Any early sprite art you're particularly fond of?

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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.

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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.

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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.
 
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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
 
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.
 
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...
 

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