/vr/ - Retro Games

>>10495136
>Red has shit graphics
Die

>>10233860
they went off the rails a lot with a much more hit and miss quality, the western red and blue graphics come from the third japanese version pokemon blue(JP) which was just a bonus thing and since by that time there was already the red and green sprites and the sugimori promo artwork it was less crucial that the sprites showcase the pokemon as they are leaving more room for weird liberties. In red and green the sprites were really the only thing there was(the sugimori watercolor only came after) so it best showcases the pokemon as they were originally conceived by their respective designers and obviously had more care put into it.
The entirety of the overworld tileset was also completely different, though the differences are subtle. I'll show it next post.

>>9448589
>You happen to know if the US Red and Blue dex entries are based on those (even if censored)?
They aren't. Western Red & Blue share the entries with japanese Blue(I don't think they have any particularly noteworthy censorship)

As far as western releases go the Firered remake uses the translated entries from the original Red and Green(While Leafgreen uses the entries from Blue). I don't know to which extent they are censored, there's bound to be at least some slight differences like how Oddish' Firered entry says it's scientific name is Oddium Wanderus which is obviously going of the localized name Oddish and since that is not its japanese name the scientific name pun should be totally different.

But yeah overall it's not that the japanese entries have some super secret knowledge nobody ever heard, like I said if, you're interested look up the english Firered entries to get the gist of it, it's more that as with the sprites having a more neutral definitive pose in contrast with the japanese Blue/western Red and Blue being all wacky and weird, the original dex info overall feels a bit more like the quintessential description of the Pokemon. For instance I think for Cubone it's a lot more relevant to know that "It wears the skull of its dead mother on its head. When it becomes lonesome, it is said to cry loudly." than "Because it never removes its skull helmet, no one has ever seen this Pokémon's real face."

>>9398395
Yes, western Red/Blue have Pokemon in wacky poses(inb4 "but they are le epic xD"), the overworld uses a worst tileset, the dex entries are worse (ex: R/G - It wears the skull of its dead mother on its head. When it becomes lonesome, it is said to cry loudly. | R/B - Because it never removes its skull helmet, no one has ever seen this Pokémon's real face.)

All this without even mentioning censorship. Cope