It has never failed me. Except when I was too slow. Which is most of the time. Weird.

That’s how you cancel the pokeball though. You gotta mash A to catch

Yea that’s stupid you have to tap a when it shakes

Everyone knows you hold A, and the harder you press it down the more the catch rate increases, like the buttons on a PS2 controller. Depending on your grip strength, a heavy object may be needed to weigh the button down, such as a wooden kitchen chair.

Fools & heretics, you have to mash L&R or shake the screen in time with the wobbles.

Some atheist. You got press A as fast as possible. Everybody knows that.

was that even a thing?

It's tap B every wobble

It's not just holding down B but mashing the hell out of the button

You hold B until the ball hits the ground, then you circle the D-pad as fast as possible