For me it's Sonic 1 sprite walkingLong legs make him looks stupid
All of them are shit. His head moving from side to side makes no sense.
>>12056827It shows motion.
>>12056843His legs and body moving already show motion. Nobody ever moves their head like that in real life and it makes no sense to deliberately do that either.
>>12056863I dunno man, people have been playing these games for how long? And now YOU fucking complain about something because you stared at a gif for too long?
>>12056863has any human ever ran as fast as Sonic? no? yeah i didn't think so faggot. so until they have, Sonic does move his head at the speeds he goes
>>12056863The left side Mario is literally moving his head sideways too...
>>12056817That first sprite/animation isn't from Sonic 1, it's from Sonic CD.
>>12056817What's that last one monstrosity?Anyway, best is Sonic 1/CD, the indigo blue just looks more classy.Sonic 2 looks slicker and the more bold shiny blue feels fresh in a way (but less classy), it was a cool new look back then.3's sprite... It's weird, he feels inflated and derpy
>>12058183>What's that last one monstrosity?Sonic Mania
>>12058183The S1 color is nice, though in /vr/ tradition the appeal may simply lie in its retroer-is-better and rarity factors. The adjusted blues for S2-3 are more accurate to the original design and artwork after all.Some anon already mentioned it but the first sprite in >>12056817 comes from Sonic CD, not from S1. For some reason, SCD removed the subtle vertical arc of the movement while S2 pushed it further. For a certain acerbic anti-"bounce" mindset I guess that may be an improvement; personally I think it's a downgrade, as the arc contrasts nicely with the arc-less animation at higher speeds.Interestingly (???) the Sonic Crackers prototype seems to use the SCD animation as a base (also without "bounce") but the color is adjusted to the S2 blue.
>>12059021what the fuck is that thing in knuckles's back
>>12059025He's the Echidna your gf tells you not to worry about
>>12059021i never liked tails' walking sprite. he just looks so incompetent and bumbling. now that i think about it, it may be the lack of the head bob
>>12059021Sonic 2 prototype's sprites are great.
>>12056863>complaining about sonic's head slightly shifting side to side when mario's walk cycle in most 2D games between 1 and NSMB is even more retarded
>>12059213The bounce and added frames would probably trigger posers if that same sprite was posted as a modern "improvement" though.I like how the final Sonic 2 sprite changed the highlight so that it only appears briefly with the head on a certain angle. It's all in the details.
>>12056863Autism speaks.
>>12059021Wow, the pre-Mania version. I haven't seen that since.. well, before Mania came out and I updated it.By the way, have an update. Even if you want to crop it to just be /vr/, it's got some extras.
>>12056817Even as a kid I thought the Sonic 3 sprite was fucking awful. He looks cross-eyed.
>>12060234You're the creator of that gif? That's pretty cool, I've seen it often. Are there any particular differences between the Origins Amy graphics, and between 2013, S2, CD(2011) and S3 prototype Tails?
>>12060705Aside from how they're aligned for the walking/jogging animations, Tails' sprites are all the identical, though the S3 Prototype has an ever so slightly different palette, somewhere between S2 and S3.Amy's sprites are almost identical across all four games. Some of her actions have variations depend on the game, but running and jogging are all the same. There's a bug in Origins Plus that gives her a slightly brighter palette in 1 and 2. I don't know if it was ever fixed, but it's not represented in the gifs.
>>12060741I see, thank you.
>>12058183Last one is Sonic Mania. It's a good game.
>>12056901It's okay when Nintendo does it.
>>12056817I never even noticed he got taller after sonic 1I guess 'modern sonic' wasnt a switch, it was a process>>12056863sir, your example's "correct" part has a head moving from side to side.
>>12056817Sonic Mania's color pallete should be the standard from the start.
>>12059025That's his tail.
