Development:Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire/Sprites/Pokémon Scratchpads

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Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Repo

Found in the sangopart1\sangopart1~\export\svn2\sango_ctrlib\sango_app\trunk\common\pokegra_rs\bmp\bmp.zip directory regarding Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire data are scratchpad progress sprites seemingly copied from Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire's development, granted an unknown date. Given that this uses the final Pokédex order for filenames, it's likely from after the 2002 Festa build shown in trailers. Unfortunately, no source file date is available for these bitmaps.

All Scratchpads have the final sprite in the top-left corner.

Pokémon	Scratchpad	Sprite Corrections (if applicable)	Palette Data (If noted)	Notes
Bulbasaur				Final.
Ivysaur				Leaves and bulb were redrawn. Early version's design only has two leaves, one on each side, and is reminiscent of the Red and Blue artwork's design. The isolated snippet appears to be an alternative version of the bulb for the rightmost sprite, and seamlessly slots over it. Said bulb is identical to the final sprite's.
Venusaur				Final.
Charmander				Leg was slightly shifted and reshaded between early and final. Otherwise very close to final.
Charmeleon				Final.
Charizard				Eyes are looking down in the final, wings were tweaked, and the snout was shortened.
Squirtle				Final.
Wartortle				Final.
Blastoise				Final. Interestingly, this sprite's BMP is one of the few with a shiny palette present in its color palette. In this case, the shiny differs from final: it uses a sky blue for the body instead of the final's light steel blue, and a slightly more vibrant green shell.
Caterpie				Final.
Metapod				Early version has messy, off-model anatomy, namely with the placement of the nubs and eyes.
Butterfree				Early version appears to be an unfinished draft. The sprite lacks black outlines, one of the antennae is made near-invisible by a tangent with the edge of the nearby wing, and the wings look unfinished: one has an off-model pattern with unpolished shading, while the other is entirely blank.
Weedle				Final.
Kakuna				The bottom of the pupa was redrawn, and shading on the head was improved.
Beedrill				Final.
Pidgey				Earliest version of the sprite has the head facing to the side. Second version is nearly identical to final, lacking minor polish and having one extra toe. Extra toe might stem from key art from the Original Series anime.
Pidgeotto				The early version's stance is more stiff, the final's is more dynamic. Like Pidgey, it also had one extra toe like its Original Series Anime art. Head seems to be redrawn from Silver's sprite, while the body appears to use a flipped version of Gold's sprite as a base.
Pidgeot				Final.
Rattata				Early sprite was downscaled leading to final. Shading received polish.
Raticate				Early sprite was downscaled leading to final. Alternate shading.
Spearow				Final.
Fearow				Contains two earlier stages of the final sprite. The nearly complete one has a white-furred tail design with one less toe on each talon. This alternative design comes from the Red and Blue artwork.
Ekans				Early sprite has its stripes incorrectly colored yellow. This error appears to be a holdover from the Red and Blue artwork.
Arbok				Final.
Pikachu				Has various WIP sprites. Missing outline compared to final. Final oddly removes highlight for body.
Raichu				Early version has a yellow belly, which may have been misinterpreted from the Generation 2 sprites.
Sandshrew				Redrawn with less chubby proportions. Missing black in outline for WIP.
Sandslash				Shading, leg, and quills adjusted. Also includes an unfinished back sprite.
Nidoran♀				Final.
Nidorina				Its size, proportions, and shading were adjusted.
Nidoqueen				Final.
Nidoran♂				Redrawn pose. Early version lacks black in outline.
Nidorino				Final.
Nidoking				Final.
Clefairy				Contains two early versions, each adjusting the pose alongside other minor polishes. Second iteration was downscaled leading to final.
Clefable				Final.
Vulpix				Earlier version of final. Head was downsized. The color of the paws matched the color of the tail and hair, akin to some older artwork. Lacks black outlines.
Ninetales				Two early sprites. The first is a rough, unpolished outline of the pose, lacking black outlines. The second is very close to final, it was adjusted to sit taller in the finished version, alongside minor tweaks.
