HeartGold & SoulSilver Official (Good-Quality) Artwork

[Poryhack]

http://files.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/HGSS.png

This thread will serve as a place to share/store official artwork for the upcoming games, at least for now. I can't say the same for everybody, but I think collecting official artwork is not only entertaining but useful as well. This probably stems back to my banner-making and rendering days when I was always on the hunt for good-quality images to use.

That said there will be some restrictions on what I'll allow in this topic. Obviously all artwork must be official art for the upcoming games; nothing fanmade please. Also, screenshots do not qualify as art; keep that in mind. Most importantly, any art you post should be of "usable" quality. For instance, I'm not looking for scans of the latest Ken Sugimori art out of CoroCoro. Discussion of the art itself is also permissible.

More often than not the first time a piece of art is released it is of low quality (like the CoroCoro example). Feel free to make a note in this thread that it exists, but beyond that, just be patient. Usually this same piece will be reused by various websites, magazines, ect hundreds of times over. When all is said and done it's quite likely that there will be at least one good-quality version. That version is what we want, so always be on the lookout for quality images, even if it's something that may already be posted here. And of course don't be afraid to post such images if they are better than the ones here.

What defines quality images? Obviously size is the biggest player. The higher the pixel dimensions the better. Be wary of images that are just blown up digitally though; these tend to lose much of the detail of the original. Another thing to watch for is the background, assuming the art itself does not have a background; images with solid color backgrounds can easily be clipped out of the surrounding junk in Photoshop and made into a transparent PNG for use in websites and banners. Images with some kind of complex background are OK to post here, but they will need to be rendered before they are really useful. The final thing to note is compression. Most images you'll find will be in JPEG format, which means the smaller the filesize (via compression), the lower the quality of the image. For an in-depth explanation and examples, see this Wikipedia article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JPEG_artifacts). Be careful to always save images as PNG, even if the original was a JPEG. Repeatedly saving as JPEG will reduce quality even further.

[Poryhack]

Below is some very nice stuff I ripped out of the flash on the HGSS site:
http://files.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/boxart-ho-oh.png
http://files.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/boxart-lugia.png
http://files.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/boxart-bg.png
http://files.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/ecureak%20town.png
http://files.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/jhotomap-highres.png
http://files.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/website%20bg.jpg
http://files.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/ho-oh.png
http://files.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/lugia.png
http://files.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/heartgold%20logo.png
http://files.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/soulsilver%20logo.png
http://files.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/totodile.png
http://files.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/chikorita.png
http://files.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/cyndaquil.png
http://files.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/female.png
http://files.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/gold.png

I'll try to remove that white glow around the first two with photoshop later, as it's a hindrance to usability.

[Endless Eden]

Some very nice images :kikkoman:

its great to have them all in one place so people don't have to go looking for them if i find more i will be sure to post them right away.

[wraith89]

Ecruteak City looks beautiful. And take a look at the Johto map. It looks largely the same... except there's something behind Cianwood. Could that be some Battle Frontier of some sort? The ruins sure look different as well o_O

[FLOOTENKERP]

Wow, this is cool. Thanks poryhack!

[Poryhack]

Is this any good? its probably not big enough...O_o

http://purenintendo.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/hgss_art_set1.png
Well there's not much point in having duplicates, and the ones I posted had a transparent background, so no.

Also did anyone else notice the golden forest behind Ecruteak? Has there been any explanation for that yet?

Guess it's just because that's where ho-oh hangs out. Pretty cool though.

EDIT: There's also these images, which were just regular JPGs on the site. I probably won't render them (rendering = process of cutting away the BG and saving it as a PNG with a transparent BG) as I have a feeling better copies will come out later anyway.
http://files.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/img_intro_system02_01.jpg
http://files.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/img_character_rocket01.jpg
http://files.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/img_character_main02.jpg
http://files.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/img_character_main03.jpg
http://files.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/img_news_04_01.jpg
http://files.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/img_intro_device01_01.jpg
http://files.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/img_intro_device01_02.jpg

[Greencat]

:D Thanks for these.

I noticed that too, but was there always that many lakes? :o

[ZMaster]

I ripped the new sprites =D So far, they all look great except Cyndaquil.

[wraith89]

I ripped the new sprites =D So far, they all look great except Cyndaquil.

Where did you find the sprites? o_O

[ZMaster]

Where did you find the sprites? o_O

From the game ;P No, I'm just kidding. These sprites were located on the "ポケモン" tab on the Official HG/SS website~ I just took the liberty of ripping them, and using 'em~

Okay.... Chikorita looks WAY bigger compared to the other 2 starters. They should really start getting the sizes correct for these Pokémon =/

[FLOOTENKERP]

Well good job. They are very good.

[ZMaster]

Well good job. They are very good.

The Pikachu is so darn cute xD

[FLOOTENKERP]

I agree. The artwork for the new game is going to be amazing. Thanks Ken Sugimori.

[wraith89]

I don't even know if that Golden forest behind Ecruteak is just a doodad or if it is something special... but all I see are golden blurs. But then again, I could be wrong. It looks a little fishy...

[FLOOTENKERP]

It could just be the sun shining everything. But we will have to wait for the game to come out to find out.

[wraith89]

It could just be the sun shining everything. But we will have to wait for the game to come out to find out.

Not even. The picture with Ecruteak Town has the trees behind the tower gold... and in the map it is gold as well. It did catch my attention, but I'm not sure if that's meant to be a doodad or whatnot.

[FLOOTENKERP]

Hm, well maybe they had extra space so they decided to pretty it up.

[ZMaster]

I don't even know if that Golden forest behind Ecruteak is just a doodad or if it is something special... but all I see are golden blurs. But then again, I could be wrong. It looks a little fishy...

It may be a theory, but I think that golden spot is Ho-Oh eminating his golden ;) radiance.

[FLOOTENKERP]

Hm, seems possible. But I don't see any silver light from Lugia. Than again he doesn't really shine. But still, I think that is just for decoration.

[DanteKoriyu]

Those trees are gold because they are the type of tree that Ecruteak takes its Japanese name from, so I've been told.

[FLOOTENKERP]

Hm, well that explains it. I still think there might be something there though. Maybe they added some new area there.

