Why do the PokeBall icons shake?

Question

Sometimes when I go to battle in Pokemon Diamond/Platinum the pokeballs along the top of the DS touch screen start shaking.

Why is this?

Comments

Acient question LOL

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Wow, Did EVERYONE vote this up? lol

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Same with that Combo question.....

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everybody dislikes me commenting on old questions,but this one is ancient!

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Wow was i de only 1 who did not vote

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99.9% of people who can vote and went to 'most voted' voted this up and 0.01% down voted

@_@ im a nerd :P

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How do you know?

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I like how people are saying stuff like 'Ancient Question' in 2011, and nowadays 2011 itself is ancient.

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^ The hour that comment was posted is ancient.

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Good one. ^

Answer 1

They shake when that pokemon is close to levelling up - I think it's when you have around 1/8 left on the EXP bar.

The six balls in order correspond to your party pokemon left-to-right, top-to-bottom if you didn't know. (Although if you switch pokemon the ordering switches too. The current battling pokemon is always #1.)

Comments

Pokemaster is right. It is when their close to grow a level.
Source: Pokemaster & Experience

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Wow...I had no idea. I just thought that when it shook that pokemon just wanted to fight. Yet again they don't have minds of thier own. I feel stupid now...

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Pokemon do have minds of their own

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SO MANY UP-VOTES!

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Yeah it is a bit much, but PM only gets 220 points. The votes only count until 20 Upvoted and then whether there is a BA or not.

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Oh its more than 220 xD

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100 upvotes