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## Generation II Glitch Discussion

### Why does ????? (00) break out of a Master Ball? - Page 1

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#### Why does ????? (00) break out of a Master Ball?

Posted by: Torchickens
Date: 2018-04-10 17:52:09
????? (00) surprisingly can break out of a Master Ball if you throw a Master Ball at it.
I was wondering whether anyone knows why this occurs?
This isn't to be confused with the low or 1/256 Master Ball miss on other Pokémon which is false.
You can test this with the following GameShark codes:
Pokémon Gold and Silver:
0101FDD5 - Have Master Ball in Balls pocket
0163FED5 - x255
0100EDD0 - Wild Pokémon is ????? (00)
010042D0 - Prevent in Link Battle glitch
Pokémon Crystal:
0101D8D8 - Have Master Ball in Balls pocket
01FFD9D8 - x255
010004D2 - Wild Pokémon is ????? (00)

#### Re: Why does ????? (00) break out of a Master Ball?

Posted by: Bert
Date: 2018-04-10 18:29:34
I gave this a go on my dead Crystal cart and it broke out of every single Master Ball I threw before struggling itself and my starter to death. Is it possible for Glitchmon to have glitched catch rates?

#### Re: Why does ????? (00) break out of a Master Ball?

Posted by: Torchickens
Date: 2018-04-10 18:36:19

> I gave this a go on my dead Crystal cart and it broke out of every single Master Ball I threw before struggling itself and my starter to death. Is it possible for Glitchmon to have glitched catch rates?

Definitely, but for some reason those with 0 in the catch rate constant data for Red/Blue/Yellow still can't break out of a Master Ball (for example https://glitchcity.info/wiki/GlitchDex/Y:200).

#### Re: Why does ????? (00) break out of a Master Ball?

Posted by: Háčky
Date: 2018-04-10 19:50:56
The function [tt]PokeBallEffect[/tt] sets [tt]wWildMon[/tt] to the value of [tt]wEnemyMonSpecies[/tt] when a Pokémon is caught (either because the catch rate check succeeds, the battle is the Dudes tutorial, or a Master Ball was used), and to 0 when a ball fails to catch the Pokémon. If the species is number 0, [tt]wWildMon[/tt] will be 0, just as if the ball failed.

#### Re: Why does ????? (00) break out of a Master Ball?

Posted by: Torchickens
Date: 2018-04-10 20:00:17

> The function [tt]PokeBallEffect[/tt] sets [tt]wWildMon[/tt] to the value of [tt]wEnemyMonSpecies[/tt] when a Pokémon is caught (either because the catch rate check succeeds, the battle is the Dudes tutorial, or a Master Ball was used), and to 0 when a ball fails to catch the Pokémon. If the species is number 0, [tt]wWildMon[/tt] will be 0, just as if the ball failed.

Thank you Háčky! :)
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