The tag implication #50154 primal_kyogre -> kyogre has been rejected.

Reason: Primal kyogre is just kyogre with a power boost that creates some glowing.

EDIT: The tag implication primal_kyogre -> kyogre (forum #357480) has been rejected by @gattonero2001.

Different forms are kept separate to make it easier to search for the forms separately.

The tag implication primal_kyogre -> kyogre (forum #357480) has been rejected by @gattonero2001.

watsit said:
Different forms are kept separate to make it easier to search for the forms separately.

Couldn't we just search kyogre -primal_kyogre to find regular kyogre?
A lot of other pokemon have a main tag and then additional tags for their forms that imply the main tag - like shaymin, giratina, deerling, keldeo off the top of my head.

cloudpie said:
Couldn't we just search kyogre -primal_kyogre to find regular kyogre?

Yes, but then you couldn't search for posts that have Kyogre and Primal Kyogre together (kyogre primal_kyogre would return posts that have just Primal Kyogre). And you couldn't find posts that have Primal Kyogre but exclude normal Kyogre (primal_kyogre -kyogre would return nothing).

cloudpie said:
A lot of other pokemon have a main tag and then additional tags for their forms that imply the main tag - like shaymin, giratina, deerling, keldeo off the top of my head.

Because those don't specify a form. A shaymin must always be at least one of sky_forme_shaymin or land_forme_shaymin, as "shaymin" isn't itself a form. Same for Giratina (altered_forme_giratina or origin_forme_giratina), and the others. Those are more like lycanroc in that regard, referring to a family of species rather than being a specific species itself.

watsit said:
Yes, but then you couldn't search for posts that have Kyogre and Primal Kyogre together (kyogre primal_kyogre would return posts that have just Primal Kyogre). And you couldn't find posts that have Primal Kyogre but exclude normal Kyogre (primal_kyogre -kyogre would return nothing).

Because those don't specify a form. A shaymin must always be at least one of sky_forme_shaymin or land_forme_shaymin, as "shaymin" isn't itself a form. Same for Giratina (altered_forme_giratina or origin_forme_giratina), and the others. Those are more like lycanroc in that regard, referring to a family of species rather than being a specific species itself.

Ah, fair enough! Thanks