Power Bounce
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- Not to be confused with Power Jump.
Power Bounce is a badge in Paper Mario and Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. In Paper Mario, it is at the Koopa Bros. Fortress' entrance, inside a jail cell accessed by using Bombette. It is also accessible through an opening in the back of the jail. In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, it is found in the first area of Hooktail Castle, inside a red ? Block. If Mario equips this badge, he is able to use the Power Bounce jump move at the cost of three FP. By timing the Action Commands correctly, Mario is able to continuously jump on a single enemy until the Action Command is failed. The first jump does the normal damage of a jump, and every subsequent jump does one less damage until every attack only deals one damage. After every bounce, the action becomes a little faster and the timing needs to be more precise as a result. More specifically, the window for input decreases from a starting value of 8 frames by one frame per input until the window length reaches 1 frame. In the remake, the fourth input has only a 1-frame window instead of the expected 5 frames, but the fifth window will be 5 frames long and the window length decrements normally from there.[1] The All or Nothing, Power Plus, Mega Rush, Power Rush, and P-Up, D-Down badges increase the first jump's damage and subsequently all further damage. Some bosses and stronger enemies have a bounce cap in which the game automatically stops Mario's Power Bounce.[2] Auto-Caps have a slightly different animation than missing an Action Command in the first Paper Mario game, and do not count as a missed Action Command when using the All or Nothing badge. The badge Dodge Master decreases the chance that the player becomes Auto-Capped.
Profiles[edit]
Paper Mario[edit]
- Merluvlee's prediction: "I see...a Power Bounce Badge. It lies inside a cage in the Koopa Bros. Fortress. You sneak through an opening in the back to reach it."
Names in other languages[edit]
Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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Japanese | レンゾクジャンプ / れんぞくジャンプ[?] Renzoku Janpu |
Continuous Jump | Paper Mario move |
Chinese (simplified) | 連續彈跳勳章[?] Liánxù Tántiào Xūnzhāng |
Continuous Jump Badge | Paper Mario |
连续跳跃徽章[?] Liánxù Tiàoyuè Huīzhāng |
The Thousand-Year Door remake | ||
Chinese (traditional) | 連續跳躍徽章[?] Liánxù Tiàoyuè Huīzhāng |
Continuous Jump Badge | |
Dutch | Krachtsprong[3] | Strength jump | |
French | Super Rebond[?] | Super Bounce | |
German | Power-Dauz (Power Hüpfer as in-battle command)[?] | Power "Dauz" (Power Bounce) | |
Italian | Salto Turbine[?] | Whirl Jump | |
Korean | 연쇄점프[?] Yeonswae-jeompeu |
Chain Jump | |
Spanish | Rebote Potente[?] | Powerful Bounce | original |
Rebote potente (remake)[?] | Powerful bounce |
References[edit]
- ^ Bailey, Dustin (May 29, 2024). It's not just you - speedrunners confirm an essential Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door move is way harder in the RPG remake. GamesRadar (English). Retrieved July 20, 2024.
- ^ A complete listing of Power Bounce caps for every enemy and boss, found by jdaster64, can be found here
- ^ Nintendo Nederland (April 25, 2024). Een uitgebreide blik op Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). YouTube (Dutch). Retrieved May 1, 2024.