08-27-2018, 07:32 AM
There isn't really a standard rule for this, as it's generally quite a rare case. I would usually go with submitting them to each game, mostly because this is generally what I see done. A good example is Metal Slug. Most of the game share many sprites, if you look at the first five titles they even have a few sheets that are completely identical. I think this makes the most sense because people will usually be looking for a specific game and expect any ripped sprites from that game to be on the page.
However in this specific case, being a Digimon game, I would assume that the reused sprites are pretty large in volume. This isn't great because while Metal Slug might have the same 5 or so sheets for a few character and vehicles, in this case I would assume the majority of sheets are identical. In this case it may be a good idea to just put them in what makes sense as the "first" or "base" game. It wouldn't hurt to add a note on some of the sheets from the other games, if you think it would help redirect people.
Keep in mind that if there are any changes in the sprites between games (more or less frames, some kind of size or colour change, etc) and they aren't exactly identical then you definitely should add them to each game.
I think that ultimately you should use your own judgement on this, or wait to get feedback from more people. Unfortunately there isn't really any concrete rule to follow on this though.
However in this specific case, being a Digimon game, I would assume that the reused sprites are pretty large in volume. This isn't great because while Metal Slug might have the same 5 or so sheets for a few character and vehicles, in this case I would assume the majority of sheets are identical. In this case it may be a good idea to just put them in what makes sense as the "first" or "base" game. It wouldn't hurt to add a note on some of the sheets from the other games, if you think it would help redirect people.
Keep in mind that if there are any changes in the sprites between games (more or less frames, some kind of size or colour change, etc) and they aren't exactly identical then you definitely should add them to each game.
I think that ultimately you should use your own judgement on this, or wait to get feedback from more people. Unfortunately there isn't really any concrete rule to follow on this though.