>>37805721>>37805366I agree a lot of them are too poorly made to look like RG sprites, like, yeah there were a lot of badly made ones in the originals, but overall you could tell they were trying to keep some level of consistency, even if not always accomplished.
The best way to see this is comparing here
>>37808141 the kanto starters with turtwig. All of the kanto ones ae small to show their first stage while turtwig just fills 80% of the space. Chimchar is so-so, it looks more in line with RG sprite ideas but feels like it still trying too hard, while piplup is perfect, it looks good while retaining the roughness and slightly off-model of the originals.
The biggest problem was probably everyone trying to be golbat, wigglytuff or dragonite but not enough tying to be aerodactyl, gyaados or mr.mime