Jigglypuff				First iteration lacks black outlines and was downscaled leading to the second iteration.
Wigglytuff				First iteration lacks black outlines and was adjusted to be less off-model.
Zubat				Less polished version of final. Has shorter tails, lacks black outlines, and is missing the lines in the inner ears.
Golbat				Less polished and smaller version of final. Lacks black outlines, curiously uses dark purple as outline for the blue parts of the body.
Oddish				Final.
Gloom				Early sprite with a different pose. Also contains what appears to be an alternate version of the final sprite's leg, as the small snippet can seamlessly slot over the final sprite.
Vileplume				Final.
Paras				Contains an early, larger scaled draft of the final sprite. Eyes have raw magenta in their center, which may have originated from a program error.
Parasect				Partially based on its sprite from Silver, though ultimately redrawn.
Venonat				Fur was shrunken down for final, along with tweaks to the feet.
Venomoth				Final. As a side note, its palette contains the same unused shades of yellow as in the final.
Diglett				Final.
Dugtrio				Final.
Meowth				Has more squat proportions like various Generation 1 art. Final is proportioned more like the anime.
Persian				Final.
Psyduck				Eyes, shading, and width adjusted.
Golduck				Final.
Mankey				Final.
Primeape				Final.
Growlithe				Redrawn at a slightly smaller resolution.
Arcanine				Final.
Poliwag				Early version has shorter legs in a split position. Tail has a blue gradient on its base which may have been misinterpreted from some early art. Unrefined shading and lacks black outlines.
Poliwhirl				Final.
Poliwrath				Final.
Abra				Proportions are too even, overall large. Missing black in outline.
Kadabra				Differing hand pose. Missing black in outline.
Alakazam				The WIP is more explicitly based on the Red and Blue artwork.
Machop				Almost completely redrawn due to being off-model, particularly for lopsided eyes.
Machoke				Was initially made using the Gold/Silver sprite for base for the head, then redrawn. Both lack black in outline.
Machamp				Final.
Bellsprout				Redrawn at a slightly smaller resolution.
Weepinbell				Final.
Victreebel				Back view is unfinished.
Tentacool				Final.
Tentacruel				Tentacles adjusted twice.
Geodude				Final.
Graveler				Redrawn to be larger and less stilted. Lacks black in outline for WIP.
Golem				Final.
Ponyta				Final.
Rapidash				Had a boxier body for the top WIP, was redrawn to be more anatomically correct. Both WIP sprites lack black in outline, and have simpler shading.
Slowpoke				Final.
Slowbro				Final.
Magnemite				Final.
Magneton				Same sprite but with adjusted shading. Transparency errors in the bolts for the WIP suggest that the original transparent color was white.
Farfetch’d				Has more exaggerated proportions in WIP. Redrawn with a more dynamic pose.
Doduo				Pose differences.
Dodrio				Was missing a toe on each talon, matching the Red and Blue art.
Seel				Various WIP sprites leading to final's pose.
Dewgong				Angrier expression. Shading for bottom of body was also adjusted for final.
Grimer				Final.
Muk				Completely redrawn after being too off-model.
Shellder				Redrawn to be less bulky.
Cloyster				Longer spike in WIP, overall the shell was redrawn. Also isn't smiling in WIP, and is missing black in outline.
Gastly				Final.
Haunter				Adjusted hand position. Missing black in outline.
Gengar				Final.
Onix				Final.
Drowzee				Final.
Hypno				Various WIP sprites missing black in outline. Top in particular has a comically large nose.
Krabby				Final.
Kingler				Redrawn at a slightly higher resolution. WIP is missing black in outline.
Voltorb				Redrawn. WIP is missing black in outline.
Electrode				Slightly rough outline for WIP. Smile and shading were tweaked in final.
Exeggcute				Final.
Exeggutor				Palm tree leaves were flatter and shorter. The body highlight color seems to have been overwritten by the tongue color from the final sprite in the palette. Also missing black in outline compared to final.
Cubone				Final.
Marowak				Head more closely looks like it did in the Generation 2 sprites. Missing black in outline compared to final.
Hitmonlee				Redrawn to have a slightly stronger silhouette.
Hitmonchan				Short and stubby proportions. Clearly based off Silver's sprite.
Lickitung				Various WIP sprites with simplified shading, both missing black in outline.
Koffing				Minor shading and smoke adjustment. For some reason, the unfinished one is used as base for the "Pokémon Emerald" sprite.
