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[Chibi Altaria]

For me, Charmeleon's horn wasn't the issue, though I can see what you mean. What's up with his cheeks? Did a Beedrill give him a big stinging there or what? And yeah, that sprite of Charizard makes him look pretty skeletal, and yes, it does remind me of Mr. Burns! Which is weird, because the front sprite looked totally fine even in the Red and Blue days.

I see the cheeks now. xD Though I always thought that was his snout? Still weird.

Well the front sprites I don't really have much of a problem with, it's just the back ones. It's like whoever decided to sprite them gave up halfway through lol.

[Neo Emolga]

I see the cheeks now. xD Though I always thought that was his snout? Still weird.

Well the front sprites I don't really have much of a problem with, it's just the back ones. It's like whoever decided to sprite them gave up halfway through lol.

Yeah, there were a lot of messed up sprites. I was also never thrilled about the Pokemon cries either. It's funny how in Pokemon Yellow, Pikachu finally made the Pika Pika sounds, but all the others still had those digitized howls of the damned.

[Chibi Altaria]

Yeah, there were a lot of messed up sprites. I was also never thrilled about the Pokemon cries either. It's funny how in Pokemon Yellow, Pikachu finally made the Pika Pika sounds, but all the others still had those digitized howls of the damned.

Well the game was out before the anime, yeah? So replacing all those digitised noises with their actual cries would be...well, kinda weird. At least to me, anyway. The only problem I have with that is that they revised the cries of older gen Pokemon and made them sound SO DAMN TERRIBLE it tears my soul in two. </3

[Suicune's Fire]

Yeah, there were a lot of messed up sprites. I was also never thrilled about the Pokemon cries either. It's funny how in Pokemon Yellow, Pikachu finally made the Pika Pika sounds, but all the others still had those digitized howls of the damned.

Are you kidding? I LOVE their cries! I was shattered that they changed them in X/Y. The thing is, I thought that a pokemon only saying its species name was kinda dumb. I find it hard to believe that somehow they all speak a word that humans gave them, regardless of language... Like...what? The only reason they gave pikachu an audio file in a game that came out over 2 years after the originals saying its species was because of the anime, which was the only thing at the time suggesting that pokemon could only produce vocalisations of species classifications given to them by humans. xP

[Neo Emolga]

Are you kidding? I LOVE their cries! I was shattered that they changed them in X/Y. The thing is, I thought that a pokemon only saying its species name was kinda dumb. I find it hard to believe that somehow they all speak a word that humans gave them, regardless of language... Like...what? The only reason they gave pikachu an audio file in a game that came out over 2 years after the originals saying its species was because of the anime, which was the only thing at the time suggesting that pokemon could only produce vocalisations of species classifications given to them by humans. xP

Hmm, yeah, you do have a very valid point there.

Come to think of it, there are some Pokémon cries that aren't all that bad, (Pikachu's original cry wasn't terrible either). However, there are a bunch that are just... eh, a little too mechanical-sounding and weird for a creature that's supposed to be a living and breathing thing in this game. And then again, I figured they were doing the best job they could given the original Game Boy's audio limitations. But you're right also, there are times in the anime when it just seems off for the Pokémon to be barking its own species name (especially in cases where it's long and they say the entire name again and again). It works great for some Pokémon, and then there are others where it's just plain awkward.

[Shen]

Are you kidding? I LOVE their cries! I was shattered that they changed them in X/Y. The thing is, I thought that a pokemon only saying its species name was kinda dumb. I find it hard to believe that somehow they all speak a word that humans gave them, regardless of language... Like...what? The only reason they gave pikachu an audio file in a game that came out over 2 years after the originals saying its species was because of the anime, which was the only thing at the time suggesting that pokemon could only produce vocalisations of species classifications given to them by humans. xP

Have you ever thought that, perhaps, the Pokémon saying their names came BEFORE the humans gave them their names?

My theory is that the Pokémon saying their names were what taught humans to name certain things as certain words. Charmander could teach people about char being a word for fire, as well as a reptile of its stature, all in one, just as an example. And that could be why the entire world speaks the same language despite how many ethnicities there seem to be all over the place (sometimes).

[Suicune's Fire]

Have you ever thought that, perhaps, the Pokémon saying their names came BEFORE the humans gave them their names?

My theory is that the Pokémon saying their names were what taught humans to name certain things as certain words. Charmander could teach people about char being a word for fire, as well as a reptile of its stature, all in one, just as an example. And that could be why the entire world speaks the same language despite how many ethnicities there seem to be all over the place (sometimes).

Well yeah, but somehow that seems less believable. xD Also I don't know that it's confirmed that there's only one spoken language. That might just be for readability in the games and anime made for children. It's certainly a thing that some people speak small amounts of other languages, like Professor Sycamore speaking French. "Pikachu" seems to mean nothing in English, and pachirisu, and lucario... I dunno. xD I know you're trying to view it from an opposite side but it just seems odd.