diff --git a/test/test-utils/game-wrapper.ts b/test/test-utils/game-wrapper.ts
index 20b29362927..bfaa645c99b 100644
--- a/test/test-utils/game-wrapper.ts
+++ b/test/test-utils/game-wrapper.ts
@@ -182,21 +182,16 @@ export class GameWrapper {
     this.scene.scene = this.scene;
     this.scene.input.keyboard = new KeyboardPlugin(this.scene);
     this.scene.input.gamepad = new GamepadPlugin(this.scene);
-    this.scene.cachedFetch = (url, _init) => {
-      return new Promise(resolve => {
-        // need to remove that if later we want to test battle-anims
-        const newUrl = url.includes("./battle-anims/") ? prependPath("./battle-anims/tackle.json") : prependPath(url);
-        // biome-ignore lint/suspicious/noImplicitAnyLet: TODO
-        let raw;
-        try {
-          raw = fs.readFileSync(newUrl, { encoding: "utf8", flag: "r" });
-        } catch (_e) {
-          return resolve(createFetchBadResponse({}));
-        }
-        const data = JSON.parse(raw);
-        const response = createFetchResponse(data);
-        return resolve(response);
-      });
+    this.scene.cachedFetch = async (url, _init): Promise<Response> => {
+      // Replace all battle anim fetches solely with the tackle anim to save time.
+      // TODO: This effectively bars us from testing battle animation related code ever
+      const newUrl = url.includes("./battle-anims/") ? prependPath("./battle-anims/tackle.json") : prependPath(url);
+      try {
+        const raw = fs.readFileSync(newUrl, { encoding: "utf8", flag: "r" });
+        return createFetchResponse(JSON.parse(raw));
+      } catch {
+        return createFetchBadResponse({});
+      }
     };
     this.scene.make = new MockGameObjectCreator(mockTextureManager);
     this.scene.time = new MockClock(this.scene);
@@ -213,7 +208,7 @@ function prependPath(originalPath) {
   return originalPath;
 }
 // Simulate fetch response
-function createFetchResponse(data) {
+function createFetchResponse(data: unknown): Response {
   return {
     ok: true,
     status: 200,
@@ -223,7 +218,7 @@ function createFetchResponse(data) {
   };
 }
 // Simulate fetch response
-function createFetchBadResponse(data) {
+function createFetchBadResponse(data: unknown): Response {
   return {
     ok: false,
     status: 404,