A Pokéball. This device is used to capture the various Pokémon. Along with various strengths among creatures, there are a variety of Pokéballs to suit the specific Pokémon and its power level File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version...
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Basic information
Design A Poké Ball is a small, pocketable sphere (This is where the name Poké Ball or Pocket Ball comes from) with a white button on its middle. It easily fits in a 10-year-old's hand, which makes it possible to estimate its size at about 4-5 centimeters (1½-2 inches) in diameter normally, and can shrink to about 1 centimeter (1/3 of an inch) upon pressing the button in the middle to be carried on a belt. Despite its small size, a Poké Ball can carry Pokémon as large as Steelix is a Pokémon that is the evolved form of Onix. It was rumoured to exist long before it was actually available (it was known as Baryonix before it was actually available.) It is a difficult Pokémon to obtain, as one must make Onix hold a Metal Coat...
Steelix ("Haganeeru" (Japan)) or Wailord is listed as Pokémon #321 in the National Pokédex and #100 in the Hoenn Pokédex. Name origin The name Wailord originates from the words whale and lord. Information Wailord is the largest of all identified Pokémon up to now. This giant Pokémon swims languorously...
Wailord ("Hoeruou/Whaleoh" (Japan)) inside it.
Inside, the Poké Ball features lots of what appear to be mirror panels. The inside of a Poké Ball is supposedly designed to make the Pokémon feel as comfortable as possible while inside it. It is unknown how this is managed and how the Pokémon can tell.
Functions
Capturing When a Poké Ball is thrown at a Pokémon and comes into contact with it, the Pokémon is converted into pure energy and sucked inside. It will then struggle, trying to break free. If the Pokémon has been sufficiently weakened in battle and/or the Poké Ball model is sufficiently strong, the Pokémon is captured and henceforth can only be stored in that Poké Ball. If the Pokémon breaks free, the Poké Ball is destroyed/used up in the games or, in the case of the television series, rebounds to the trainer and can presumably be used again.
Storing The conversion of a Pokémon into energy when inside a Poké Ball explains how some Pokémon can be many times the Trainer's height and weight, yet still fit in a Poké Ball and not make the Poké Ball any heavier. Nevertheless, it seems that a Pokémon inside a Poké Ball still maintains its awareness – for example, it can emerge from its Poké Ball when called or even by itself. Poké Balls, with or without Pokémon inside, can be stored, withdrawn, and transported through The tower of a personal computer. A computer is a device or machine for making calculations or controlling operations that are expressible in numerical or logical terms. Computers are constructed from components that perform simple well-defined functions. The complex interactions of these components endow computers with the ability to...
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teleporters. When a Trainer has six Poké Balls containing Pokémon with him or her, additional captured Pokémon in their Poké Balls are automatically teleported automatically to the Pokémon Computer Storage System. Some Pokémon, most famously Main anime characters The trainer Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town, known as Satoshi (サトシ) in the original Japanese and Red in most of the games (see Non-Anime Info) is the main character of the Pokémon anime, the Pokémon manga series (Electric Tale of Pikachu), and...
Ash Ketchum's ("Satoshi" (Japan)) Pikachu (ピカチュウ Pikachū) is an electric mouse Pokémon. Pikachu is the most popular and notable Pokémon. It is obtainable in all eight of the Pokémon RPGs and is the species of one of the main characters in the Pokémon anime, the...
Pikachu, dislike staying in Poké Balls.
Releasing and recalling When a Poké Ball is thrown or its button is pressed while the Pokémon is inside, the Poké Ball opens and the energy of the Pokémon is released, turning back into the Pokémon almost instantly. The Poké Ball subsequently rebounds to the Trainer. A Pokémon is recalled by pressing the Poké Ball's button, or, in the anime, by holding out the Poké Ball. This launches a A tractor beam is a hypothetical device with the ability to attract one object to another from a distance. Tractor beams are frequently used in science-fiction books and movies. Tractor beams can be compared to the gravitational attraction between two masses, or the attraction between two magnets. They differ...
tractor beam from the Poké Ball that recalls the Pokémon on contact.
