It didn't help that sometimes it seemed like it worked (catching a perfectly healthy Dialga with a pokeall for instance), forcing one's mind to compensate for all that times that it doesn't work with "I must have missed the timing" or somethingI'm also curious how it started, but I know this myth was born during the Pokemon Gold/Silver days (could be earlier).
I dunno, this rumor just quickly spread on the internet and people just started doing it. Some people said it worked but was never really proven true. XD
Show him the first movie. Neither Trolls, nor Hackers, nor Pirates have enough money to create an entire animated movie, unless their movie looks like Mel-O-Tunes or Clutch Cargo.
Im starting to think this kid is only trolling you. He sounds a little too stupid for a pokemon fan.
Good point. Treating him like a troll might be the best course of action, Neon Squirtle. Don't seek him out, don't show him anymore proof. If he comes to you and spouts more "facts" laugh and say that you know he's just joking. If he really is joking then he'll know he can't mess with you anymore. But if he truly believes this crud then you can shift the burden of proof to him by asking him for evidence. Let's see him prove that Red & Blue were faked.
Yes, but my guess is he found it on the internet, a lot of kids believe anything they see on the internet. Well if my link doesn't work, try seeing him as a troll, like the people above me said.
I dunno if it has already been mentioned but I think this rumor is still one of the famous ones...
Pressing "DOWN + B" while catching a Pokemon helps catch Pokemon a lot easier.
We know that it's just a myth and really does nothing at all but I think many players still do this out of habit. Myself included. XD
Good point. Treating him like a troll might be the best course of action, Neon Squirtle. Don't seek him out, don't show him anymore proof. If he comes to you and spouts more "facts" laugh and say that you know he's just joking. If he really is joking then he'll know he can't mess with you anymore. But if he truly believes this crud then you can shift the burden of proof to him by asking him for evidence. Let's see him prove that Red & Blue were faked.
Some of my friends believed the rumor about going to the moon to catch Jachari/Deoxys, and they wouldn't believe me when I told the its not true.
Someone also told me you could join Team Magma in Ruby. Since I had Sapphire I really had no way to test it out and I for some reason believed him.
I wish you could join the evil teams!
I still do this as well, even if I use my AR with a 100% capture code. It's truly a habit that's hard to break
GF have to make a spinoff where you can play as Maxie or Archie and go on to start Team Magma/Aqua and actually succeed in your goals. And get to pick your Pokemon and aren't stuck with a Crobat and Mightyena.