[Poryhack]

Some pikachu-colored pichu pix:

http://files.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/shiny%20pichu%20sitting.png
http://files.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/shiny%20pichu%20jumping.png
http://files.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/shiny%20and%20jagged-ear%20pichu.jpg

[FLOOTENKERP]

Cool, I hope they give us some notch eared Pichu sprites. I wanna see how it looks like in battle. By the way, which scans have the pictures of Kanto the update was talking about? I can't seem to find it.

[Guested]

Cool, I hope they give us some notch eared Pichu sprites. I wanna see how it looks like in battle. By the way, which scans have the pictures of Kanto the update was talking about? I can't seem to find it.

Once more:

It's not a notch.

Also, it looks like it's not gonna be in battle.
The only thing that the new site says about that event is "let's walk around Johto with Pichu."

Also, the scans do NOT have a picture of Kanto.
I dunno what coolbho3000 was looking at...
Probably inaccurate reports at other sites like serebii and bulbapedia instead of the actual source material.
Because I certainly don't see any maps of Kanto, and the word Kanto isn't mentioned at all... they're not hinting at anything as far as I can see.

[Endless Eden]

You can see mt.silver and it can only be reached through kanto i think thats what he mean's or else the bit near the tojohto falls east of newbark town.

[Guested]

Yeah, but that's the path TO Mt. Silver and Indigo Plateau. The inclusion of those locations does not mean that the rest of Kanto will be there.

Personally, I do think Kanto will be included because if you look at a map of Johto compared to Sinnoh, Johto is reeeally small. However, it's still one of those things that has not been confirmed or even acknowledged.

[FLOOTENKERP]

Ah, okay. So Maybe they will still have Kanto. How would we get to Indigo Plateau? You can't just move that, because it is strictly for Kanto. Silver Cave, however, could just be accessed in a different way. I hope they keep Kanto.

[Endless Eden]

yes it is in kanto your in game map changes when you get to tojohto and you can see all of kanto they cant work around that they have to put it in.

what are they gonna do just cut the rest of kanto out? i think not.

[FLOOTENKERP]

Guested said that they could simply edit some of the map to access Indigo Plateau and Silver Cave before. It seems possible, but not a smart move if they want people to buy this game.

[Endless Eden]

Yeah there whould be uproar to such a drastic edit to the originals

[Poryhack]

See inside the spoiler:
http://files.getdropbox.com/u/258536/kanto%20will%20be%20in%20HGSS.jpg
First off, there is indeed a route going to Kanto, as labeled. Second, notice the train going to Saffron.

And on an offtopic note notice that the "new" area by Goldenrod is just the redesigned radio tower.

[FLOOTENKERP]

Awesome. I guess Kanto will be in the game for sure!

[Greencat]

Well, we can't say for sure, but it's possible. It's also possible that only a fraction will be available. Who knows, but under the rail way, below the mountains is the path you use to get to Kanto in GSC. It was a cave with Slowpoke and and two Waterfalls. In order to cross, you had to beat the 8th Gym Leader to get Waterfall and the use it outside of battle. I'm having trouble finding the ruins with the unknowns, though. Is that it with all those tiny buildings of where it should be?
Also, I noticed the rail goes over a route. Maybe we get to see the route when we ride the train or while we are traveling on the route.

And was their always a river going down the route south of Ekurteak City (The dragon gym leader city)?

[Endless Eden]

Thats the spot i meant :D and wow i can finally see that new area behind cianwood its massive! how do you suppose you will get there? i think that new area by the park has a ferry to get there that makes sense as there is nothing but water between the 2.

[AlbinoDrow]

The battle thingy is most likely the Pokewalker courses. I read elsewhere that that is what it is beleived to be, and I think I translated the jap HGSS page to say something similar.
Plus when you look at it, it looks to have different settings in little squares. A swampy one, a forest one, a desert one, a mountainous one, etc. It also looks like there are bridges below it connecting to Cyanwood or w/e the heck the town is on the island.


As for the gold spot above the Tin Tower it might be FIRE! lulz

[Guested]

The battle thingy is most likely the Pokewalker courses. I read elsewhere that that is what it is beleived to be, and I think I translated the jap HGSS page to say something similar.


PokeWalker courses are in the PokeWalker.

Different courses determine what (if any) wild Pokemon you encounter while walking (for real) and what items you find.


Never believe anything you read on sites like where you read that.
For example, serebii bases a ton of his "news" on assumptions not founded on evidence and a lot of his translations are crap (and he never corrects them after the official version comes out).

[DanteKoriyu]

I agree with everything Poryhack said up there, except about the "radio" tower. The images on CoroCoro and the short clip on Pokemon Sunday the other day showed an images of Gold and Cyndaquil next to a Rocket in front of the radio tower, and it was in the same place as it was before, of in an extra area added to the west of the city.

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/1389/towerg.jpg

As for the Notch-Eared Pichu, it will have battle sprites. There hasn't be a Pokemon in a main game yet that would join your Party and not be able to battle. The scans even said that the Pokemon in your first party slot are the ones that walk with you. So what happens to the Pichu? It won't walk with you forever, it will have to be boxable, and if you can box it, you can battle with it.

[ZMaster]

I agree with everything Poryhack said up there, except about the "radio" tower. The images on CoroCoro and the short clip on Pokemon Sunday the other day showed an images of Gold and Cyndaquil next to a Rocket in front of the radio tower, and it was in the same place as it was before, of in an extra area added to the west of the city.

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/1389/towerg.jpg

As for the Notch-Eared Pichu, it will have battle sprites. There hasn't be a Pokemon in a main game yet that would join your Party and not be able to battle. The scans even said that the Pokemon in your first party slot are the ones that walk with you. So what happens to the Pichu? It won't walk with you forever, it will have to be boxable, and if you can box it, you can battle with it.

Radio Tower 2.0 perhaps? Maybe it's to connect w/ Sinnoh and other regions?

[Poryhack]

I agree with everything Poryhack said up there, except about the "radio" tower. The images on CoroCoro and the short clip on Pokemon Sunday the other day showed an images of Gold and Cyndaquil next to a Rocket in front of the radio tower, and it was in the same place as it was before, of in an extra area added to the west of the city.

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/1389/towerg.jpg

As for the Notch-Eared Pichu, it will have battle sprites. There hasn't be a Pokemon in a main game yet that would join your Party and not be able to battle. The scans even said that the Pokemon in your first party slot are the ones that walk with you. So what happens to the Pichu? It won't walk with you forever, it will have to be boxable, and if you can box it, you can battle with it.

I stand corrected.