Origin  Poké Ball from 40 years ago: an apricorn with a valve. Appears in the Pokémon 4 Ever movie. Larger Version. | According to Kurt – the in-game Poké Ball expert from Pokémon Gold, Silver and Crystal – Poké Balls were originally made by fitting a special device in a hollowed-out apricorn, but later began being made of Synthetic Fibers are the result of an extensive search by scientists to increase and improve upon the supply of naturally occurring animal and plant fibers that have been used in making cloth. Common synthetic fibers include: Rayon (1910) (a man made fiber, but in no sense a synthetic fiber) Acetate...
synthetic materials. Kurt continues to manufacture Apricorn Balls for Trainers. |
Varieties of Poké Balls
Most common Poké Balls | Name: | Effect and description: | Games Found In | Image | | Poké Ball ("Monster Ball" in Japan) | Regular Poké Ball. Red-and-white coloured. Due to the similarity of their appearance, it is theorised that Voltorb is a spherical-shaped Electric type Pokémon from the Pokémon series of games. It resembles a pokéball with a face and without a button or hinge. Some people have been electrocuted by them, mistaking them for pokéballs. Voltorbs store compressed elecrtrical energy, and are volatile...
Voltorb (""Biriridama"" in Japan) somehow originate from Poké Balls. | All Versions. Found or purchased for  200. |  | | Great Ball ("Super Ball" in Japan) | 50% stronger than a Poké Ball. Blue-and-white coloured, with two red diagonal lines on the blue part. | All Versions. Found or purchased for 600. |  | | Ultra Ball ("Hyper Ball" in Japan) | Twice as powerful as a Poké Ball. Black-and-white coloured with a gold letter " H is the eighth letter of the Latin alphabet. History The Semitic letter ח (khêt) probably represented the phoneme /X/ (pharyngeal voiceless fricative) (IPA [ħ]). The form of the letter probably stood for a fence. Early Greek H stood for /h/, but later on Η or η (Êta>...
H" (for "Hyper Ball", its Japanese name) on the black part. | All Versions. Found or purchased for 1200. |  | | Master Ball | Catches any Pokémon without fail, except when battling another Trainer's Pokémon (because the Trainer will move in front of the Master Ball and block it) or against a ghost in Pokémon Tower in Lavender Town ("Shion Town" in Japan) if a player have a Silph Scope. Purple-and-white coloured. | All Versions. Priceless. It is the games' rarest Poké Ball. In the original games (Red, Blue, and Yellow), there was only one to be found. Since Pokémon Gold and Silver, there have been ways to get additional Master Balls, but the player still only finds or is awarded one in the normal course of the game. Master Balls are so rare and powerful that they are normally used to capture the rarest of Pokémon, like Mewtwo is fictional character from the Pokémon franchise. It is widely considered to be one of the most powerful Pokémon in the entire franchise. Name Origin The name Mewtwo originates from the name of Mew, the Pokémon from whom it was cloned, and also from the number...
Mewtwo or Lugia (Rugia in Japanese) is the silver bird Pokémon that lives on the Whirl Islands. It is first introduced in Pokémon Gold and Silver, and appears also in Pokémon Crystal. This Pokémon represents the Silver version of the game. When the tower in Ecruteak City it...
Lugia, although a picture in the official Nintendo guide for Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire shows a Makuhita is a fictional character from the Pokémon series of games. It is #296 in the National Pokédex, a basic fighting-type. Makuhita is the pre-evoled form of Hariyama. Categories: Fighting Pokémon ...
Makuhita that was captured inside this ball. |  | | Safari Ball ("Park Ball" in Japan) | Used in the Safari Zone. As powerful as a Great Ball. Green-and-white coloured, with a small "s" carved on the green part. | Red, Pokémon Green (Pocket Monsters Green or ポケットモンスター～緑, Pocket Monster Midori) is a role-playing game for the Game Boy. Pocket Monsters Green is the counterpart to Pocket Monsters Red that was released in Japan on February 27, 1996. These...
