What sprite, on any console, impressed you the most?

Post by **Mozgus** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 8:38 am

I'll bet a lot of us can appreciate good sprite design. What sprite character over the years is your favorite? Whether you appreciate the technical achievement of the animations for that console, or just the artistic charm, which one stands out in your mind?

I'm torn between Kirby from Kirby's Adventure on NES or Shantae on Gameboy Color.

Post by **Doctor Fugue** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 9:30 am

The Prince from the original PoP in '89 blew my mind to pieces. Seeing Ryu in SFIII for the first time was similarly outstanding.

On a more personal level, I'd say:
Ryu from SFII (ARC)
Mushashi/Hayate from Shadow Dancer (GEN)
Blaze from Streets of Rage 2 (GEN)
Nightcrawler from X-men: Arcade (ARC)
Prince Ali from Beyond Oasis (GEN)
Sketch Turner from Comix Zone (GEN)

Post by **Niode** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 10:06 am

Mark of the Wolves.

Post by **Anayo** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 10:10 am

Anything from Metal Slug.

Post by **Japhei** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 11:02 am

Third Strike , Metal Slug , Last Blade, Samurai Shodown 4, Espgaluda , Dodonpachi Dai Ou Jou, Guwange , Esprade

I know some might not agree but Guilty Gear X was pretty amazing to me when I first got it.

Post by **Pulsar_t** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 11:26 am

Vectorman probably is the piece de resistance of 16-bit Megadrive sprites. The artists at the now-defunct Blue Sky Software used tweening to animate Vectorman (if you've ever fiddled with Flash you'd already know what this term means

)

Here's an old interview if you're interested in videogaming history >> http://www.gamezero.com/team-0/articles ... s/bluesky/

Post by **Japhei** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 11:56 am

Comix Zone is pretty impressive too.

Post by **MrPopo** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 12:29 pm

Everything in Odin Sphere and Princess Crown. The sprites are just so damn gorgeous.

Post by **lordofduct** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 2:44 pm

Pulsar_t wrote:

Vectorman probably is the piece de resistance of 16-bit Megadrive sprites. The artists at the now-defunct Blue Sky Software used tweening to animate Vectorman (if you've ever fiddled with Flash you'd already know what this term means )

Here's an old interview if you're interested in videogaming history >> http://www.gamezero.com/team-0/articles ... s/bluesky/

Vectorman came to my mind as well.

But that is probably due to a different reason. I spent hours on the Genesis with Sonic 3 and Vectorman watching the Sprite scroll and trying to figure out how they made all those animations. Yeah I was a kid and the internet wasn't around.

Post by **ZenLogikos** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 1:23 am

Hitler's exploding sprite head was quite memorable...

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