Repeat Ball

The Repeat Ball (Japanese: リピートボール Repeat Ball) is a type of Poké Ball introduced in Generation III. It can be used to capture wild Pokémon more effectively if already registered in the Pokédex.

Repeat Ball リピートボール Repeat Ball

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Introduced in Generation III Pocket Generation III Poké Balls Generation IV Poké Balls Generation V Items (Poké Balls) Generation VI Items Generation VII Items

In the core series games

In Pokémon Sun, Moon Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon, Scientists keep their Pokémon in Repeat Balls.

Price

Games Cost Sell price RSEFRLG DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 XYORAS SMUSUM $1000 $500

Effect

When used from the Bag in a wild encounter, it will attempt to capture the wild Pokémon with a catch rate modifier of 3×^{Gen III-VI}/3.5×^SM if used on a Pokémon that is registered in the player's Pokédex as caught or 1× if otherwise

Description

Games Description RSE A Ball that works better on Pokémon caught before. FRLG A somewhat different Ball that works especially well on Pokémon caught before. ColoXD A Ball that works better on Pokémon caught before. DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 A somewhat different Poké Ball that works especially well on Pokémon species that were previously caught. XYORAS A somewhat different Poké Ball that works especially well on Pokémon species that have been caught before. SMUSUMPE A somewhat different Poké Ball that works especially well on a Pokémon species that has been caught before.

Acquisition

This section is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it. Reason: finite methods

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods RSE Route 116 Rustboro City Poké Mart* FRLG Two Island vendor* DPPt Canalave City Poké Mart, Pokémon League Poké Mart, Pokémon News Press HGSS Goldenrod Department Store lotteryTu Pokéwalker: Sinnoh Field (3000+ Steps) BW Pokémon League Poké Mart B2W2 Victory Road Poké Mart, Accumula Town Poké Mart XY Coumarine City Poké Mart and the Poké Ball Boutique, Route 21, Route 20, Anistar City, PokéMileage Club (Mine Cart Adventure) ORAS Rustboro City Poké Mart*, PokéMileage Club (Mine Cart Adventure), Route 110 (rematch with Collector Edwin) SM Poni Wilds, Ula'ula Meadow, Festival Plaza, Paniola Town USUM Any Poké Mart (buy 10 or more Poké Balls at once)

Artwork

Artwork by Ken Sugimori

Sprites

In-battle and Summary sprite from Generation III	Summary sprite from Colosseum	Summary sprite from XD: Gale of Darkness
Summary sprite from Generations IV and V	In-battle sprite in Generation IV	In-battle sprite in Generation V

Models

In-battle model X, Y, Omega Ruby, Alpha Sapphire, Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon

In the anime

This section is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it.

In the main series

A Luxury Ball and Repeat Ball

The Repeat Ball and Luxury Ball appeared in the opening of Jirachi: Wish Maker. These balls contained Brendan's Shiftry and Aggron, respectively.

In other languages

Language Title Japanese リピートボール Repeat Ball Chinese Cantonese 重複球 Chùhngfūk Kàuh Mandarin 重複球 / 重复球 Chóngfù Qiú French Bis Ball German Wiederball Italian Bis Ball Korean 리피드볼 Repeat Ball Portuguese Brazil Bola de Repetição Portugal Repeat bola Russian Повтора-Болл Povtora-Boll Spanish Acopio Ball Swedish Uppreningsboll Vietnamese Bóng Repeat

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