User:Amiosi/List of design discrepancies: Difference between revisions

Throughout the franchise, the design of some Pokémon received various amounts of changes. Some were temporary, only lasting for one or two games, while others remained for a fair bit longer, causing a disconnect between the video games and other Pokémon-related media.  

[[Generation I]], for instance, had the original designs tweaked in some places, with Pokémon Blue giving the original roster new sprites, though the back sprites were consistently left untouched. [[Pokémon Yellow]] would later update the front sprites once more, this time explicitly basing them after the Pokémon's appearance in the [[Pokémon_anime|animated series]].

In [[Pokémon Gold and Silver]], the sprites for the [[Kanto]] Pokémon are mainly based on the contemporary Red and Blue artwork, with some of the new elements tentatively introduced there (such as Nidoqueen's fangs) making a return. Much like with Yellow, [[Pokémon Crystal]] later changed a good handful of sprites, using each Pokémon's respective artwork as a basis. This mostly affected the [[Johto]] Pokémon, and this time around the back sprites were also updated here and there.

[[Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire]] is likely when the majority of artwork was starting to be drawn before the sprites, leaving most of the inconsistencies to be minor in comparison to previous generations. However, many of the Generation I and II Pokémon's sprites were either copied directly from Crystal or based on outdated artwork, as those Pokémon had yet to be redrawn for FireRed and LeafGreen or HeartGold and SoulSilver.

| style="text-align:left" | Originally had a stalk, round ears instead of triangular ones, and two leaves instead of four. Red and Blue changed the ears, while Yellow changed the leaf count. The two-leaf design returned in Generation II, though only on the front sprites. The Generation I back sprite features a tail. The two-leaf design was reflected in its Red and Blue artwork.  

| style="text-align:left" | Originally had spots, round ears instead of triangular ones, two leaves instead of four, and five petals instead of six. Red and Blue changed the ears and leaf count, while Yellow removed the spots and changed the petal count. The petal count was not carried forward after this, however, as it only appeared on the Silver front sprite before Generation IV. The Generation I back sprite features a tail, while the Generation II, Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald back sprites feature a rounder petal shape. The five-petal design was reflected in its Red and Blue artwork.

| style="text-align:left" | Originally had different cannon cover designs. It was first changed in Yellow, and then to its current design FireRed and LeafGreen, though only on the back sprite.

| style="text-align:left" | Originally had four fingers on each hand instead of three. This was changed in Yellow, but was reverted in Ruby and Sapphire.

| style="text-align:left" | Back sprite depicts it as lacking spikes altogether.

| style="text-align:left" | Originally had pawpads, a different ear shape, and back spikes. Red and Blue changed the ear shape and changed the back spikes to wings, while Crystal removed the pawpads.

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| [[Generation I]] [[core series]]

| style="text-align:left" | Originally had different crest designs. The back sprite features a completely different design, while the Red, Green, and Blue front sprites resemble the current one, albeit with two curls instead of three.

| style="text-align:left" | Originally had a white hair tuft instead of a pink one, as well as a stomach pattern that doesn't reach over the mouth. The Generation I back sprite and Red and Blue front sprite have pink eartips. Red and Blue changed the stomach pattern, while Yellow changed the hair tuft and eartips. Some of these traits returned in both Generation II and III.

| style="text-align:left" | Originally lacked dark paws and had a white tail tip.

| style="text-align:left" | Originally had a segmented tail which lacked the dark ring near its base, a protrustion on the back of its head, and four fingers on each hand instead of three. It also lacked the markings on its stomach and head.

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| [[Generation I]] [[core series]]<br>[[Generation II]] [[core series]]<br>{{2v2|HeartGold|SoulSilver}}

| style="text-align:left" | Originally had four fingers on each hand instead of five. Its head crest was also made up of three segments of different lengths. The crest was changed in Red and Blue, while the finger count is difficult to tell. It remained until at least HeartGold and SoulSilver.

| style="text-align:left" | Originally had four toes on each foot instead of five, and its head crest descended into a mullet. These crest oddities were removed in Yellow, but the toe count remained unchanged until Generation IV, except for an error in Silver. The Red, Green, and Blue front sprites both feature a four-part crest.

| style="text-align:left" | Originally had four fingers on each hand instead of five. It also had different head ornamentation. Instead of a three-part crest, it has a single ridge accompanied by two horns. The Generation I back sprite and Red and Blue front sprite lack defined lips. The Gold, Crystal, and Generation III sprites lack a belt, as seen in its Red and Blue artwork.

