So; day 5 of playing Pokemon Black. May have to step up my pace to have another entree today. =P

Now then; I said I'd do the Dowsing Machine today; but I wanna talk about Critical Captures right now.

So, if you've heard anything about it, it's a new feature in Pokemon Black and White. It's a difference to normal captures, but is random, and fairly rare; I've only encountered it maybe three times?(... Including last night. When the Lillipup broke out of it. With an Ultra Ball as the usage. ; ) But let me tell you what it is:

Critical Capturing is like Critical Hits. Extremely rare; but extremely powerful. With a critical Capture, you can(Normally) capture a Pokemon with only one twitch, instead of three. And normally, it captures it, period. No Breakings(again, normally.); simply, it's caught. You can tell if your capture is a Critical Capture, because it sounds like the Pokeball was thrown at a very high velocity; it hits the Pokemon in midair, and then 'locks' the Pokemon in with a click, and then falls to the ground, shakes once, and clicks to signify it's been caught.

However... Has anyone wondered how it all works? I think I've found it. Let's use Red as an example.

[Route 16]

Red: *Walks along silently* *A wild Emolga pops out*

[A wild Emolga appears!]

Red: ... *Sends out Pikachu* ...! (Go, Pikachu!)

Pikachu: *Uses Thunderbolt on Emolga* *Emolga's sent to 1 HP because Red's just that good.*

Emolga: *Valiantly uses Volt Change to attack, but does a total of one HP damage, and doesn't switch*

Red: ... (Ah; it's ready for capture.)

Red: ...? (What should I use?)

Red: ... (Obviously a Pokeball, but...) *Looks around* *Spots a Wonder launcher*

Red: ...! (Aha!)

Red: ... (I'll use that to shoot the Pokeball out at the Emolga.) *Attaches Pokeball to Wonder Launcher* *Shoots it out at the Emolga, which sends it flying at a very high speed*

Emolga: Emolga? Emolga mo? Emolga mo Emolga ga... (What? What's that? It's coming toward me at an unusual speed...) *The Pokeball hits Emolga hard on the head, and then transfers the now-unconscious Emolga into the Pokeball* *Since there's no resistance, the Pokeball only rocks once, to settle into a small hold in the ground*

Red: ...! (Yes!)

Red: ...! (Emolga was caught!)

Red: ... (That Critical Capture worked perfectly.)

=P Thank you, Red, for being our very nice example. Even if you don't say much. Say; have you ever met Kopaka? I think you two would be very good friends. =P