Swarm and graphic question

[Proteus84]

First I wanna say the swarms are a very charming simple thing in this game.

A casual unexpected chance to catch a pokemon you ‘d find only in another region, or later in the story.

I think the great availability of pokemon in the recent games by Game Freak is one of reasons they still sell like crazy despite the flawless.

 

I have a curiosity to ask.

I know HGSS rom before being implemented as a region, it was supported for the follower pokemon.

But the wild pokemon in swarm ‘re essentially the same sprite moving on their own.

 

So what happens if I have no HGSS rom installed?

I won’t see any swarm at all, will I?

or the pokemon ‘d be replaced by a generic hazy blue monster, like the placeholder we see while sufing/flying ?

 

 

For the same reason, it’s a bit sad we can’t have swarm of Gen 5 (beside few you count on one hand)

My two cents; but they could have used the sprite from team menu.

I’ve just enlaged 300% and most of them looks fine.

 

I know you can’t make them walk around the map, as they miss animations for all directions.

 

There’s many like flying, levitating, fish and the one with small legs that I think they’ll look fine if forced to move on an horizontal path.

Look at this:

https://archives.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?title=Category:Animated_menu_sprites&filefrom=Ani525MS.png#mw-category-media

I think 30% could make the cut.

 

Beside there’s the ones that 'd be made as stationary.

The purpose of swarm isn’t watching the pokemon move in the wild, but battle with them.

 

Generally it’s so crowed by the many players you can’t see them.

So I don’t think player ‘d complain for the lacking of wild pokemon movement. 🙂

[drakesstepson]

this is a good idea, but i think the only flaw is how it looks inconsistent and makes the game look a bit unpolished. and while there could be a mod that overlays these sprites with the proper follower sprites, the game is still gonna look a bit cheesy to newer players who havent downloaded it. 

[Proteus84]

There're sprite from that link that I don't like and feel unpolished : swoobat's eye; venipede is pixel mess; some are too much diagonal...

But the one I posted in my custom pic imho all looks great, they aren't subpar the HGSS one.

 

HGSS have several bad design too: chikorita is an abomination,

https://www.spriters-resource.com/fullview/26795/

I immediately regret to pick as starter XDD

 

My fault I couldn't add the shadows in my picture.

Seeing them animated will add a lot.

In many cases you find swarm in the grass, that hides a lot.

 

But I don't think I have to justify for a game that in Emerald mixes a lot GBA and NDS styles.

That's unfortunate, but people plays it however. 🙂

 

 

Anyway my original question was what happen when you play without HGSS rom ???

As nobody 'd answer, I checked by myself.

 

I can confirm swarms are visible, with their pokemon sprites.

You can even the partner pokemon that follows the players.

 

So it turns the guide, wiki, youtuber were all wrong saying you needed the HGSS rom for the follower pokemon

Likely this was the case only till 2017 when Gen 5 was added.

 

Here's the proof:

swarm of likitung

GBA kanto without hgss upgrade, the pokemon still follows you