| style="text-align:left" | Originally had stripes on the tips of its wings. This was reduced to a single stripe in Generation II. It was first removed on Crystal's front sprite, but it returned in Ruby and Sapphire. It was removed again in FireRed and LeafGreen, though only on the front sprite.

| style="text-align:left" | Originally had four fingers on each hand instead of three. The finger count was changed in Yellow, but was reverted in Generation III. The Generation I back sprite features a different lower body design.

| style="text-align:left" | Back sprite depicts it as lacking spikes altogether. This is reflected in the [[game intro]] of Red and Green.

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| {{2v2|Red|Green}}<br>{{2v2|Red|Blue}}<br>[[Pokémon Gold and Silver Versions|Gold]]<br>{{v2|Crystal}}<br>{{2v2|FireRed|LeafGreen}}<br>{{2v2|Diamond|Pearl}}<br>{{v2|Platinum}}

| style="text-align:left" | Originally had one toe on each foot instead of three, and the space under its pouch was brown instead of cream. The toe count was changed in Yellow, but was reverted in Gold and Crystal. The space under its pouch was changed to cream in Ruby and Sapphire, but was reverted in FireRed, LeafGreen, Diamond, and Pearl.

| style="text-align:left" | Originally had four fingers on each hand instead of five. It also lacked bumps on its ears, which is the case on all Generation I and II sprites except Pinball.

| style="text-align:left" | Back sprite depicts it with a more connected head and torso, as well as an odd plate on its back.

| style="text-align:left" | Originally had black or brown tails instead of gray ones. This was changed in Yellow, but reverted in Gold and Silver.

| style="text-align:left" | Originally had a bulkier, more dog-like build, as well as fangs. Its head fin was connected to its dorsal ridge, the backs of its ears were fully black, its ruff was more akin to a bib, and it had ankle flippers. All of these traits save for the black ears and ankle flippers were removed in Red and Blue, while the rest were removed in Yellow.

| style="text-align:left" | Originally lacked a head horn and had a cavity in its place. It also has a completely different plate armor design.

| style="text-align:left" | Originally had five fingers on each hand instead of four. Note that the fourth or fifth finger on Aerodactyl is its wing finger, and extends to its wing tip. It also had red eyes instead of green ones, as seen in its Generation I artwork.

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| [[Generation I]] [[core series]]<br>[[Generation II]] [[core series]]<br>{{2v2|Ruby|Sapphire}}<br>{{v2|Emerald}}

| style="text-align:left" | Originally had wings fully engulfed in flames. The Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald front sprites feature a partially feathered tail, as seen in its Red and Green artwork.

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| style="text-align:left" | Lacks a tail segment when compared to its back sprite.

| style="text-align:left" | Has five tails instead of six. Pinball also has two crest curls instead of three. Note that the two curls on the Red and Green sprite are an earlier design and not a mistake.

| style="text-align:left" | Membrane is visible on the back of the wing, which is only the case with Golbat's wings, not Zubat's.

| style="text-align:left" | Ears are pointy instead of round.

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| {{2v2|Diamond|Pearl}}

| style="text-align:left" | The back of its crest is too rounded.

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| [[Generation II]] [[core series]]<br>[[Generation III]] [[core series]]

| style="text-align:left" | The Silver front sprite mistakenly has Machamp's toes, while the Generation II back sprite has a crest that is too rounded in the rear. The Generation III front sprites have four fingers on each hand instead of five.

| {{p|Machoke}}

| style="text-align:left" | Lacks part of its chest plate, seen when its mouth is closed.

| style="text-align:left" | While accurate in Gold and Silver, its back sprite was made off-model in Crystal. The ruff looks noticably less jagged and connects differently to its neck.

| style="text-align:left" | Features a normal feathered tail, and wings.

| style="text-align:left" | Antennae are blue instead of red, though only on the front sprite.

| style="text-align:left" | Eyes are yellow instead of green. Fixed on the Platinum front sprite, but left unchanged on the back sprite until HeartGold and SoulSilver.

| style="text-align:left" |Features fangs, as seen in its Red and Blue artwork.

| style="text-align:left" | Originally was asymmetrical in design.

| style="text-align:left" | Features white claws instead of pink ones, as seen in its Gold and Silver artwork.