And please, don't keep spreading this "notched" BS. We have it from Guested, who actually knows Japanese at more than a 3rd grade level, that the correct wording is "jagged".

And really, does everyone fail to realize what a notch is? This is not a notch by the very definition of the word, it's more like an extra growth or something.

This would be a notch:
http://files.getdropbox.com/u/258536/Untitled-1.jpg

[DanteKoriyu]

I understand what a notch is, but I'm just going by what the general consensus of the form name is. I don't personally understand Japanese, and with practically everywhere calling it a Notch-ear, its just what I'm in the habit of saying.

Same with the official spellings of the word "Forme" until the US releases proved it. But I'm not willing to stand down on that one. I don speak ye old English and I don't plan on adding an unneeded e.

BTW. is the official word Ragged or Jagged? 'cause you use Jagged on the main site, while using Ragged in your post.

[Poryhack]

Jagged, sorry. I'd just like to see people use what's correct instead of "what everybody's calling it".

And "forme" is the British spelling, why they decided to use it I don't know.

[Deities]

Jagged, sorry. I'd just like to see people use what's correct instead of "what everybody's calling it".

And "forme" is the British spelling, why they decided to use it I don't know.

Since when did we start spelling it as forme? I've always spelt it as form.

[DanteKoriyu]

Since the official in game Pokedex spells it that way. -_-;

As for the artwork, I really like the Johto map, and I hope they release the Kanto half of it before the game is released.

[FLOOTENKERP]

I never understood why most people said forme. I'm pretty sure more map announcements will come to show us the new Kanto. Anyways, I remember the old database, when they announced the Jagged Eared Pichu. Everyone was sad, and got all mad. And now it lead to this. Do you still have that original scan of CoroCoro from the first announcement of it? I'd like to see it again. Who knew that that thing that everyone hated would end up being an indication to an event in this remake. Hmm, and that new area in Goldenrod seems a lot like a new GTS. Or could it be a special center to connect with the pedometer?

[Poryhack]

Since the official in game Pokedex spells it that way. -_-;

As for the artwork, I really like the Johto map, and I hope they release the Kanto half of it before the game is released.

It's possible that there isn't a Kanto half to the picture; it would be quite similar (but not exactly) like the map art from LGFR.

[Guested]

Haha, Poryhack, you're awesome.:cool:
Thanks for the diagram.


it will have battle sprites. There hasn't be a Pokemon in a main game yet that would join your Party and not be able to battle. The scans even said that the Pokemon in your first party slot are the ones that walk with you. So what happens to the Pichu? It won't walk with you forever, it will have to be boxable, and if you can box it, you can battle with it.

From what the main site has revealed so far, it looks like it's not in your party at all. This could be revealed to be different at a later time, but so far it looks like it's just an "interaction" event for those kids that are already super obsessed with this new Pichu.
I'd imagine that when you're done "walking around" with this Pichu, the event just ends and it leaves.

[FLOOTENKERP]

That would suck. I believe it is a new exclusive Pichu form like maybe in need of a hold item and maybe it only works with the females. At least let it follow you whenever you want. Why would GF make a useless overworld Pokemon overworld sprite that didn't contribute to gameplay at all? It doesn't seem possible to me.

[ZMaster]

I stand corrected.

And please, don't keep spreading this "notched" BS. We have it from Guested, who actually knows Japanese at more than a 3rd grade level, that the correct wording is "jagged".

And really, does everyone fail to realize what a notch is? This is not a notch by the very definition of the word, it's more like an extra growth or something.

This would be a notch:
http://files.getdropbox.com/u/258536/Untitled-1.jpg

I love your artwork xD

Jagged.... sounds awkward, but okay. I'll just call it the special pichu.

[AlbinoDrow]

True, some people are saying you keep it, and others say it might just leave.

I used an online translator of the Pichu event page to get all that I could:

Jap Page:
『劇場版ポケットモンスター ダイヤモンド・パール 「アルセウス 超克の時空へ」』の特別前売券でプレゼントされる「ピカチュウカラーのピチュー」は、『ハートゴールド・ソ ウルシルバー』に連れて来ると、特別な出来事が起こる！！

『ダイヤモンド・パール・プラチナ』で受け取った「ピカチュウカラーのピチュー」をてもちに入れておくと、 ウバメのもりという場所で「ギザみみピチュー」に出会うことができます。
その後、「ギザみみピチュー」は冒険の仲間として一緒に旅をすることになります。

※映画の特別前売券の販売期間は7月17日（金）までです。

この「ウバメのもり」に「ピカチュウカラーのピチュー」を連れて来よう！

すると、「ギザみみピチュー」が現れて、かけっこを始めるぞ！

「ギザみみピチュー」が仲間に！
さあ、ジョウト地方を連れて歩こう！
Yahoo Translation:
'With the sale ticket before the special “to the space-time of theater edition [poketsutomonsutadaiyamondo] pearl [aruseusu] super 克”' presents in “as for [pichiyu] of [pikachiyuukara]”, when 'it comes accompanying [hatogorudo] [sourushiruba]', special occurrence happens!!

'It received' with, when the diamond pearl platinum “[pichiyu] of [pikachiyuukara]” is inserted in the [te] having, “[giza] it can see at the place, [ubame] [ri] and try and encounter [pichiyu]”.
After that, “[giza] you see and try and [pichiyu]” means to travel together as a companion of venture.

* Sale period of the sale ticket before the special of the movie is July 17th (the gold) to. “Also this in [ubame] the [ri]” will accompany “[pichiyu] of [pikachiyuukara]”!

When it does, “[giza] you see and try and [pichiyu]” appears, begins race!

“[giza] you see and you try, [pichiyu]” in the companion!
The [a], accompanying [jiyouto] district, you probably will walk!

The pictures on the site have the overworld view of the shiny Pichu following you, and what is assumed to be the Jagged Ear Pichu, though its turned to the side so you cant quite see the ear to be jagged or not so it could be any pichu. The text however leads me to beleive it is the jagged pichu event one following Gold on the route after the forest to Goldenrod. The translation (as wrong as it may be, I dont know any jap so I used online stuff which could easily be mistaken) says the shiny pichu meets the jagged pichu and they have a race. It also says something along the lines of you attempting to make it a companion, so perhaps you battle and try to catch it, then in the next route you can walk with it.

Maybe you catch it, or maybe you just convince it to travel with you to Goldenrod and maybe Bill takes it for all we know. Until there is more info released I have no clue if we can keep it or not.

