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CastletonSnob1 03/29/25 5:03:19 PM #1:	Don't Great Balls and Ultra Balls make them obsolete? <cite>CastletonSnob1 posted [p:984521650] in Why do Pok... [t:80957991]...</cite> <quote>Don't Great Balls and Ultra Balls make them obsolete?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Turbam 03/29/25 5:03:31 PM #2:	Cool color scheme --- ~snip (V)_(;,;)_(V) snip~ I'm just one man! Whoa! Well, I'm a one man band! https://imgur.com/p9Xvjvs <cite>Turbam posted [p:984521655] in Why do Pok... [t:80957991]...</cite> <quote>Cool color scheme </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
HylianFox 03/29/25 5:04:06 PM #3:	Because they haven't been neutered --- THIS SPACE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Do not write in this space. <cite>HylianFox posted [p:984521658] in Why do Pok... [t:80957991]...</cite> <quote>Because they haven't been neutered </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Relm_Arrowny_87 03/29/25 5:04:23 PM #4:	You think people can afford Ultra Balls in this economy? --- What a fuddy duddy. <cite>Relm_Arrowny_87 posted [p:984521662] in Why do Pok... [t:80957991]...</cite> <quote>You think people can afford Ultra Balls in this economy?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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CastletonSnob1 03/29/25 5:05:04 PM #6:	Relm_Arrowny_87 posted... You think people can afford Ultra Balls in this economy? I mean, Gold Nuggets are just laying around in the Pokemon universe. <cite>CastletonSnob1 posted [p:984521670] in Why do Pok... [t:80957991]...</cite> <quote>Relm_Arrowny_87 posted... </cite><quote>You think people can afford Ultra Balls in this economy?</quote>I mean, Gold Nuggets are just laying around in the Pokemon universe.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TMOG 03/29/25 5:05:26 PM #7:	Why do fast food places offer multiple variations of the same burger at different price points? <cite>TMOG posted [p:984521677] in Why do Pok... [t:80957991]...</cite> <quote>Why do fast food places offer multiple variations of the same burger at different price points?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FrozenBananas 03/29/25 5:06:54 PM #8:	Why do we have 1 dollar bills? Shouldnt 5 and 10 make it obsolete? --- Big yellow joint big yellow joint I'll meet you down at the big yellow joint <cite>FrozenBananas posted [p:984521689] in Why do Pok... [t:80957991]...</cite> <quote>Why do we have 1 dollar bills? Shouldnt 5 and 10 make it obsolete? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
HylianFox 03/29/25 5:08:10 PM #9:	https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/b/bcccae2b.jpg --- THIS SPACE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Do not write in this space. <cite>HylianFox posted [p:984521702] in Why do Pok... [t:80957991]...</cite> <quote>https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/b/bcccae2b.jpg</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Hambo 03/29/25 5:08:37 PM #10:	They're the budget option. And paying that little bit more for Great Balls makes customers feel like they're better quality. --- Hambo's alt. <cite>Hambo posted [p:984521710] in Why do Pok... [t:80957991]...</cite> <quote>They're the budget option. And paying that little bit more for Great Balls makes customers feel like they're better quality. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Golden_Key33 03/29/25 5:13:15 PM #11:	[LFAQs-redacted-quote] That goes for the other balls too, now. --- Seaman_Prime: Oh **** there was a second Oompa Loompa! TomClark: I am rejuvenated by this whimsical turn of events! <cite>Golden_Key33 posted [p:984521744] in Why do Pok... [t:80957991]...</cite> <quote><cite>[LFAQs-redacted-quote]</cite> That goes for the other balls too, now.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
OneSpookyGirl 03/29/25 5:30:22 PM #12:	CastletonSnob1 posted... Don't Great Balls and Ultra Balls make them obsolete? The Master Ball was completed in the very first game, but they're largely reserved for research purposes when they're not being handed to children. As for the others, maybe they are sold so they can have devices at different price points alongside the specialist balls. Pok balls are single-use, whether a monster is captured or not and it'd probably get real expensive real fast. --- Beep . . . boop. <cite>OneSpookyGirl posted [p:984521915] in Why do Pok... [t:80957991]...</cite> <quote>CastletonSnob1 posted... </cite><quote>Don't Great Balls and Ultra Balls make them obsolete?</quote>The Master Ball was completed in the very first game, but they're largely reserved for research purposes when they're not being handed to children. As for the others, maybe they are sold so they can have devices at different price points alongside the specialist balls. Pok balls are single-use, whether a monster is captured or not and it'd probably get real expensive real fast. