Talk:Poké Ball/Archive 2

Archive 1

Section from Archive 1 that still needs answering

At this point it claims that Premier Balls can be obtained at the Pokémon News Press, but over here it lists Premier Balls as one of the five types of Balls that are not available there. I'm confused now as to which is right, so could someone who knows for sure fix it? I♥Togetic 20:29, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

Official guidebook says you can't get Premier Balls there. --SnorlaxMonster 10:51, 1 January 2012 (UTC)

Catch rate of Dusk Ball

Japanese Wiki says its catch rate is 4×, not 3.5×. --847418742/Nick:Togekiss of Moon 13:34, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

Apparently, that is a common misconception. The sources linked in that edit summary explain that someone actually checked the game's code and found that. --SnorlaxMonster 13:40, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

Ultra Ball in Platinum

This article states that Ultra Balls are sold after earning 7 badges. However, I'm playing Platinum, have only 6 badges, but pokemarts already sell Ultra Balls to me (as I remember, they began it after 5 badges). Ruxax 14:48, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

27th type of pokéball?

So browsing through my PC boxes full of pokémon I noticed what seems to be a 27th type of pokéball. Its pattern appears similar to that of an ultra ball but with a teal coloring in place of the black/gray and white in place of the yellow. The only pokémon in this "new" pokéball which I can confirm the sources of are my Dreamworld Arceus and Fateful encounter Zorua. I know I can't be the first to notice this, but from my "extensive" googling (10 minutes) and looking through this talk page and the archive I can't find any mention of it. Apache Manthong 10:42, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

Are you sure you're not just seeing things? Or maybe it's some weird glitch, although I don't know how it'd be possible for the game to draw a non-existant sprite. What kind of ball did you use to catch your Arceus? Once a Pokémon is caught the ball isn't supposed to change... are you sure that whatever that ball is, it's not the one you caught him in? Dannyjenn 17:21, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Calling out.

I mean, how do the characters know which Pokemon they are calling out of their pokeballs? was there any mention of this? AquaMaster 13:57, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

I guess they memorize the order in which they put the Poké Balls on their belt. And that doesn't always work. Remember the episode where Ash's Snorlax learned Hyper Beam? Ash tried to call out Charizard, but grabbed Squirtle's Poké Ball by mistake, and then Snorlax's? - unsigned comment from Missingno. Master (talk • contribs) 14:08, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

I guess :/ just seems a bit strange that the majority of the time they get it right when they look all the same, cause in prof oak's lab remember they had the stickers on them of the type, that seems legit AquaMaster 14:14, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

They either memorize them or they mark them (like you said, the Starter Pokémon and Pikachu all had their names or a symbol on them). Usually it's done through memory, as seen by Missingno. Master's coment... and remember the second (?) episode when they were in the Pokémon Center and Team Rocket attacked and Misty had the idea to use the Pokémon to fight Team Rocket... and tehy were unable to tell which Pokémon were in which Pokéball (or if the ball was even occupied)? And in that one episode toward the end of the season no one's Pokéballs could be told apart except for Ritchie's, because he put stickers on them.

In one of the manga, the Pokéballs have a transparent top so you can see who's inside. Which is discussed in the article. Dannyjenn 15:46, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Heavy Ball

What does a "+30 modifier" mean? For example, if I throw a Heavy Ball at a Wailord (weight 877.4 lb, modifier +30, original catch rate 60) then I assume that the catch rate will go up to 90. However, will this be equivalent to using a Poke Ball on a Zangoose (catch rate 90)? In other words, after the catch rate of the Pokemon is modified, what is the catch rate of the ball? Tk3141 00:20, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

See catch rate. --SnorlaxMonster 12:59, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

Green Poké Ball

That is a Safari Ball. That's how they look in the anime. I have no idea why an Onix was in one, but it's definitely a Safari Ball (just look at the balls that Ash's Tauros are in... they look exactly the same). Dannyjenn 15:55, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Items in Poké Balls

Items aren't in "Poké Balls". They're in "item balls". And items being in Poké Balls was never shown in the anime except that one scene where Ash caught a doughnut / rice ball. Which I think was done as a joke, not seriously showing that items can be in Poké Balls. Dannyjenn 16:02, 20 March 2012 (UTC)