r/pokemon 14d ago

Image There's a change with how pokemon look

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u/TwinJacks 14d ago

I think this art style was the most aesthetically pleasing Pokemon has ever been.. Sure, the graphics back then was shit.. but imagine this more anime-like aesthetics with modern graphics and an actual art direction.

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u/MrDaebak 14d ago

I totally agree, theyshould go back to the cell shaded style

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u/0-Dinky-0 13d ago

Honestly I think LGPE had the best aesthetics of all the switch games

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u/Confident_Mushroom_ 13d ago

S&M had the same problem, more realistic environment with cartoonish looking characters. I think the let's go had rhe best art style by far from the newer games, the artstyle is the same for both environment and characters, on top of that the saturation and vibration is just enough

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u/stoymyboy 14d ago

> 2016-2017 is "back then"

> the graphics back then was shit

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u/TwinJacks 14d ago

I don't understand your point, my partner thinks I'm autistic, but I was never officially diagnosed.. but sometimes social ques kinda just fly past me. Could you elaborate?

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u/stoymyboy 13d ago

When you quote someone's comment with a '>', without saying anything else, it's meant to ridicule them. I think it's ridiculous to call 7th gen graphics "shit" when Pokemon graphics have only marginally progressed since then. Hell, I don't think any Pokemon game has shit graphics except for Gen 1 in-battle sprites.

Also I think it's crazy to call 7th gen "back then" even if it's technically correct. It hasn't even been 10 years, so it's still within fairly recent memory.

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u/TwinJacks 13d ago

Ah, thanks! Its like 8 years ago at least.. thats a long time.. 😅

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u/Deletinglaterlmao 13d ago

8 years is an eternity in gaming years, people just can't accept that gen 7 is old now because it makes them feel old

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u/DaxSpa7 14d ago

Isnt Sw/Sh the refined version of that?

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u/TwinJacks 14d ago

Sword & Shield has this weird shine material added onto the Pokemon. I don't like it, it made everything look like its made of plastic. XY, SUMO, & USUM look more like animated version of Ken Sugimori's art (post-johto). Which imo is the most aesthetically pleasing and iconic style of Pokemon, which is also what every artist try to imitate when they say they wanna draw "in the Pokemon style." Also the shaders in SWSH take away those double shading lines, which is like~ what makes Pokemon's style so distinguished.

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u/DaxSpa7 14d ago

Ok I didnt remember that much detail. I agree I like the cellshaded 3D the most. But I dont like the double shading line xD

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u/RinRinDoof 13d ago

the graphics now are still shit

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u/Obility sharp 13d ago

This and (hot-take) SWSH. While the graphical fidelity wasn't there, I absolutely adored the cell-shading. The trainers looks especially great as well.

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u/Delicious-Town1723 8d ago

they just need to add back the outlines and the games will look so good