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The current infobox image is a 3D render of a Flowey toy figurine, would it not be more useful to include a picture of Flowey's sprite from the game or an illustration made specifically for the game?--Alexandra IDVtalk 11:10, 2 March 2018 (UTC) EDIT: This applies for Toriel, as well - I just didn't notice that article until now.--Alexandra IDVtalk11:14, 2 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I figured it would be the most "accurate" depiction considering that it was approved by the developer and wasn't just someone's interpretation of how the character looks. The in-battle sprites are totally black and white, not showing the character's colors or any depth.ZXCVBNM (TALK)11:24, 2 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Any official art would be approved by the developer, but a 3D render specifically made for a toy seems ill suited as it would have to abide by the limitations of working as a physical figurine. I am strongly in favor of either one of the sprites (overworld or battle) or other artwork like this. I sorta get what you're saying with the battle sprite being monochromatic, but the idea that the actual in-game representation of a character is inaccurate seems strange to me.--Alexandra IDVtalk11:47, 2 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
It seems exactly the same as the character's art ingame. There don't seem to be any liberties taken with regards to modifying their design that I can tell. I'm not saying the ingame representation is inaccurate, but it's not as detailed and would need both their regular and battle sprites to get across their actual colors.ZXCVBNM (TALK)11:57, 2 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I'd like to double @Alexandra IDV:'s request that the picture used in this article be taken from either the game itself or official promotional art, not from 3rd-party merchandise, officially-sanctioned or otherwise. See Master Chief, Mario, Sonic the Hedgehog, Link, etc.: The overwhelming majority of articles pertaining to specific video game characters use either official renders, concept art, or promotional art to depict the character, which leads me to believe that this is the accepted convention. FlotillaFlotsam (talk) 08:15, 4 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
