Overworld Sprites

This is a sub-page of Development:Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver/Sprites.

Unlike the leaked Platinum repository, overworld sprites were not committed to the HeartGold and SoulSilver repository in the form of scratchpads. They can only be found at pokemon_gs/src/data/mmodel/mmdl_tex (and pokemon_gs/src/data/mmodel/mmdl_tex_poke for follower Pokemon sprites) in their .imd file format, and do not contain any extra data aside from the sprites themselves. That said, there is a fair amount of changes to go over here.

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Player#

Ethan#

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r7477 (July 2 2008)	r24793 Final (June 8 2009)

Ethan was the first character in the game to receive overworld sprites. His first version much more closely resembles his design in the original Gold and Silver, especially with the color patterning on the hat, yellow pants, and the design of his backpack. Almost a year later, he got his first revision to make him look more or less like the final, with the exception of a red piece on the back of the hat. Over a year later, that red bit was removed, and his sprites were finalized.

Rocket Outfit#

The Team Rocket outfit started out as a mere black color swap before gaining its own sprites in March of 2009. r17155 removed the running sprites, but the next revision, r17198 brought them back. The design was finalized at the start of May, with some patterns and details being added, alongside some slight additional polish.

Pokéathlon Outfit#

He originally wore a blue headband that was later recolored to white, and then removed entirely. The first version also comes with running sprites, which were removed next revision.

Lyra#

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r7489 (July 3 2008)	r24135 Final (June 1 2009)

Lyra didn't have her own sprites until January of 2008, up until which she simply used Dawn's DP sprites. Her sprites only got a very minor fix-up less than 30 minutes after the first commit due to her sideways walking sprites missing the bows on her hat. Her sprites for using the Pokemon Center got fixed to prevent her bag from swapping sides mid-animation.

Rocket Outfit#

Much like Ethan's rocket outfit sprites, it initially started out as a rather pathetic black palette swap before getting an actual outfit in March of 2009.

Pokéathlon Outfit#

Again, like Ethan, she originally wore a red headband, which was changed to white, and then removed.

Rival#

Silver had a brighter color scheme, a slightly different hair style, and actual motion to his hair. The early version more accurately resembles his Gold and Silver design.

NPCs#

Mother#

The player's mother had a completely different design, again being more accurate to her appearance in the original Gold and Silver versions. The only aspect of it that stayed the same is the clothes. Middle revision adjusts the palette slightly and changes her eye color.

Professor Elm#

Professor Elm's sprites were basically finalized in the first version. The only change made was a minor color adjustment to his shirt under his lab coat.

Man#

A fairly different design, with a different hair style, color, and different clothes.

Lass#

The Lass trainers once had a completely different outfit. A battle sprite exists for this design, as well.

Sage#

The sages originally wore different robes.

Elder#

His eyebrows were changed up a bit, and the shine on his head switching sides in the south-facing sprites was fixed.

Mediums#

Originally had differently-colored robes, no hair bun, and no blue headband.

Ace Trainers#

The male Ace Trainer's first revision makes a couple tweaks to the pants for the north and south-facing frames, while the final's adjusts his hair slightly at the top.

The female had her ponytail changed to a bun, possibly to fit in even better with the oriental theme of Johto.

Biker#

The Biker trainers were originally walking around instead of, you know, riding their bikes.

Falkner#

Falkner was the first gym leader to be added to the game. His first revision makes him slightly taller, and the final only adjusts the south-facing sprites to add white buttons to his shirt.

Chuck#

Chuck's feet in his side-walking sprites were touched-up, and his mouth for his south-facing ones was changed.

Sabrina#

Sabrina had some tweaks to her hair, eyes, and outline. Her bangs were originally shorter.

Team Rocket Grunts#

The male grunt had a different hair color and his uniform lacked some details, such as the line across the hat and visible belt.

The female grunt originally had green-colored hair instead of purple, which was also a bit longer. This matches their official FireRed and LeafGreen artwork which itself is inconsistent with their in-game sprite, in which their hair has a pink tone similar to this one. March 4 revision updates some of her sprites to add gloves that were missing.

Objects#

Security Statue#

The Rocket Hideout alarm statues originally didn't sit on a pedestal.

Ice Block#

The ice blocks were originally cubes.

Pokéathlon Decorations#

The statue used a placeholder sprite in the form of just the player's actual sprite.

r16736 (February 26 2009)	r19845 (April 17 2009)	r20715 Final (April 27 2009)

The medal was originally bigger.

r16736 (February 26 2009)	r19845 (April 17 2009)	r20715 (April 27 2009)	r20961 (April 30 2009)	r21836 Final (May 8 2009)

The outfit was much larger, until it was made smaller and then stuck onto a stand.

r16736 (February 26 2009)	r19845 (April 17 2009)	r20261 Final (April 22 2009)

The flag's first actual sprite was very crude and rough, and was tilted a different way.

r16736 (February 26 2009)	r19845 (April 17 2009)	r20261 (April 22 2009)	r20715 (April 27 2009)	r20961 (April 30 2009)	r21836 Final (May 8 2009)

The shoes started off as two, then switched to one, then later back to two and was made much smaller.

r16736 (February 26 2009)	r19845 (April 17 2009)	r20715 Final (April 27 2009)

Was originally a bit bigger.

r16736 (February 26 2009)	r19845 (April 17 2009)	r20261 (April 22 2009)	r20715 Final (April 27 2009)

The wall piece moved around a little bit.

r16736 (February 26 2009)	r19845 (April 17 2009)	r20715 (April 27 2009)	r21307 (May 2 2009)	r21836 Final (May 8 2009)

The Pokegear stand was made smaller and smaller each update.

r16736 (February 26 2009)	r19845 (April 17 2009)	r20261 (April 22 2009)	r20715 (April 27 2009)	r21307 Final (May 2 2009)

The scroll was made a bit smaller, then flipped upside-down.

Pokémon#

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Ho-Oh had some pretty rough graphics at first, but the design of each frame didn't change too much. The main difference are its back feathers being made smaller.

Lugia, on the other hand, had twice as many revisions done to it compared to Ho-Oh. It also began with some rough graphics, which had its tail and head in different positions. The second revision moved its head up a bit to hide the back of its neck, and the final version tweaked some shading details on its wings, spines, and tail while also adjusting the proportions and positioning of its wings in a few frames.

r16851 (February 26 2009) (IMD date: February 27 2009)	r19947 Final (April 17 2009)

Snorlax was originally much, much bigger, and was seemingly standing up. The final has it laying down instead.

The red Gyarados had a slight palette change.