Green, Blue, Yellow, Ruby, Sapphire, FireRed, LeafGreen.
Trainers are given 30 Safari Balls when they pay the Safari Zone entrance fee of 500. | | | Park Ball | Used in the Johto (Jōto) is a region in the fictional Pokémon World. This mountainous region doesnt have any major rivers, but it is very wide. It consists of: New Bark Town Cherrygrove City Violet City Union Cave Azalea Town Ilex Forest Goldenrod City Johto Cities & Towns Olivine...
Johto National Park during the Bug Catching contest. As powerful as a Great Ball. Green-and-white coloured, with a light green petal pattern. | Gold, Silver, and Crystal. 20 are given to every Bug Catching Contest participant for free. |  |
Johto's Apricorn Poké Balls Kurt's ("Gantetsu" (Japan)) Apricorn Balls from Pokémon Gold, Silver and Crystal are obtained for free, provided Trainers give Apricorns of a single colour to Kurt at his house in Azalea Town and wait for a day. The kind of Poké Ball Trainers receive depends on the colour of Apricorn Kurt is given: Kurts custom made Pokéballs from Pokemon Gold, Silver and Crystal File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. Click on date to download the file or see the image uploaded on that date. (del) (cur) 07...
 Kurts custom made Pokéballs from Pokemon Gold, Silver and Crystal File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. Click on date to download the file or see the image uploaded on that date. (del) (cur) 07...
 This image shows the apricorns and their corresponding Poké Balls. | Name: | Effect and description: | Apricorn required: | | Fast Ball ("Hyper Ball" (Japan)) | Four times more powerful than a Poké Ball when used to catch Pokémon that flee from battle often, such as Suicine is one of the three Legendary dogs (the other two being Raikou and Entei) in the games Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal. In the Pokémon Anime, Suicune made a feature appearance during the movie: Voice of the Forest. It also appears in quite a few episodes, including...
Suicune ("Suikun" (Japan)) or Tangela ("Monjara" (Japan)). Red-and-white coloured with a yellow thunderbolt pattern on top of the red part and a yellow circle on each side. | WHT (White) | | Friend Ball | As powerful as a Poké Ball, but Pokémon caught with this ball start off friendlier towards their Trainers. Light green-and-white coloured with red teardrops and a yellow circle pattern on the green part. | GRN (Green) | | Heavy Ball | Makes the catching of heavier Pokémon easier, but hinders the capture of lighter Pokémon. Grey-and-white coloured with one small and one large blue oval on either side of the grey part. | BLK (Black) | | Level Ball | Makes capturing a Pokémon that is at a lower level than the one the Trainer is currently using in battle easier. Level Balls can be up to three times more effective than a Poké Ball if the right conditions are met. They are yellow-and-white coloured with a red-V-on-a-black-circle pattern on top. | RED | | Love Ball ("Love-Love Ball" (Japan)) | Eight times more effective than a Poké Ball when used on a Pokémon that is the opposite gender than the one the Trainer is currently using in battle. Does not work if either Pokémon has no gender. Purple-and-white coloured with a lavender heart pattern on top. | PNK (Pink) | | Lure Ball | Three times more powerful than a Poké Ball if the Pokémon to be captured has been hooked via a Fishing Rod. Dark green-and-white coloured with a red diamond with three vertical yellow lines on top. | BLU (Blue) | | Moon Ball | Makes the catching of Pokémon that evolve via a Moon Stone, such as Clefairy (Pippi (ピッピ Pippi) in the original Japanese) evolves from Cleffa and into Clefable. Clefairy is sometimes said to have came to Earth from space. Clefairy live in Mount Moon, in the Kanto region. Clefairy worship the moonstones, and when exposed to them, evolve into Clefable. Clefairy are...
