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Types Should be Removed from Pokémon Forms

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
82/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
python
Domain
api

Research direction

Start by inspecting the pokemon-form/ and pokemon/ data referenced in the issue, using the Castform Sunny example to compare their types fields. Remove types from the visual-only form entries, then query a Pokémon form and confirm that its response no longer includes types while the corresponding pokemon/ entry retains them.

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Description

Describe the Bug

Altered Pokémon Types are stored in pokemon-form//types. Any Pokémon that has a new mechanical change is guaranteed to have an entry in pokemon/. As pokemon-form are visual only, we should not store types here.

Steps to Reproduce

Query a Pokémon form pokemon-form/. There is a types field, which should not be there; the new entry in pokemon/ will store the types.

e..g, pokemon-form/castform-sunny stores fire, but this is already obtainable from the types field in pokemon/castform-sunny.

Resolving the Bug

Anyone is open to making a PR for this issue.

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