I'm not sure how I missed this, but love it. Can't wait to see more.

It's my pleasure; to me, giving insight to my fellow pixeljointers is essential to make the member but also the community progress. I'm looking forward to more!

 Very good

this is my favorite generation as well!  this is a great idea, and I might have to try it out for myself.  Fantastically done!

Best Pokemon peice yet! Very well done.

I hadn't known about that guy and his project, but I'm really glad you directed me to him, because the dude's got a seriously fantastic style going on. What I wouldn't give to be able to do what he does with dynamic outlines...
Also I found this: http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixelart/40636.htm in his gallery, which pretty much cements him into the awesome category forever. That was my absolute favorite game as a kid (Mother 3's pretty cool too).

I definitely agree with you on the saturation/contrast front. When (and if) ever I finish all of these from gen 3 (hopefully I'll have accrued some color knowledge by then) I'll definitely go back through and tweak their pallettes so that their colors aren't quite so bland looking. For now, though, I'm content to use the D/P/Pt pallettes, because they save me a huge amount of headache over trying to pick colors that don't look like ass.

Thanks for the input!

This reminds me of a project .Anubis. had in mind (similar concept), I thought it might interest you to check it out, unless you've done so already: http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixelart/40637.htm
I think these sprites could do with more saturation and a bit more contrast. ;)

Preview isn't that important, unless you want some attention made to the piece. I mean, people might mistaken that one static image for the detailed version as well and not take the time to click and view the amazing collection you have. I'm not saying that the pokemon sprite you had as the preview was ugly (Infact, it's a great sprite), but it definitely does not give it the attention it deserves.

I cannot overstate the sheer joy that this piece gives me. Really, really great sprites. Bravo, sir.

Is the preview really that big of a deal? I just wanted to use Surskit as an avatar (he's my favorite from 3rd gen), but if it's really that much of a problem I could upload it separately and slap together a different preview for this.
Fixed preview.

Also, would you guys be interested in the Wip dump of these sprites? I kept all the different steps saved in one file so I could study them later and find out what I was doing wrong, or right. I could upload it to Photobucket or something.

Thanks for all the comments and input, and if you have any criticisms on the sprites I'd like to hear them too.

@Sai: It is Shiftry, yeah. He came out probably the best of the batch, at least from a technical standpoint.

 Holy shit this rocks. Never would've guessed that it would be this awesome, with that preview. Just throw a bunch of guys in there and write "Preview" or something.

I agree. The preview should be something else lol. I think I like Shiftry the best out fo these. That was its name right? I feel bad for not being able to remember...

A platformable pokemon game? YES!

(Preview definitely does not give this enough attention. I wasn't going to click.. I'm happy I did though!)

 Want... more... pixel art... in such an adorable style!

You've wielded light and shadow excellently; not a single character looks flat or out of perspective.

And as set as you seem to have your heart on representing your profile with surskit, it makes for a woefully understating preview image.

I stopped after yellow :O

and yellow was sacrilige!

 Oh pish-posh, you know Ruby and Saphire were good.

I can't commend you on your taste in pokemon generations, but you give yourself too little credit for your pixelling skills. that deceptive preview will cheat so many people from seeing all these guys!