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kuuko 03/29/25 5:38:00 PM #13:	Poke Balls are planned obsolescence. Silph Co. strategically ships their worst product to the towns neighboring where starting trainers live. This way trainers are forced to purchase their highest profit margin items and think they're getting a deal when they eventually purchase ultra balls at an inflated price. Poke Balls have been made out of apricorn for centuries. They literally grow on trees. Yet we're shelling out thousands of pokedollars for something worse than what an old guy in Azalea Town can carve in his free time in his backyard. They could release Master Balls to us right now but they deliberately hoard them and hand them out to their cronies. We are being played for absolute fools. --- https://i.imgur.com/dzGMd.png <cite>Kuuko posted [p:984521977] in Why do Pok... [t:80957991]...</cite> <quote>Poke Balls are planned obsolescence. Silph Co. strategically ships their worst product to the towns neighboring where starting trainers live. This way trainers are forced to purchase their highest profit margin items and think they're getting a deal when they eventually purchase ultra balls at an inflated price. Poke Balls have been made out of apricorn for centuries. They literally grow on trees. Yet we're shelling out thousands of pokedollars for something worse than what an old guy in Azalea Town can carve in his free time in his backyard. They could release Master Balls to us right now but they deliberately hoard them and hand them out to their cronies.We are being played for absolute fools.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Giacomo_Hawkins 03/29/25 5:39:25 PM #14:	OneSpookyGirl posted... they're largely reserved for research purposes when they're not being handed to children Handing them to children is research. --- Will the little voice in the back of my mind screaming "This is a bad idea" please yield the floor. --Mikey Chivalry be hanged, and so will you. <cite>Giacomo_Hawkins posted [p:984521983] in Why do Pok... [t:80957991]...</cite> <quote>OneSpookyGirl posted... </cite><quote>they're largely reserved for research purposes when they're not being handed to children</quote>Handing them to children is research.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
OneSpookyGirl 03/29/25 5:44:36 PM #15:	Kuuko posted... Poke Balls are planned obsolescence. Silph Co. strategically ships their worst product to the towns neighboring where starting trainers live. This way trainers are forced to purchase their highest profit margin items and think they're getting a deal when they eventually purchase ultra balls at an inflated price. Poke Balls have been made out of apricorn for centuries. They literally grow on trees. Yet we're shelling out thousands of pokedollars for something worse than what an old guy in Azalea Town can carve in his free time in his backyard. They could release Master Balls to us right now but they deliberately hoard them and hand them out to their cronies. We are being played for absolute fools. Right in the palm of Big Balls --- Beep . . . boop. <cite>OneSpookyGirl posted [p:984522023] in Why do Pok... [t:80957991]...</cite> <quote>Kuuko posted... </cite><quote>Poke Balls are planned obsolescence. Silph Co. strategically ships their worst product to the towns neighboring where starting trainers live. This way trainers are forced to purchase their highest profit margin items and think they're getting a deal when they eventually purchase ultra balls at an inflated price. Poke Balls have been made out of apricorn for centuries. They literally grow on trees. Yet we're shelling out thousands of pokedollars for something worse than what an old guy in Azalea Town can carve in his free time in his backyard. They could release Master Balls to us right now but they deliberately hoard them and hand them out to their cronies.We are being played for absolute fools.</quote>Right in the palm of Big Balls</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Philip027 03/29/25 6:05:17 PM #16:	Because some of us are still on a budget, okay?! <cite>Philip027 posted [p:984522207] in Why do Pok... [t:80957991]...</cite> <quote>Because some of us are still on a budget, okay?!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Enclave 03/29/25 6:07:35 PM #17:	Why do any balls but the Luxury Ball exists? It's the only ball that has an ongoing effect and thus is by default the best ball. --- The commercial says that Church isn't for perfect people, I guess that's why I'm an atheist. <cite>Enclave posted [p:984522228] in Why do Pok... [t:80957991]...</cite> <quote>Why do any balls but the Luxury Ball exists? It's the only ball that has an ongoing effect and thus is by default the best ball.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DragulaRULEZ 03/29/25 6:38:07 PM #18:	OneSpookyGirl posted... Right in the palm of Big Balls https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/b/bcdad0d7.jpg --- "I'm going to have to disagree with everything you say from now on. Go ahead, say babies shouldn't be skinned alive, see which side I'm on." <cite>DragulaRULEZ posted [p:984522510] in Why do Pok... [t:80957991]...</cite> <quote>OneSpookyGirl posted... </cite><quote>Right in the palm of Big Balls</quote>https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/b/bcdad0d7.jpg</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
