Especially if the sprite is a bit too big and has more frames (example would be a battleship, like that one called "Big Shiee" from the Metal Slug games)

Lets hope so i also want to know this.

I doubt it's possible (don't quote me), but that'll take a huge chunk of file size anyway so there's no point. I'd suggest dividing the Big Shiee into a 3x5 space (a person is 1x1) and scale it to make it appear big. It's gonna look jagged, but so did many GBA and even DS games. Also Big Shiee only moves its cannons and track - the body doesn't animate (=change), so do some 1x1 partial sprites.

And that's basically what Kouyama's saying in your rich blonde thread. Her head position, her neck, her left side of hair, her center part of skirt almost didn't move, so might as well make those stationary and just animate the arms, right hair, etc. Dividing your girl into 3x5 or 4x7 and just making 1x1 movable parts is a smart way to reduce size.

Ahh ok thanks for the tips. I'm still beginner level, so I'll have to do this slowly & steady :p

I'm a beginner too, but I've seen my share of ripped sprites to know the drill. Google "GBA Sprite sheet" and you may be fascinated by how much detail and efficiency the designers managed to squeeze in a tiny 1x1 space :)

I'll also be watching some sprites too from that VG Sprites website, especially my fave arcade game since 2002... Metal Slug. The bosses' sprites take a lot of space though, I wonder what program to use to do some extended/advanced sprite-making? (SmileBASIC's is of course just a compact version IMO).

Yeah, SmileBASIC is expecting you to be a programmer, planner, graphic designer, animator, music composer, and debugger all at the same time. In real life, graphic designer might only focus on the sprites and let the others do their jobs. Unfortunately I don't have any info on sprite tools.

It is very much so possible and not too difficult.

Wait let me change that...you want two sprite pages for a single animation??? I misread... Yeah two sprite pages for a single animation, even if possible, is pointless I'd think..