The games of Pokemon They have been present almost since the beginning of the video game industry. Although they were not on home consoles from the beginning, they did appear with the debut of the Game Boy. These titles, although they are not complicated to understand, can cause confusion in some aspects, such as in the case of a player who, After 14 years enjoying these games, he realized something fundamental when capturing a Pokémon.
This is the message that appears when you try to catch one of these creatures in the Pokémon game. Reddit user Diligent-Oil-6405 understood it differently. When you try to catch a Pokémon and it escapes, the message “It appeared to be caught!” appears. In Spanish, this translates to “Wow! Looks like you caught him!” However, in English it can also be interpreted as “Wow! Looks like he got caught!”, which led him to think that I couldn’t capture that Pokémon because another trainer already has it.
“I always interpreted the message as if the Pokémon had already been captured by another trainer [por lo tanto no puedo atraparlo]. I’ve killed and ran away from so many wild and legendary Pokémon because of this. I learned it after having a random conversation about Pokémon with a friend.”
It is not so strange to reach that conclusion due to the interpretations of the message, especially if we started playing these titles when we were children, at the beginning of the saga. Although it makes sense to think that you can’t capture a Pokémon that already has another trainer, in reality the message simply states that you couldn’t catch it.
To capture a Pokémon, it is necessary to engage it in combat and reduce its health to a minimum to increase the chances of capture. Even so, there is no guarantee of 100% success and there is a possibility of escape. To increase the odds, There are several types of Poké Balls that offer higher success rates when launching them.
However, theories have emerged in this area, as a child I remember that everyone said that Press the A and B buttons consecutively when throwing the Poké Ball to increase its effectiveness capture. Although this turned out to be false, it was a myth that lasted for several generations of gamers.
Among the urban myths and theories that circulate in the world of Pokémon games, we cannot forget the rumor that a Mew was under a truck in the first Pokémon installments. However, years later it was confirmed that this was false.
