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Historical Data

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Description

I like to go back and play old games sometimes. For some of those games, it's been so long that I don't remember when certain Pokemon evolve or what moves they learn.

It appears that historical data is not kept. So, for example, in Gen 3 (Emerald) Ralts doesn't learn Disarming Voice, yet there's no way to filter moves (or evolution chains for that matter) based on game version.

Are there any plans to incorporate that into the v3 update (since it will be breaking change anyway due to the major version increment)?

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The issue does not name files, tests, or an entry point. First clarify the v3 data model and filtering requirements for game-version-specific moves and evolution chains; done would mean historical data can be queried by game version without ambiguity.

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Assessment

Domain
api
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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