th generation of games even implementing animated sprites for every single Pokemon. As the mainline Pokemon games made the jump from 2D to 3D however, 3D models were made for each Pokemon, and the mainline titles have continued to use 3D models ever since Pokemon X and Y in 2013. But now, one pixel artist has recreated the most recent generation of Pokemon in the style of Pokemon Yellow.
Creating classic sprites for newer Pokemon has been a trend for quite some time now, but over on Twitter, illustrator and pixel artist Pat Ackerman posted some impressive recreations of the newest monsters from Pokemon Sword and Shield. Ackerman recreated all 89 generation 8 Pokemon using the sprite format and color palette of Pokemon Yellow specifically, which released back in 1998 for the Game Boy.
In the sprite recreations, Ackerman accounted for different forms, like male and female Indeedee, the new Galarian forms of older Pokemon, and even the new legendary Pokemon added in the Sword and Shield Isle of Armor and Crown Tundra DLC expansions. Ackerman mimics the art style of the old sprites by changing some colors to match the Pokemon Yellow color palette, as well as distorting some proportions to fit them in 8×8 tiles. Later, Ackerman added sprites for even more Pokemon forms, as well as some alternate versions and sprites for Gigantamax forms, over on Instagram. The artist even created sprites for all 63 forms of the cream Pokemon, Alcremie.
The sprite recreations had many wishing that newer Pokemon games would implement an option allowing fans to play the games in 2D, much like Dragon Quest 11 offers. And while many exclaimed they thought the Pokemon looked even better in Ackerman’s sprites, the artist noted that the recreations wouldn’t have been possible without the unique monster designs in the first place. Ackerman’s sprite recreations also had Pokemon fans posting their in-game teams using the new pixel art.
As the Pokemon series’ 25th anniversary rapidly approaches this coming February, perhaps fans can expect to see something similar to Ackerman’s artwork as a call back to the original games. Regardless, Pokemon is sure to have some surprises in store for fans in 2021.
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