Does mashing the A and B button while catching Pokemon really do anything?

O.K. I know there is a whole catch rate system that depends whether your chances of catching a Pokemon or not. Though ever since I started with Pokemon Yellow, and I know I am not the only one who has done this, after you threw the poke ball I would start rapidly pressing the A and B button. Till this day I wonder if I’m making any difference in the catch rate. The only proof I had that this worked was that I just so happened to catch it while I was mashing the buttons and well I’ve seen others do it too. I’m pretty sure it does nothing, but I find it very funny how our instinct tells us to press something.

Pleaselog inorregisterto add a comment.

No, the A and B button don’t make any difference. My bro caught all the legends in BW2 in PokeBalls without even touching the A or B button. But I always use the A and B button. Or I use the L and R button.

When I was catching Xerneas, I didn’t use any button and it kept breaking free. But when I started hitting the L button, it got caught, but it was a coincidence because I have caught many legends without any button.

There has been thorough examination of the ROM coding, there is NO Button combination that imporves capture rates in ANY Pokemon game ever made.

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Hope I helped!