Preliminary Observations on Pixel Art I Like

Just some notes for future reference:

Metal Slug

• Heavy use of black outlines
• Subdued color palette
• 12 to 15 colors per sprite typically
• All lit from directly overhead and slightly to the left
• Man sized sprites ~ 40 Pixels height
• Giant monsters 100 - 200 pixels height or more
• Little to no anti-aliasing on outlines
• 12 pixels head, 10 pixels torso, 10 pixels legs for standard character

Street Fighter III

• 100 pixels in height
• ~40+ colors per sprite
• Anti-aliasing "lite"?

Secret of Mana 3

• 45 - 75 pixels in height
• 4x of every pixel color
• Bright lighting, saturated colors
• No real anti-aliasing to speak of