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As to the changes in Jynx's design, I'll let LaprasBoi explain:
As to the changes in Jynx's design, I'll let LaprasBoi explain:


"It appears that there are ''two'' versions of the [[bp:Pokémon Gold and Silver|Gold/Silver]]/[[bp:Pokémon Crystal|Crystal]] sprites for Jynx (or six, depending on how you look at it, since each game has her in a different pose). During North American localization, they changed its skin from black to purple, as you might expect. What is more interesting is that that was not the only change. In Japan,its hair was normally blonde with a white glare, and its 'costume' had yellow around the chest area, and because of the limitations of a Game Boy Color, the glare on its 'dress' was also yellow. With a [[bp:Alternate coloration|shiny]] Jynx, all those yellow bits would be silver. During localization, however, in addition to the skin-color change, they took all the yellow out of the sprite, leaving its hair and costume accents completely white in both normal and shiny sprites- and for no reason I can discern, they shortened its hair a bit in the front, but ''only'' in the Silver sprite.
"It appears that there are ''two'' versions of the [[bp:Pokémon Gold and Silver|Gold/Silver]]/[[bp:Pokémon Crystal|Crystal]] sprites for Jynx (or six, depending on how you look at it, since each game has her in a different pose). During North American localization, they changed her skin from black to purple, as you might expect. What is more interesting is that that was not the only change. In Japan, her hair was normally blonde with a white glare, and her 'costume' had yellow around the chest area, and because of the limitations of a Game Boy Color, the glare on her 'dress' was also yellow. With a [[bp:Alternate coloration|shiny]] Jynx, all those yellow bits would be silver. During localization, however, in addition to the skin-color change, they took all the yellow out of the sprite, leaving her hair and costume accents completely white in both normal and shiny sprites- and for no reason I can discern, they shortened her hair a bit in the front, but ''only'' in the Silver sprite.


"You may also note, though I doubt it has anything to do with the race issues, that while Jynx is always blonde when non-shiny, the shiny-Jynx-hair (and chest plate) went from silver in G/S/C to a darker gray in [[bp:Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire|Ruby/Sapphire]]/[[bp:Pokémon Emerald|Emerald]], but the hair is now platinum blonde in [[bp:Pokémon Diamond and Pearl|D/P]]."
"You may also note, though I doubt it has anything to do with the race issues, that while Jynx is always blonde when non-shiny, the shiny-Jynx-hair (and chest plate) went from silver in G/S/C to a darker gray in [[bp:Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire|Ruby/Sapphire]]/[[bp:Pokémon Emerald|Emerald]], but the hair is now platinum blonde in [[bp:Pokémon Diamond and Pearl|D/P]]."
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"Of more interest than the shiny hair is the official artwork: In [[bp:Generation I|Generation I]] art, Jynx's face was originally black and was later re-inked to a ''very'' dark purple (much darker than in the localized games) in [[bp:Generation II|Generation II]]. Though they were always black in the games (once again, it was presumably due to technical limitations), in the [[bp:Ken Sugimori|Ken Sugimori]] art, Jynx's hands were distinctly blue! That actually seems to support the ice-princess theory [[bp:User:Dogasu|Dogasu]] is fond of but which is unfortunately unreferenced. And with the slightly bulbous, whitish fingertips, they looked not entirely unlike {{p|Mr. Mime}}'s hands. Yes, some other artwork, including the anime, made this ambiguous by using very dark blue, gray or black for its hands; however, the anime also colored her forearms red instead of white. In
"Of more interest than the shiny hair is the official artwork: In [[bp:Generation I|Generation I]] art, Jynx's face was originally black and was later re-inked to a ''very'' dark purple (much darker than in the localized games) in [[bp:Generation II|Generation II]]. Though they were always black in the games (once again, it was presumably due to technical limitations), in the [[bp:Ken Sugimori|Ken Sugimori]] art, Jynx's hands were distinctly blue! That actually seems to support the ice-princess theory [[bp:User:Dogasu|Dogasu]] is fond of but which is unfortunately unreferenced. And with the slightly bulbous, whitish fingertips, they looked not entirely unlike {{p|Mr. Mime}}'s hands. Yes, some other artwork, including the anime, made this ambiguous by using very dark blue, gray or black for its hands; however, the anime also colored her forearms red instead of white. In the [[bp:Generation III|Generation III]] sprites and artwork, however, her hands were re-colored bright purple to match her face (and {{p|Smoochum}}), the bulbous fingertips were discarded and the exaggerated shoulders which ''also'' linked her to Mr. Mime were covered by her hair (perhaps because Mr. Mime can now be female and no longer needs a feminine counterpart)."
the [[bp:Generation III|Generation III]] sprites and artwork, however, its hands were re-colored bright purple to match its face (and {{p|Smoochum}}), the bulbous fingertips were discarded and the exaggerated shoulders which ''also'' linked her to Mr. Mime were covered by her hair (perhaps because Mr. Mime can now be female and no longer needs a feminine counterpart)."


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Perhaps more will be added to this list of changed Pokémon. Please feel free to discuss further possibilities on the [[bp:Bulbagarden forums|Bulbagarden forums]].
More will be added to this list of changed Pokémon in upcoming editorials. Please feel free to discuss further possibilities and give suggestions at [[bp:Bulbagarden forums|Bulbagarden forums]].
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