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Why still hasn't the page for Latios and Latias used their PoGO sprites?

The original sprites have been here since their release, and hasn't changed yet. Someone fix this.

Asked by TheKyogre5 years 5 months ago

Answers

Technically they're models now, not sprites. Pic related.

But yes that's bugged me too about the criteria they use for what gets the model and what gets the official artwork. A majority of unreleased Gen 4 Pokemon have their models with or without shiny toggles, some of the less relevant available Pokemon don't have their shinies yet, and some still use official artwork as a placeholder for the model.

Thing is, when Chrales did his stream, some models like Gastrodon and Hippowdon were either unable to load or not found within the code. That's probably why Gamepress uses the official artwork.