Google Groups no longer supports new Usenet posts or subscriptions. Historical content remains viewable.
Dismiss

[RESEARCH] The Up+B Trick (et al.)

1 view
Skip to first unread message

White Cat

unread,
May 14, 1999, 3:00:00 AM5/14/99
to
After reading a lot of controversy over whether the various "improved
capture rates" are valid, I decided to test them.

To do the test, I used the QuickSave features of the No$GMB emulator. I
fought a Level 37 Slowbro in the Seafoam Islands, got it down to about
one-quarter of it's HP (no status changes), and saved. I then tried
each of the following capture techniques twenty times, restoring the
game after each attempt.

Since there seem to be many conflicting ideas as to when the buttons
should be pushed (as soon as the ball is selected, just as it appears,
while it's in the air, just as it opens/closes, etc.), I tried the ones
that seem to be the most popular. If anyone has a serious issue with
this, I _may_ try more combinations.

Ultra Ball (normal): Threw an Ultra Ball, no additional keypresses.
Great Ball (normal): Threw a Great Ball, no additional keypresses.
Great Ball (A): Threw a Great Ball, and pressed and held the A button
just as the ball closed.
Great Ball (Up+B): Threw a Great Ball, and pressed and held Up+B just as
the ball appeared.

The results were as follows:

Ultra Ball (normal): 14 out of 20 attempts were successful
Great Ball (normal): 11 out of 20 attempts were successful
Great Ball (A): 12 out of 20 attempts were successful
Great Ball (Up+B): 11 out of 20 attempts were successful

Conclusion: The tricks used above are fake. There was no increase in
the capture rate of any significance. The one extra successful attempt
for the 'A' trick easily falls within an expected margin of error. It
is possible that I should have done more trials to further decrease this
margin (the 'A' trick had a success rate of 8 out of 11 at one point).

Of course, this doesn't mean that I still won't try these techniques on
occasion. After all, it can't hurt... :)

However, I have discovered a trick that will always work! If you throw
a Master Ball, then quickly press and release Left+Down+A just as the
ball appears, and then press and hold Up+Down+Left+Right+A+B and place
your left thumb on the bottom-right corner of the Gameboy screen just as
the ball closes while simultaneously dancing the Macarena, you will
capture the target every time! :)

Has anyone ever wondered if there's some evil guy sitting in his dark
basement and coming up with hundreds of fake tricks like this, leaking
them to various places, and then laughing and laughing over how many
people fall for them?

_____________________________________________
.'. | Extra-Topping Speedy, a.k.a. White Cat |
|\ _|_|_ /| | |
|\ ,-' .|. `-. /| | "I'm too lazy to pull up my quotes file |
\`-._,'|'._,-'/ | and paste one in at the moment." |
|`-.|_(_)_|,-'| | - White Cat |
/|| o | o ||\ | |
\|'.__.|.__.'|/ |Speedy's Samurai Pizza Cats WWW Hall of Fame |
\|== | ==|/ |http://www.kneehill.com/~karye/spcwwwhof.htm |
`---|_|---' |_____________________________________________|

AznExplosN

unread,
May 14, 1999, 3:00:00 AM5/14/99
to
Thankyou for confirming that, and I did that Masterball Trick and it worked!
______

Simyn Locke
Who was proud to participate in PW!
Who has a kick ass unstoppable (so far) Pokemon Team
For a pic of Simyn with his pokemon, visit:
http://members.aol.com/aznexplosn/page4/index.htm
ICQ# 19442123


JanusEZeal

unread,
May 14, 1999, 3:00:00 AM5/14/99
to
I wonder if Nintendo Power knows the B button trick doesn't work? They
actually claimed it did (just pressing the B button) in a recent issue.

Tharag

unread,
May 14, 1999, 3:00:00 AM5/14/99
to
>> I wonder if Nintendo Power knows the B button trick doesn't
>> work? They actually claimed it did (just pressing the B button)
>> in a recent issue.

If I recall though the time that you press the button is difrent. Press
just as the little explosion from the ball closing apears rather then
just as the ball is thrown. Though I might be mistaken.

Andy Hock

unread,
May 14, 1999, 3:00:00 AM5/14/99
to
White Cat wrote:
>
> Has anyone ever wondered if there's some evil guy sitting in his dark
> basement and coming up with hundreds of fake tricks like this, leaking
> them to various places, and then laughing and laughing over how many
> people fall for them?

Actually, I think there are so many ridiculous
rumors about PM (Yoshi, Pokegods, Luigi, Pikablu,
etc) that there has to be somebody intentionally
starting them. Whoever this troll is, (s)he's
been twice as annoying as R C*ph*r.

Andy Hock

Perkins

unread,
May 14, 1999, 3:00:00 AM5/14/99
to
I don't have enough free time to download a ROM and emulator and do the
whole scientific method thing... But can you try both of those tricks with
the Ultra Ball and Safari Ball? I seem to remember being greatly disquieted
when I held up + B as I was throwing a Safari Ball, then letting go as the
thing closed, and I caught a Chansey, with no difficulty, on first try. A
bit too coincidental IMO...

White Cat <white_cat@**NOSPAM**usa.net> wrote in message
news:373c...@news.nucleus.com...

> Has anyone ever wondered if there's some evil guy sitting in his dark
> basement and coming up with hundreds of fake tricks like this, leaking
> them to various places, and then laughing and laughing over how many
> people fall for them?
>

SaberTeamR

unread,
May 15, 1999, 3:00:00 AM5/15/99
to
>Has anyone ever wondered if there's some evil guy sitting in his dark
>basement and coming up with hundreds of fake tricks like this, leaking
>them to various places, and then laughing and laughing over how many
>people fall for them?

Noooooo you know my secret! must.....get....away.......fly.....away.....YEAH
YEAH YEAAAAAAH. *a truck full of anvils falls on him*


-----------------------
Saber's Sig v1.0
-----------------------
"PK Thunder! DYAAAAAHHH!!" - Ness
***Saber means "to know."***
Team Rocket Headquarters: http://teamr.upnetwork.com
Email me here: sa...@upnetwork.com
-----------------------

0 new messages