Worst Pokemon sprites

[Johnny B. Decent]

Sept 8, 2012 22:01:59 GMT -5 frankincleveland said:

From Pokémon Silver: "Its DNA is said to contain the genetic codes of all Pokémon, so it can use all kinds of techniques."

And from the Japanese Pokémon Red & Green:

Mew's not so much a kitten, but an embryo.



And I think I read somewhere that Mewtwo was originally a reference to Dolly the cloned sheep, but the creators thought that may be too controversial a subject to tackle, so they didn't draw too much attention to it. Again, Mewtwo's not so much a feline as it is a sheep. Those protrusions on it's head may not be cat ears so much as they're sheep horns.

Huh. Well, I'll be damned.

[Gummydavidson]

Sept 8, 2012 16:17:36 GMT -5 N E O G E O B O Y S said:

there was an sprite that was really horryfing for me as a child, but i can't recall it

The ghost sprite from Lavender Town?

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Actually, if memory serves the plan was to do the Dolly thing for Gold & Silver, making it separate from Mewtwo.

[frankincleveland]

Sept 9, 2012 8:56:35 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

Actually, if memory serves the plan was to do the Dolly thing for Gold & Silver, making it separate from Mewtwo.

Could be. I wonder if Mareep, Flaaffy and Ampharos would have been the Dolly reference.

[Brood Lone Wolf Funker]

Ditto actually is a failed mew clone from some things I have read

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Sept 8, 2012 22:01:59 GMT -5 frankincleveland said:

And I think I read somewhere that Mewtwo was originally a reference to Dolly the cloned sheep, but the creators thought that may be too controversial a subject to tackle, so they didn't draw too much attention to it. Again, Mewtwo's not so much a feline as it is a sheep. Those protrusions on it's head may not be cat ears so much as they're sheep horns.

Really? All I remember hearing is that its design was essentially an homage to Giygas in his Mother/Earthbound Zero form.

[Zombie Mod is not a ghoul.]

dunsparce

[Yami Daimao]

Sept 9, 2012 11:15:21 GMT -5 Brood Lone Wolf Funker said:

Ditto actually is a failed mew clone from some things I have read

Yup.

They are both pink. Although this does not prove much, it is possible that when Mew was being cloned in the creation of Mewtwo that the same color of Mew was necessary to make the Mewtwo-in-creation. Their shiny forms also both happen to be blue.

They both know transform, and can technically both learn any move. It is possible that Mewtwo was supposed to know transform to make a successful clone. However, the real Mewtwo does not know Transform.

They are both genderless.

They both weigh the same: 8.8 lbs. To make a successful clone, perhaps it was necessary for the two to weigh the same.

Ditto's appearance of a scientific blob. Ditto appears to have been man-made. However, there are more than one Ditto, speculating that it may reproduce asexually.

Mewtwo was said to be the only successful copy of Mew, speculating that Ditto may be a failed clone.

Ditto in the Pokémon Mansion. In Pokémon Yellow, the wild Pokémon roster for the burned out Pokémon Mansion on Cinnabar Island (where Mewtwo was implied to have been created) was updated to feature Ditto, speculating that Ditto may have been created in the Mansion as well. This change was carried over to Fire Red and Leaf Green, the remakes of the original Pokémon Red and Green.

Mew is said to contain the DNA of every single Pokemon, while Ditto can essentially breed with every single Pokémon (with very few exceptions outside of legendaries and Dittos themselves).