diff --git a/PKHeX.Drawing/Sprites/SpriteUtil.cs b/PKHeX.Drawing/Sprites/SpriteUtil.cs
index 1b402eb21..511071f7e 100644
--- a/PKHeX.Drawing/Sprites/SpriteUtil.cs
+++ b/PKHeX.Drawing/Sprites/SpriteUtil.cs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ public static class SpriteUtil
     {
         public static readonly SpriteBuilder3040 SB17 = new SpriteBuilder3040();
         public static readonly SpriteBuilder5668 SB8 = new SpriteBuilder5668();
-        public static SpriteBuilder Spriter { get; set; } = SB17;
+        public static SpriteBuilder Spriter { get; set; } = SB8;
 
         public static Image GetBallSprite(int ball)
         {
@@ -216,13 +216,25 @@ public static void GetSpriteGlow(Image baseSprite, byte blue, byte green, byte r
         public static Image Sprite(this PKM pk, SaveFile sav, int box, int slot, bool flagIllegal = false)
             => GetSprite(pk, sav, box, slot, flagIllegal);
 
+        public static bool UseLargeAlways { get; set; } = true;
+
         public static void Initialize(SaveFile sav)
         {
-            var big = GameVersion.GG.Contains(sav.Version) || sav.Generation >= 8;
-            Spriter = big ? (SpriteBuilder)SB8 : SB17;
+            var s = GetSpriter(sav);
 
             // gen3 specific sprites
-            Spriter.Initialize(sav);
+            s.Initialize(sav);
+
+            Spriter = s;
+        }
+
+        private static SpriteBuilder GetSpriter(SaveFile sav)
+        {
+            if (UseLargeAlways)
+                return SB8;
+
+            var big = GameVersion.GG.Contains(sav.Version) || sav.Generation >= 8;
+            return big ? (SpriteBuilder) SB8 : SB17;
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/PKHeX.WinForms/MainWindow/Main.cs b/PKHeX.WinForms/MainWindow/Main.cs
index 5331c06f4..958d6c73c 100644
--- a/PKHeX.WinForms/MainWindow/Main.cs
+++ b/PKHeX.WinForms/MainWindow/Main.cs
@@ -436,6 +436,7 @@ private void ReloadProgramSettings(Settings settings)
             ParseSettings.AllowGen1Tradeback = settings.AllowGen1Tradeback;
             ParseSettings.Gen8TransferTrackerNotPresent = settings.FlagMissingTracker ? Severity.Invalid : Severity.Fishy;
             PKME_Tabs.HideSecretValues = C_SAV.HideSecretDetails = settings.HideSecretDetails;
+            SpriteUtil.UseLargeAlways = settings.UseLargeSprites;
         }
 
         private void MainMenuBoxLoad(object sender, EventArgs e)
diff --git a/PKHeX.WinForms/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs b/PKHeX.WinForms/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs
index 0ee34c9df..a002f095f 100644
--- a/PKHeX.WinForms/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs
+++ b/PKHeX.WinForms/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs
@@ -346,5 +346,17 @@ internal sealed partial class Settings : global::System.Configuration.Applicatio
                 this["ApplyNature"] = value;
             }
         }
+        
+        [global::System.Configuration.UserScopedSettingAttribute()]
+        [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute()]
+        [global::System.Configuration.DefaultSettingValueAttribute("True")]
+        public bool UseLargeSprites {
+            get {
+                return ((bool)(this["UseLargeSprites"]));
+            }
+            set {
+                this["UseLargeSprites"] = value;
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/PKHeX.WinForms/Properties/Settings.settings b/PKHeX.WinForms/Properties/Settings.settings
index 23650e309..764933a31 100644
--- a/PKHeX.WinForms/Properties/Settings.settings
+++ b/PKHeX.WinForms/Properties/Settings.settings
@@ -83,5 +83,8 @@
     <Setting Name="ApplyNature" Type="System.Boolean" Scope="User">
       <Value Profile="(Default)">False</Value>
     </Setting>
+    <Setting Name="UseLargeSprites" Type="System.Boolean" Scope="User">
+      <Value Profile="(Default)">True</Value>
+    </Setting>
   </Settings>
 </SettingsFile>
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