2nd Gen Does pressing B while catching a Pokemon really help?

[Smooky]

No, it won't work. I do it though, because this boy I liked told me it worked when I was 7, and now I can't break myself away from it. I also hold down the B button when I use an attack and when I'm hit, as if that'll increase my damage/decrease my opponent's damage. The mind is a funny thing.

 

[Cid]

I always press B + Down when the Pokéball closes (Or B + Up for Ultra Balls) out of habit. I read somewhere it increases the chances of a successful catch, whether it does or not is open to debate. I don't think it's been proved or disproved yet so who knows.

I have the same habit, except I press A + Down instead on every Pokémon that I try to catch (disregarding the type of Pokéball).

I personally think it works (or at least I think so because I do it out of instinct, can't really help it), but there is no proof that it does.

 

[~MasterMind~]

i dont think it helps, sometimes i think it just makes it harder but meh
it depends on the persons point of view

 

[Alexia_Ashford]

I think I'm the same as the rest of you guys, I was told somewhere a while back that holding down A and down would help increase your chances of catching the Pokemon, and even after realizing it doesn't, it's force of habit.

 

[.MurkyBurning.]

i dont really know if it works but i used to push a+b and it would just pop out of the pokeball

 

[EJ]

I just press random sh-

It doesn't help but it does alleviate the tension.

 

[Pechachu]

For a long time I would do this, out of habit really. I don't think anyone ever told me it would help, but I think I started doing it because after I pressed it coincidentally I caught me a pokeymanz, and it appeared to work.

Now, I'm the other way around. I can't touch any buttons or have the sound up or it won't work. I can't watch usually either.

 

[Venasaur001]

Yes, I think that pressing the B button helps you catch Pokemon better.

 

[System!]

It's a habit I can't really break...though sometimes I feel that it helped me catch the legendary birds (seriously they were all incredibly easy to catch O.O).

 

[coolcatkim22]

I never press any buttons when trying to catch a Pokemon.
I don't depend on luck or rumors, I try and be confident in my catching abilities and patients.

 

[Pekin]

A couple years ago, when I was still a little kid playing Red Version on my Gameboy Color, I was told that it would help me catch Pokémon if I rapidly pressed left, right, left right, left, right and so on. Today I still do it out of habit, even though I know it doesn't do a thing. Somehow, it just feels right.

 

[Flex_S]

Well, when I first played Pokemon Red, When it first came out, my friend said you can hold B to help you catch the Pokemon when the ball wiggles, when he said that I wasn't sure to believe him, I never really did it, and I used to look at him when he did it, and secretly smile cause I didn't really believe it, after that, and now I think if I do press B it will reduce my chances... So I make sure never to press any buttons.

 

[Maelstromk]

I do it out of habit, maybe even as a test of reflex...hmmmmm

 

[cookie_lovr]

I thought pressing B made the catch rate zero, lol.
I just keep pressing A and at the same time press the arrow keys in a clockwise formation.

 

[Maelstromk]

ok, after playing the games agian, I discovered I tap and hold A when the ball opens, and when the ball closes I go on a manic tapping spree...I'm sure it does nothing, but it sure is fun lol

 

[Shadow]

One of the last good jokes on the website...

Anyways, it does absolutely nothing.

Unless you're superstitious.

I still do it sometimes. But I also don't walk under ladders. Or kill moths. And knock on wood.

 

[~*!*~Tatsujin Gosuto~*!*~]

i think its pure luck, but I still do it anyways lol

:t354:TG

 

[{Swan}]

I walways pressed A like a maniac. It's mroe that I couldn't sit still in anticipation xD