Weezing				Final.
Rhyhorn				Very minor tweak for mouth.
Rhydon				Various WIP sprites. Top center's face is very blobby.
Chansey				Right feelers redrawn.
Tangela				Alternate pose.
Kangaskhan				Redrawn, went from frown to smile. Missing black in outline.
Horsea				Center top WIP has 2 fins like its Red and Blue artwork. Back sprite is unfinished for shading/dithering. Both WIP sprites are missing black in outline compared to final.
Seadra				Missing black in outline. Was redrawn.
Goldeen				Scaled bigger and expression adjusted in final. WIP is missing black in outline.
Seaking				Scaled bigger for final, with horn angled more straight in final. Both WIP sprites lack black in outline, and back sprite is unfinished for shading.
Staryu				At a slightly more dynamic angle in WIP. Redrawn for final.
Starmie				Proportions are stumpy, closer to Red and Blue art and Generation 2 sprites.
Mr. Mime				Final.
Scyther				Has two alternate poses. The middle one is based on a frame from its Crystal sprites flipped for head and lower body, limited to a 56x56 canvas.
Jynx				Final.
Electabuzz				Several unfinished versions that final's pose is based on. Top looks more to the left. Both lack black in outline.
Magmar				Simplified fire and lack of highlights in WIP, along with no black in outline. Also has transparency errors for toe claws, suggesting base transparent color was white initially.
Pinsir				Early sprite is uses a flipped version of Silver's sprite as a base. Arms were raised and redrawn to be more on-model, mouth was opened, eyes were enlarged.
Tauros				Adjusted to stand up straighter. Missing black in outline.
Magikarp				The pose is stiff and its inner mouth is colored bright red. Missing black in outlines compared to final.
Gyarados				Redrawn to be more on model.
Lapras				Several variations of the beached pose, with the bottom one having an oversized head compared to final. All lacking black in outline compared to final.
Ditto				Final.
Eevee				Two alternate poses, both with larger eyes. Center lacks black in outline and most likely uses Silver's sprite as reference, best seen with the hind leg being nearly identical.
Vaporeon				Proportions were adjusted twice, tail also reposed. Earliest version lacks black outlines and clearly uses Silver's sprite as a base, with the head being a near perfect match.
Jolteon				Head was shifted over slightly.
Flareon				Slightly bigger in WIP, black missing in outline.
Porygon				Final.
Omanyte				Larger shell and eyes that are too far apart. Black isn't used for outline, so the blue areas incorrectly use tan in the WIP. Bears a notable resemblance to Silver's sprite.
Omastar				Tentacles made slightly shorter in final.
Kabuto				Lacks eyes on top, along with being shrunken slightly.
Kabutops				Miscolored under belly, along with lack of outlines. Redrawn for final.
Aerodactyl				The WIP has a longer face in relation to its body and is looking more to the left, seemingly limited to a 56x56 canvas. Final redrawn with an adjusted pose.
Snorlax				Feet made shorter, and black was added for outline after minor adjustments in final.
Articuno				Most of the the back sprites of previously released Pokémon in the generation 3 games are polished versions of their Crystal back sprites. This back sprite of Articuno is recolored but not reshaded, more closely resembling the detailing of its Crystal sprite. Its shading and eye detail was further altered in its final iteration. For the center sprite, this is seemingly constrained to a 56x56 sprite boundary like the GB/GBC games, before being redrawn and extended to a full 64x64 frame for final.
Zapdos				Slightly redrawn. The WIP is missing black in outline, and has an extra toe that would become standard after "Fire Red & Leaf Green".
Moltres				Partially based on its sprite from Gold. Wings were given frame instead of being purely fire, and it was redrawn to occupy the full 64x64 frame.
Dratini				Redrawn to have a longer body, along with tail curling to the right instead of left.
Dragonair				Redrawn at a slightly higher resolution, along with shading changes. A new shade of grey was added for the ears.
Dragonite				Off-model. Foot pads were removed in final.
Mewtwo				Has an alternate pose with an arm extending outward, while far right is missing the tail. Missing black in both versions' outline.
Mew				Earlier version has neck and head less segmented, along with dark blotches on tail end and base. Far right is an unfinished basis for final.

