>>36493903>>36493922Tbf, it was never oversaturated until they switched to digital animation. This is because all the Kanto through Hoenn backgrounds were watercolors and they used underlighting for glowing effects like certain attacks or evolution. They thankfully calmed their shit down for Origins but from Sinnoh to Alola they still do this ugly neon shit.
I miss the desaturated backgrounds and underlighting effects, they still look good today. It's the contrast that's required to make the glowing really show up look good, everthing really is too saturated in the newer animations.