OneSpookyGirl 03/29/25 6:46:55 PM #19:	Enclave posted... Why do any balls but the Luxury Ball exists? It's the only ball that has an ongoing effect and thus is by default the best ball. It's also the most comfortable and makes your monsters happy. The poors simply don't get that luxury --- Beep . . . boop. <cite>OneSpookyGirl posted [p:984522583] in Why do Pok... [t:80957991]...</cite> <quote>Enclave posted... </cite><quote>Why do any balls but the Luxury Ball exists? It's the only ball that has an ongoing effect and thus is by default the best ball.</quote>It's also the most comfortable and makes your monsters happy. The poors simply don't get that luxury</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Azn_Psycho 03/29/25 6:51:24 PM #20:	Since the Great Ball and Ultra Ball are nowadays locked behind number of badges, I like to think of them as a limitation on newer trainers. Since Great and Ultra Balls are more powerful, they can catch stronger Pokemon. Pokemon that might be dangerous for novice trainers to catch. So that junior trainer is stuck with Pokeballs to catch Ratattas and Pidgeys while the ace trainer can use an Ultra Ball to go catch a Pidgeot. Sure, the junior trainer can luck out and go catch Mewtwo with a Pokeball, but it's far less likely. --- Blah, blah, blah, and blah. <cite>Azn_Psycho posted [p:984522621] in Why do Pok... [t:80957991]...</cite> <quote>Since the Great Ball and Ultra Ball are nowadays locked behind number of badges, I like to think of them as a limitation on newer trainers.Since Great and Ultra Balls are more powerful, they can catch stronger Pokemon. Pokemon that might be dangerous for novice trainers to catch.So that junior trainer is stuck with Pokeballs to catch Ratattas and Pidgeys while the ace trainer can use an Ultra Ball to go catch a Pidgeot.Sure, the junior trainer can luck out and go catch Mewtwo with a Pokeball, but it's far less likely.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
badjay 03/29/25 6:55:29 PM #21:	Kuuko posted... Poke Balls are planned obsolescence. Silph Co. strategically ships their worst product to the towns neighboring where starting trainers live. This way trainers are forced to purchase their highest profit margin items and think they're getting a deal when they eventually purchase ultra balls at an inflated price. Poke Balls have been made out of apricorn for centuries. They literally grow on trees. Yet we're shelling out thousands of pokedollars for something worse than what an old guy in Azalea Town can carve in his free time in his backyard. They could release Master Balls to us right now but they deliberately hoard them and hand them out to their cronies. We are being played for absolute fools. This is a pretty good shit post that made me spit my water in laughter that I googled it and was surprised it didn't hit anything. --- [05:45:34] I bought an American L and it was like a tent <cite>badjay posted [p:984522660] in Why do Pok... [t:80957991]...</cite> <quote>Kuuko posted... </cite><quote>Poke Balls are planned obsolescence. Silph Co. strategically ships their worst product to the towns neighboring where starting trainers live. This way trainers are forced to purchase their highest profit margin items and think they're getting a deal when they eventually purchase ultra balls at an inflated price. Poke Balls have been made out of apricorn for centuries. They literally grow on trees. Yet we're shelling out thousands of pokedollars for something worse than what an old guy in Azalea Town can carve in his free time in his backyard. They could release Master Balls to us right now but they deliberately hoard them and hand them out to their cronies.We are being played for absolute fools.</quote>This is a pretty good shit post that made me spit my water in laughter that I googled it and was surprised it didn't hit anything. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zelduh 03/29/25 6:58:38 PM #22:	Pokeballs are sold at the Pokedollar stores for the poors <cite>Zelduh posted [p:984522689] in Why do Pok... [t:80957991]...