Pokemon Button Holding Myth - Is It True?

[ajay]

its a myth but i always do it cause I want to believe it

I think its a myth but I still do it cause I want to believe it

 

[Lord Vain]

I'm not sure where I heard about it......but I too have (and still do) used this so called "easy capture method" and more times than not it actually did work However, the method I used was to hold A and rotate the D-pad :yes:

 

[Fig]

I'm sure most of us have heard that if you hold or repeatedly press a certain button while throwing a Pokeball, the Pokemon is more likely to be captured. Is this actually true or just a myth?

I still do this to this very day. The myth actuallys works for me most of the time. So to me, the myth is really and works. I love pressing "A +B +↓". This is my button-holding technique.

 

[spaffy152]

its a myth but a habit for us all!

 

[A Link In Time]

No way! Can't believe this affected so many people in the mainstream community. Sad it was only a myth.

 

[Linknmike]

It actually does help if you press X when the ball flashes in Platinum, and if you press L at the exact moment you catch it, YOU HAVE A 100% CHANCE OF CATCHING IT!!!1!

 

[toonlink]

It's a myth,but it is still a habit for alot of people.(me)

 

[Lukémon]

I've never used it before, I hadn't heard of it untill now. But I'm pretty sure it's a myth and won't change anything.

 

[PickleFishLips]

I believe that it is a myth and a funny story is that my own trick was when i was trying to catch giratina in diamond and I was really bored cuz I had been trying forever to catch it so I (for whatever reason) had 3 fingers on my head and I stared at the ds screen and I caught it in a poke ball! I thought I might have been luck so I told my big bro and he caught a heatran in a pokeball in platinum! Seriously though I don't think it's a actual trick

 

[TheMinishMaster]

Whether it be a myth or not, it works wonders every time. Do you think this should be a Mythbusters episode? :hmm:

 

[Bow and Arrow]

It is fake, but I still do it

 

[Terreckien]

It doesn't actually work but whenever I do it I swear I have better luck.

 

[ZombieMeatballs]

Surprisingly, I have never heard of this, despite being the big Pokemon nerd that I am. It's just a myth of course, though. No gimmicks that can help you catch Pokemon... just a giant equation.

but what if pressing down the b button was part of the equation?

 

[Kybyrian]

but what if pressing down the b button was part of the equation?

It's not. You can look it up.

 

[Pinhead101]

I used to press the D-pad in the opposite direction to the Pokeball in Fire Red