6th Gen Catch glitch

[TheGreatGrapsy]

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]

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

 

[Kieran]

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

 

[SnowpointQuincy]

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

 

[TheGreatGrapsy]

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

 

[Brane]

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]

This only happen to me once. with a pikachu lol

 

[TheGreatGrapsy]

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

 

[CoffeeDrink]

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]

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]

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 ^_^

 

[Kieran]

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]

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]

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]

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

 

[Sabrewulf238]

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]

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]

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]

The more you catch the more it happens! :)

 

[skyluigi2]

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.