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Do you furiously tap the a button when you go to catch a pokemon?

Do you keep pressing the A button when capturing?

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I do. Not because I think It'll help the Pokeball stay shut like a good little freakin' Pokeball should,but because if it doesn't capture the Pokemon,I don't want to waste 3 precious seconds of my life reading "Shoot! It was so close!". I used follow the Pokeball's movements with my D-Pad,because I thought it would help,but I've grown up,and learned that IT DOESN'T WORK. :D But I do it every once and awhile for the heck of nostalgia.
 
I do it, and if it takes several tries, I might even reduce to begging, especially since I tend to not bring enough Pokeballs.
 
I use the "Hey, would you just GET IN THE FREAKIN POKÉBALL?!?" method.
I hope that in B/W, you can talk to your Pokémon (Like, instead of using the touch screen or the D-Pad, just say "Pikachu, use Thunder" or something.
 
I don't really do anything, except flip the DS upside down, hide it under some cushion, close my eyes and cover my ears until I THINK the Pokemon has been caught.

WHY WHY WHY WHY IS ONIX SO HARD TO CATCH IN D/P/PT?!?!
 
Sort of, I guess. I know it does nothing, but I hold down A + B and move the d-pad in the direction of the ball. Silly, but a habit.
 
Enkoe said:
I don't really do anything, except flip the DS upside down, hide it under some cushion, close my eyes and cover my ears until I THINK the Pokemon has been caught.

WHY WHY WHY WHY IS ONIX SO HARD TO CATCH IN D/P/PT?!?!
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I am pretty sure the catch rate has always been 45. You're probably not weakening it. Have you tried using Dusk Balls?


I still don't press buttons after throwing balls. :/ It's pointless.
 
I personally had more trouble catching an Onix with dusk balls than I did catching Dialga with a great ball.

....Maybe I just have bad luck. :<
 
I always try and press A to the sound of the Pokeball bouncing. No clue when or why I started doing that, it's just normal o_o
 
I've been holding down A+B+UP since I first got Gold 10 years ago. It does nothing, but I like to think it helps catch Pokemon easier. I used to not look at the screen when trying to catch Pokemon because I thought they didn't like me watching them XD
 
While I don't tap the A button like that, I know I have a habit of rapidly pressing L and then R over and over again, even when playing one of the GB/C games on, say, my SP |D;; I think that springs from something a childhood friend told me, that doing that makes it more likely to be caught..
 
I usually do the A to Down+B thing. I was told it increases capture rate. I don't even do it because I want to anymore. I do it out of religious habit.
 
No, I hold down B as I heard was the trick. In one game, I forget which I remember hearing to hold down B while the ball grabbed the pokemon and then hold down A and B while it wiggled in attempt to capture; so I did that briefly but then somehow ended up back at just B. I know it's just a stupid hoax and mere coincidence but it's become impulse and it works for me more than not.
 
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