--- title: Functional Jumping Pokéball From An Ancient Pokémon World description: A maker named Kiara built a functional replica of an older-style Pokéball from the Pokémon universe. The physical prop replicates in-game behaviors including... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/functional-jumping-pok-ball-from-an-ancient-pok-mon-world-atvgl8wcp twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Functional Jumping Pokéball From An Ancient Pokémon World | daily.dev og:description: A maker named Kiara built a functional replica of an older-style Pokéball from the Pokémon universe. The physical prop replicates in-game behaviors including... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/functional-jumping-pok-ball-from-an-ancient-pok-mon-world-atvgl8wcp og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/aTVGL8Wcp.png og:image:alt: Functional Jumping Pokéball From An Ancient Pokémon World og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Functional Jumping Pokéball From An Ancient Pokémon World **[Hackaday](https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A maker named Kiara built a functional replica of an older-style Pokéball from the Pokémon universe. The physical prop replicates in-game behaviors including smoke emission, jumping, and auto-opening/closing mechanisms, achieved through electronics and 3D printing. The post also references a related hack where someone recovered a Pokémon from a PokéWalker device after losing the game cartridge. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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