</cite> <quote>Pokeballs are sold at the Pokedollar stores for the poors</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Enclave 03/29/25 7:04:21 PM #23:	OneSpookyGirl posted... It's also the most comfortable and makes your monsters happy. The poors simply don't get that luxury Maybe they shouldn't have chosen to be born poor, did they ever think of that? --- The commercial says that Church isn't for perfect people, I guess that's why I'm an atheist. <cite>Enclave posted [p:984522740] in Why do Pok... [t:80957991]...</cite> <quote>OneSpookyGirl posted... </cite><quote>It's also the most comfortable and makes your monsters happy. The poors simply don't get that luxury</quote>Maybe they shouldn't have chosen to be born poor, did they ever think of that?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Sir_Will 03/29/25 7:05:13 PM #24:	Kuuko posted... Poke Balls are planned obsolescence. Silph Co. strategically ships their worst product to the towns neighboring where starting trainers live. This way trainers are forced to purchase their highest profit margin items and think they're getting a deal when they eventually purchase ultra balls at an inflated price. Poke Balls have been made out of apricorn for centuries. They literally grow on trees. Yet we're shelling out thousands of pokedollars for something worse than what an old guy in Azalea Town can carve in his free time in his backyard. They could release Master Balls to us right now but they deliberately hoard them and hand them out to their cronies. We are being played for absolute fools. lol --- River Song: Well, I was off to this gay gypsy bar mitzvah for the disabled when I thought 'Gosh, the Third Reich's a bit rubbish, I think i'll kill the Fuhrer' <cite>Sir_Will posted [p:984522749] in Why do Pok... [t:80957991]...</cite> <quote>Kuuko posted... </cite><quote>Poke Balls are planned obsolescence. Silph Co. strategically ships their worst product to the towns neighboring where starting trainers live. This way trainers are forced to purchase their highest profit margin items and think they're getting a deal when they eventually purchase ultra balls at an inflated price. Poke Balls have been made out of apricorn for centuries. They literally grow on trees. Yet we're shelling out thousands of pokedollars for something worse than what an old guy in Azalea Town can carve in his free time in his backyard. They could release Master Balls to us right now but they deliberately hoard them and hand them out to their cronies.We are being played for absolute fools.</quote>lol</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ellis123 03/29/25 7:19:46 PM #25:	Because the player character keeps taking everyone's money so they can't afford anything better. --- "A shouted order to do something of dubious morality with an unpredictable outcome? Thweeet!" My FC is in my profile. <cite>ellis123 posted [p:984522836] in Why do Pok... [t:80957991]...</cite> <quote>Because the player character keeps taking everyone's money so they can't afford anything better.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kuuko 03/29/25 7:21:16 PM #26:	badjay posted... This is a pretty good shit post that made me spit my water in laughter that I googled it and was surprised it didn't hit anything. I'm offended you'd call my truth-spilling a shitpost. Poke Marts are in on the conspiracy too. "Hello customer - Can I interest you in a Poke Ball? Oh all the pokemon around this city are level 25? I guess you'll have to buy this other Poke Ball at 5x the price if you ever want to catch something other than a fucking Caterpie ever again. Tough shit. "Or could I interest you in a Buy TEN Get One Free discount"(wtf) "Oh and the free one is the same as the shittiest Poke Ball we sell but with a new skin!" (they're literally selling cosmetic DLC like we live in a fucking mobile game) What a funny coincidence the only way to get a Master Ball is to personally befriend the CEO of the company, or literally win the fucking lottery. We have legendary pokemon threatening the world on an annual basis. Every threat could be solved by a single Master Ball. They have the power to manufacture something that could literally capture god and they would rather use it to entice kids to gamble. --- https://i.imgur.com/dzGMd.png <cite>Kuuko posted [p:984522852] in Why do Pok... [t:80957991]...</cite> <quote>badjay posted... </cite><quote>This is a pretty good shit post that made me spit my water in laughter that I googled it and was surprised it didn't hit anything.</quote>I'm offended you'd call my truth-spilling a shitpost.Poke Marts are in on the conspiracy too. "Hello customer - Can I interest you in a Poke Ball? Oh all the pokemon around this city are level 25? I guess you'll have to buy this other Poke Ball at 5x the price if you ever want to catch something other than a fucking Caterpie ever again. Tough shit."Or could I interest you in a Buy TEN Get One Free discount"(wtf)"Oh and the free one is the same as the shittiest Poke Ball we sell but with a new skin!" (they're literally selling cosmetic DLC like we live in a fucking mobile game)What a funny coincidence the only way to get a Master Ball is to personally befriend the CEO of the company, or literally win the fucking lottery. We have legendary pokemon threatening the world on an annual basis. Every threat could be solved by a single Master Ball. They have the power to manufacture something that could literally capture god and they would rather use it to entice kids to gamble.