Proto:Pokémon Diamond and Pearl/March-August 2006 Source Leak/June 30 Changed Sprites

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Pokémon Sprites

To do: Move gender differences down to their own table down below. Add generation 1-3 sprites for 6/30 and final.

Something to note with these sprites is that a number of backsprites, like Grotle's and Torterra's, are just their front sprites mirrored horizontally, modified slight, and then repositioned to roughly match their final backsprite's pose.

Also a second backsprite sits in the space where an animated front sprite's second frame would be, but this space normally goes unused for the backsprites. This space is used in later Generation 4 games, which do feature animated back sprites. Some of the early Japanese names featured here match the names found in the titles of Pokémon Battle Revolution's cry sound files.

Dex #	English Name	June 30 Build			Final (JP)			Notes
387	Turtwig							Has a greener shell, and uses one of the early back sprites still present in the final game.
388	Grotle							Features an earlier design, with a browner shell and more tree-like plants. Back sprite is really just a cropped version of its front sprite.
389	Torterra							Features an earlier design, with a different, yellower face, four toes, and a flatter shell that features a more Bonsai-like tree. Back sprite is really just a cropped version of its front sprite.
390	Chimchar							Uses one of the early back sprites still present in the final game.
391	Monferno							Front sprite is in a different pose. Back sprite is similar to the final. Both sprites are rougher and lack shading.
392	Infernape							Front sprite is similar to the final, but seems incomplete, looking distorted as a result. Has a slightly different back sprite that also looks unfinished.
393	Piplup							Uses one of the early back sprites still present in the final game.
394	Prinplup							Features an earlier design that bears more of a resemblance to Empoleon.
395	Empoleon
396	Starly (♂)							Lacks a female equivalent. Both front sprites match the final. Back sprite is similar, but has a slightly different tail and differently shaped eye.
397	Staravia (♂)							Lacks a female equivalent. Both front sprites almost match the final, aside from the tail having 3 feathers. Back sprite is in a different pose and has a different tail.
398	Staraptor (♂)							Lacks a female equivalent. Both front sprites match the final. Back sprite is in a different pose.
399	Bidoof (♂)							All sprites match the final. Box sprite has an early design.
399	Bidoof (♀️)							All sprites match the final. Box sprite has an early design.
400	Bibarel (♀️)							Lacks a male equivalent. Both front sprites match the final. Has a different back sprite that lacks the tail markings as well as its mask.
401	Kricketot (♂)							Lacks a female equivalent. All sprites match the final. Box sprite has an early design.
402	Kricketune (♂)							Lacks a female equivalent. Both front sprites are similar to the final, but have a wider head. Back sprite appears to show a slightly earlier design.
403	Shinx (♂)							Features an earlier design.
403	Shinx (♀️)							Features an earlier design.
404	Luxio (♂)							Named "Bachichi" (バチチ) in this build. Features a slightly earlier version of the final design. Lacks a female equivalent.
405	Luxray (♂)							Named "Bachibacchi" (バチバッチ) in this build. Features a slightly earlier design. Lacks a female equivalent. Back sprite is unfinished.
406	Budew							Both front sprites match the final. Back sprite is similar, but lacks marks on the bud.
407	Roserade (♂)							Lacks a female equivalent. All sprites match the final.
408	Cranidos							Features an earlier, more feral design with a crack on its skull.
409	Rampardos							Named "Rambardo" (ラムバルド) in this build, a minor spelling change from "Rampardo" (ラムパルド). Features an earlier, more feral design with a different color scheme.
410	Shieldon							Both front sprites match the final. Back sprite is simpler.
411	Bastiodon							Both front match the final. Back sprite is simpler.
412	Burmy							Front sprite matches the final. Back sprite appears to have a messed up palette. Box icon shows a cloakless Burmy, which, while never seen in-game, can be seen in some official artwork on the official Japanese Pokémon website, as well as the anime and the Pokémon Adventures manga.
413	Wormadam							Back sprite has a slightly different design and lacks shading. Front sprite matches the final, but uses a brighter color palette not seen in the final game.
414	Mothim							Both front sprites match the final. Back sprite shows Mothim's white face markings wrapping behind its head, something not seen in the final game.
415	Combee							Features an earlier design reminiscent of the one seen in conceptual sketches, albeit missing the worm tail, detailing on the back honeycombs, eyelashes, and red spot on the bottom Combee. Lacks an equivalent of a different gender. Back sprite is rough and lacks shading.
416	Vespiquen							Features an earlier design. Back sprite is unfinished.
417	Pachirisu							Lacks a female equivalent. All sprites match the final. Box sprite has an early design.
418	Buizel (♂)							Lacks a female equivalent. All sprites match the final. Box sprite has an early design.
419	Floatzel (♂)							Lacks a female equivalent. All sprites match the final.