Generation 2

A good chunk of Generation 2's sprites are already finalized.

Pokémon	Scratchpad	Sprite Corrections (if applicable)	Palette Data (If noted)	Notes
Chikorita				Final.
Bayleef				Final.
Meganium				Final.
Cyndaquil				Final.
Quilava				Final.
Typhlosion				Final.
Totodile				Final.
Croconaw				Final.
Feraligatr				Final.
Sentret				Final.
Furret				Final.
Hoothoot				Eyes smaller, along with it tilting its head while looking down in the WIP sprite.
Noctowl				Final.
Ledyba				Final.
Ledian				Final.
Spinarak				Final.
Ariados				Final.
Crobat				Wing outlines adjusted slightly.
Chinchou				Final.
Lanturn				Final.
Pichu				Pose was evened out due to lack of balance.
Cleffa				Eyes, shading, and arms were adjusted.
Igglybuff				Eyes and mouth were enlarged.
Togepi				Pose redrawn and made chunkier. The top-right and bottom WIPs are much closer to final, though with slight differences in expression, shell pattern, and legs. Transparency errors in the top-right sprite's shell suggest the original transparent color was white.
Togetic				Pose and lighting were adjusted.
Natu				Feathers are narrower and feet are off-balance.
Xatu				Final.
Mareep				Final.
Flaaffy				Final.
Ampharos				Final.
Bellossom				Slightly enlarged, arm position adjusted.
Marill				A few alternate poses.
Azumarill				Final.
Sudowoodo				Face was redrawn.
Politoed				Sprite was thinner.
Hoppip				Final.
Skiploom				Final.
Jumpluff				The tail is messing and left leg is in a different position.
Aipom				Face was redrawn, then pose was adjusted to put more weight on the arm.
Sunkern				Final.
Sunflora				Body was too small, and one petal was redrawn.
Yanma				Final.
Wooper				Redrawn with a smaller head.
Quagsire				Final.
Espeon				Proportions were too short.
Umbreon				Proportions were too short.
Murkrow				Final.
Slowking				Final.
Misdreavus				Slightly enlarged.
Unown				Final, A form only.
Wobbuffet				Tail was elongated.
Girafarig				Final.
Pineco				Slightly enlarged.
Forretress				Final.
Dunsparce				Final.
Gligar				Final.
Steelix				Final.
Snubbull				Final.
Granbull				Final.
Qwilfish				Final.
Scizor				Final.
Shuckle				Final.
Heracross				Final.
Sneasel				Final front and back view.
Teddiursa				Final.
Ursaring				Leaning further forward, adjusted likely for balance.
Slugma				Final.
Magcargo				Final.
Swinub				Final.
Piloswine				Final.
Corsola				Redrawn at a more dynamic angle.
Remoraid				Final.
Octillery				Slightly enlarged.
Delibird				Slightly enlarged.
Mantine				Final.
Skarmory				Final.
Houndour				Final.
Houndoom				Final.
Kingdra				Final.
Phanpy				Slightly fatter.
Donphan				Final.
Porygon2				Final.
Stantler				Final.
Smeargle				Eyes and proportions adjusted.
Tyrogue				Final front and back view.
Hitmontop				Final.
Smoochum				Same pose but completely redrawn. Mouth looks to have teeth.
Elekid				Redrawn with a smaller mouth.
Magby				Adjusted to a slightly less stilted posture.
Miltank				Face redrawn.
Blissey				Final.
Raikou				Final.
Entei				Final.
Suicune				Final.
Larvitar				Final.
Pupitar				Final.
Tyranitar				Final.
Lugia				Final.
Ho-Oh				Final.
Celebi				Final.

Generation 3

Some Generation 3 Pokémon have what appears to be an entire stock palette leftover from a graphics editor used in development in their BMP data.

The following Pokemon have remnants of it:

