User blog comment:D Man o3o/BIG Sprite Update For the Wiki - JP Units/@comment-26126200-20151227085346/@comment-26126200-20151228122145

The sprite is the animation of the unit you see when you go into battle. It gets the name sprite due to its pixelated look as if it were an older, retro game. Sprites also save space and memory because of its simple frame by frame animation and the fact that the entire unit and uts animations can be stored on one image known as a sprite sheet.