As for useless overworld sprites, there is an unused sprite for Gastrodon.
http://veekun.com/dex-images/dp/back/423.png
It was found, as far as I know, in the game's code and ripped as such. Its a useless sprite in the game so far, so GF can indeed have a useless overworld sprite to tease us with!

As for Notched vs Jagged, when I first saw the notched name I said to myself:
"Well that is not really a notch... More like its extra fur like on the top of some cat's ears but whatever."

[FLOOTENKERP]

That is a Gastrodon backsprite. Gastrodon has multiple forms. It is kinda like the ??? Arceus. It's not in the game, but holds the forms together. So it probably is not useless,so maybe the jagged eared Pichu will be obtainable, and not some useless event.

[Poryhack]

I love your artwork xD

Jagged.... sounds awkward, but okay. I'll just call it the special pichu.

Thanks. And rofl @ "special" pichu. Makes it sound retarded.

And jagged is simply the best translation based off the Japanese name. When all of this goes through the translation process things will be changed to basically whatever they feel like.

[HottSushiz]

Awww! the Chikorita, and Cyndaquil's image looks so adorable, i guess i will be on a look out for "good quality" official images of HeartGold, and SoulSilver.

The town design looks so beautiful, i wish that place we real, or is Japan really like that.

[DanteKoriyu]

http://www.filb.de/1086

Jagged-Ear Pichu battle sprite confirmed! =P Also some other stuff I can't read.

[Guested]

Yeah, it looks like you actually can battle it... but .... can you keep it somehow? Still dunno on that...
=/

[DanteKoriyu]

It shows the Jagged-Ear Pichu walking into your trainers overworld sprite and playing the trademark "capture" theme towards the end of that first section of the video, so I assume it just joins your party after it jumps out from behind the shrine. I know that battle wasn't from the event, because there would be no reason to battle your own Pikachu colored Pichu.

I personally assume its just a bit more of an elaborate gift Pokemon.

[Guested]

It does show it in the player's group, and that battle is a wi-fi or wireless battle. So there's a way to HAVE it and USE it, but ... can you keep it?
When it plays that capture music, it doesn't say that you've captured the Pichu, it says that Pichu has become your partner...

Soooo.... I dunno what that means, ha.

Edit: Just finished watching the video.
At the end, when they're talking about the Arceus event, they say that Giratina, Palkia, or Dialga will become your partner (using the same words they used to talk about Pichu....). So.... maybe that means that Pichu is fully obtainable!?

Side note: Voice actors are.... ugly... and weird.
Actually that one girl was kinda cute.

[ZMaster]

http://www.filb.de/1086

Jagged-Ear Pichu battle sprite confirmed! =P Also some other stuff I can't read.

The new battle HP bars and stuff look.... wicked! o_O
And I love how the new sprites make the Pokémon puffy =X

Has there ever been a time where we aren't able to keep Pokémon? =P I'm pretty sure that Jagged-eared Pokémon is for keeps~

According to that video, I'm guessing the Dialga/Palkia/Giratina will be the first powerful legendaries to come from an egg? *excluding Manaphy/Phione <_< They don't count*
And oh dear, legit hatched legedaries? Bad news.

EDIT!!!: Oh dang! I think that, that Pichu can learn Volt Tackle now! Does this mean more Volt Tackling Pikachu`s? WHAT COULD THIS MEAN?!

[DanteKoriyu]

This should totally be taken to the speculation thread...

We can't say that the Dragon Trio will be legit hatched Legendaries. They look like they hatch before they are ever given to you during the event, so there maybe no indication within the pkm data that it was ever an egg, just a Lv. 1 Pokemon once you obtain it. We'll have to wait and see.

And I told you the Jagged-Ear Pichu was obtainable for keeps. =P There was no reason for it not to be. I'm also glad, from the looks of it, that I don't have to battle it to obtain it. I really don't want to waste an "event" battle on a Pichu.

[ZMaster]

I'm still mad on how Cyndaquil's sprite in D/P/PT looks better than the one in HG/SS >=O

And one more thing, do you think there will be Shiny* overworld sprites too? Seeing as how Shiny Pikachu had its own shiny sprite.

[DanteKoriyu]

I really don't think so, the Pichu is probably just a special case. I mean they haven't bothered to add shiny Pokemon icons, and heck, the Jagged-Ear Pichu wasn't even given its own icon, even though it has its own overworld and and battle sprites.

I love Cyndaquil's HGSS sprite compared to the Sinnoh sprite. It looks almost exactly like one of the original GSC sprite. (Though I don't actually remember which game...I think Gold?)

[InuYouki]

grrr I click the link and nothing D= Does anyone have another link to this?

EDIT: I looked it up on youtube and it all looks great! I am so excited for this. The Pichu is too cute and the Arceus following you is way to funny.

[DanteKoriyu]

http://pokebeach.com/2009/06/video-of-notched-ear-pichu-and-arceus-events-in-heartgold-soulsilver

[Poryhack]

Stay on-topic please.

[FLOOTENKERP]

Hey Poryhack, you should take screenshots of the video like of the egg hatching after the Arceus event. Unless you only use the CoroCoro scans.

[Poryhack]

Screenshots aren't really usable art. Sprites are, but there's not much point in collecting those since we'll be able to just extract them all when the game comes out.

[FLOOTENKERP]

Hm, I see. Well, we can basically extract any image out of the game once it is out, but since it is not out, I'm just saying maybe the screenshots could be of use until the game comes out, because once the game is out, these images will already become useless. That image of the egg looked useful. Just take it into consideration please, here is an image, I hope it is good enough.
http://i43.tinypic.com/112eetk.jpg

[Greencat]

Floot, it would need to be clear and crisp. :\
Plus, there's not many of these clear and crisp images and the few there is will probably will not be used (like the trainer overworld sprite). :\

[petspaps]

4 New Posters http://videogamerx.gamedonga.co.kr/zbxe/1211655#0

[Poryhack]

I'm gonna attempt to make renders of the lugia and ho-oh in the new wallpaper (http://www.pokemon.co.jp/special/hgss/special/images/wallpaper_01_1280x1024.jpg). I'll probably combine that with the images we have already to get a complete, unobstructed view.

[petspaps]

New Pics http://videogamerx.gamedonga.co.kr/zbxe/1215741#0 :kikkoman::kikkoman::grog::biggrin:

And their super clear

[Mewtwo Ex]

Thank you for sharing them. They really are quite clear. The bag section loocks very good and improved.

