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+[submodule "data/v2/sprites"]
+	path = data/v2/sprites
+	url = https://github.com/PokeAPI/sprites.git
diff --git a/data/v2/sprites b/data/v2/sprites
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+Subproject commit 10a4d1cbb0e4d675d314eaa7afaff1d338c66e2e