Dithering

[Blaquaza]

Dithering is a spriting technique used to create the illusion of a gradient between shades. The way in which the colours alternate resembles a chessboard. It was common in the older Pokémon games due to their more limited palettes, and from what I've heard a lot of people don't like the technique. It's certainly quite divisive, but personally I quite like it, as long as it looks neat and there isn't too much of it. What do you think about dithering?

Here are some examples, from those of you who may be unsure as to what it looks like: