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Currently Playing: How Has Pokémon's Battle Animation Evolved?

How has Pokémon's animation changed over the years? And what can we expect from Sword & Shield? Let's do a retrospective of Gen 1 - Gen 7's battle animation to find out. -------- ▼LINKS▼-------- PATREON ► http://www.patreon.com/newframeplus BLUESKY ► https://bsky.app/profile/danfloydplus.bsky.social LET'S PLAY CHANNEL ► http://bit.ly/2lmGte8 -------- ▼CREDITS▼-------- Written and produced by Daniel Floyd Custom Pikachu sprites by Michael Azzi (@Michafrar) https://twitter.com/michafrar Check out JoCat's video about Pokémon's creature design! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPFAApe8vvc Special thanks to Nintendo Unity for providing game footage! https://www.youtube.com/user/NintenUnity Additional Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver footage courtesy of Mixeli! https://www.youtube.com/user/elimanene Pokemon series sprites obtained from The Spriter's Resource! https://www.spriters-resource.com/ Special thanks to: -Carrie Floyd -Soraya Een Hajji -Carrie Floyd -Soraya Een Hajji -Barry Kramer -Michael Azzi -Eric Luhta -Dan Jones -JoCat -------- ▼MUSIC▼-------- ♪ "Littleroot Town" by Hyper Potions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV3w2PZn8z4 ♪ ...and selections from the Pokemon game series official soundtracks. -------- ▼CHAPTERS▼-------- 0:00 - Intro 1:36 - Pokémon Red & Blue 3:09 - Pokémon Yellow, Gold & Silver 3:23 - Pokémon Crystal 4:47 - Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire 6:17 - Pokémon Emerald 8:54 - Pokémon Diamond & Pearl 9:54 - Game Freak's strategy so far 10:43 - Pokémon Black & White 13:34 - Pokémon X & Y 18:13 - Animation Re-Use & Iteration 20:16 - Speculation around Pokémon Sword & Shield 22:18 - Ways Pokémon battle animation could be improved 25:58 - Conclusion 26:45 - Wrapping Up #NewFramePlus #Pokemon #animation