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[[File:Snag Sequence.png|thumb|250px|Snagging a {{p|Mawile}} in Pokémon XD]]
'''Snagging''' (Japanese: '''スナッチ''' ''Snatching'') is a method of stealing [[caught Pokémon]]. It is used by both protagonists and antagonists in {{g|Colosseum}} and {{g|XD: Gale of Darkness}}. Snagging is performed by turning a [[Poké Ball]] into a [[Snag Ball]] by using a [[Snag Machine]].

[[Team Snagem]] snags {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} from their {{pkmn|Trainer}}s and gives them to [[Cipher]] so they can be converted into [[Shadow Pokémon]]. Conversely, [[Wes]] and [[Michael]] snag the Shadow Pokémon Cipher has created, then [[Purification|purify]] them.

The Snag Machine can turn any Poké Ball into a Snag Ball. When a Snag Ball is thrown at a Trainer's Pokémon, it ignores that the Pokémon has already been caught and tries to catch it as if it was a [[wild Pokémon]]. If successful, the Pokémon becomes the property of the thief. Oblivious Trainers may not even realize what happened, believing that it was some odd trick and that they just misplaced their Pokémon.

==Game mechanics==
In Pokémon Colosseum, when a Pokémon is snagged successfully, the player gains the Pokémon immediately and it is put in the [[party]] if space is available, or the [[PC]] otherwise. If the player has only one non-[[fainting|fainted]] Pokémon when a snagged Pokémon is added to the party, the player will send the snagged Pokémon into battle immediately after snagging it. If the player [[black out|whites out]] after snagging a Shadow Pokémon, the snag will still be counted; when the player rematches that Trainer, the Shadow Pokémon will be missing from the opponent's party or replaced with another Pokémon. 

In Pokémon XD, Pokémon that are snagged during the current battle are put in a special tally, marked on screen with purple Poké Ball icons next to a purple "SNAG" text. Snagged Pokémon will only be added to the player's party when they win the battle, at which time they will be added to the party, or sent to the PC if there is no space available. If the player whites out, the snagged Pokémon is either returned to the opposing Trainer's party or flees.

==In other languages==
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[[Category:Pokémon Colosseum]]
[[Category:Pokémon XD]]
[[Category:Game mechanics]]
[[Category:Terminology]]
[[Category:Methods of obtaining Pokémon]]

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