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>>54368876 IS NOT FUCKING CONCEPT ART. Of course they did sketch and doodle, you can see here
>>54368895 an example of how they did do some concept art but not every single asset needs to be set in paper before you get to making it, concept art is nothing more than an aid so if in this case nishida didn't need the aid and felt comfortable going straight ahead freestyling and doing all the trial and error on the go without overthinking things, all the better.
Because guess what, this tiny concept-art-less sprite was good enough to kickstart what would become the face of a billion dollar property.
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