Gameplay Discussion Thread [Read First Post]

[Endolise]

Are there new sprite animations?

For the Starters and their evolutions and Cottonee, yes.

[Jirachi9]

Are there new sprite animations?

Yes. I remember someone posting B/W2 starter sprites next to B/W starter sprites and you could see the difference. Let me see if i can find the post.

[Crimson_Blazer]

Random pokemon got new animations, sprites and backsprites.Cottonee got a new sprite but its the same animation. Pidove also got a new animation because i dont remember it pecking in BW just turning its head. Ive asked this loads and noone seema to know how many got new animations or sprites

[R_N]

Random pokemon got new animations, sprites and backsprites.Cottonee got a new sprite but its the same animation. Pidove also got a new animation because i dont remember it pecking in BW just turning its head. Ive asked this loads and noone seema to know how many got new animations or sprites

here's BW1 Pidove (on left) & BW2 Pidove (on right)


about the same (speed might differ based on browser and based on who animated it in the first place)

[Cutty]

I guess they didn't have much time to make more different animated sprites for more pokemon.

[MetalFlygon08]

really?

I thought this was Pidove's new animation...

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[Aurath8]

really?

I thought this was Pidove's new animation...

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You know you've been on SPPf for a long time when you feel nostalgic for something like that. Good times... .

Jokes aside, the sprites in Pidove's animation are identical between BW and BW2, leaving just the starters and Cottonee. I'll always wonder why Cottonee of all things got a new sprite.

[GoldCyndaquil]

Is it just the starters or their lines? Because I think I remember seeing somewhere that Samurott and Seperior had different sprites as well.

[Bolt the Cat]

You know you've been on SPPf for a long time when you feel nostalgic for something like that. Good times... .

I've been on here longer than you and I've never heard that one before.

[MetalFlygon08]

Really? I still remember when I made the GIF, it was right after we got the localized names for Pigeon Heart.

Pichu also has a different animation for what it's worth.

Honestly I would have combined the starter animations. So Oshawott for example would go 1 Cycle BW2 Animation->BW Special Animation->1 Cycle BW2 Animation->BW2 Special Animation.

It really would have made the special animations specialer.

[Covert Cactus]

Anyone else think it's annoying how the game gives you a shiny dratini, gible, and a haxorus. It ruins the rarity of shiny pokemon. I wanted a shiny dragonite but seeing how everyone and their mom will have one, it takes away the value. I don't even count the red gyarados as one of my shinies because it was given to me. Just a quick vent. Anyone have an opinion on it?

[R_N]

Anyone else think it's annoying how the game gives you a shiny dratini, gible, and a haxorus. It ruins the rarity of shiny pokemon. I wanted a shiny dragonite but seeing how everyone and their mom will have one, it takes away the value. I don't even count the red gyarados as one of my shinies because it was given to me. Just a quick vent. Anyone have an opinion on it?

oh yeah just "give them away" not like it takes any effort or anything

[Bolt the Cat]

Anyone else think it's annoying how the game gives you a shiny dratini, gible, and a haxorus. It ruins the rarity of shiny pokemon. I wanted a shiny dragonite but seeing how everyone and their mom will have one, it takes away the value. I don't even count the red gyarados as one of my shinies because it was given to me. Just a quick vent. Anyone have an opinion on it?

It's easier said than done. In order to get the Haxorus, you need to see every Pokemon in the Unova Dex, which considering that the Unova Dex is a record 300 Pokemon, and that several Pokemon need to be evolved and bred from previous gen counterparts, a few need to be traded over from the other version. It's definitely not an easy task and pretty time consuming. As for Gible/Dratini, you need to get through a tough Battle Tower esque area and beat the leader. You're underestimating just how tough it is to get those shinies. It's not like the Red Gyarados, where they just handed it to you without having to work for it.

[Wishing Star]

Anyone else think it's annoying how the game gives you a shiny dratini, gible, and a haxorus. It ruins the rarity of shiny pokemon. I wanted a shiny dragonite but seeing how everyone and their mom will have one, it takes away the value. I don't even count the red gyarados as one of my shinies because it was given to me. Just a quick vent. Anyone have an opinion on it?

Personally, I'd just get them for the sake of getting them, not for the sake of getting a shiny Pokémon like I do with getting a wild shiny Zubat or something. In my eyes, a shiny Haxorus from wherever you're given one is much less valuable than a shiny Haxorus caught as an Axew in Mistralton Cave.

It's easier said than done.

True, but it doesn't really change the fact that you're given one. :/

[R_N]

You aren't
You have to work for them

[Wishing Star]

You aren't
You have to work for them

Same thing can be said for the shiny Gyarados. You have to work to get to the Lake of Rage. :/

The fact that they don't require the player to devote time to hunt around for them in the wild makes them less valuable, in my opinion.

[R_N]

Same thing can be said for the shiny Gyarados. You have to work to get to the Lake of Rage. :/

The fact that they don't require the player to devote time to hunt around for them in the wild makes them less valuable, in my opinion.

They just have to devote time to a bonus dungeon and seeing everything in the Unova Dex

Once I work towards that Shiny Haxorus and Dratini/Gible, they will still feel special to me. Maybe even more special because I didn't have to deal with a ****** awful random number generator.
They are an actual reward and that's just as valuable to people.

[Cutty]

I kinda wish they give shiny Axew instead, cuz I'm gonna have 2 games. So I can have different shinies.

Well, I've already got my own shiny Dratini from SR in SS, and it's more special to me cuz I work harder to get it.

[Wishing Star]

They just have to devote time to a bonus dungeon and seeing everything in the Unova Dex

Once I work towards that Shiny Haxorus and Dratini/Gible, they will still feel special to me. Maybe even more special because I didn't have to deal with a ****** awful random number generator.
They are an actual reward and that's just as valuable to people.

To each their own, I guess. :/

[Bolt the Cat]

Same thing can be said for the shiny Gyarados. You have to work to get to the Lake of Rage. :/

The fact that they don't require the player to devote time to hunt around for them in the wild makes them less valuable, in my opinion.

The difference between Red Gyarados and the shinies in BW2 is that Red Gyarados is a part of the storyline and you have to at least battle it in order to progress. The shinies in BW2 are optional and require much more work to get. It may not be as much "work" as it would by getting a random shiny, but enough to justify them being a guaranteed shiny.