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Enclave 03/29/25 7:25:05 PM #27:	Kuuko posted... I'm offended you'd call my truth-spilling a shitpost. Poke Marts are in on the conspiracy too. "Hello customer - Can I interest you in a Poke Ball? Oh all the pokemon around this city are level 25? I guess you'll have to buy this other Poke Ball at 5x the price if you ever want to catch something other than a fucking Caterpie ever again. Tough shit. "Or could I interest you in a Buy TEN Get One Free discount"(wtf) "Oh and the free one is the same as the shittiest Poke Ball we sell but with a new skin!" (they're literally selling cosmetic DLC like we live in a fucking mobile game) What a funny coincidence the only way to get a Master Ball is to personally befriend the CEO of the company, or literally win the fucking lottery. We have legendary pokemon threatening the world on an annual basis. Every threat could be solved by a single Master Ball. They have the power to manufacture something that could literally capture god and they would rather use it to entice kids to gamble. It's even worse than that mate. You ever play the Let's Go games? You can literally find Master Balls randomly on the ground like they're fucking litter in Cerulean Cave. Surprise, surprise though, nobody is allowed in that cave. The Pokemon League only allows a select few to even enter the cave and has security guarding it 24/7. --- The commercial says that Church isn't for perfect people, I guess that's why I'm an atheist. <cite>Enclave posted [p:984522877] in Why do Pok... [t:80957991]...</cite> <quote>Kuuko posted... </cite><quote>I'm offended you'd call my truth-spilling a shitpost.Poke Marts are in on the conspiracy too. "Hello customer - Can I interest you in a Poke Ball? Oh all the pokemon around this city are level 25? I guess you'll have to buy this other Poke Ball at 5x the price if you ever want to catch something other than a fucking Caterpie ever again. Tough shit."Or could I interest you in a Buy TEN Get One Free discount"(wtf)"Oh and the free one is the same as the shittiest Poke Ball we sell but with a new skin!" (they're literally selling cosmetic DLC like we live in a fucking mobile game)What a funny coincidence the only way to get a Master Ball is to personally befriend the CEO of the company, or literally win the fucking lottery. We have legendary pokemon threatening the world on an annual basis. Every threat could be solved by a single Master Ball. They have the power to manufacture something that could literally capture god and they would rather use it to entice kids to gamble.</quote>It's even worse than that mate. You ever play the Let's Go games? You can literally find Master Balls randomly on the ground like they're fucking litter in Cerulean Cave. Surprise, surprise though, nobody is allowed in that cave. The Pokemon League only allows a select few to even enter the cave and has security guarding it 24/7.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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DrizztLink 03/29/25 7:47:41 PM #29:	Kuuko posted... "Oh and the free one is the same as the shittiest Poke Ball we sell but with a new skin!" (they're literally selling cosmetic DLC like we live in a fucking mobile game) ...but Pokemon trainers do live in a mobile game --- He/Him http://guidesmedia.ign.com/guides/9846/images/slowpoke.gif https://i.imgur.com/M8h2ATe.png https://i.imgur.com/6ezFwG1.png <cite>DrizztLink posted [p:984523048] in Why do Pok... [t:80957991]...</cite> <quote>Kuuko posted... </cite><quote>"Oh and the free one is the same as the shittiest Poke Ball we sell but with a new skin!" (they're literally selling cosmetic DLC like we live in a fucking mobile game)</quote>...but Pokemon trainers do live in a mobile game</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Philip027 03/29/25 8:10:23 PM #30:	Enclave posted... Why do any balls but the Luxury Ball exists? It's the only ball that has an ongoing effect and thus is by default the best ball. Now this guy's speaking my language. <cite>Philip027 posted [p:984523250] in Why do Pok... [t:80957991]...</cite> <quote>Enclave posted... </cite><quote>Why do any balls but the Luxury Ball exists? It's the only ball that has an ongoing effect and thus is by default the best ball.</quote>Now this guy's speaking my language.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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