It's been known for a while that our current way of doing back sprites is very limiting, in that we only show one back sprite for each generation, even though we're all aware there are differences between the sprites in each game. So, with that we've begun to move back sprites to a new naming standard:
Spr b [gen][game] ###.png i.e. Spr b 5b 600.png
Doing this requires a lot of work; we have a grand total of 4378 sprites to move, and have to make 4378 edits to update the summaries to include:
{{backsprite|185|Sudowoodo|all|III|Ruby and Sapphire}}
replacing Ruby and Sapphire with any of the following:
I've handed out powers to some users who would be willing to help move, and I expect that they use their powers for this specific task well
That's not all! We need YOU to help us upload missing sprites. Most of the sprites are going to be from paired versions i.e. RB, GS, FRLG, HGSS, etc but for single versions, we won't have any, and we need your help uploading them.
Please lend a hand, as our current staff and volunteers are overworked and tired, and any help is appreciated.
Here are a few helpful links to help you get started:
Any questions, feel free to ask.
Thank you.
Spr b [gen][game] ###.png i.e. Spr b 5b 600.png
Doing this requires a lot of work; we have a grand total of 4378 sprites to move, and have to make 4378 edits to update the summaries to include:
{{backsprite|185|Sudowoodo|all|III|Ruby and Sapphire}}
replacing Ruby and Sapphire with any of the following:
- Red and Blue
- Gold and Silver
- Crystal
- Emerald
- FireRed and LeafGreen
- Diamond and Pearl
- Platinum
- HeartGold and SoulSilver
- Black and White
I've handed out powers to some users who would be willing to help move, and I expect that they use their powers for this specific task well
That's not all! We need YOU to help us upload missing sprites. Most of the sprites are going to be from paired versions i.e. RB, GS, FRLG, HGSS, etc but for single versions, we won't have any, and we need your help uploading them.
Please lend a hand, as our current staff and volunteers are overworked and tired, and any help is appreciated.
Here are a few helpful links to help you get started:
- Our to do list, there are lots of tasks that need to be completed.
- Veekun: Use this to compare back sprites from different games, and upload any that we are missing
- Red and Green back sprites: This category should not exist, but it has a bunch of files categorized incorrectly, edit the file summaries to get them removed from this category.
- Shiny sprites, same as above
Any questions, feel free to ask.
Thank you.