Azurill
Pelipper
Wailmer
Surskit
Kecleon
Sableye
Sharpedo

Pokémon	Scratchpad	Sprite Corrections (if applicable)	Palette Data (If noted)	Notes
Treecko				There's a fully drawn back sprite. In final this is cropped.
Grovyle				The Archaeon sprite from Nov 1st, 2001 is seen in the far right, though with corrupted palette. The back sprite is lacking a highlight seen in final.
Sceptile				Tail is flipped horizontally. Yellow knee pads removed, along with gaining arm blades for the final sprite.
Torchic				Uncropped back view.
Combusken				All sprites final.
Blaziken				Final front and back view.
Mudkip				Uncropped back view.
Marshtomp				Final front and back view.
Swampert				Both front sprites are final. Back has longer dorsal fin along its spine, and raised shoulder for left arm compared to final.
Poochyena				Final front and back view. Despite later art difference, this was never corrected.
Mightyena				WIP sprites for front and back feature a more defined snarl and less refined shading. Bottom-right sprites match final.
Zigzagoon				Includes its design from Nov 1st, 2001, as well as an in-between look that's more glassy-eyed compared to final. The palette has 2 unused colors dedicated to red, which won't be used until "Pokémon Emerald".
Linoone				Early design with more clearly-differentiated body parts rather than the more continuous body shape of its final look, and a simpler stripe pattern. Far more aggressive posture. Zigzagoon is used as basis for palette before being overwritten.
Wurmple				Final front and back view.
Silcoon				Backsprite has two pixels different than the final.
Beautifly				Primitive early design seen on the right, notably lacking limbs and wing patterning.
Cascoon				The earlier back sprite on the right has less detail.
Dustox				Very minor adjustments of its antenna colors and parts of its wings. Back view is in progress. Despite art differences, this sprite wasn't modified further to match until Emerald.
Lotad				Final.
Lombre				Despite the lack of black in outline, both sprites are identical to final, along with its back view.
Ludicolo				There's a corrupted older design embedded, but palette data shows its palette for the older design is still there, and thus can be restored by swapping it. This design has a similar lily pad crown to final Ludicolo, but donut lips rather than a beak. It's covered in white fur and generally slim. Interestingly, it has 4 fingers. For the more final sprite on the right, there are minor shading differences at the bottom.
Seedot				Includes its early design from Nov 1, 2001. Front and back view are finalized.
Nuzleaf				Has a rough, uncropped sketch of its back view. Early front sprites have one fewer stripe on the "pants" and different leaf shading; transparency error on the left sprite's mask suggests the original transparent color was white.
Shiftry				Two early designs more explicitly based on a Tengu, with a corrupted color palette. Back sprite matches final.
Taillow				Many revisions with a rough, unfinished sketch in the top middle. A similar open-wing pose would be used in the second frame of its Emerald sprite. Also features a variation of the early Swalot sprite from the latter's scratchpad, with a slight pose tweak to the bottom-left corner of its body.
Swellow				Top-right front and back view have a shorter beak as well as slight expression and shading differences. Bottom-right front and back sprites match final.
Wingull				Has #304 from November 1st, 2001, whose stats were reused for Wingull. Back view has rounded wings, with a rough sketch showing how to correct the wings.
Pelipper				Several copies of both the final design and of the WIP sprites from March 2002, where it has a pronounced hump and simplified shading. In addition to this, it seems to have a second palette with colors similar to the November 2001 sprite, alongside stock graphics editor palettes.
Ralts				Includes sprites for a dog-like Pokémon seemingly based on the Psycho Dog concept, alongside copies of the early Metagross, Metang, and Kyogre sprites from their respective scratchpads. Given that this uses Latios' palette as a base, the dog sprites may have originally looked more blue before being overwritten.
Kirlia				Has copies of final Ralts and Gardevoir sprites, as well as the early Metang and Kyogre again.
Gardevoir				As before, uses Latios as a palette base, and includes the same early Kyogre sprites.
Surskit				Final including back view, despite lack of black in outline.
Masquerain				WIP sprites are missing some patterning on the wings. An alternate color palette is present, which features bright orange wings for the center WIP and back sprite. Oddly, despite using the brown shade instead of red, the back sprite wasn't further modified for the final.
Shroomish				Early sprites still have more defined feet like the March 2002 concept art before being redrawn for final, and lack black in outlines.
Breloom				Includes design from Nov 1, 2001.
Slakoth				Has early WIP with unfinished shading and rough outlines. Final uses the back sprite flipped, but oddly doesn't update shading direction.
Vigoroth				Almost miniscule pupil in its eye, alongside simpler shading, and highlight in hair unlike final. Slakoth seems to have been used as basis for palette before being overwritten.
Slaking				Includes front and back sprites for an early design with a simpler nose and no white fur scruff, as well as slight pose and shading differences. Also has a copy of one of the early Aggron designs from its scratchpad, possibly used as a palette base.
