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Was not sure where to put this, so I hope this is fine.

The mega gyarados sprite on here looks ridiculous, He looks nothing like he does in X/Y and OR/AS,
I think he deserves a re-sprite. Mega easter lopunny got one and that was almost right after it was released. Mega gyarados looks like he has needed one for a long time, so I don't really see why it has not happened yet. I don't think anyone can really say that he doesn't need one cos he really does not look like he should at all, there is no reason for him not to get a re-sprite eventually.

I am sure anyone who has seen the real mega gyarados would agree he needs a re-sprite on here for sure.

If you think he should get a re-sprite then please leave a reply showing support and vote on the in thread poll.

EDIT: (Also please try to give a reason why you want him to get a re-sprite in your reply as well)

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support

for me it looks an garden hose. when I first see mega gyarados sprite I was like "GEEZ THIS IS A GIANT GARDEN HOSE"

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full support (Y) it needs one the current one is weird

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1000% support Mega Gyarados looks like a slug for crying out loud

He looks a bit depressed... Sorry to spriters but full support

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He looks like some weird worm with a face.
Full support.

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Full Support

PH Mega Gyarados fan art

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Full support. Looks like some sort of fancy red and blue sea slug. >:I No offense to the spriters though

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I agree,You have my full support!Ph Mega Gyarados doesn't look like real one at all!

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Any replies that don't show support or no support and or go off topic from what the original thread topic is will be considered spam.


EDIT: And remember to try to include a reason as to why you would like mega gyarados to get a re-sprite as well

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Well... I'm kinda neutral.
On one hand, I agree with it looking like a sea slug. BUT... It looks sassy and I think that is funny xD Whenever I see one I think "Ooh snap, that top with those shoes? Oh no you didn't!" xD

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i like it (Y) ,

because it looks like a water slug and it is having a starange little fin, click at that 'fin' .

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absolutely 0 support

I like the sprite and don't care about the original sprite ph sprite comparison.

The daily 2(+?) feeds about this suggestion make me dislike this thread even more.

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I don't see what's worng with it, except maybe making it a bit less... 'blurred?'
So... No support. It's simply un needed.

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There are, in fact, a number of inaccuracies in the sprite. I wouldn't support this if it was just opinion, but in cases where the sprite is actually incorrect as opposed to simply "ugly" in one user's opinion, I do have to express support. Here are all of the inaccuracies I've found (let me know if you see any more):



> The whiskers should be white, not black.
>> This may be because of the model in-game, which makes the whiskers look black; however, that is actually only the outline, which takes up too much of the whisker due to how thin they are. The official art shows that they are, in fact, white.
> The teeth should be white, not yellow.
> The "tusks" feature three points, not one knifelike protrusion.
> There are red protrusions on each of Mega Gyarados' segments, which the sprite used lacks.
> There are blue spikes on the top of the first four segments as well. The current sprite has them all round like normal Gyarados.
> It's difficult to tell because of the angle, but it seems like the "fins" don't line up properly between the top and the bottom.
>> Speaking of the fins, they should have three points, not two.
> Mega Gyarados is a different shade of blue. (Not as important, but the current shade does look too deep and too purplish, so it might as well be listed with the other inaccuracies.)
> The shading of the different segments gives them the wrong shape. They are each (roughly) spherical other than the top four, which have spikes; there shouldn't be separate bulges on the top and the bottom, which the current shading shows.

That said, many of the mistakes are understandable, as they probably did arise from images of poor quality and just generally bad references from the time the sprites were made, which was soon enough after X and Y came out that I don't think they would have been able to see the mistakes. The official art didn't come out until after Mega Gyarados was discovered if I remember correctly. I think too many changes are needed for the sprite to merely be edited, so it would probably have to be remade; however, I thought listing them might help anyway so the spriters watch out for them the second time around.

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I like how epic the sprite is, but like the others said, there are way too many inconsistencies that kind of ruin it. Maybe instead of using a completely different sprite, they could just fix up this one? I don't mind either way, but I support this.

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I guess the pose is off, but i think it's fine. A whole resprite isn't really nessicary, and all these posts saying "it looks like a slug, this is wrong, that is wrong,.." etc. is probalbly very offensive to the spriters.

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Support. On bulbapedia i saw the Mega Gyarados and i was like "This looks so much like a War Machine!". I saw the PH one and i was like "OMG! Alien Attack!!!". It needs to be changed to look like the bulbapedia one!

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@Markiplier: This does not really support the discussion, does it? It's simply an opinion that does nothing to further the discussion on whether it really should be re-sprited.

Anyway, support - just went and played OR, and realized it really does look nothing like the one here on PH.

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I have never seen the Pokeheroes version o-o

Update: Just saw it, I believe the sprite should be edited, but not remade, but it does need serious editing.

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