A community may have a different mentality than the individual, so I was curious and made this thread.

How many of you approve of the battle animations in Gen. V? How many of you think they're overrated? Be honest and feel free to discuss throughout the topic, fantasize about how the animations look for your favorite pokémon!

I slightly prefer the static ones.

I like them, but calling it late is like saying this game was revealed late.

So I guess this another poll that needs to be fixed.

I like them. Like Pokemon Stadium but 10x better. And remember, the videos we've seen are from beta games...so the final product'll look even awesome-er!!

I am looking forward to the animated sprites.

Turns battle animations off? You can do that? o3o

I very much appreciate the moving sprites, but I think it would be smart to allow a shift between static and mobile for people like Alakazamaster.

I'd also love to see a recoil animation when a Pokemon takes damage, and it would be awesome to see them lay down and go to sleep if hit by Hypnosis or something. Other status animations would be awesome.

I really like them. Me and my friends all love them, we can't wait! I'll be pre-ordering the Japanese version! I'll just make sure I use a better postage option this time...

@Battle animation conversation above: I turn my animations off when EVing. Makes it a lot quicker.

Well I liked the old battle animations a lot. Didn't see anything wrong with them. I must agree with Zamaster about the moving ones being a bit more annoying to our sensitive eyes though. I think I will like them equally nonetheless. Can't say for sure until it actually comes out at the same time...

Nevertheless, I voted for the first choice though...

I love them...<3 They make things seem so real!
But you know what would be better? If they actually MOVE as in like, attack. Raikou didn't do that when he was releasing a aura sphere.

I'm a little iffy as to the battle movements, but I do like the full body sprites looking so amazing. I'm interested to see if they all just shift randomly, or if they actually give examples as to how the pokemon stand when fighting.

Ex. A Ditto probably doesn't have the same shifting from leg to leg/breathing as a legendary dog.

I think they look pretty cool. A fun little experiment, if anything.

im a little neutral on this topic.
the animations are a bit choppy but at least the creator can have his dream of making pokemon more action packed.
all i can tell is that the spritists are gonna have a little more of a challange with gen V.

Love them. Adds a final fantasy feel to it. Wish they had an attack and a flinch stance too though.

The animation is a nice touch to the battle, having them not move makes them boring.

it took them 15 years to finally Make it Moving Animations,Wow.

I love the new battle animations. but i also prefer the static ones. It can be a little annoying with them just hopping around there.
I really hope they still have your pokemon follow you.

Well, I would certainly like to see more, but yeah, I love the moving animations.

I'm not sure what to think about the animated sprites. I don't own pokemon battle revolution, but I've seen footage. I'm not to impressed with it. *hides from the torch-and-pitchfork wielding mob* I'd like to see unique sprites for when a pokemon gets hit by an attack, when a pokemon has a status affliction, and when they faint (as opposed to just being swallowed up by the ground). From what I can tell, it's just a looped movement that they perform no matter what is going on in the battle. However, the moving sprites might make it easier for me to stay awake while I'm effort training.

Does this thread have an example of the battle animations? I don't know unless I see something. D:

Thanks.

Wow, it's nice to see all of the Pokemon's backside. (Is that a shiny Raikou?)

Sounds awesome, but I'm a little upset they use Legends like that. D: It's getting a little annoying to just hand out a Pokemon.

Yeah, but giving a yes, no, maybe answer will make this thread dead sooner or later. But with all these amazing detailed animations, it'll make spriting a lot harder. I'm more interested in the attack animations. Some attacks are shown better than others.