"I Used The M Ball!": Pokémon GO Player Remembers Why You Might Want To Be Careful Who You Let Play For You

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While brings together generations of fans, one parent discovered that their youngest child did not know the significance of a Master Ball when they used it frivolously in . It's a classic tale of a parent just handing their child the phone so they'll focus on something else, but this parent forgot to put some guardrails up before turning their attention elsewhere.

Redditor corgets posted their story to the subreddit, explaining how their four-year-old child was trying to help them catch some Pokémon before disaster struck. No one else in their family understood what just happened, so corgets turned to the community to garner some sympathy and laughs at the situation. The master ball is extremely rare in but has a 100% success rate when catching any Pokémon, so it should be used in special cases. This was not one of those cases.

When corgets heard their four-year-old shout, «Look, Momma! I caught one with the ball with the M on it», they knew right away the master ball they had been saving was gone for good. The blow may have been softened if their child had stumbled upon a shiny Pokémon like the recently added Morpeko, but it was just an average Wooloo their kid caught and not even a one-star Wooloo at that. Corgets wasn't the only one in the thread who discussed their past mishaps handing off the phone with on it to their children while they weren't paying attention. Redditor future_chili had this happen to them when their child used a master ball to capture a Poppilo while the pair went grocery shopping.

Here is every way you can get more 10KM Eggs in Pokémon GO so you can hatch more in an attempt to get key Pocket Monsters for your Pokédex.

It'll be hard for corgets to get another master ball as they have been difficult to unlock in since their addition to the game in 2023. Recently, players had the chance to gain a master ball by participating in the Masterwork Research quest which has the player completing several tasks that require a great deal of time and