[Poryhack]

http://files.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/boxart-lugia.png

Wow. That was one of the more epic renders I've ever done. I used the higher-res lugia from the wallpaper and then scaled up and spliced the lower part of the older lugia image I had to cover the SS logo.

Enjoy!

Ho-oh maybe coming soonish? (rofl at complete uncertainty)

BTW not sure if these are the work of sugimori or somebody new but the art style is beautiful. I love the ragged, variable width lineart.

[Guested]

Dang, that's pretty awesome, Pory.

Nice work.

[art]

here are some images i think you forgot
and some icons extra:biggrin:

[Relyte]

That is one helluva Lugia, Pory
I agree, the lineart and the style are more fun to look at. It's almost like really high quality graffitti

[Poryhack]

You have to agree, this (http://www.filb.de/kaihou/content/20090618_hgss_arceus.jpg) picture is pretty epic. :p
Uhm... It's an icon for filb.de...

[wraith89]

Uhm... It's an icon for filb.de...

Meaning you can't hotlink. Narwhal, download the picture and host it someplace... like tinypic or imageshack or something...

[Narwhal]

Eh, never mind.
EDIT: Wait, I just realized something. Won't your first pokemon you send out not be in a pokeball? After all, it is following you, not in it's pokeball. O.O

[Okami]

That Lugia is FRICKING BEAUTIFUL, Pory.

[Poryhack]

Thanks for the complements. :biggrin:

I've been chipping away at ho-oh, that should be done in the next couple days.

[Okami]

Don't forget about this adorable picture, guys!

http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x147/OkamiKeisoh/Johto.png

[Poryhack]

I saw that one but I'm hoping that all the sugimori art will be leaked at once, hopefully even with transparent backgrounds, as I think it has been in the past.

[Okami]

Yeah, I'm hoping so too, Pory.

[NTR-AAQE-USA]

Any chance of getting the video? :biggrin:

[Poryhack]

Any chance of getting the video? :biggrin:
What video?

[NTR-AAQE-USA]

What video?
http://www.pokemon.co.jp/special/hgss/special/movie.html
That one.

[Poryhack]

The url to the FLV (flash video file) is rtmp://fms-cache.stream.ne.jp/pokemon-game/_definst_/pos/hgss/pv_yoyaku.flv

Actually downloading it has proved to be a royal pain in the butt, and it's not really helping this thread, so I'll let you figure it out.

[Substitute]

Don't forget about this adorable picture, guys!

http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x147/OkamiKeisoh/Johto.png

Sentret FTW! I will use all three of those pokes along with hoothoot in my in-game team!

[ZMaster]

Uhm... It's an icon for filb.de...

LoL~ I call that epic xD

And the sugimoris are awesome. I expected Sentret to smile, though.

[SkyFormeSheimi]

I have some CoroCoro scans if that's okay?
http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/5412/corocoro713.jpg
I got the Lugia one from Pokebeach(Via Google Image Search) but the rest I got from an e-mail from a friend from Japan.

[derrick]

those are awsome now i cant wait even more !!!!!
the flying map does kind of look werd to me now trough...

but it looks like it will be easyer to track the three beast now
and the battle sprites look awsome!!!!!
so does the whirlis ilends and the tintower to i like the better graphics!!

[Mewtwo Ex]

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll103/MewtwoExMaster/th_pokegear-johto.jpg

Is the route that goes to the right for Kanto?

[Shinypkm]

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll103/MewtwoExMaster/th_pokegear-johto.jpg

Is the route that goes to the right for Kanto?
Yeah. After a while you go right, you go up, to the Victory Road near Viridian. From there it's the same way as in FRLG.

[derrick]

i recently played shinygold and beat it i cant wait to play soulsilver!!

[SkyFormeSheimi]

Yes it does lead to Kanto.

[InuYouki]

Oh I like the way the new map looks! And yeah, more Kanto proof! No reason for the route to keep going off the screen like that unless it goes somewhere.

[Mewtwo Ex]

Yes but shouldn't it go up instead of ending this way? Mt. Silver is supposed to be there is hear...

[InuYouki]

The new map is set up identical to the old see
Old/New
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa77/kakashi_freak2/pgoldf.pnghttp://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll103/MewtwoExMaster/th_pokegear-johto.jpg

So no, it shouldn't go up. It doesn't go up until you cross over into Kanto.

[Mewtwo Ex]

I figured that it could be in two pages. That is the thought i got seeing that the route 22 and Mt.silver are missing.

The first thing i will do is use walk through wall all the way to Cerulian Cave.:cool:

[InuYouki]

That is assuming it is in the remake. In the original the cave was blocked off/caved in. The only remainder of Mewtwo was a beserk gene in the water. Unlike the safari zone, there wasn't even any code for it at all.

[Mewtwo Ex]

Yes i wraith told me that a while ago... However Mewtwo's appearance is confirmed in the new scans so probably it is there.

[wraith89]

Yes i wraith told me that a while ago... However Mewtwo's appearance is confirmed in the new scans so probably it is there.

Mt. Silver was an after 16 badge accessible area. So it was the last place you can access, to fight the ultimate trainer (now who can that ultimate trainer be?)

Mewtwo might be moved someplace else, or maybe Cerulean Cave might have a secret backdoor or something... I don't know. But since you haven't played the original GSC, here's how it went:

You beat the 8 gym leaders of Johto. Whoop-de-doo. Now you go to New Bark Town, cross the water route to the right, and take the path to Indigo Plateau.

After beating the E4, you're able to take the ship in Olivine City (called S.S. Aqua) to Vermilion City... and start your Kanto journey there.

After you beat the 8 gym leaders of Kanto, then Professor Oak gives you access to Mt. Silver (via Viridian City, to the gatehouse which leads to Indigo Plateau)... Mt. Silver is only reachable via Kanto.

That's how it went ^^

[Shinypkm]

I figured that it could be in two pages. That is the thought i got seeing that the route 22 and Mt.silver are missing.

The first thing i will do is use walk through wall all the way to Cerulian Cave.:cool:
It technically does "go up", but in the Kanto map. If you'll see the road between Viridian and the Victory Road, somewhere there, in the original GSC (right before the entrance to the VR), there was a left-turn that was blocked by a guard, until you got all the 16 badges and talked to Oak. That turn led to a route before Mt. Silver, which you can see as a "dot" on the Johto map.

