1st Gen R/B/Y: Mewtwo and the Master Ball Rumor

[deoxys121]

When I was first playing these games, I was young. Thus, I believed silly rumors. I had heard a rumor that it was impossible to catch Mewtwo without the Master Ball. Thus, I always saved it for him. But, when I got into the technical details of the games, I realized Mewtwo is no harder to catch than the Legendary Birds. How about you guys? Did you guys ever hear this rumor, and did you believe it?

 

[Kenshin5]

Those are the same people who think pressing a button increases the chance of a capture. They are unaware that both the capture rate is at 3 and that that "method" is farfetched(no pun intended). Little kids believe a lot of stuff, like when we all started out back in 98 playing Red/Blue me and my friends used to believe stuff.

 

[eeneet]

OMG this is news to me :')
*MIND BLOWN*

 

[vaporeon7]

I never used to think this, my brother and I used to actually think it was easier to catch legendaries in Poké Balls rather than Ultra Balls for some reason. I suppose seeing that you can't trade the Master Ball with Pokémon Stadium, you may as well use it on what is probably the most frustrating Pokémon to catch.

 

[Wings Don't Cry]

I heard of this rumour and I think everyone did and believed it at some point because what else would you use the Masterball for?

I always found him easier than the Legendary Birds. For some reason every time I use Ice Beam on him with Articuno he freezes and one Pokeball was all you needed on frozen Pokemon back then.

 

[The Void]

I never actually knew that Mewtwo was no harder to catch than the Legendary Birds :O
And no, I haven't heard of such rumors because I've seen people catch Mewtwo with Ultra Balls before (although I always use Master Balls on it, being too lazy to reserve it for the Roaming Legends). But I guess I'll try doing something else: I'll try catching all the legends in FRLG with an Ultra Ball and save my Master Ball for Magikarp.

 

[Pigeonrh]

I did hear about the one about pushing the buttons help with capturing the Pokemon and Im sad to say I believed it lol I use to go crazy pushing the buttons! lol

 

[Guest123_x1]

When I first heard that, I thought it was really necessary to catch Mewtwo with the Master Ball. Then I read on Bulbapedia that Mewtwo, the Kanto legendary birds, and most other one-of-a-kind legendary Pokémon have the same catch rate, 3 (0.4%), the lowest possible. This means all Pokémon with that low a catch rate are just as equally hard to catch.

 

[mikey]

I never heard that before, but I always saved my masterball for mewtwo anyways.

 

[Sydian]

I didn't hear this rumor, though I do think I saved my Master Ball for him, because I was afraid to even fight it haha. The only rumor I remember regarding Mewtwo was that he was wandering around Cinnabar Mansion, so I remember walking around there a lot, looking for him. And I'd be like "I swear I just saw him float by!" Stupid me. :(

 

[Nepse]

Personally, I found it easier to catch it with a Poké Ball then a Great Ball/Ultra Ball... So no; never heard it, and if I did I wouldn't believe it (even tough I was 4 the first time:))

 

[Mr Cat Dog]

Those are the same people who think pressing a button increases the chance of a capture.

Waitwaitwaitwaitwaitwait... that didn't work? You mean all those times I was pressing B and Up was just a waste of time? Wow, you really do learn something new every day.

But, no. I never heard of this particular rumour. The only RBY one I heard - and subsequently didn't believe - was the Mew glitch. I guess I assumed Mewtwo would have been really hard to capture (and probably did end up using the Master Ball all those years ago).

 

[Seki]

Heard it before, didn't believe in it. Caught my first Mewtwo on a Pokeball.

 

[Abomasnowman]

Haha, on my first play of Blue Version, I threw my Master Ball at a Ditto because I hadn't seen one and I freaked out when it changed into my Venusaur.

 

[Mentalii]

Those are the same people who think pressing a button increases the chance of a capture. They are unaware that both the capture rate is at 3 and that that "method" is farfetched(no pun intended).

I so much believed that pressing the B button gave to a Pokéball the same effect than a Master Ball when I was younger, that now I still do that stupid thing when I catch a Pokémon, by reflex :pink_tongue:

And to answer to the thread, no, I never heard anything about this rumour...
But I heard a lot of other rumours. For example, if you let a Magikarp in the DayCare until it reaches the level 100, the guy would give you a "Pikablu". It's for that reason that when GSC wasn't released in Europa yet, me and some friends were believing that Marill was this famous Pikablu and that the rumour wasn't a lie :pink_smile:
There was also many rumours about ways to get Mew, so many that I don't even remember them ^^'

 

[Nick]

lol. Back then, I used to do that "turn a PokéBall into a master ball" thing that didn't really exist, where you throw the PokéBall at the Pokémon, press and hold B, release it, and then hold A+B... or something like that. It didn't work most of the time. I convinced myself that it was just because I pressed it at the wrong time. XD

 

[Jellicent♀]

God I believed this rumor. I even had a friend tell me that he could break OUT of the Masterball, so i would always try to Spore him to sleep and then through it when he had like, one hit point left. Gosh, I was naive.

 

[Mothman~]

I never heard this rumor. I caught Mewtwo with an Ultra Ball the first time I encountered it anyway, so....yeah.

 

[miksy91]

Those are the same people who think pressing a button increases the chance of a capture. They are unaware that both the capture rate is at 3 and that that "method" is farfetched(no pun intended). Little kids believe a lot of stuff, like when we all started out back in 98 playing Red/Blue me and my friends used to believe stuff.

It's true that all of them have 3 as the catch rate.
But it's no way related to "A button thing". Has anyone proved that it doesn't do a thing?

I often keep pressing A button myself while trying to catch a pokemon although I believe it won't help. However, nothing would have prevented the game makers to make a code for checking whether A button is pressed at certain time when the pokemon is for example about to go inside the ball.

"If pressed"
--> Increase the byte that determines whether the pokemon will stay inside or not

 

[plasma2557]

I caught Mewtwo in heart gold without the Master ball. I mean, i got, lucky, but I don't think you need the master ball to catch it.
Although, you're talking about r/b/y, which I am not familiar with, but I would think that it would be odd if you had to catch it with a Master.