>>11977225They aren't only different but it looks as though each version had a different artist... To my eye the Gold sprites generally seem to be slightly more cartoony, slightly more exaggerated with more rounded edges, whereas the Silver ones seem a little less exaggerated.
Also some, like this;
>>11977207Clearly employ different shading styles, one's dithered and the other isn't. Kind of making me imagine what it would be like if the paired versions had totally different art styles, that might be cool.