P.S, here's a little thing I "made", if you guys want I could do it with the maps of Shiny Gold or Liquid Crystal, or I could try with the new map and a standard FR/a new Kanto map if it'll come out...
http://img60.imageshack.us/img60/4784/54438613.png

[DanteKoriyu]

Yes i wraith told me that a while ago... However Mewtwo's appearance is confirmed in the new scans so probably it is there.

No, no its not. It doesn't mean Mewtwo and the Latis aren't in the games, but they haven't been confirmed by this months CoroCoro release. If they are included, they may not be mentioned again til they are discovered in game by a player, like the Kanto bird trio in Platinum

[InuYouki]

With the whole "go up" thing, we mean an actual route. The Route to Mount Silver is shown in the Kanto map like you showed so nicely :3

[Mewtwo Ex]

No, no its not. It doesn't mean Mewtwo and the Latis aren't in the games, but they haven't been confirmed by this months CoroCoro release. If they are included, they may not be mentioned again til they are discovered in game by a player, like the Kanto bird trio in Platinum

I would hate to say this but i saw these news on serebii. I have the scans. http://archives.bulbagarden.net/w/upload/a/aa/CoroCoro_August.jpghttp://bulbanews.bulbagarden.net/wiki/File:CoroCoro_August.jpg Hot high quality but it is enough to keep us satisfied until better come.

[DanteKoriyu]

Mewtwo and the Latis aren't in the games as of right now, there is no confirmation for them in CoroCoro. I quote:


Serebii.net

The Final Scans from CoroCoro this month have arrived and show the various things added on Friday are true barring the Latios/Latias/Mewtwo stuff.

Barring, meaning "except for".

[Poryhack]

A couple nice scenes off the official webpage:
http://files.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/img_pokemon_03_04.jpg
http://files.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/img_intro_pokethlon01_10.jpg

As well as some new item/character art:
http://files.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/img_character_main04.jpg
http://files.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/img_intro_device02_02.jpg
http://files.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/img_intro_device02_01.jpg

EDIT: Gosh that first scene with the dogs looks VERY similar to the style that purplekecleon (http://purplekecleon.deviantart.com/gallery/#Pokemon-Fanart) uses. (Or one of the various styles, anyway.)

[Mewtwo Ex]

Amazing image looking at Raikou, Suicune and Entei one can say that much effort has been put.

[Okami]

Suicune looks epic in that picture. *cheers*

[empoleonmikel]

^i agree with you. Suicune is a stand-out in that picture. Elegant and tough :)

[DanteKoriyu]

http://www.pokemon.co.jp/whats/reference/zukan/index.html

All the Sugimori art for the Gen II Pokemon that still needed updated has been added to the Dex. Some of them like Scizor look amazing, others... not so much.

[Fallen]

http://www.pokemon.co.jp/whats/reference/zukan/index.html

All the Sugimori art for the Gen II Pokemon that still needed updated has been added to the Dex. Some of them like Scizor look amazing, others... not so much.

Agreed. Tyranitar looks pretty awesome as well.

[Poryhack]

http://www.pokemon.co.jp/whats/reference/zukan/index.html

All the Sugimori art for the Gen II Pokemon that still needed updated has been added to the Dex. Some of them like Scizor look amazing, others... not so much.

Awesome! I've been waiting for this to happen. I'll try to get direct urls so we can go download-crazy.

Where was this reported anyway?

[DanteKoriyu]

I've found it on a couple of forums now, but a Serebii thread had it earliest I think. At least for a forum I can read. lol

Somewhere within here: http://www.serebiiforums.com/showthread.php?t=405638

[Guested]

I saw it on bulbanews.

[Relyte]

Is it just me or does the new Blissey art look fatter than ever?

[Poryhack]

Okay.

The urls are as in this example:
http://www.pokemon.co.jp/whats/reference/zukan/img_large/251.jpg

Just replace 251 with your desired pokemon number, making sure to pad it to 3 digits, and download away! Unfortunately you do have to deal with the white backgrounds. Bulbapedia seems to be making an effort at removing this, but there is the issue of white fringes on stuff that is cropped out automatically.

If you're dying to use one of these I'd encourage you to clean it up, however I don't think it would be worth our time to try to make all these images any more usable than they are; newer and better ones will be coming out constantly from now on.

[Greencat]

Oh my gosh! They are out? This is like, a celebration! :D :D :D
Thanks so much! I'm so excited to start using them! AWESOME!

[Kaarosu]

and for all of those of you out there that are too lazy to get them on your own :P

http://www.liquiddeath.com/downloads/Pokemon%20Art.rar

Enjoy.

[InuYouki]

I can't enjoy. It is a rar file and my Mac doesn't support those T^T Oh well, effort it is then lol

[Mewtwo Ex]

Typhlosion looks really well made, so does Steelix. Thanks for supplying the method for viewing them. :D
http://www.pokemon.co.jp/whats/reference/zukan/img_large/157.jpghttp://www.pokemon.co.jp/whats/reference/zukan/img_large/208.jpg

[Endless Eden]

oh ty! is a fav of mine and he looks awesome!!! really well made as you said :Wink:

[Kaarosu]

I can't enjoy. It is a rar file and my Mac doesn't support those T^T Oh well, effort it is then lol
I have them up there as a zip as well http://www.liquiddeath.com/downloads/Pokemon%20Art.zip

[InuYouki]

Thanks Kaarosu :3 I just downloaded them from the news post.

[Kaarosu]

That's fine, check out my response in that thread if you want the missing deoxys forms btw.

[Mr.Fuji]

They all look great, I'm just still on the fence about Raikou though..It'l probably grow on me.:redface:

[Poryhack]

With some prodding from The Fallen, I got ho-oh done:

http://files.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/boxart-ho-oh.png

Enjoy.

[DanteKoriyu]

Still looks like an angry overweight turkey. Ho-Oh is hardly ever made to look Majestic anymore.

Great jog on cleaning and editing the image though.

[Mewtwo Ex]

To tell you the truth i quite like this image. It is true that Ho-oh does not look majestic... but it seem Nintendo is trying to do something about it. It is better than what i imagined for Ho-oh.

[InuYouki]

Am I the only one who never saw Ho-oh as majestic :\ It has always looked like a glorified turkey to me. Doesn't make him any less of a legend. Not everything needs to be streamlined. I rather like the direction they are taking Ho-oh in.

