I cheated, it's put together from 4 seperate 3D renders, a bit of post proccessing in Photoshop to help the shadows look less muted, and a handful of pixels dotted by hand to emphasie its eye.

i have no idea where to catergorize this

I wouldn't be surprised if it's too hard to fit into a 256 palette (if for some reason you were using an engine from the early 2000s that doesn't support a character made out of more than one sprite) but I'm really pleased at making a decent looking result with almost no manual cleaning-up.

Just in time before people start ripping the real ORAS models! Hopefully this all works out OK in other 3D packages - there may be some issues with the 3-layer setup for the eyes but a quick test of the DAE in Belnder looked good. Two variants are included:
Variant A uses geometry for its mouth which can be animated with morph targets included in the FBX file
Variant B uses textures for the mouth that mesh better with the existing model rips.

Also includes Shiny textures.

Find it at my wonderful new vanity domain - www.whis.cash/files/mega_lopun…

Feel free to use in your own projects, though I would appreciate if it was kept appropriate for the source material.

Someone asked for it without the wireframe so here you go.

I think I just turned this into a really shitty amiibo.

A selection of eye/mouth combinations. Now to stich this back to the rest of the body and finish the textures.