>>19958002I think gen 3 was the first chance GameFreak really had at making an artistic appearance in battles, having more than 8 colors to work with and more freedom in backgrounds, so they went all out.
As for why they didnt maintain those beautiful animations, who knows. Gen4/5 Hyper Beam is fucking retarded, but dear heavenly shit bricking christ Gen 1 and 6 were/are god-tier.
Sky Attack will always be a shitty animation, sadly.
I think it was amazing in gen 1 ... or was that
gen 3 
