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barnsleynut January 20th, 2010 3:23 PM

The A/B trick
 
did it actually work? or was i just a gullible little sod?

ChrisTom January 21st, 2010 10:38 AM

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

Lord Varion January 22nd, 2010 10:30 AM

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

Vyro January 22nd, 2010 12:18 PM

Dammit! THIS TRICK DOESN'T EXIST! I don't know how many times I've had to tell people!

Lord Varion January 22nd, 2010 12:38 PM

wot trick r we actaully talking a bout

DGexe January 22nd, 2010 12:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nintendork (Post 5492090)
wot trick r we actaully talking a bout

It's an old one, way back from Generation I, that claims that holding down the A and B buttons on one's game console while they're trying to catch a Pokemon will raise the success rate of catching it.

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.

FalconsDrummer January 22nd, 2010 1:19 PM

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.

Emotion. January 22nd, 2010 3:59 PM

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.

Togekiss♥ January 22nd, 2010 5:22 PM

It sure did feel like it when I caught mew using the glitch...

Mawile412 January 22nd, 2010 5:28 PM

i did it anyway >_>

Togekiss♥ January 22nd, 2010 5:31 PM

There is no trick to make pokemon easier other than weakening,status, and cheats

Marilynasol January 22nd, 2010 5:35 PM

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)...

DGexe January 22nd, 2010 5:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leafeh (Post 5492522)
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.

I got the same feeling way back in the day. Isn't the placebo effect awesome?! *grins*

Togekiss♥ January 22nd, 2010 5:37 PM

I heard of the up+b but not much off it so it slipped my mind

xeyj January 22nd, 2010 6:39 PM

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. :(

A Pixy January 22nd, 2010 7:24 PM

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.

Lord Varion January 23rd, 2010 10:39 AM

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

GoldvsRed January 23rd, 2010 10:51 AM

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!

Wings Don't Cry January 23rd, 2010 12:16 PM

I know it doesn't work but I still do it since I get used to doing it while the Pokeball moves.

Lord Varion January 23rd, 2010 12:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GoldvsRed (Post 5494245)
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!

I wanna change it to nintednork 15 so once i change it u can have it

GoldvsRed January 23rd, 2010 12:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nintendork (Post 5494469)
I wanna change it to nintednork 15 so once i change it u can have it

Nah, I like GoldvsRed. Its a reference to the epic final battle in Pokemon Crystal.

Lord Varion January 23rd, 2010 1:06 PM

Actually it is an epic battle

but after that theres another battle to do against silver

ChrisTom January 23rd, 2010 3:02 PM

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.

BHwolfgang January 23rd, 2010 7:30 PM

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.

Lord Varion January 24th, 2010 4:36 AM

that mew truck works wiv the right pokemon to push it

FalconsDrummer January 24th, 2010 10:52 AM

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.

Quote:

Originally Posted by nintendork (Post 5496223)
that mew truck works wiv the right pokemon to push it

Uh . . . no. It doesn't.

Gimmepienow January 24th, 2010 4:08 PM

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.

GoldvsRed January 24th, 2010 4:29 PM

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.

Redstar January 24th, 2010 6:27 PM

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.

FalconsDrummer January 24th, 2010 6:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Redstar (Post 5497876)
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.

The games' coding doesn't allow for complicated aspects such as timing button presses.

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.

Redstar January 24th, 2010 6:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FalconsDrummer (Post 5497909)
The games' coding doesn't allow for complicated aspects such as timing button presses.

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.

http://tasvideos.org/PokemonTricks.html#LuckManipulation

And the official Nintendo website said it. I don't know when they first did, or if it still does, but they said it.

Congratulations, I Hate You January 24th, 2010 7:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Redstar (Post 5497940)
http://tasvideos.org/PokemonTricks.html#LuckManipulation

And the official Nintendo website said it. I don't know when they first did, or if it still does, but they said it.

whoa, its actaully true. who would've thought? XD i mean, sure everyone else obviously didn't have this proof when they claimed it worked in the first place...but whoa. xD

Redstar January 24th, 2010 9:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anthony La (Post 5498241)
Sure it wasn't Pokémon.com? Their mailbag does make up a lot of crap, you know.

I wouldn't know. They did lie about Pikablu.

monkeybard January 25th, 2010 1:20 AM

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

Pokémon Ranger ✩ Moriarty January 25th, 2010 11:42 AM

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.

Redstar January 25th, 2010 12:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pokémon Ranger ✩ Moriarty (Post 5499146)
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.

Everyone did it a different way. I don't even think it was necessarily inspired by other people telling you. It was just a compulsive "pushing buttons" thing.

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.

Tears In The Rain January 26th, 2010 8:34 PM

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.

Cyndahog January 28th, 2010 6:36 AM

Even if it doesn't work, I do it anyway. Kinda an automatic thing for me. :3

Ho-Oh January 28th, 2010 6:40 AM

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 :(

rockman0 January 28th, 2010 12:49 PM

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.

Fizz! January 30th, 2010 4:17 AM

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:

Myles January 30th, 2010 4:41 AM

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.

Caelus February 7th, 2010 5:06 PM

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.

Eurydice February 7th, 2010 5:14 PM

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.

WasNotMe February 7th, 2010 6:42 PM

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.

Nathanyiel February 15th, 2010 9:58 PM

Think about it this way...

Why would the programmers put something stupid in like the a/b trick?

Redstar February 15th, 2010 10:08 PM

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.

Tudsworth February 16th, 2010 8:44 AM

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.

Timbjerr February 16th, 2010 8:48 AM

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

Redstar February 16th, 2010 10:08 AM

Okay, two people say it doesn't work right after I complained about people saying it doesn't work?

Tudsworth February 16th, 2010 10:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Redstar (Post 5557252)
Okay, two people say it doesn't work right after I complained about people saying it doesn't work?

Redstar, I said that it doesn't work prior to reading the article you posted earlier in the thread. My bad. It works, yes, but the desired effect (an increase in the probability that a Pokémon will be caught) is hard to achieve, from my understanding.

Virtual Chatot February 16th, 2010 12:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nathanyiel (Post 5556402)
Think about it this way...

Why would the programmers put something stupid in like the a/b trick?

I don't know, why would they include a truck that was never used but has instead been the source of so many theories?

:laugh:

Dirtyjerry February 17th, 2010 9:24 PM

A friend taught me this "trick" when I was younger. Ever since then I do it without thinking.

RivalGator February 17th, 2010 11:20 PM

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.

Psycho. February 19th, 2010 11:09 AM

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.

The Doctor February 19th, 2010 11:32 AM

^^ hehe i used to do that, worked most of the tim for me

Gary, the Magic Fairy February 23rd, 2010 11:46 PM

I still do B + ^ from time to time. It's a habit. Or a superstition. I dunno. It still "works".


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