>>43525519Well to be fair, the two generations before that didn't have a unique menu sprite for each Pokémon, and in the overworld, the legendary birds and beasts had a generic icon as well (same as their menu sprite).
It's not an excuse nor does it really defend RS for having that sprite, and you'd think Emerald would fix this, but it's kinda charming for me how they're just simple recolours. I'm sure it's just nostalgia talking
