Earth Tremor

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door move
Earth Tremor
Mastered by	Mario
Crystal Star	Diamond Star
Effect	Performs a tremor that can hit multiple enemies.
Target	Grounded (no gauges), Low hovering (one or two gauges), Flying (three gauges), All (four or five gauges)
Attack Power	6 (if all gauges completed)

Earth Tremor is a Special Move that can be used in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and its Nintendo Switch remake. It is learned when Mario gains the Diamond Star at the end of Chapter 1, after defeating Hooktail.

Description

Mario and his partner jump on an enlarged Diamond Star as a long blue gauge appears, with several circles along it in random positions. The gauge will start filling up with a green bar from left to right, and when it passes through a circle, the A button must be pressed. If it is not pressed, or the timing is off, the Action Command stops. Earth Tremor's attack is piercing and is capable of damaging invisible enemies.

In the remake, if Mario's active partner is frozen or immobilized, a Black Shy Guy will carry them off-stage.

The potential attack power increases as each of the five gauges are completed, shown by the Diamond Star itself becoming larger; when a gauge is filled, the next gauge will add an extra circle and the green bar's speed will increase. The attack power starts off at 1, and can reach a maximum of 6 if done perfectly. With each bar completed, the height reached by the tremors also increases:

• No gauges completed: 1 damage, only hits ground enemies. (e.g. Goombas and Koopa Troopas)
• 1 completed: 2 damage, also hits low hovering enemies (e.g. Lava Bubbles and Ruff Puffs in their low position)
• 2 completed: 3 damage, height difference has no effect
• 3 completed: 4 damage, also hits normal flying/floating enemies (e.g. Paragoombas and Lakitus)
• 4 completed: 5 damage, hits enemies on the ceiling, if just barely (e.g. Swoopers and Swoopulas)
• All completed: 6 damage, hits all enemies

Gallery

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  Is this really an "Earth" Tremor on the moon?

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  The attack in the remake.

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  Preview in the remake.

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  A Black Shy Guy carrying off Goombella in the remake

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  Mario alone on the Diamond Star

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  Earth Tremor being used in Super Mario-kun by the first five Crystal Stars combined

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	デッカクドッカン[?] Dekkaku Dokkan	Stylization of「でかくドカン」(dekaku-dokan, "big boom")
Chinese (simplified)	剧烈摇晃[?] Jùliè Yáohuàng	Shaking Violently
Chinese (traditional)	劇烈搖晃[?] Jùliè Yáohuàng	Shaking Violently
Dutch	Aardverschuiving[?]	Landslide
French	Coud'Séisme[?]	Pun on coup ("blow") and séisme ("earthquake")
German	Maxi-Beben[?]	Maxi-Quake
Italian	Astromoto[?]	Star Quake
Korean	커다랗게 콰광[?] Keodaratge Kwagwang	Big Ka-boom
Spanish	Terremoto[?]	Earthquake