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Re:How do GameShark/GameGenie codes work? by sesqu on Saturday May 18, 2013 @05:57AM (#5728394)
> Also "mash A to increase the chances of catching" is also unfortunately wrong.

I remember playing the game, thinking about this. I was wondering whether I had heard it somewhere or come up with it myself, how unlikely it was to be true, and how I still found myself doing it occasionally. A small existential crisis over confirmation bias and clever design.

Re:How do GameShark/GameGenie codes work? by ceol on Saturday May 18, 2013 @11:17PM (#5731626)
I still do it with the DS versions of the games. It's gotten to the point of catharsis.