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2nd Gen The A/B trick

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

-ChrisTom
 
wait!

is the the EXP thing keep pressing a/b simtamuesly and u get more exp than it says .... the extra depends on who u battle(this is for R/B/Y) NOT G/S/C
 
Dammit! THIS TRICK DOESN'T EXIST! I don't know how many times I've had to tell people!
 
nintendork said:
wot trick r we actaully talking a bout
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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.
 
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.
 
It sure did feel like it when I caught mew using the glitch...
 
There is no trick to make pokemon easier other than weakening,status, and cheats
 
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)...
 
Leafeh said:
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.
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I got the same feeling way back in the day. Isn't the placebo effect awesome?! *grins*
 
I heard of the up+b but not much off it so it slipped my mind
 
at my school there as one going around that if you push in the bck of your gameboy it's up to 50% chance, everyone used it until my friend broke his gameboy. :(
 
Many people use this to make it feel like it works

I mean on emerald i pres a+b+l+r+direction of pokeball movement
 
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 know it doesn't work but I still do it since I get used to doing it while the Pokeball moves.
 
GoldvsRed said:
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!
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I wanna change it to nintednork 15 so once i change it u can have it
 
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