[Fallen]

In his new box art picture I think he looks majestic. Other pictures not so much.

[Narwhal]

Ho-oh looks cooler shiny. Also, congrats on Owner status, The Fallen! :)

[Ellie]

That art is hot.

I like Lugia-kun ^_^

Thank you for sharing.

[Poryhack]

http://files.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/img_news_05_01.jpg

Another scene off the website. This one's artwork for the pokewalker course.

[Narwhal]

Whoa. That's awesome.

[Poryhack]

Moarrr

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/img_news_03_04.jpg
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/oak.jpghttp://dl.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/kurt.jpg
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/img_intro_device03_04.jpghttp://dl.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/img_intro_device04_04.jpg
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/img_pokewalker_07_01.png
I won't post all the pokeballs as images, but check them out if you haven't:
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/lure-ball.jpg
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/level-ball.jpg
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/moon-ball.jpg
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/heavy-ball.jpg
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/fast-ball.jpg
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/friend-ball.jpg
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/love-ball.jpg

[COBHC]

i think is awesome

[Searingblade]

I can't open the PokeBall images :(

[Poryhack]

I can't open the PokeBall images :(
They work fine for me. Make sure you're clicking the link and not trying to copy-paste.

[DanteKoriyu]

You didn't have to post Professor Oak's artwork, that's been around since FRLG. =P

Thanks for all the other stuff though.

[Ryo]

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/img_news_03_04.jpg

Ohmygod.
If the anime looked like this...well, it'd have alot more viewers....
But seriously- Why doesn't the anime look this good? =[

[Poryhack]

You didn't have to post Professor Oak's artwork, that's been around since FRLG. =P

Thanks for all the other stuff though.

I was contemplating that when I posted it but I figured I'd just post it because I was too lazy to check if it was new. xD


Ohmygod.
If the anime looked like this...well, it'd have alot more viewers....
But seriously- Why doesn't the anime look this good? =[
Probably because it takes exponentially more effort to keep up a look like that than whatever they're currently doing. TBH though I don't/wouldn't watch the anime regardless.

[.:Loky:.]

Ohmygod.
If the anime looked like this...well, it'd have alot more viewers....
But seriously- Why doesn't the anime look this good? =[

Because they can't be half-assed to put enough work into the anime cuz its a lost cause.

[Greencat]

Ohmygod.
If the anime looked like this...well, it'd have alot more viewers....
But seriously- Why doesn't the anime look this good? =[
Because it takes a very very long time to make the movie that good. It's like that with pretty much everything with animation.

[DanteKoriyu]

Because it takes a very very long time to make the movie that good. It's like that with pretty much everything with animation.

I'm pretty positive that he didn't mean the animation from the movie, I think he meant how awesome the games promotional artwork is compared to anything we ever get from the anime.

[Ryo]

Yeah.
And I understand that better quality artwork/animation generally means more effort. But thanks for pointing that out for me. >____>

I was simply expressing just the idea that it'd be great to see a Pokemon anime with that kind of quality.

[DanteKoriyu]

I don't follow the Pokemon anime anymore, though I do watch the movies to see the Legends in action (as well as certain episodes that may have Legendaries or other Pokemon I'd like to see animated IF I notice that the episode is playing while checking Serebii.)

I personally would love a Pokemon anime that follows the Special/Adventures manga, done in a quality style similar to what BONES has done with the 2 Fullmetal Alchemist series. While Pokemon maybe aimed towards kids, it would be nice to see with some less vibrant colors and some actual textures.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J6T1VnueenM/SnX9lQmtyKI/AAAAAAAADHc/UBW7qV1G5eU/s1600/fullmetal_alchemist_brotherhood_18_02.jpg

[Poryhack]

I'm going to look into the possibly of obtaining those new trailers in full glory from the wii. The 3D is pretty cool and seems like a first for the main RPG series.

[Poryhack]

No luck with the above. They probably wouldn't have gone to the trouble of making those clips though if they weren't gonna be used elsewhere, so I'll just wait and see.

I do have some good news though. I have found the first truly high-res sugimori artworks on gamefaqs; just the starters for now though. Enjoy! (BTW these were JPEGs on gamefaqs, I gave them transparent BGs.)

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/chikorita.png
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/cyndaquil.png
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/totodile.png

Also there's some big copies of the english logos off IGN; for some reason they cranked the compression way up on the soulsilver one and kinda ruined it.
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/en%20heartgold%20logo.jpeg
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/en%20soulsilver%20logo.jpeg

[Wannie-619]

realy nice art :)

[ZMaster]

I wonder when the sprites are going to be ripped :/

[Evan]

I wonder when the sprites are going to be ripped :/

Where have you been?

Pokemon (http://stuff.veekun.com/hgss.png)

Trainers (http://stuff.veekun.com/hgss-trainers.png)

[ZMaster]

Where have you been?

Pokemon (http://stuff.veekun.com/hgss.png)

Trainers (http://stuff.veekun.com/hgss-trainers.png)

Vacation. Literally.

Oh, and the Claire sprite looks smexy xD

[Poryhack]

I'm just going to assume that all of you have seen the new sprites, don't bother posting them here.

There are 8 unlockable box wallpapers in HGSS, and some of them are really quite nice. (I made a nice sig out of the ho-oh and lugia ones.) To boot, the Japanese Pokemon Fan Club website is releasing matching desktop wallpapers along with the codes to get each box one. Last night the first two were released, but I dug around in the ROM and was able to find all 8 images and extract them. I just can't wait to see what the full-size version of ho-oh and lugia will look like!

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/box%20wallpapers/johto%20starters.png
big version: http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/wallpaper1.png

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/box%20wallpapers/pichu.png
big version: http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/wallpaper2.jpg

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/box%20wallpapers/fist.pnghttp://dl.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/box%20wallpapers/TV.pnghttp://dl.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/box%20wallpapers/rocket.png
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/box%20wallpapers/ho-oh.pnghttp://dl.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/box%20wallpapers/lugia.pnghttp://dl.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/box%20wallpapers/kimono.png

[Mewtwo Ex]

Poryhack those are amazing. Much much better than the ones from Sinnoh. The fist Pokeball and the character holding a ball are my favorite. The legendary ones and the R wallpapers are really good too.

