2nd Gen The A/B trick

[Fizz!]

I read that if you pressed down + B at the exact moment the pokeball opens (or closes, I can't remember which) you would always have a 100% chance to catch a pokemon. I still do that sometimes, even though I know it doesn't work. D:

 

[Myles]

What that website says makes sense, but isn't related to this trick. It's a lot more complicated then that. And I highly doubt Nintendo has said anything on the subject. Regardless, it doesn't work.

 

[Caelus]

I'm aware that the trick doesn't work, but I do it anyway. It feels like it's working when I do that. :P

I didn't get it from anyone either. It just made a lot of sense when I first played the games, so I used the trick to help increase my chances.

 

[Eurydice]

sadly i still do this even though i know it doesn't work. it is just a habit that i have had since the very first generation that i haven't broken and probably never will.

 

[WasNotMe]

it doesnt do anything, like everyone said but I feel holding right and b and then letting go of b just before the pokeball bounces but keeping right down works a treat. I can also blame timing on it not working.

 

[Nathanyiel]

Think about it this way...

Why would the programmers put something stupid in like the a/b trick?

 

[Redstar]

For one, it's not "stupid"... Secondly, they didn't necessarily "put it in", but, as I showed above, it is in. I don't understand how several people went on about how it doesn't work and is "stupid" after I linked to a site discussing how and why it works.

 

[Tudsworth]

I once read in a magazine that you pressed and held down+B to increase catch rate. This was back in... 1999, if memory serves me. So, of course, I did it. As I got older and wiser, I realised that it doesn't work.

I still press down+B to this day, anyways.

 

[Timbjerr]

Yeah, holding the button while trying to capture a pokemon was proven to be useless a while back.

That doesn't mean I stopped doing it. Like most people, it grew into a habit that I still do to this day. :P

 

[Redstar]

Okay, two people say it doesn't work right after I complained about people saying it doesn't work?

 

[Tudsworth]

Okay, two people say it doesn't work right after I complained about people saying it doesn't work?

Redstar, I said that it doesn't work prior to reading the article you posted earlier in the thread. My bad. It works, yes, but the desired effect (an increase in the probability that a Pokémon will be caught) is hard to achieve, from my understanding.

 

[Virtual Chatot]

Think about it this way...

Why would the programmers put something stupid in like the a/b trick?

I don't know, why would they include a truck that was never used but has instead been the source of so many theories?

:laugh:

 

[Dirtyjerry]

A friend taught me this "trick" when I was younger. Ever since then I do it without thinking.

 

[RivalGator]

I have tried it, and it really doesn't make it any better or worse for me. It's still 50/50 for me. But of course, I do it without thinking now. I was told this years ago, and still to this day when I am catching a Pokemon I still try it. lol. It never really does anything though. That I know.

I think it's just a myth.

 

[Psycho.]

I press A in time with the ball rolling from side to side. Its an automatic thing for me, it makes me think that i will catch the pokemon.

 

[The Doctor]

^^ hehe i used to do that, worked most of the tim for me

 

[Gary the Magic Fairy]

I still do B + ^ from time to time. It's a habit. Or a superstition. I dunno. It still "works".