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The A/B trick
did it actually work? or was i just a gullible little sod?
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I'm afraid I don't know what you're talking about.
Are you referring to the trick meant to 100% succesfully capture Pokemon? If so then yes, you are a sod. :P No, I'm afraid that trick doesn't work. Some claim that the success rate goes up by 20% but there is no way to prove this whatsoever. Although, if you want help catching Pokemon in Gold/Silver you can always use the PC Duplication trick with a Pokemon holding a Master Ball. However you should not use it to much, as this can corrode the memory banks, and/or the Gameboy itself. I'm sorry you did not find a successful cheat, but I hope you have better luck in the future. With all regards -ChrisTom |
wait!
is the the EXP thing keep pressing a/b simtamuesly and u get more exp than it says .... the extra depends on who u battle(this is for R/B/Y) NOT G/S/C |
Dammit! THIS TRICK DOESN'T EXIST! I don't know how many times I've had to tell people!
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wot trick r we actaully talking a bout
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And... as previously stated, this is false/has very little proof to back it up. I should know; I was one of those gullible sods who tried it and thought it worked. EDIT: I've also heard variations that holding down A or B (I first heard the b-button) will do the trick, but just like their "combo" cousin, there is little proof to back up this trick. |
It was just a superstition. A lot of things in Pokémon games are, or at least used to be until so much information about the numbers and coding in the games became so easy to access via the Internet.
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I know I used to hammer A at the same speed, hoping to increase the chances, it made me feel like it did, even if it didn't actually do a thing.
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It sure did feel like it when I caught mew using the glitch...
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i did it anyway >_>
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There is no trick to make pokemon easier other than weakening,status, and cheats
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I still do it, but I didn't hear of holding a+b in my area. In my area, it was either a or b with up or down. I couldn't remember which is which so now every time when I go to catch a Pokemon I press a+up, a+down, b+up, and b+down in that order as the Pokeball is in the air. Yes, I still believe it works even in Generation IV games, and I'm not soon going to consciously admit that it doesn't negatively affect the capture, so (however, I do worry that pressing "b" during the capture process will cancel the catch, but I'm too afraid to test that out)...
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I heard of the up+b but not much off it so it slipped my mind
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at my school there as one going around that if you push in the bck of your gameboy it's up to 50% chance, everyone used it until my friend broke his gameboy. :(
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I used A+Down once.
I caught an Azelf at full health in a Poke Ball. I did it in every Pokemon game I ever played. |
Many people use this to make it feel like it works
I mean on emerald i pres a+b+l+r+direction of pokeball movement |
Sadly, that does not actually work. If it did, it'd probably be in the walkthroughs and strategy guides. By the way, I like your username! I usually call myself "Nintendork" on other websites, but it was already taken here. Now I know why!
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I know it doesn't work but I still do it since I get used to doing it while the Pokeball moves.
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Actually it is an epic battle
but after that theres another battle to do against silver |
I must say that there are some really mean people in this world. Now I'm not saying anybody here is gullible, but heres how I think this happened;
Mean Guy; Hey, what are you doing? Pokemon Fan; I'm playing Pokemon Red! Mean Guy; *Thought* He's so stupid playing Pokemon! I'm gonna make him look like an Idiot! Mean Guy; *Watching* So what cheats have you learned? Pokemon Fan; I heard about one with a truck! Mean Guy; I heard if you move the truck you can find a really rare one. Pokemon Fan; Really? Pokemon Fan spends rest of the week trying to find Mew underneath a truck. --------------------------------------- So, I think most of these things just happen because somebody wants to get a rise out of us. It's mean, but that stuff happens. People used to trick you into catching Missingno. and then whiping out your game and game memory. Now, I don't think anybody here is stupid, but think of all the cheats people have told you that ARE wrong. Jirachi, Mew, Celebi, and other things people show you ways to get. It's very, very, cruel, but again, people do it. I do not do a cheat, until I am absolutely sure that it works. I always look for at least 2 websites to say it, and find at least 3 videos of somebody performing the cheat. As I said earlier, there is no way to prove the cheat, but some people just like pressing it, because it feels like your helping. It's like playing a flying game and turning the controller sideways when turning. It doesn't help, but it feels like it. ... Anyways, I'm done ranting. I hope you found what I had to say insightful. |
I still did it. Yeah, I know it doesn't work, but for some reason I kept on pressing the A button everytime I'm trying to capture the Pokemon.
