sprites/src

Filenames

<kind><name>[-o<forme>][-<flag>...].<ext>

<kind> is s for a species, i for an item, or x for something the games don't name (xegg, xsubstitute, xarceusunknown), so a directory can hold more than one and rules can match them apart.

<name> is the name with its case and punctuation flattened away, keeping only where the words divide: a run of non-alphanumerics becomes _ when it separates words and disappears otherwise. Ho-Oh is sho_oh, Mr. Mime is smr_mime, Farfetch’d is sfarfetchd, Flabébé is sflabebe. Keeping the divisions is what lets the two places these sprites are published each spell a name their own way, smogon as ho-oh and PS as hooh, with nothing having to look it up.

Formes ride in -o, so Charizard-Mega-X's back sprite is scharizard-omega_x-b.gif and every Charizard is scharizard-*. The forme comes first so a forme's sprites sort together.

Flags

Beyond the per-directory flags below:

• -o Forme
• -a Asymmetrical, faces the wrong way and needs flipping
• -c Which of several identical formes, where pokemon-showdown gives one name to more than one of the games' forme slots (Zygarde's Power Construct pair, Minior's seven meteors)

sprites/gen1

PNG original dimensions 40x40, 48x48, or 56x56 for fronts; 32x32 for backs Sprites in the main directory use Super Game Boy palettes, and those in /gbc use Game Boy Color palettes

• -b Back sprite
• -g Game it is from, can be rb, rg, rgb, or y
  • rb is Red and Blue, rg is Japanese Red and Green, rgb is Red, Green, and Blue, and y is Yellow

sprites/gen2

PNG original dimensions 40x40, 48x48, or 56x56 for fronts; 48x48 for backs

• -b Back sprite
• -s Shiny
• -g Game it is from, can be g, s, c, gs, gc, sc, or gsc
  • g is Gold, s is Silver, and c is Crystal

sprites/gen3

PNG original dimensions 64x64

• -b Back sprite
• -s Shiny
• -g Game it is from, can be r, f, l, e, re, fe, or rfe
  • r is Ruby and Sapphire, f is Fire Red, l is Leaf Green, and e is Emerald
  • Except for Deoxys Attack, all Fire Red sprites are also used in Leaf Green

sprites/gen4

PNG original dimensions 80x80

• -b Back sprite
• -f Female
• -s Shiny
• -g Game it is from, can be d, p, h, dp, dh, ph, or dph
  • d is Diamond and Pearl, p is Platinum, and h is HeartGold and SoulSilver

models, dex, afd, previews

• -b Back sprite
• -s Shiny
• -g Gmax
• -f Female

minisprites/pokemon

/gen8, /lgpe - PNG original dimensions 68x56 /home - PNG original dimensions 128x128 /bdsp - PNG original dimensions 256x256

• -g Gmax
• -f Female
• -v Vendor is someone else than the official games, can be smogon (document duplicate and g5?)