First Attack

Not to be confused with First Strike.

First Attack
Paper Mario The Thousand-Year Door  BP 1 1 (GCN) 0 (NS) Price 100 100
Effect First Strikes defeat weak enemies.
Description(s) Lets Mario destroy a weaker enemy with a First Strike. (Paper Mario) Do a First Strike to defeat weak foes without battling. (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo GameCube) Enables you to defeat weak foes with a First Strike on the field. (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo Switch)

First Attack is a badge in Paper Mario and Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. When it is worn, getting a First Strike on an enemy that would give one or fewer Star Points after a battle (which is considered to be "weak") defeats it instantly. The stronger Bump Attack defeats weak enemies upon contact in general.

In Paper Mario, First Attack does not work against Amazy Dayzees and Dry Bones. In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, it does not work against enemies in the Pit of 100 Trials.

In Paper Mario: Sticker Star, Paper Mario: Color Splash, and Paper Mario: The Origami King, Mario naturally receives this effect when a First Strike would defeat the struck enemy in one hit, causing MAX UP Hearts to indirectly take on the badge's role.

Paralleling this, in the Nintendo Switch remake of The Thousand-Year Door, the Badge Point requirement for First Attack was lowered from 1 to 0. Additionally, Mario receives an email from Professor Frankly when First Attack becomes available for purchase, advising Mario to buy it.

Locations

In Paper Mario, First Attack can be bought from Rowf's Badge Shop after Chapter 1 for 100 coins.

In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, First Attack can be bought from the Lovely Howz of Badges after Chapter 2 for 100 Coins.

Merluvlee's prediction

• "I see...a First Attack Badge. It is for sale at the open-air shop in the plaza outside the castle gate." -- Merluvlee, Paper Mario

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ヤッツケアタック[?] Yattsuke Atakku	Finish-off attack
Chinese (simplified)	抢攻勋章[?] Qiǎnggōng Xūnzhāng	First Strike Badge	Paper Mario
	火速歼灭徽章[?] Huǒsù Jiānmiè Huīzhāng	Rapid Annihilation Badge	The Thousand-Year Door remake
Chinese (traditional)	火速殲滅徽章[?] Huǒsù Jiānmiè Huīzhāng	Rapid Annihilation Badge
Dutch	Voordeelslag[?]	Advantage strike
French	Initiative[?]	-
German	Erstangriff[?]	First Strike
Italian	Intraprendenza[?]	Aggressive
Korean	퍼스트어택[?] Peoseuteu Eotaek	First Attack
Spanish	Primer Ataque[?]	First Attack