Editing Ground Pound

The Ground Pound is a move in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' It can be performed by pressing down on the {{button|ds|Pad}} while in midair, though this can be canceled out mid-ground pound by pressing up on the {{button|ds|Pad}}. A Ground Pound can be held down for as long as desired, unlike other appearances. Ground Pounds can be used to break [[Brick Block|brick]]s or repeatedly earn coins from [[Coin Block]]s (if continuing to hold down on the {{button|ds|Pad}}), but [[Small Mario]] cannot break them or earn the coins repeatedly (Mario must keep doing Ground Pounds instead of holding down). A [[Sledge Bro]] can Ground Pound, which stuns Mario or Luigi if he is not in midair by the time the Sledge Bro lands onto the ground. [[Petey Piranha]], a boss fought in {{world link|5|castlen|World 5-Castle (New Super Mario Bros.)}}, will perform an angled Ground Pound after flying in the air for a few seconds. Once Petey Piranha touches the ground, he will become dizzy and fall down, giving Mario or Luigi a chance to stomp him. The damage value of a Ground Pound is twice the amount of other basic attacks, such as [[jump]]ing, though Ground Pounds from [[Mini Mario (form)|Mini Mario]] inflict average damage. A Ground Pound can immediately send [[Koopa Troopa]]s in their shells and start sliding quickly, or to make [[Snailicorn]]s slide across the ice.

The Ground Pound (originally called Pounding The Ground or '''Pounding the Ground''')<ref>{{cite|author=Prima Bath|title=''Nintendo 64 Game Secrets, 1999 Edition'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide|page=100|date=April 7, 1999|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|language=en-us|isbn=0-7615-2103-8|quote=Some of the Shy Guys roaming around carry those treasured melons. You can snatch the fruit right out of their hands with Yoshi’s agile tongue or dispose of the Shy Guys first. Before gobbling them up or eliminating them with an egg toss, remember to Pound the Ground and change them to Yoshi’s favorite color to maximize your score.}}</ref> is a recurring part of [[Yoshi]]'s moveset in the platform games of the [[Yoshi (franchise)|''Yoshi'' franchise]]. Wooden [[stump|post]]s appear in most games in the series, which block the way forward can can be pushed into the ground by hitting them with multiple Ground Pounds.

 

Ground Pounding was first used in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''. This move can be used to stomp on posts, break [[crate]]s and defeat enemies. It is also the first game where the player character can ground-pound. [[Baby Bowser]] also uses the Ground Pound in the first phase of his battle with Yoshi, and is capable of creating shockwaves that can hurt Yoshi and [[Baby Mario]]. The [[Bandit]] also uses this move in the [[Popping Balloons]] [[Mini Battle]]. This strategy can be used by Yoshi in return.

 

Ground-pounding returns ''[[Yoshi's Story]]'', It is referred to as "Yoshi's proudest move".<ref>{{cite|date=1998|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|title=''Yoshi's Story'' instruction booklet|page=11}}</ref> Posts do not appear in this game.

 

''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'' allows Yoshi to Ground Pound. While Yoshi is carrying [[Baby DK]], their Ground Pound is stronger and can bury a post in a single hit. ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'' also has the Ground Pound.

 

In ''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]'' and its 3DS remake, {{a|P&YWW|l}}, Yoshi's Ground Pounds have a unique animation where they transform their body into a hammer. Yoshi's head is excluded, meaning the legs become a handle, the chest area is the hammerhead, Yoshi's head sticks out from the hammerhead, and they drop in a belly flop instead in a sitting position. The Ground Pound plummets through fluffy clouds and spongy blocks. If the player releases {{button|wiiu|Paddown}} during a Ground Pound and they have plummeted through one such surface, then after a minimum amount of distance dropped past the impact point, the Ground Pound ends against this kind of terrain instead. By ground-pounding into the water, Yoshi can descend as deep as they are allowed to go without needing to jump in from a high point. The Ground Pound is key to defeating most of the game's bosses. Each boss with this weakness, excluding Baby Bowser, has two bandages in a cross shape somewhere on their body. Ground Pounding this spot causes them to take damage, However, Yoshi has to use other means to get each boss to reveal their weak point. Baby Bowser instead only takes damage from a Ground Pound if he is tied up by a [[yarn ball]]. The "Power up Ground Pound!" {{id|Power Badge|YWW}} can be used to add a shockwave to each ground-pound as it concludes against a surface. Note that this is separate from landing on a target, due to the aforementioned objects that Ground Pounds can plummet through. This shockwave defeats most enemies on the screen in Yoshi's plane, and even ones approaching from the background, but not any that are too far away in any direction. It also defeats adult [[Fluffin' Puffin]]s. The shockwave has a number of non-damaging effects on the game's bosses. [[Mega Yoshi]] can ground-pound, but does so normally. Mega Yoshi cannot benefit from the "Power up Ground Pound!" Power Badge.

 

 

Yoshi can ground-pound in ''[[Yoshi's Crafted World]]''. The animation has reverted to normal compared to the prior game.

In ''[[Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle]]'', [[Yoshi]] can perform a Ground Pound when landing from a [[Team Jump (Mario + Rabbids series)|Team Jump]], causing a shockwave that harms all characters in the vicinity, whether they are Yoshi's teammates or enemies. It can also be used by [[Valkyrie]]s, [[Bwario]], and the [[Lava Queen]], the latter of which also inflicts [[Burn]].