Nincada				Includes design from Nov 1, 2001.
Ninjask				Includes design from Nov 1, 2001.
Shedinja				Includes design from Nov 1, 2001.
Whismur				Has an earlier design with more hunched posture, and black ear tips instead of yellow.
Loudred				Has some revisions, mainly to have more rounded feet, and less black outline.
Exploud				Has revisions, mainly to have a less square jaw, and improve shading. Back sprite lacks yellow rings around its pores.
Makuhita				Multiple copies of the final front sprite, alongside a WIP version of the back sprite, missing black in outline.
Hariyama				Has recolored copies of the March 2002 sprites for front and back.
Azurill				Has a bouncing animation on the right based on the sprite from November 2001. It seems animations like Crystal were once planned, before being scrapped.
Nosepass				WIP front sprite has a bulkier nose and wider eyes, along with some slight shading and pattern differences on the main body. Back sprite is from November 2001.
Skitty				Early design for both front and back sprites features a completely different face, more forward-facing ear tufts, a thinner tail, and shading differences including a more prominent divide between the pink and cream halves of its torso. Notably, the open eyes match those of artwork from February 2002, which is otherwise much closer to the final design than these sprites. Back sprite is uncropped compared to final.
Delcatty				Has a prominent, more human-like nose, and three pins on its collar instead of two. Unfinished back view is for an early design with two whiskers instead of one on each side of its face. Despite final art differences removing the yellow spot, this sprite wasn't further modified.
Sableye				Early front and back sprites are based on its February 2002 artwork, with frilled ears and missing the red gem on its chest; one variation notably includes a visible mouth. Minor color correction for the back sprite is provided.
Mawile				Dimmer color palette, seems to initially be more silver than dark grey, and lacking black in the outline. Early sprites are otherwise close to final, though with differences in the facial expression and teeth positioning.
Aron				Early design has a much flatter and less segmented body shape, making it look more like a realistic animal (as well as more closely resembling Lairon). Uses Lairon and Aggron as base, with copies of the early sprites from their respective scratchpads included.
Lairon				Has the polished March 2002 sprite for base, recolored. Early design has a flatter head-crest and jaw, fewer holes along the body, bumpier side plating, and simpler leg coloration. Once again, the line's signature blue eyes are not present yet.
Aggron				Two early designs mainly differentiated by the head shapes, with the rightmost likely being the oldest draft given the entirely-missing horns and simpler shading. The uncolored leg cuffs and eyes from the previous stages are present here as well. Both early WIP sprites lack black in the outline.
Meditite				Completely different design. Seems to have palette issues.
Medicham				Wears a belly dancer-like headdress. Lacks black in outline for early design.
Electrike				Unfinished rough sketches. The back sprite on the far left is uncropped but otherwise matches final, including the error of one of its tail spikes being missing.
Manectric				Final front. Back sprite inexplicably is from Nov 2001, and used in final despite the yellow jaw.
Plusle				Has two earlier designs, with the right/center bottom one having a red belly, no nose, ears in the shape of the plus sign, tan hands, squatter proportions, and a zoom trail for the front sprite. This design also lacks black in the outline. The top center design is fairly close to final, but notably has black ears, paws, and tail.
Minun				Is built off of Plusle, though with additional poses for the black-eared design.
Volbeat				Has WIP for front and back sprite, both lacking black in outline, along with having unfinished shading. Nose seems to be intended to be darker, like fictional bugs in 1920s cartoons, though art by March 2002 already has it have a grey nose similar to the body color. Notably, Illumise has a black nose in final.
Illumise				Has some WIP sprites. The center top one has a longer body, and no nose, while the WIP back far right is larger than final, with uneven shading and shape. The bottom center back sprite is cropped in final, but otherwise the same sprite.
Roselia				Center top sprite has some minor shading differences, and swapped flower colors. The top-right back sprite has some color errors, different shading direction and horns, less open flowers, and the front leaf isn't seen.
Gulpin				Alternate designs, one of which resembles a trash bag. This concept may have been reused for Trubbish in Generation 5. Uses an earlier design of Swalot for base, and the WIP sprites lack black in outline.
Swalot				Has WIP sprites for Swalot based on art from March 2002 where its whiskers aren't fully yellow. The WIP sprites lack black in outline.
Carvanha				Early designs have a bigger underbite, no star symbol on the belly, red teeth, and no red iris for eyes. The fin outline for the early sprites incorrectly uses blue, though can be fixed by swapping the dark yellow outline color used in final with the light blue in palette. A resized version of front was used as basis for the back sprite, before being redrawn. All WIP sprites lack black in outline.
