The coolest sprite work?

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Doesn’t matter if it’s a cool animation or a great sprite, I just want to see what you think are the best sprite-based visuals that you’d like to share with us all!

 

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Third Strike. Best sprite animation EVER.

 

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Breath of Fire IV has incredible sprite work

 

[RustySK]

Third Strike. Best sprite animation EVER.

This. Specifically Ryu's Donkey Kick.

But if I had to bring up something more recent, Owlboy and Eastward both have some absolutely stunning sprite art in them.

 

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This. Specifically Ryu's Donkey Kick.

But if I had to bring up something more recent, Owlboy and Eastward both have some absolutely stunning sprite art in them.

every character moves so fluidly! also Owlboy is a gorgeous game!

 

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I was looking to see how long it would take for SNK to show up! Some of the best Sprite art ever made comes from the MVS board and its imitators.

(This gif is terrible, and I wanted Samurai Showdown stuff, but I’ll take what I can get here.)

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I don’t think enough loves comes for cutscenes without much animation, but bold colors and detailed spritework that imitates cel animated anime.

 

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The original Phantasy Star has my personal favorite dragon sprite:

 

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Darkstalkers 3/Vampire Savior has some amazing sprite work as well. I love the expressive, cartoony way all the characters are animated in that. I rarely hear any appreciation for the stage sprites though, outside of Fetus of God (For obvious reasons lol), but they're really impressive as well and very atmospheric.

 

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Arabian Fight is a SEGA developed arcade game that never got a home port. If it had gotten one, it would have a much bigger fan base, because this game is absolutely gorgeous.

An example of a sprite scaler on the same hardware that managed to get a fandom despite no home port, however, was the incredible Jurassic Park. It’s like an amusement park ride gone wild!

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Darkstalkers 3/Vampire Savior has some amazing sprite work as well. I love the expressive, cartoony way all the characters are animated in that. I rarely hear any appreciation for the stage sprites though, outside of Fetus of God (For obvious reasons lol), but they're really impressive as well and very atmospheric.
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THANK YOU FOR HIGHLIGHTING VAMPIRE SAVIOR! I mean to highlight some character sprites later!

 

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hard to top this one