2nd Gen The A/B trick

Started by barnsleynut January 20th, 2010 3:23 PM
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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

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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.

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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 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 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*

-Taunter the Haunter
-(ゴースト Ghost)
-Team Wilhelm "Leader"
-Gas Pokémon
-5'03" & 0.2 lbs
-Lvl. 65
-And he talks?!
-"Hau hau! Why yes, your soul looks very delicious..."

GoldvsRed

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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!
If your name was Dexter Phillip, would you have a 'Dex to fill up? Hooray for corny puns.



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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
gone.

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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.
If your name was Dexter Phillip, would you have a 'Dex to fill up? Hooray for corny puns.



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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.

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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.

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Anyways, I'm done ranting. I hope you found what I had to say insightful.
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