Pokemon Sword and Shield - Sprites
Image: @patackart

With any new generation comes a whole new boatload of Pokémon to catch, and that was exactly the case when Pokémon Sword and Shield landed on Switch back in 2019.

Despite being the newest games in the series, though, a super-talented artist named Pat Ackerman has reimagined each and every new monster from the game as if they had appeared on Game Boy. Everyone from Grookey, Scorbunny, and Sobble, right through to the likes of Calyrex and the new Galarian forms of Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres make an appearance:

What is this feeling? Nostalgia, but new nostalgia?

A pretty cracking effort, isn't it? Let us know which designs are your favourites in the comments below.

[source twitter.com, via gonintendo.com]