Art Attack

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door move
Art Attack
Mastered by	Mario
Crystal Star	Ruby Star
Effect	Draw circles around enemies to harm them.
Target	All
Attack Power	3 for each complete circle

Art Attack is a Special Move in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door that uses up 4 SP. It is available after getting the Ruby Star at the end of Chapter 4. The name of the move is a play on the words "art" and "heart attack".

The Action Command requires the player to control the Ruby Star with the Control Stick, drawing circles around enemies. The player has about 15 seconds to make as many circles as possible, not counting the time spent during the enemy damage animation. If an enemy is completely encircled, it suffers 3 HP of piercing damage, with any less than that reducing the damage dealt - as a result, more damage can be dealt against smaller foes, which are faster to encircle. Fully encircling all enemies (even if they have no HP left) is necessary for the action command to be considered a "success", though this has no mechanical effect. Damage can be maximized by ignoring already-defeated enemies, or foregoing damage on all enemies to focus on a single foe.

Gallery

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  The attack in the remake.

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  Preview in the remake.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	カコンデポン[?] Kakonde Pon	"Encircle and Pop"; Possibly a parody of Panel de Pon (パネルでポン), a Nintendo game released in Japan for the Super Famicom in 1995
Chinese (simplified)	围绕爆击[?] Wéirào Bàojī	Around Critical Strike
Chinese (traditional)	圍繞爆擊[?] Wéirào Bàojī	Around Critical Strike
Dutch	Sterrenslag[?]	Star blow
French	Trace POW[?]	-
German	POW-Ring[?]	-
Italian	Giraboom[?]	From girare ("to turn") and "boom"
Korean	아트어택[?] Ateu Eotaek	Art Attack
Spanish	Ataque Estelar[?]	Stellar Attack