>>39323715>>39329732>Re-using an animation when you're doing the same motion is lazyLike, what would you have had them do here? They needed an animation for "talking excitedly". Would they have not been lazy if they made a new animation that was still just a guy waving his arms and shaking his head like that?
It's a generic animation. The kind you use on multiple characters for minor actions that are repeated throughout the game. Same goes for the NPC walking animation people were flipping out over in the gym footage.
It's not like this is something unheard of either. Tons of modern RPGs do the same thing, reusing certain simple animations for stuff like talking or walking among many NPCs for the generic cutscenes while the actually important story cutscenes have the unique animation with effort and personalization. In Pokemon's case, the NPC battle intros and motions seem to be unique.