Sharpedo				Includes early front and back sprites from March 2002. Final back sprite is not present.
Wailmer				Has a spouting animation based on older sprite from November 2001.
Wailord				Older design seen in the back sprite seems more like a wide set blimp than the other WIP and final. The shading style implies these are from earlier than March, though Wailord isn't seen in the Nov 1st, 2001 sprite set.
Numel				Includes design from Nov 1st, 2001, as well as other WIP sprites. Oddly, a shade of green was removed in the final sprites.
Camerupt				Includes design from Nov 1st, 2001. The other WIP sprites have differently-drawn volcano stumps.
Torkoal				Includes an early design that appears to be modeled after an incense burner. Incense burner held items were coincidentally introduced in Generation 3. Also appears to have a furred multi-tail.
Spoink				Slightly wider in the WIP sprites, along with having brighter eyes. Despite compressing the tail spring for the 2nd one, the "Pokémon Emerald" 2nd frame does the reverse in stretching vertically. Oddly, even the final sprite lacks black for outline.
Grumpig				Early front and back sprites have glassy eyes, a more defined snout, and a thinner, more coiled tail. Both WIP sprites lack black in outline.
Spinda				Bottom sprites are near final, one having slight differences for the eye swirl. It seems they established the spot mechanic, with this spot pattern being the intended base. Lines up with the November sprite.
Trapinch				Has missing back line in WIP. Oddly the WIP is more correct for the face for back sprite.
Vibrava				Includes design from Nov 1, 2001.
Flygon				Final front and back.
Cacnea				Has mild shading differences for the back sprite WIP compared to final. Seems to use Solrock and Cacturne for base. Interestingly, the Cacturne appears older than the one in its respective Scratchpad if one corrects the palette.
Cacturne				The center WIP has less outlining and no black used for back sprite. Seems to use Solrock and Nov 1st, 2001 Lunatone for base. From the Cacnea Scratchpad, there are further outlining differences for the front sprite segmenting the head, and no black is used for outline.
Swablu				Has a later version of the March 2002 sprite. Has uncropped version of back sprite.
Altaria				Has #385 from November 1st, 2001, confirming it to be an early design.
Zangoose				Has WIP sprites for an earlier design with a less catlike face, including a pink nose and white eyes, and different patterning of the red stripes on its body.
Seviper				Lacks fangs, has more gold pads, overall flatter shading, and full black outlines. The darker purple seems to have swapped places in development for palette. Theorized correction.
Lunatone				Final.
Solrock				Final front and back view, with a copy of November 2001 Lunatone.
Barboach				WIP built off of Whiscash for palette, with slight differences in the eye shape and stripe pattern. Some orange palette errors were ironed out for the final.
Whiscash				Design was altered significantly. It has short blue whiskers, beady eyes, and a smaller tail.
Corphish				Different eyes and head spikes. Outline was redone.
Crawdaunt				Design nearly final; was reshaded and reoutlined, while tweaking eye focus.
Baltoy				Has #318 from November 1st, 2001, confirming it to be an early design. Otherwise final front and back view, despite not having black in outline.
Claydol				Final front and back view, despite not having black in outline.
Lileep				Was redrawn without the rough black outline. The early design also has less squat proportions, bigger eyes, and less rounded tentacle tips than the final.
Cradily				White belly piece, more protruding eyes, and rough outline. The neck stalk is more segmented like Lileep's instead of like final.
Anorith				Several WIP sprites with rough black outline. Bottom center and right are final.
Armaldo				Redrawn in a more dynamic pose with varied line color, while losing a toe. Oddly has black toe claws in final, despite this WIP being more in line with art having white toes.
Feebas				Has unfinished WIP sprites lacking black in outline color. Top one has a shorter fin, while the back WIP is missing grooves on the bottom of its belly.
Milotic				Has various rough WIP sprites for the final design, along with a more dragon-like earlier design with corrupted palette. There's another palette in the bitmap, but it doesn't seem to match all sprites, implying another design that was overwritten.
Castform				Includes WIP sprites for several forms with the head protrusions missing or unfinished. There's a separate, unused 3-color palette for the normal form that seems to match closer to the tinted grey in art.
Kecleon				A variety of different animations with the sprite from November 2001, including stepping around, disappearing, and sticking its tongue out.
Shuppet				Alternate back view. Has November 2001 sprites in upper-right, though blacked out.
Banette				Includes design from Nov 1, 2001, though with palette corrupted.
Duskull				Has various WIP sprites based on the March 2002 sprite. Was overall made smaller for final.
Dusclops				Has #338 from November 1st, 2001, whose stats were reused for Dusclops. Also has 2 extra palettes that seem to be WIP for the shiny color. There's an error for outlining for the sprite used in final that isn't fully fixed when the shiny palette is applied (see head wisp).
