>>32136680Gen 1 looked decent due to the limitations of the Gameboy.
Gen 2 has the best spritework in the series and looks absolutely fantastic for a Gameboy game.
Gen 5 has those really awkward animations, I'll give you that but they didn't look off proportionately or color-wise.
With Gen 3, it was on the GBA and had more colors and shit to work with. There was no excuse for it to look as cheesy and trashy as it did. The overworld and battle sprites were just plain ugly despite having access to much better technology.
FRLG looked much better than RSE.