Catching Pokémon

[ggled]

I read somewhere (I can't remember where) that in the Generation I Games, if you hold B just as the pokéball explodes, and then repeatedly press Left & Right, you have increased chances of cathing the pokémon. Personally, I don't believe this, but I wasn't sure, so I thought I'd ask you guys what you thought of it.

 

[Habunake]

I still hold Right+A when the ball hits. It's not true, but it just is something people do for some reason, like how people move the controller when they jump in older Mario games.

 

[Pokemon Coordinator]

I tend to have the habit of pressing and holding the Down+A+B buttons at the same time when I throw a ball and ball shakes...not sure where I heard that, but it rarely works.

 

[bell02+]

This is in the wrong section but anyways, I always seem to hold Up and B. I know that these things do nothing, but it's like superstitions or lucky socks.

 

[Mr.Nintendo]

Well normally in SSB Melee I tend to move the paddle in the direction I punch or kick,but it's just habit.(I usually tend to talk to myself for no reason at all too!)

 

[Geodude]

Lots of people do these supposed "tricks", but none of them work. The whole "button pushing when trying to catch a Pokemon" thing makes absolutely no difference.

 

[Ryokan]

I think B.F. Skinner would have a lot to say about this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._F._Skinner#Superstition_in_the_Pigeon

 

[BulbaBulba]

some people just keep shaking thier ds till the pokemons not confused anymore eventully thier ds breaks.

 

[BulbaBulba]

they also just tirn off thier ds so they dont even have to anything at all

 

[CLASSIFIED]

I tend to have a habit of rapidly pressing the A button when the ball is thrown. I'm not sure if it works, but from that I have cought a pokemon in a Premiere Ball.

 

[Scarlet Devil]

I note as that don't work

I still press and hold B+Down to feel like I'm having a better chance at catching a pokemon

(lol, on D/P/Pt, I circle the pokeball on the touch screen to have a better chance)

 

[Legacy]

Yea I pressed B in rhythm with the ball shaking, and in my ten-year-old mind, it worked, but I know it doesn't.

 

[Hector]

I hold B as soon as the ball catches the Pokemon.

 

[Maxzeroedge]

I hold A button......