The Love Ball is an item introduced in Generation II.
Effect
The Love Ball is a type of Poké Ball characterized by a pink top with a white heart going up the middle. It has a catch rate of 8 on wild Pokémon if it is either the same species or the opposite gender of the player's Pokémon in battle. If not, the Love Ball has a catch rate of 1, in which case it functions like a regular Poké Ball instead.
In the Generation II games, there is a bug in which the Love Ball is incorrectly programmed to have an increased catch rate for Pokémon of the same gender as the player's Pokémon in battle instead of being the opposite gender.
Description
| Games | Sprite | Buy | Sell | Description | |
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| Pokémon Gold Version and Pokémon Silver Version | Poké Balls | N/A | 150 | For catching the opposite gender. | |
| Pokémon Crystal Version | |||||
| Pokémon HeartGold Version and Pokémon SoulSilver Version |  | Poké Balls | N/A | 150 | Poké Ball for catching Pokémon that are the opposite gender of your Pokémon. |
| Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon | | Items | N/A | N/A | A Poké Ball that works best when catching a Pokémon that is of the opposite gender of your Pokémon. |
| Pokémon Ultra Sun and Pokémon Ultra Moon | |||||
| Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield | | Poké Balls | N/A | N/A | A Poké Ball that works best when catching a Pokémon that is of the opposite gender of your Pokémon. |
| Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet | File:Love Ball Gen IX Sprite.png | Poké Balls | N/A | N/A | A somewhat different Poké Ball that is more effective when catching Pokémon of the opposite gender to your own Pokémon. |
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