Sadly, it doesn't work. |
that mew truck works wiv the right pokemon to push it
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Every once in a while I will do something like mashing the A button or wiggling the D-pad just for good luck; I know it doesn't work, but it helps with the anxiety when trying to catch something difficult.
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I've been told by a friend to do this in Pearl once.
Press A when you throw the ball Press B when the ball opens Press A and B when the pokemon goes inside. I don't know where he heard this but it doesn't work. I also heard about tapping the bottom screen when catching a pokemon to also get a better chance. |
Hell, you could shake your butt to the rhythm of the Poke Ball wiggle, and you'd have the same chance as the A/B Trick. Which I do.
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I'm pretty sure they confirmed this. It was officially stated by Nintendo to work, and proven by some forum. It's just so difficult on time-based it's near-impossible to get right.
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Nintendo never officially stated that the A/B trick works, and I know this because Nintendo does not make statements like that, and also because it does not work. If you can provide a link to the said forum that allegedly proved it, go for it. |
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And the official Nintendo website said it. I don't know when they first did, or if it still does, but they said it. |
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I thought he meant the mashing a and b simultaneously. I never really believed it but I still do it in all my Pokemon Games :] I'm still not sure if it really helps though. It does seem like it, however. I got more catches doing it than not doing it o_o
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Huh, I was always told that you held the 'down' direction of the D-Pad and then pressed A&B.
Also, I remember the Pikablu story. Ahh, nostalgia. |
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I mainly bring up Pikablu because for awhile Pokemon.Com actually mentioned it in their FAQ. Their answer wasn't really a "lie", but they could have been a bit more truthful. |
Assuming you do mean the trick to put the master ball effect on any ball, It has worked for me more times than not but I am not an idiot, I am sure it is just a freak coincidence.
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Even if it doesn't work, I do it anyway. Kinda an automatic thing for me. :3
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I got a Suicune the other day after the 4th ball thrown using A/B. XD;
IT WORKED FOR ME... maybe only by accident though :( |
Lol, I remember that trick. I think I read it in Gamewinners.com or something. I still do the a/b trick out of force of habit, though it doesn't work for me.
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I read that if you pressed down + B at the exact moment the pokeball opens (or closes, I can't remember which) you would always have a 100% chance to catch a pokemon. I still do that sometimes, even though I know it doesn't work. D:
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What that website says makes sense, but isn't related to this trick. It's a lot more complicated then that. And I highly doubt Nintendo has said anything on the subject. Regardless, it doesn't work.
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I'm aware that the trick doesn't work, but I do it anyway. It feels like it's working when I do that. :P
I didn't get it from anyone either. It just made a lot of sense when I first played the games, so I used the trick to help increase my chances. |
sadly i still do this even though i know it doesn't work. it is just a habit that i have had since the very first generation that i haven't broken and probably never will.
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it doesnt do anything, like everyone said but I feel holding right and b and then letting go of b just before the pokeball bounces but keeping right down works a treat. I can also blame timing on it not working.
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Think about it this way...
Why would the programmers put something stupid in like the a/b trick? |
For one, it's not "stupid"... Secondly, they didn't necessarily "put it in", but, as I showed above, it is in. I don't understand how several people went on about how it doesn't work and is "stupid" after I linked to a site discussing how and why it works.
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I once read in a magazine that you pressed and held down+B to increase catch rate. This was back in... 1999, if memory serves me. So, of course, I did it. As I got older and wiser, I realised that it doesn't work.
I still press down+B to this day, anyways. |
Yeah, holding the button while trying to capture a pokemon was proven to be useless a while back.
That doesn't mean I stopped doing it. Like most people, it grew into a habit that I still do to this day. :P |
Okay, two people say it doesn't work right after I complained about people saying it doesn't work?
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A friend taught me this "trick" when I was younger. Ever since then I do it without thinking.
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I have tried it, and it really doesn't make it any better or worse for me. It's still 50/50 for me. But of course, I do it without thinking now. I was told this years ago, and still to this day when I am catching a Pokemon I still try it. lol. It never really does anything though. That I know.
I think it's just a myth. |
I press A in time with the ball rolling from side to side. Its an automatic thing for me, it makes me think that i will catch the pokemon.
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^^ hehe i used to do that, worked most of the tim for me
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I still do B + ^ from time to time. It's a habit. Or a superstition. I dunno. It still "works".
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