>>34504937All they need to do is put a saturation filter on them, some better animations here and there, and then put them on the Switch screen so their poly count can actually be appreciated rather than getting clusterfucked by the 3DS's paltry screen resolution.
They're fine. They're not the cream of the crop, but Game Freak's artwork for the monsters never has been. Gen 5 had that garbage-flash-game-tier sprite stretching/rotation, gen 1 had complete dogshit, and gen 1 AND gen 2 had plenty of off-model designs (even for the time). Gen 3 and Gen 4 are the best of the bunch but even their sprites really aren't special when compared to other games of similar eras - Golden Sun anyone?.