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TheGreatGrapsy October 17th, 2013 9:28 PM

Catch glitch
 
So I was just going around catching some Pokemons and all of a sudden I caught two in a row with only ONE roll of the poke ball, not one, two, three, and a subtle click, just one roll and then the subtle click... two times this happened... I used a quick ball the first time and a dusk ball the second.. has anyone else encountered this, or did I just get lucky?

yewjrn October 17th, 2013 9:33 PM

Heard it's something called critical capture. Not very sure though as I'm quite new to these.

Rengoku October 17th, 2013 9:36 PM

It was introduced in Generation 5 already.
It assures you will get the Pokemon without shaking.

SnowpointQuincy October 17th, 2013 9:36 PM

I heard the distinct sound of a critical capture, but it failed to actually catch!

TheGreatGrapsy October 17th, 2013 9:37 PM

Why has that never happened to me until this gen haha thanks for the info

Brane October 17th, 2013 9:38 PM

As said above, it's a feature they introduced in Black/White (I think), called Critical Capture. It's very rare but the Pokeball will only roll once and click, it will also pause for a little in the air.

So far I haven't actually seen a Pokemon escape this either.

jazneo October 17th, 2013 9:41 PM

This only happen to me once. with a pikachu lol

TheGreatGrapsy October 17th, 2013 9:49 PM

I just had a 3rd one... all within about 20 minutes...

CoffeeDrink October 17th, 2013 9:51 PM

Hm, koff~

It happens to me all the time. It seems that every four Pokemon or so I get the high pitched 'whistle' of the critical capture or so it's called. It's a nice feature, but I don't think it works on any legendary Pokemon.

Fun stuff: you can now buy Premierballs at the same price as regular Pokeballs! It does take away the charm of seeing how many you could collect from regular Pokeballs though, so that's the only down side. And if you're looking to save money, buying ten Pokeballs grants you an additional Premierball, so that's buy ten get one free! Hope you had fun, koffi~

Mithel_Celestia October 18th, 2013 2:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rilence (Post 7888158)
It was introduced in Generation 5 already.
It assures you will get the Pokemon without shaking.

Its not always the case. Critical capture only greatly increases the Pokeball's catch rate but not so high as to reach or be as close as a master ball. There will be cases of the critical capture failing if you use a weak pokeball and failed to weaken the Pokemon enough.

She_Delphox October 18th, 2013 2:39 AM

Thanks for posting this! :) 'cause this also happened to me (once). It's a nice feature indeed, I was kinda surprised at first, but it did help me catch a Lapras all at once so... that was nice ^_^

Rengoku October 18th, 2013 3:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mithel_Celestia (Post 7888400)
Its not always the case. Critical capture only greatly increases the Pokeball's catch rate but not so high as to reach or be as close as a master ball. There will be cases of the critical capture failing if you use a weak pokeball and failed to weaken the Pokemon enough.

Opp! I shall stand corrected since my pea brain isn't working well right now; Thanks for the confirmation!

Though I've had it dozens times, and all of them were safety captured.

Murkrow October 18th, 2013 4:50 AM

the more pokemon you have already caught, the higher you chances of a critical capture. Its not master ball 100% capture rate but its much higher than say, dusk ball at night i think. First introduced in BW2 if im not wrong

Varion Bluefire October 18th, 2013 5:07 AM

I've gotten these.
But only with Timer balls, and after like 14 turns in a fight. So i just presumed I was Timerballin' correctly.

But I guess it's "critical capture"!

SamStyle October 18th, 2013 5:18 AM

My GF had this happen after i gave her capture O Power lvl 2

Sabrewulf238 October 18th, 2013 5:39 AM

Critical capture was introduced last gen.

It's happened to me in this game a lot so far, I think they may have increased the chance of it happening.

Iceshadow3317 October 18th, 2013 5:42 AM

Like others have said, it is called a Critical Capture that came out in 5th Gen, use to happen to me all the time. However, it still has a chance to not catch. Happened a few times in 5th Gen and has happened a lot in 6th Gen.

Hanley October 18th, 2013 5:57 AM

Happened to me for the first time yesterday or the day before, when catching a Machop. Played through both Black and Black 2 numerous times, and it never occurred once. My first reaction wasn't that it was a glitch, I thought it might have just been a new addition for X & Y.

Jessie October 18th, 2013 6:20 AM

The more you catch the more it happens! :)

skyluigi2 October 18th, 2013 7:06 AM

That was a critical capture, introduced in Gen V. According to an in-game sign, the chances of these increases as you capture more Pokemon.

SnowpointQuincy October 18th, 2013 7:27 AM

Yeah, I fought Regigigias after catching 640+ pokemon. Got a Critical Capture very quickly and caught him in a premier ball.

Dillon_68 October 18th, 2013 8:21 AM

I just had a critical capture last night. Its makes a metallic sound as soon as the ball leaves the trainers hand.

TheGreatGrapsy October 18th, 2013 8:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dillon_68 (Post 7888766)
I just had a critical capture last night. Its makes a metallic sound as soon as the ball leaves the trainers hand.

Huh, I'll have to look out for that metallic sound, didn't notice it the first three times.

BrandoSheriff October 18th, 2013 11:04 AM

That awesomely awesome thing was a Critical Capture, as everyone else said, introduced in Black & White, which significantly increases the rate of capture. You'll know it's a Critical Capture by the distinct metallic sound it makes as you throw it. Then one shake, and the Pokemon's yours. The more Pokemon you catch, the better your chance of it happening again. I used to get them like every 5th throw in Black 2 after I transferred all 500+ of my Pokemon from White. I've rarely ever seen a Pokemon escape from one, for me only once with Kyurem.

On another note, I got my first Y Version Critical Capture yesterday. I didn't even realize they were brought back until it happened! xD

Water Gym Leader October 18th, 2013 1:11 PM

http://www.serebii.net/games/capture.shtml
On the bottom of this web page it describes Critical Captures.


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