I made these for SSB Crusade, and they are WIP, but I figured i'd show them off here. Tell me what you think!

(From Wreck-It Ralph, Fix-It Felix, Jr.)

(from 3DS, Swapnote)

(from Klonoa, Breezegale)

I would say the first one is the Best.
The Klonoa one, doesn't have good perspective. I suggest you to see a guide.

ummm.... ok
1) it is nowhere near finished
2) the crusade devs and members say its perspective Is good

but thank you! Come again!

I have to agree, the third one has a lot of room for improvement. I could critique it for you if you'd like. Or if you're still working on it I can wait. Whatever you want haha.

you can critique, and I would also really like some critique on the swapnote one. Thanks!

Hmmmm... The bridge have the same perspective as the House, and the House's shadow goes to the wrong direction.
But, I believe that you can do it better, so I'll be waiting.

LOL, its a windmill, not a house

It still needs to have depth.

How depth to it? I know I'm a bad spriter.

Nah, you are no Bad Spriter, you just need to improve, In fact you started much better than Me so...
Good Luck at Working at Sprites.

Yeah, huh, except if that windmill is paper-thin, there should be ground behind it.

Try learning about perspective.
It might help.

By giving it depth they mean try to make it not look like a cardboard cutout. One thing I will say is that you definitely need to change the way the lighting on the Klonoa stage is coming from. With the way you have it now, it will clash very harshly with any sprites placed on the stage. What I'd recommend is first setting up the perspective of the ground correctly. Use this to learn about 1 point perspective. It'll make it look a lot better. http://www.olejarz.com/arted/perspective/

Flipnote has no substance. It's literally four boxes and a flat colour background. Add some shading to the green parts.
Be creative, make it look like it's actually a stage, and not so flat.

But the point is it is supposed to be flat. It's kinda like Flat zone or Pictochat.