[Evan]

Just thought I'd get you a heads up that they've released some Sugimori arts for 4 of the gym leaders. Falkner, Bugsy(we've had his), Whitney, and Morty.
Just in case you want to rip them :D

http://www.pokemon.co.jp/special/hgss/character/gym01.html

[Invitation To Hades]

I'm actually surprized by the greatness of the new sprites. They're all awesome.

[Poryhack]

Guess we'll be seeing art for all of the unlockable pokewalker courses.

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/img_news_10_01.jpg

[Poryhack]

So I randomly found a bigger map but it's pretty ugly with the big IGN watermark and the red circle of the the safari zone.
http://dsmedia.ign.com/ds/image/article/102/1023716/pokemon-heart-goldsoul-silver-screens-20090911074217940.jpg
There's likely a non-marked up version on the web somewhere...

[Mewtwo Ex]

The watermark is not that much of a bother compared to the red circle.

[MACandCHEEZWIZ1]

I was wandering around on the Bulbagarden Archives' new images and noticed that they have released the new Sugimori art for Chuck, Jasmine, Pryce, Clair, Will, Koga, Bruno, Karen, and Lance. There was also an excerpt of Nintendo Power, confirming the Arceus distribution at Toys R' Us from November 7th to November 15th (pretty sure it was already reported, just didn't know if there was confirmation). I'm wondering if Ken Sugimori will do any art for the Kanto Gym Leaders and important/secondary characters like Red. Apart from a couple Trading Cards, I don't think I've ever seen proper artwork of Janine.

[Poryhack]

Guess I was a little slow on these; oh well. Check out http://www.pokemon.co.jp/special/hgss/character/gym01.html for new gym leader, elite four, and rocket art.

[Doc]

wow im loving some of the new pokemon sprites, its a shame they didnt redo all of them though.

lol, if they had the same beak then moltres would look like ho-oh after being set on fire.

[SpooKy]

I wish i had Shiny Dratini Art & Nice Good-Quallity Art Poryhack.

[Arandomproduction1]

Yeah they should have updated the art work for gen 3 :/

[darkrai No. 1]

I bought the japanese game soul silver and there are shiny overworld sprites i got one from a friend

[Poryhack]

As I mentioned before the Japanese Pokemon Fan Club website is periodically revealing hidden HGSS box wallpapers along with PC-sized versions. I've had the wallpapers from the game since shortly after it came out but two new PC-sized wallpapers were revealed for the month of October. They are the lugia and ho-oh wallpapers (my two favorites), check out the big ones below.

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/box%20wallpapers/ho-oh.png
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/wallpaper3.jpg

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/box%20wallpapers/lugia.png
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/wallpaper4.jpg

[Mewtwo Ex]

Hm...
These are probably the best that would look good on a desktop.
I like this but i would hardly put it on my laptop.
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/box%20wallpapers/TV.png

I would much rather use the one you made - the Lugia and Ho-oh for my wide-screen.

[Poryhack]

Erm I didn't make those. Haven't made anything in this thread really unless you count renders.

[Poryhack]

Been a while, but I'm bringing this back. We should be seeing some new English-exclusive stuff as well as higher-quality versions of things I've already posted in the next 2-3 months.

Annnd speaking of that, here some is: (I must admit, these boxart pics aren't exactly recent, I forgot to post them.)

Incredibly huge SoulSilver (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/ss-fixed.png) & HeartGold (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/hg-fixed.png) boxart. Obtained from Amazon, had to be corrected for a bad CMYK>RGB conversion.

Amazing artwork of the Johto startes done by kawayoo for the upcoming TCG set:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/kawayoo_bayleaf.jpghttp://dl.dropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/kawayoo_typhlosion.jpghttp://dl.dropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/kawayoo_feraligatr.jpg
Smaller pictures show that he's done 4 other works, featuring ho-ho, lugia, donphan, and ampharos. This coincides with the number of wallpapers usually released for an English TCG set so we should be seeing more soon.

And last but not least, with the recent revision of pokemon.com we've finally got the newest Sugimori images with proper transparency. Alpha located and ripped them, and the archive can be found on his website, pokesplash.net (http://pokesplash.net/gs/art.php). Thanks Alpha!

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/258536/example.png
This is just a little example. As you can see the new ones are slightly smaller, but I think being able to use them on any background outweighs that negative. The colors have also been tweaked, for good or bad I cannot say. It's virtually impossible to tell what's "original".

[Mewtwo Ex]

Astounding!!! Incredible find Poryhack! These three are amazing!

[Shining Mew2]

Amazing artwork Pory I really like the Meganium art. *_*

[Poryhack]

Got a few things I skimmed over and one new item for everyone.

First, here's a wallpaper for the first Japanese HGSS TCG set (yeah it's old). Click (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/l1wallpaper.jpg)

And the birds somewhat-isolated from the above image:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/l1ho-oh.pnghttp://dl.dropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/l1lugia.png

A wallpaper was recently released for the second Japanese HGSS set, the below is cropped from it as it was the only interesting part.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/l2wallpaper.png

[Poryhack]

More kawayoo! Yay! Now all that's left is donphan and ampharos.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/Kawayoo_ho-oh.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/258536/HGSS%20Art/kawayoo_lugia.jpg

Thanks Greencat for calling my attention to these. (Although I would have noticed sooner or later. =P)

[Tidus]

Amazing pictures! These are one of the best Pokemon Artwork I've seen in a while. Great job finding these! :O

[Mewtwo Ex]

I don't like the Lugia one. (Even though i strongly like the sea) The Ho-oh is awesome on the other hand - It looks like there was a lot more work put into that one. There Ho-oh actually looks legendary for once.

[jarjar345]

to pory hack: about the "Ho-oh hangout thing at the golden forest type place behind Ecruteak," from expirience with the Original Gold/Silver, i would have to say NO. just because Ho-oh is found, at from i remember, the tall

tower building (i know its in a building like that). but, amazing pics. especially the ones with Ferraligator, Maganium, and Typhlosion.

[ebuks]

here guys
the donphan and ampharos wallpaper
http://bitcast-g.bitgravity.com/pokemon/pokemon/production/us/assets//cms/img/funzone/downloads/gs1/gs1_wallpaper3_1024.jpg

and

http://bitcast-g.bitgravity.com/pokemon/pokemon/production/us/assets//cms/img/funzone/downloads/gs1/gs1_wallpaper4_1024.jpg

[DeathWatch]

Those are some awesome artwork.

[zhangpan1990]

very nice pictures

[NosLived]

Absolutely amazing. I wish I had seen these way back wen they were first posted haha.