A A A A A A A...B!

[seal]

I used to button mash until I did the accidentally forget a move thing. So annoying so now I don't mash

 

[Weird]

I actually read the npc text and I use the B button now, because my A button is "mashed" already. My friend partially destroyed his ds with his constant button mashing. its A,L ,B and Y buttons were unusable. (He bought a new one the next week and the L button is almost unusable again;))

 

[The Red Chain]

I tend to mash the B button only during battles. XD
Other times I read what people have to say in the game.
50% of my enjoyment out of the games comes from the text.
It makes you feel like you're more into the game, and it can indulge you into the storyline better. :3
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[Amaruuk]

The fact that you can mash A and occasionally press B to do most of anything in Pokemon games is part of what makes it so wonderfully multitask-able. I can make dinner, do art, watch a movie, read an article, or even do homework at the same time as playing it, and I'm generally terrible at multitasking.

As far as the story-related bits of an initial play-through, I do definitely keep focused on it and take the time to read, as with important plot-point battles, especially when it's one I've anticipated and I get all into it X3

 

[Kon~]

I hardly ever mash. I'm a reader! I like the text!
'ヮ'

 

[chickenofunity]

I mash a bit when training, but not otherwise. I tend to read what people say to me, or just press A slowly cus I'm doing something else at the time. The Elite 4 speak forever though, so after I've defeated them once, they tend to get mashed.

 

[Pokémon Ranger ✩ Moriarty]

I read the dialogue the first time around (even the most pointless of signs and characters) but on all replays I button mash. I think the worst is the Pokémon Centre; sometimes I go round and around in circles with the Nurse's speech because I forget to press B instead of A. 8| I'm sorry your life is so devoid of meaning that you have to announce the stresses of your job to me each time I enter the PC, but stfu and heal my Pokémon! That's what you're getting paid for, isn't it? (Is it? Or do you just turn up anyway?)

 

[Benjamin510]

Uh... On both sides, for sure.

 

[Alyssachu]

Haha. I've never done that during a battle, BUT WHILE TALKING TO THE NPC'S- YES! Ugh, it's so frustrating. Especially when you have to listen to them over and over again. =_=