Clefairy ('"Pippi'" (Japan)) or Skitty is a Pokémon that is considered cute even by its Pokédex definition. According the Pokédex, it also loves to play with round moving objects just like Meowth. Because of this, it often chases its own tail until its dizzy. However, Skitty is more like Clefairy...
Skitty ('"Eneko'" (Japan)), four times more likely compared to a Poké Ball. Dark blue-and-white coloured with a yellow crescent moon on top. | YLW (Yellow) |
Hoenn Poké Balls Additional Balls found only in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire: | Name: | Effect and description: | Price (when purchased): | Image | | Dive Ball | Three-and-a-half times more effective than a Poké Ball when used to catch Pokémon found on the ocean floor. Coloured with three wavy strips, coloured white, light blue and dark blue from top to bottom. | 1000 | Image (http://www.geocities.com/pokemontours2/indexes/objects/balls/dive.htm) | | Luxury Ball | Pokémon caught with this ball start off friendlier towards their Trainers. Black coloured all over, shiny, with a gold (instead of white) coloured inner body and a gold, red and gold triband halfway to the top. | Only found or won. | Image (http://www.geocities.com/pokemontours2/indexes/objects/balls/luxury.htm) | | Nest Ball | Allows the easier catching of Pokémon that are at lower level than the one the Trainer is currently using in battle (up to three times more effective than a Poké Ball if the right circumstances are met). | 1000 | Image (http://www.geocities.com/pokemontours2/indexes/objects/balls/nest.htm) | | Net Ball | Three times more effective than a Poké Ball when catching Bug-type or Water-type Pokémon. Turquoise-and-white coloured with black crisscrossing diagonal strips on the turquoise part. | 1000 | Image (http://www.geocities.com/pokemontours2/indexes/objects/balls/net.htm) | | Premier Ball | Exactly the same as the normal Poké Ball except for the design (completely white with a red inner body). It is supposed to be a commemorative item. | Free with every 10 Poké Balls a Trainer purchases. | Image (http://www.geocities.com/pokemontours2/indexes/objects/balls/premier.htm) | | Repeat Ball | Three times more efficient than a Poké Ball when used to catch Pokémon the Trainer has caught before. Red-and-white coloured, with a vertical gold spiral pattern on the red part. | 1000 | Image (http://www.geocities.com/pokemontours2/indexes/objects/balls/repeat.htm) | | Timer Ball | The ball becomes 100% more effective than a Poké Ball for every 10 turns the battle goes on, up to four times as effective when 30 or more turn have passed. Bottom part white, bottom half of the top part white with two red vertical bands on either side, top half of the top part black with a red dial-like pattern on it. | 1000 | Image (http://www.geocities.com/pokemontours2/indexes/objects/balls/timer.htm) |
Other Poké Balls Miscellaneous Poké Balls of interest: | Name: | Notes: | Image | | Mewtwo's Poké Balls | Featured in the first Pokémon movie, Mewtwo Strikes Back. Developed by the Pokémon Mewtwo is fictional character from the Pokémon franchise. It is widely considered to be one of the most powerful Pokémon in the entire franchise. Name Origin The name Mewtwo originates from the name of Mew, the Pokémon from whom it was cloned, and also from the number...
Mewtwo, they could move freely in space and trap the Pokémon of other Trainers inside. They could even ensnare Pokémon which were inside other Poké Balls. Completely black with blue wiring and a red eye shape in place of the white button. | Image | | The GS Ball | In the Japanese version of Pokémon Crystal, the GS Ball (G and S probably stand for Gold and Silver) is obtainable as a key item. A day after being delivered to Kurt, he returns it to the player and directs him/her to a restless Ilex Forest. Once the GS Ball is placed in the forest's shrine, Celebi, known as Cerebi (セレビィ Serebii) in Japan, is listed as Pokémon #251 in the National Pokédex, and #386 in the Hoenn Pokédex. It is said to have the power to travel through time. Name origin Celebi probably originated from the...