420	Cherubi							Both front sprites match the final. Back sprite is in a slightly different pose and is cropped differently.
421	Cherrim							The first frame front sprite matches the final. Second frame is similar to the final, but has larger eyes. Back sprite appears to have a messed up palette. Box sprite has its Overcast Form.
422	Shellos							Uses one of the early back sprites still present in the final game. The second frame of animation has the design of the Pokémon's East Sea variant seen in the final, but with the West Sea variant's palette applied. The first frame matches the final.
423	Gastrodon							Uses one of the early back sprites still present in the final game. The second frame of animation has the design of the Pokémon's East Sea variant seen in the final, but with the West Sea variant's palette applied. The first frame matches the final.
424	Ambipom (♀️)							Named "Bipom" (ビイパム) in this build. Lacks a male equivalent. Both sprites match the final.
425	Drifloon							All sprites match the final.
426	Drifblim							Both front sprites match the final. Back sprite is in a slightly different pose.
427	Buneary							Named "Mimitto" (ミミット) in this build. All sprites match the final.
428	Lopunny							Both front sprites match the final. Back sprite is similar, but uses rougher shading.
429	Mismagius							Both front sprites match the final. Back sprite is unfinished and features an earlier design.
430	Honchkrow							Both front sprites match the final. Back sprite features a rougher design with a slightly different hat and collar.
431	Glameow							All sprites match the final. Box sprite has an early design.
432	Purugly							Both front sprites match the final. Back sprite is rougher and lacks detailed shading.
433	Chingling							Both front sprites match the final. Back sprite is in a similar pose, but is smaller than in the final.
434	Stunky							Both front sprites match the final. Back sprite has a slightly different design and uses a different shading style.
435	Skuntank							Both front sprites match the final. Back sprite has a slightly different design and uses a different shading style.
436	Bronzor							Front sprite has the final design, but is in a different pose.
437	Bronzong							Resembles the final sprite, but uses a color scheme that resembles Bronzong's Shiny variant in the final. Notably, Bronzong is classified as a green Pokémon in the final game.
438	Bonsly							Front sprites match the final. Back sprites have very slight shading differences, and Bonsly's lower half is a little fatter.
439	Mime Jr.							All sprites match the final. Box sprite has an early design.
440	Happiny							Both front sprites match the final. Back sprite isn't properly cropped. Box sprite has an early design.
441	Chatot							All sprites match the final.
442	Spiritomb							Both front sprites are similar to the final, but have thicker outlines. Back sprite appears to show an earlier, slightly different design, featuring more green orbs, a less jagged body, and a more detailed Odd Keystone from which Spiritomb doesn't actually seem to emerge from.
443	Gible							Features an earlier design, being quadrupedal and with a warmer color scheme. Lacks an equivalent of a different gender.
444	Gabite							Features an earlier design, being quadrupedal and with a warmer color scheme. Lacks an equivalent of a different gender. Both sprites are rougher, unshaded sketches.
445	Garchomp							Features an earlier design with a warmer color scheme. Lacks an equivalent of a different gender. Back sprite is rougher and lacks shading.
446	Munchlax							All sprites match the final.
447	Riolu							All sprites match the final.
448	Lucario							All sprites match the final.
449	Hippopotas							Features an earlier, much simpler design that looks more like an actual hippo. Lacks an equivalent of a different gender. Back sprite is rougher and lacks shading.
450	Hippowdon							Features an earlier design with a much brighter color scheme. Lacks an equivalent of a different gender.
451	Skorupi							Both front sprites match the final. Back sprite features an earlier design, which is rougher and lacks shading.
452	Drapion							All sprites match the final.
453	Croagunk (♂)							Lacks a female equivalent. Both front sprites match the final. Back sprite is rougher and lacks shading.
454	Toxicroak (♂)							Lacks a female equivalent. Both front sprites match the final. Back sprite is rougher and lacks shading.
455	Carnivine							Both sprites are rougher, less detailed sketches that show a design slightly different from the final.
456	Finneon							Features an earlier design that appears much slimmer than the final. Lacks an equivalent of a different gender.
457	Lumineon							Features an earlier design with a mainly black color scheme and a longer tail. Lacks an equivalent of a different gender.
458	Mantyke							All sprites match the final.
459	Snover							Features an earlier design. Lacks an equivalent of a different gender.
460	Abomasnow							Features an earlier design, appearing larger and hunchbacked. Lacks an equivalent of a different gender.
461	Weavile (♂)							All sprites match the final.
461	Weavile (♀️)							All sprites match the final.
462	Magnezone							Both front sprites match the final. Back sprite is sized differently.
463	Lickilicky							Both front sprites match the final. Back sprite shows an earlier, completely different design, featuring a disc-shaped, Stegosaurus-like body with yellow spikes on top and yellow markings on the sides.
