>>55259993this image is the smoking gun that proves it was fake, the treecko sprite in question is just the final sprite with body parts moved slightly to make it look shittier, and individual 8x8 chunks having the palette data shifted (you can still tell the shading is identical to the final sprite despite being adjusted slightly)
in particular, the eye and mouth on the sprite are identical to the second frame of the pokemon emerald sprite
i noticed the face rather early but decided to check the entire sprite just in case and was able to almost completely recreate it, sans corruption, by shifting around portions of the final sprite.
please try harder rob i need more of a challenge for my autism
>>55261351emerald has sprite animations for enemy pokemon, treecko's first frame of animation is identical in all 3 games, but the second frame of animation is slightly different (he opens his mouth and raises his arms)
