GameFreak getting lazy?

[JoshR691]

Actually, now that I look at it more in-depth(thanks to Serebii.net =P) it's almost enough to see it as a new game...I mean, it's almost what they did with FR/LG, where the only updated sprites were Kanto's(Only this Pokedex has more than just the Regions Generation)

I checked this out, because I'm a Pokefreak, and quite a few of the Sinnoh Dex's Pokemon don't have new sprites, they just use the second frame of the animation as the one that's constant throughout the battle(the ones I could pick out are: Magikarp, Geodude, Graveler, Steelix, Wurmple, Beutifly, Cherrim, Heracross, Aipom, Sudowoodo, Mr. Mime, Hoothoot, Snorlax, Unown, Azumarill, Rotom, Magnemite, Tropius, Scyther, Zubat & Golbat)...Of course, that being said, I haven't seen the whole animation for every Pokemon, so I don't know if they made it a new animation using an old frame(making one new one) or just the same animation, using the second pose as the first

Also, I love that they animated the Trainers, and gave the Gym Leaders that new Battle Intro(where it's now a Pixel art instead of the Sprite just being enlarged)