GS Ball ＧＳボール GS Ball

Pokémon Crystal artwork

Introduced in Generation II Pocket Generation II Key items

TheGS Ball (Japanese:ＧＳボールGS Ball) is aKey Item exclusive toPokémon Crystal. It is a special and mysteriousPoké Ball whose design appears to be a reference toPokémon Gold and Silver, the firstcore series games ofGeneration II, as the ball has the letters "GS" inscribed upon it and is colored both gold and silver.

AnNPC inPokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moonmentions the GS Ball, claiming that it stands forgreatest smith's ball (Japanese:ガンテツすごいボールGantetsu's Superb Ball) orGold-Silver Ball (Japanese:ゴールドシルバーボールGold-Silver Ball).

In the games

Price

Effect

After obtaining the GS Ball, the player needs to take it toKurt, who will analyze it for a day. After it has been analyzed and returned,Ilex Forest becomes restless, and the player must place it on theIlex Forest shrine, which will summon alevel 30wildCelebi.

Description

Acquisition

Distribution

In the original Japanese release ofPokémon Crystal,players could obtain a GS Ball as anevent item from theTrade Corner attendant through theMobile System GB and the Pokémon News Machine at the Pokémon Communication Center in Goldenrod City.

For the original Western localizations, the distribution event was adapted to the Goldenrod Pokémon Center but was never used. It is possible to use a modified version of theCelebi Egg glitch to spawn the GS Ball as aheld item.

In theVirtual Console releases, the GS Ball no longer requires an event distribution as in the original games. It can be obtained after entering theHall of Fame upon exiting the Pokémon Communication Center in the Japanese version or the Goldenrod Pokémon Center in the Western localizations.

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  Receiving the GS Ball (Japanese version)
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  Receiving the GS Ball

In animation

Pokémon the Series

Pokémon the Series: The Beginning

In theanimated series,Professor Ivy was the first character to possess the GS Ball. She called upon the help ofProfessor Oak to study it, but couldn't figure out how to open it. Ivy tried to open it with hacksaws, hammers, crowbars, power drills and lasers, but to no avail. At one point, Ash tried simply calling a Pokémon to be released, but this did not work. The ball also couldn't be transmitted viaPC.

InPallet Party Panic, Professor Oak taskedAsh with retrieving the GS Ball from Professor Ivy's laboratory, located onValencia Island in theOrange Islands, and bringing it back to Oak for him to study.

Ash obtained the Ball two episodes later, inPoké Ball Peril, and updated Oak on his progress. He put off completing the errand in thenext episode so he could compete in theOrange League, a move which Oak approved.

InFit To Be Tide,Misty scolded herPsyduck for bouncing the Ball up and down on its head.

InA Way Off Day Off, Ash compared the GS Ball to a standardPoké Ball while everyone else was sleeping.

After a brief mention by Misty inThe Underground Round Up, Ash finally gave Oak the GS Ball after returning toPallet Town inA Tent Situation, but Oak put it away to examine later. The GS Ball was then last sucked in byTeam Rocket'sSuper Sucker. When the trio's balloon was torn, the GS Ball was rescued with all the other Poké Balls.

InThe Rivalry Revival, Oak's studies on the ball proved to be extremely difficult, withTracey even admitting that no new information was gathered. Oak gave it back to Ash, asking him to deliver the GS Ball to Poké Ball researcher and manufacturerKurt ofAzalea Town inJohto.

Pokémon the Series: Gold and Silver

InOnce in a Blue Moon, Ash took the Ball out to polish it when it is stolen by aQuagsire. Ash, Misty, andBrock chased after the Quagsire before getting the Ball back by the end of the episode.

InA Shadow of a Drought,the group arrived in Azalea Town, and Misty reminded Ash about the errand. The delivery was made inGoing Apricorn!, and Ash broke the news to Oak inA Farfetch'd Tale. Its last appearance was in a flashback inNo Big Woop!.

In aninterview withMasamitsu Hidaka in 2008, it was explained that the GS Ball was originally going to contain aCelebi that was to be the star of a large arc of the Johto saga. However, it was decided that Celebi would be the star ofthe fourth movie, so the story arc was viewed as redundant and shelved. The Ball was left with Kurt with the hopes that viewers would eventually forget about it. This concept would later be recycled withMeloetta duringPokémon the Series: Black & White.

For every episode ofPokémon: Johto League Champions, three GS Balls are seen alongside thetitle card and the name of the episode. Each Ball is situated on a corner of the title card; there are two GS Balls on the two bottom corners and one on the top right corner.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Gold, Silver & Crystal arc

The GS Ball was created by theMasked Man inThe Last Battle XII using a net made fromthefeathers ofLugia and Ho-Oh to captureCelebi at theIlex Forest shrine inThe Last Battle XIV. Only the feathers of the twoLegendary Pokémon could contain Celebi and prevent their holder from suffering the ill effects oftime travel.Gold was able to use hisPichu,Pibu, to destroy the ball and set Celebi free.

Trivia

• In the Korean versions ofPokémon Gold and Silver, the dummy itemTeru-sama with ID 0x73 is labeled "GS Ball" (Korean:GS볼GS Ball). This item ID is the same one used by the GS Ball in Crystal andPokémon Stadium 2, and is called Teru-sama in Japanese and Western Gold and Silver.
• Despite being recognized as a Poké Ball, inPokémon Crystal, the GS Ball cannot contain any Pokémon, instead serving as a way to summonCelebi at theIlex Forest shrine.

In other languages

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