Talk:Amalgamates/@comment-28776531-20151020184542/@comment-4031912-20151020201017

You mean during the pre-credits walk-around? It's because they're using their "map" sprites, i.e. the ones that you saw in the True Lab right before the battle screen appears (like when Lemon Bread manifests from the fake save point, she looks like a white, gangly, humanoid shadow.  She retains this appearance when you see her again in Waterfall).