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Anonymous Mon 25 Mar 2013 20:16:21 No.11775449 View View Reply Original Report

I've been wondering, /vp/. Why are items found in Poké Balls? And why can't those Poké Balls count for the amount of Poké Balls we currently have to actually use and catch Pokémon with?

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Anonymous Mon 25 Mar 2013 20:22:56 No.11775482 Report

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The pokeballs just represent the items on the field.

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Anonymous Mon 25 Mar 2013 20:25:22 No.11775496 Report

Quoted By: >>11775518 >>11775547 >>11783471

The pokeball was originally a capsule like the ones in coin operated vending machines. They just decided to leave it as a pokeball in later games.

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Anonymous Mon 25 Mar 2013 20:29:10 No.11775518 Report

Quoted By: >>11775547 >>11783471

>>11775496
this
the original idea was to be called "capsule monsters"

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Anonymous Mon 25 Mar 2013 20:34:40 No.11775547 Report

Quoted By: >>11775973

>>11775518
>>11775496
These
Also, think about the technological aspect of Gen 1. Not enough data space to see separate item sprites.

Now you might be wondering why, when they changed it to what we know as a Pokéball, did they still keep the sprite the same and encounters such as Voltorb and Foongus around?

That's answered in Colosseum. The items aren't in PokéBalls. They're in chests that are designed to look like PokéBalls.

I know it's missing two Canons, but it makes sense in my head.

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Anonymous Mon 25 Mar 2013 21:17:39 No.11775973 Report

Quoted By: >>11783461

>>11775547
Interesting. Still, would you be able to recognize an item in the field from its sprite?

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Anonymous Mon 25 Mar 2013 23:24:19 No.11777540 Report

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That's part of the surprise of a Japanese capsule machine. You don't know what is inside until you open it. Sometimes they're even a Pokémon. Red and Green established the way items are found but they never had a real concept of a modern pokeball until making the anime a year after the game launched. The pokeball in RBGY was just a two part thing that opened up. Some held pocket sized monsters, others items. By the time it reached international audiences they had hammered out most of the details.

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Anonymous Tue 26 Mar 2013 15:38:09 No.11783389 Report

Quoted By: >>11783434

Speaking of Poke Balls, how does it feel like being inside it?

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Anonymous Tue 26 Mar 2013 15:50:49 No.11783434 Report

Quoted By: >>11783446 >>11783846

>>11783389
Like bags of sand.

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Anonymous Tue 26 Mar 2013 15:52:37 No.11783444 Report

Quoted By: >>11783457

In my head canon, trainers fuck up with pokeballs, like ash does, catching a rice ball.
But can't figure out how to get the item back out.
Soft sand, pokemon threw a sand ball at the pokeball to cancel it out. etc

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Anonymous Tue 26 Mar 2013 15:52:54 No.11783446 Report

Quoted By: >>11783450

>>11783434
I laughed so hard my ass actually fell off.

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Anonymous Tue 26 Mar 2013 15:54:55 No.11783450 Report

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>>11783446
You'd better see a doctor.

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Anonymous Tue 26 Mar 2013 15:55:59 No.11783457 Report

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>>11783444
but soft sand is in a bag

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Anonymous Tue 26 Mar 2013 15:56:42 No.11783461 Report

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>>11775973
Mystery Dungeon

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Anonymous Tue 26 Mar 2013 16:00:06 No.11783471 Report

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>>11775449
Because a Poke Ball is easily recognizable. The sprite stands out no matter what kind of area you're in, also >>11775496 and >>11775518.

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Anonymous Tue 26 Mar 2013 16:55:01 No.11783799 Report

Quoted By: >>11787267

Did female TR members have tits that big?

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Anonymous Tue 26 Mar 2013 17:01:29 No.11783846 Report

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>>11783434

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Anonymous Tue 26 Mar 2013 17:51:45 No.11784216 Report

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They're called Item Balls in the game.

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Anonymous Tue 26 Mar 2013 23:11:35 No.11787267 Report

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>>11783799
Are they really that big, though?

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Anonymous Wed 27 Mar 2013 12:09:38 No.11793141 Report

Quoted By: >>11793769

what about this. when you pick up a poke ball off the ground in an item ball or not or whatever. would that poke ball be inside that poke ball? or are you just picking up an empty poke ball? what about great balls on the ground. those obviously aren't just there. great balls are blue and poke/item balls are red.

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Anonymous Wed 27 Mar 2013 15:17:26 No.11793769 Report

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>>11793141
>a Poké Ball inside of a Poké Ball

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