Celebi appears and the player has a chance to capture it. In the television series, Main anime characters The trainer Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town, known as Satoshi (サトシ) in the original Japanese and Red in most of the games (see Non-Anime Info) is the main character of the Pokémon anime, the Pokémon manga series (Electric Tale of Pikachu), and...
Ash Ketchum journeyed to the Orange Archipelago just to deliver the GS Ball from the local Pokémon researcher, Professor Felina Ivy is a fictional human character appearing in the Pokémon Anime. In Japanese, her name is Uchikido-Hakase. She is a Pokémon researcher and the resident Pokémon Professor of the island province of the Orange Archipelago, south of the region of Kanto. Pokémon Professors...
Professor Ivy ("Uchikido-hakase/ Dr. Uchikido" (Japan)), to Professor Samuel Oak is a human character appearing in all products of the Pokémon merchandise, from which all information appearing below has been derived. In Japanese, Professor Oaks name is Yukinari Ōkido-Hakase, a rough translation of which is Professor Yukinari Orchid, PhD. He is a Pok...
Professor Samuel Oak ("Ookido Yukinari-hakase/ Dr. Yukinari Ookido" (Japan)). The GS Ball is a great puzzle. Its top half is gold, while its bottom half is silver. On the gold part the letters "GS" are carved on it. It cannot be opened or teleported and no-one can tell whether it has a Pokémon inside. After Professor Oak was in turn unable to figure out the GS Ball, Ash journeyed to Johto and delivered it to Kurt, who examined it for a while before returning it to Ash. | Image (http://www.geocities.com/pokemontours2/indexes/objects/balls/GS.htm) | | Dark Ball | Used in the movie Pokémon 4 Ever by the villain, Vicious. It is black with a wavy line pattern all across it. Pokémon captured inside this Poké Ball emerge with a sinister personality fit for Team Rocket (ロケット団 Roketto Dan in Japanese) is an evil organization in the fictional world of Pokémon which exploits Pokémon for profit. The complete organization is headed by a man named Giovanni. However, the term Team Rocket generally refers to three members that represent...
Team Rocket's criminal deeds. Probably also the ball used to make the Shadow Pokémon in Pokémon Colosseum | Image (http://www.geocities.com/pokemontours2/indexes/objects/balls/dark.htm) | | Snag Ball | Only used in Pokémon Colosseum, it is not its own type of ball. It is a modified ball allowing capture of other Trainer's Pokémon. While the device that makes them was created for nefarious deeds, the game only allows players to use the Snag Balls on the corrupted Shadow Pokémon in order to later make them normal Pokémon again. | N/A | Also, in Pokémon Snap there are "Pester Balls" which are not for capturing Pokémon, but flushing them out in the open with a purple gas called "Repel".
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Super Smash Bros. series, a Poké Ball is used to summon a random Pokémon in the arena to attack the opponent. In the original Super Smash Bros., no Pokémon can harm the player that released it.
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Super Smash Bros. Melee, a non-Pokémon creature, such as a Goombas were the ubiquitous enemies in the first Super Mario Bros. game. The Goomba (Japanese: クリボー; Kuribō) is an enemy character from Nintendos series of Mario video games. Goombas are the first enemy character to appear in the original Super Mario Bros., for the NES...
Goomba ("Kuribo" (Japan)), will very rarely appear. Another rare occurrence in the game is an empty Poké Ball. Quite a few Pokémon were added to the Poké Ball item Super Smash Bros. Melee, including two Pokémon that could harm the player that released them, namely Electrode ("Marumain" (Japan)) and Wobbuffet, known as Sonans (ソーナンス Sōnansu) in Japan, a fictional character, is a creature from the Pokémon series of games. It is Pokémon #202 in the National Pokédex and #161 in the Hoenn Pokédex. Name origin The name Wobbuffet probably...
Wobbuffet ("Sounansu" (Japan)).
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