I am very glad to see that they kept the 2D sprites; the pokemon handheld games just wouldn't be the same without them, in my opinion. The overworld view makes me think of some SNES rpgs I've played...rather neat, actually. I'd love to see these games in action.
Yeah, they're not the best quality pictures, but hey - they're scans of screenshots from a magazine (yes?), they're bound to have lost something along the way here.