>>53395583Ruby and Sapphire IS where making designs that are easy for the anime to animate began.
https://lavacutcontent.com/ken-sugimori-eevee-origins/>“Was changing the design order from in-game art into illustrations, to illustrations into in-game art something that just happened with the recent 3D games?”>Sugimori: “We started doing the illustrations around the time of Ruby & Sapphire. Before then, whenever we were asked about, say, how a Pokemon’s back looks for the anime or a toy, we didn’t have any reference except the sprites, so it was difficult to answer. So we started drawing those kinds of details more.”Prior to Gen 3, they just made the in-game sprites first, and everything was an afterthought.
Gen 3 onwards, they flipped that around. They do illustrations first to make sure the design is functional for the anime and toys, and then make the sprite/model.
