>>32935361Did you forget gen 5 ?
They mostly took old gen sprites (Not even the good one from HGSS, they went straight for DP) and badly animated them. It was awful and I'm glad they do 3D instead of this. Sure the animation and some models need reworks, and GF need to get more creative with animation (Which they are doing since gen 7 Pokemon have way more personnality than previous gen models), but models like the Mudkip line are fine as they are.
Also, a model is far longer and takes a lot more of effort to make and animate than doing a still sprite