I'm making a game

[Koala]

How about trying to apply more shading to these sprites to make the look more interesting? Also, when applying detail to sprites (such as the plaid shirt of the computer guy), make sure it does not make the sprite look too cluttered because the last thing you need are your sprites to look too busy to be readable.

Thanks for the critique.
Notes to myself for when I edit these again ;
-Try out some shading and I'll make sure to put in some hue shift. <- Maybe check out to see how MMX and Mother 3 did the shading at a small resolution.
-One way for the Anthony's shirt to look less busy would be to make each of the squares of the pattern bigger.