Another observation I want to mention.
The alpha prototypes were likely designed in a tool called ClarisWorks 4 which was available in 1995.
Here I emulated an old mac and ran it:
When looking at alpha prototypes there is clearly a set that is higher quality than the others. Consider Pikachu
Consider the dots in the background:
Also note the shared print artifact that goes through the “Pikachu” text.
It’s not limited to Pikachu.
