How many sprites are different?

[Vehek]

Has anyone ever taken a good look to see what sprites are different in the pre-release?
A few weeks or so ago, I noticed a very different Cyrus sprite in Frog's Zenan bridge flashback scene.

[justin3009]

O_O..

[Chrono'99]

WTF? How come there's only one reply? This Cyrus looks awesome, although the "faceless" final version makes him look more noble and distant (perhaps it was the reason for the change).

I wonder if there are other different sprites.

[Vehek]

The only other one I can remember being mentioned is Cave/Winged/Fossil Apes having different faces from the final version.

Edit-The only actual sprite differences noted in the pre-release section are with a few monsters.

[Ozzie]

Queen Zeal looks quite different in the prerelease.

Just load her up and check her out. It's the giant head and hands version of her, not the small regular version. If I recall correctly, she has no mouth or something...  :/

[maggiekarp]

Just load her up and check her out. It's the giant head and hands version of her, not the small regular version. If I recall correctly, she has no mouth or something...  :/

Eh? How do we just load her up?

[Vehek]

There are also some sprites I don't recognize in slots that are unused in the final.

Edit 2:
Some of those sprites:

I don't know right now if they have any other frames.

[justin3009]

Queen Zeal definitely has more frames.  Just tested that one out.

[Vehek]

"More frames" as in more than the final, or "more frames" as in "more than just that single frame posted"?
When I said I didn't know if they had more frames, I was talking about the ones I didn't recognize.

[justin3009]

Ah.  I'm not really sure on the frames so to speak.  The only frames I saw were walking side and front.  Then again, that's all I had it doing.

Edit: - What is this thing?

[Chrono'99]

Perhaps it's a teleporter like the rectangular one from the final release.

The chain sprite in intriguing. There are some chains in the Prehistoric overworld map, so perhaps that's the corresponding sprite. Or maybe it was just chains to climb up some castle wall somewhere.

[Vehek]

Perhaps it's a teleporter like the rectangular one from the final release.

It's in the same slot, IIRC.

[ZeaLitY]

Anyone want to rip these? Or at least a couple examples of the ones with multiple frames? Queen Zeal the huge head / hands boss is also different.

[Vehek]

Pre-release Cyrus:


Washpan?:


Trophy?:


Chains (2 frames):



Queen Zeal:
The spacing might not be the best. Sorry.

[justin3009]

I really like that pose of her with her hands in the air O_o

Edit: - Got bored and tried to make it with her final graphics xd