Pokemon has just introduced a new type of Poke Ball in a recent episode of Pokemon Horizons, leaving fans with questions about the ball's unusual design, whether it has a special purpose ...

But wait. When did you actually, physically throw a Pokeball? Swiping over colored pixels wasn’t enough for [Trey Keown], so he built a real, throwable, Pokemon-catching Pokeball for Pokemon Go.

This controller replicates the look and feel of an actual Poke Ball, along with the throwing motion of capturing Pokemon in the games. Players can even send one Pokemon at a time from their game ...

The game recently released an update that removed the ability for players to summon creatures from Pal Spheres after they were thrown, in the same way one would throw a Pokeball to summon a Pokemon.