Any early sprite art you're particularly fond of?

[Raidou Kuzunoha]

I don't know if it's just nostalgia, but I have such a soft spot for 8bit era (and earlier) sprites. Even when they're kinda wonky lol, they're still very endearing to me. There's just something very cute about them.

A few of my favorites would be the ones from Megami Tensei and Pokemon Yellow.

 

[DunkeyKong]

These three

 

[Tonberry]

My very, very favorites have to be top-down games for the Gameboy. The colors looked so vibrant inviting, and to have these huge worlds on a portable system made them feel even bigger than they were.
I've said this before but I just adore how limited graphics makes your imagination fill in the gaps, and these hit JUST right for me. I have a particular fondness for Link's Awakening DX and Pokémon GSC specifically.

 

[Ícaro Oliveira Santos]

I absolutely love the sprite art in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, it's incredibly expressive and has an art style very similar to a Saturday morning cartoon, It's very sad that the remake ended up removing a lot of the personality of the original sprites, I like the remake even with these changes.

 

[Evaccaneer Doom]

Might not be the same but I miss the stick figure DBZ fight era

 

[Raziya The Seeker]

Something about the Atari-esque minimalist graphics in FAITH: The Unholy Trinity and roguelike tilesets intrigues me. The rotoscoped lineart cutscenes in the former are really cool too.

Spoiler: FAITH screenshots, because they're big

 

[Strategist's iconStrategist]

There's only one option for me and you all know where I'm going.

 

[LaserMoose]

The animated sprites in Pokemon Crystal and the early Dragon Warrior (Dragon Quest) games always stick out to me for their sprite work.

 

[Tonberry]

There's only one option for me and you all know where I'm going.

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Love how the Red Mage covers his mouth. Makes him look all mysterious.

 

[bjork]

I can't find a good example of it, but the player character in Impossible Mission on C64 had a really fluid run cycle and jump.

 

[Raggs]

 

[Strategist's iconStrategist]

More Final Fantasy 1 sprites. They are really nice looking for an NES game. The D&D influence is clear.

 

[freebie#47]

Love sprite work since the nes era. Best art is definitely Dragon Quest/warriors art by Akira Toriyama. Absolutely love everything he made. Also loved Sunsofts art too, but sadly they got worse in the 16 bit.

 

[Anim8rDude]

Simply going by the first ones I truly appreciated:

Emulation & the Nintendo DS was a good part of my early teenage years.

 

[OmegaPunch's iconOmegaPunch]

DA BOI

 

[TotzOnGaming]

Classic 90's and and early 2000s

 

[Pandaprewmaster325]

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More Final Fantasy 1 sprites. They are really nice looking for an NES game. The D&D influence is clear.

To think this is how Final Fantasy used to look....no hate by my god it looks awful XD the origins port made everything look very beautiful even my sworn enemy the pisco demons and the mind flayers are present and look as unpleasant as ever

Like look at that the first ever iteration of the ochu plant or those giga guys...my my FF4 REALLY improved the art direction

 

[Xdqwerty]

 

[Strategist's iconStrategist]

To think this is how Final Fantasy used to look....no hate by my god it looks awful XD the origins port made everything look very beautiful even my sworn enemy the pisco demons and the mind flayers are present and look as unpleasant as ever

Like look at that the first ever iteration of the ochu plant or those giga guys...my my FF4 REALLY improved the art direction

I mean it is on the nintendo entertainment system with 12 colors for sprites. That's the best they could do. It still looks great relative to other NES games, IMO.

 

[Sir Auriel of Lionel]

 

[Xdqwerty]

the origins port made everything look very beautiful even my sworn enemy the pisco demons and the mind flayers are present and look as unpleasant as ever

What do you think of the pixel remaster sprites?

 

[fake-kun]

Classic 90's and and early 2000s

Mega Man Zero cameo.

 

[Pandaprewmaster325]

I mean it is on the nintendo entertainment system with 12 colors for sprites. That's the best they could do. It still looks great relative to other NES games, IMO.

Yeah I get it is a technological limitation , a limitation which makes things look outdated not gonna be overly harsh on it tho its what started the franchise so its significance is high on the list.

What do you think of the pixel remaster sprites?

I haven't seen them really but from the few FF1 PR sprites I seen it seems they went back to vanilla design instead of finally making the warrior in his knight form look like how he looks in art like goddamn you guys still depict the guy differently its quite a letdown man...

 

[Anim8rDude]

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How can we possibly forget the GBA Fire Emblems & all their glorious critical hit animations!?

 

[GardeniaSky]

Castlevania sprites just hit different