Tropius				WIP sprites are close to final, mainly changing shading and outline color.
Chimecho				Final front and back view.
Absol				Has sprite seen in the March 2002 batch.
Wynaut				Has WIP sprites, with pal color swapped later in dev. Correction provided for earlier top sprite.
Snorunt				WIP has different shading.
Glalie				The WIP sprite oddly has better mouth shading for front, though is missing back plate detail. WIP back sprite had outline and shading redone.
Spheal				Has a recolored version of the March 2002 sprite before being redrawn for final.
Sealeo				The entire creative process is on display, playing with different facial features and color assignment. The older WIP at top has a more aggressive design, with more spiky whiskers, pointed ears, and head dome. The middle WIP seems to be more arctic-inspired for color, though design is close to final.
Walrein				Earlier design in WIP has bony back plates, a mustache, straight hair flaps, and overall more boatlike body. It might use an incorrect palette, given the blue tusks. Has an earlier WIP of Sealeo as well.
Clamperl				Includes design from Nov 1, 2001 as well as other WIP sprites, of which the top center design has a corrupted palette. Theoretically, given there are multiple palettes in the bitmap, if reordered it's meant to look like this.
Huntail				Includes its design from the March revision. One WIP is missing the head fin.
Gorebyss				Has various sketchy WIP sprites based on the Huntail tail lure. Both have a more wispy tail compared to the final's purple plate-like fin.
Relicanth				Includes its design from Nov 1, 2001, albeit with a now incorrect palette.
Luvdisc				Final front and back view.
Bagon				Arms are thicker and eye lacks a shadow underneath. It has fingers for the paws. This may have been designed later than other Pokémon given how the blue is perceived differently on original hardware, which matches closer to art.
Shelgon				Two alternate designs, one with red coiled antennae (likely implied to become Salamence's wings), and another with stubbier legs and a Bagon-like nose. The back WIP sprite has less detailed shading.
Salamence				Has various earlier designs, one standing upright with a hunched-over pose, and another more flat on the ground with a more cone-like head, shoulder spikes, and rings on its legs. There's also a WIP sprite closer to the final design, only differing in having a plain red belly instead of Shelgon's plates. This may have been designed later than other Pokémon given how the blue is perceived differently on original hardware, which matches closer to art.
Beldum				Alternate design that more closely resembles a dumbbell. The WIP back sprite of this earlier design scales up the front, then flips and tweaks. Uses Latios for base palette.
Metang				Alternate design resembling a crab, using Latios for base for palette. Back WIP sprite of this design is fairly rough for outline. The earlier design of Metagross from its scratchpad is also present.
Metagross				Earlier design lacks defined color areas for the "X" on its maw, as well as having teeth fused to its face instead of distinct ones. Uses Latios for base palette.
Regirock				Has various unfinished WIP sprites for front and back, with fewer orange spots and differences in rock shape. Despite the body shape not matching the official art, this wasn't further updated for final.
Regice				Front and back view have less shading in WIP sprites, and the WIP back sprite is missing its back spines.
Registeel				Unfinished back view.
Latias				Has sprites from November 2001.
Latios				Has final sprites.
Kyogre				Has various WIP sprites alongside copies of early Metang, Metagross, and Latios. Used Latios as basis for palette, which corrects most of the WIP sprites. Seems to initially have had a white-tipped tail, and red veins for its arms lack the circular pattern seen in final. Besides this, there's a rough back sprite that is redrawn for final.
Groudon				Head and arms were redrawn, legs were given more defined kneecaps and pointier toes, tail was made longer and had a third spike added to its side. Seemed to use Latios as a base for palette before overwriting.
Rayquaza				WIP sprites, mostly tweaking the shading, though earlier designs lack the glowing symbols and some fins.
Jirachi				Early design plays with the concept of wrapping its appendages around itself like a cloth while sleeping, a pose which would go on to reappear in various other Pokémon media down the line.
Deoxys				Has WIP sprites for the final pose, as well as a legless design, and flipped hand sprite for back. Interestingly has 4 fingers, which wasn't edited for final.

Generation 3 (Cut)

In r991 are five scratchpads for Pokémon that were present in the November 1st, 2001 data, but were ultimately cut.

Oddly enough, they all incorrectly use Camerupt's palette, except for 332, which uses Breloom's palette instead.

Pokémon	Scratchpad	Sprite Corrections (if applicable)	Palette Data (If noted)	Notes
Boyatto				Identical to its November 2001 sprite.
Tottā				Shows the November 2001 sprite on the top left, but also has two revisions, implying older designs from before then. Restored palette is colorpicked from the March 2002 sprite.
Toroīka				Identical to its November 2001 sprite. Some corruption can be seen at the bottom.
Makkī				Identical to its November 2001 and March 2002 sprite. Some corruption can be seen at the bottom.
Pūchi				Identical to its November 2001 sprite.