464	Rhyperior (♂)							Lacks a female equivalent. Both front sprites match the final, but with a slightly different second horn. Back sprite is in the same pose, but has been changed slightly for the final.
465	Tangrowth (♂)							Lacks a female equivalent. All sprites match the final.
466	Electivire							Front sprites match final. Back sprites have very slight shading differences.
467	Magmortar							Both sprites are rougher, unshaded sketches that use the final design. The pose used by this early sprite resembles the one used by Magmortar's sprite in the Generation V games.
468	Togekiss							Features an earlier, slicker, and more menacing design that resembles a jet plane.
469	Yanmega							Features an earlier, more armored design with a warmer color scheme.
470	Leafeon							Both front sprites match the final. Back sprite is rougher and lacks shading.
471	Glaceon							Named "Icia" (アイシア) in this build. Both front sprites match the final. Back sprite is rougher and lacks shading.
472	Gliscor							Front sprite has a similar pose to the final. Has a completely different back sprite.
473	Mamoswine (♂)							Lacks a female equivalent. Both front sprites match the final. Back sprite is in the same pose, but has been refined for the final.
474	Porygon-Z							Both front sprites match the final. Back sprite appears to show a slightly different design, featuring a nubbier beak, a missing blue torso section, and arms that are both shaped differently and colored red instead of blue.
475	Gallade							Both front sprites match the final. Back sprite is rougher and lacks detailed shading.
476	Probopass							Both sprites are rougher, unshaded sketches that resemble the final design, but lack the hat and orbiting mini-noses.
477	Dusknoir							Both sprites match the final.
478	Froslass							Both sprites match the final.
479	Rotom							Both sprites are rougher, unshaded sketches of what's most likely a placeholder design.
480	Uxie							Both front sprites match the final. Back sprite appears to depict a different, unused design, featuring a slightly different head shape and wispy antennae.
481	Mesprit							Both front sprites match the final. Back sprite appears to depict a different, unused design, featuring a slightly different head shape and wispy antennae.
482	Azelf							Both front sprites match the final. Back sprite appears to depict a different, unused design, featuring a slightly different head shape and wispy antennae.
483	Dialga							Front sprite is similar to the final, but seems unfinished. Has a completely different back sprite.
484	Palkia							Similar to the final, but unfinished. Has a completely different back sprite.
485	Heatran							Features an earlier design with a different pattern on the helmet that resembles the style of the March 12 build.
486	Regigigas							Both sprites are rougher, unshaded sketches that resemble the final design, albeit lacking some of the body markings as well as the mossy feet.
487	Giratina							Named "Kimairan" (キマイラン) in this build. Both sprites are rough, unshaded sketches featuring a completely different design, with this one resembling an orange, though still hexapedal, creature with a blonde crest and tail, an odd mouth, and what appears to be three gems lining up its side. Seemingly based on Hundun, a primordial deity of chaos in Chinese mythology, as well as the Chimera, the word being featured in early name. May have later influenced Landorus' Therian Forme.
488	Cresselia							Both front sprites match the final. Back sprite appears to show a slightly different design, featuring what appears to be tentacles instead of an ethereal crescent-shaped back wing.
489	Phione							All sprites match the final.
490	Manaphy							Both front sprites match the final. Back sprite uses a different shading style. Box sprite has an earlier design.
491	Darkrai							Named "Darei" (ダーレイ) in this build. Both sprites are rougher, unshaded sketches with an earlier design showing a more humanoid body, "hair" that is red instead of white, and eyes that are green instead of blue. Interestingly, the early "hair" is reminiscent of the way the "S" is stylized in the Japanese poster for the movie The Rise of Darkrai. Name appears to be a combination of "dark" and 霊 (rei) "spirit/ghost."
492	Shaymin							Named "Mishie" (ミーシエ) in this build, a reversed form of its final name with mild spelling changes. Both sprites are rougher, unshaded sketches that are similar to the final design, but with a smoother back instead of a leafy one.
493	Arceus							Both sprites are rougher, unshaded sketches featuring a simpler, more amorphous Ghost-type design compared to the final.

Shiny Variations

A few sprites of Pokémon with their shiny palettes are also present here.

Dex #	English Name	June 30 Build		Final (JP)		Notes
427	Buneary					Doesn't have a shiny back sprite, and instead uses the regular one. Has a totally different shiny (with a slightly messed up palette).
461	Weavile (♂)					Notably the only Sinnoh Pokémon with a shiny backsprite. Back sprite has some incorrectly colored outlines, as well as a totally different shiny, which seems to have a pallet identical to the earlier design.
461	Weavile (♀️)					Doesn't have a shiny back sprite, and instead uses the regular one. Has a totally different shiny with a pallet similar to the earlier design.