Magnus von Grapple 2.0
| The Thousand-Year Door enemy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location(s) | X-Naut Fortress | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Max HP | 70 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attack | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Defense | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Moves | Magnus Drill Attack (6), Flying Disk (6), Flying X-Fists (9), Rapid Fire Cannon (3 per hit) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Items | None | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coins | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Log | The biggest upgrades seem to be the flying features. Watch out for the improved machine guns! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Tattle Log #: 118 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- “Yeah, last version was buggy, so we made improvements... One...two...a DOZEN!!! Get ready for a whole new way to experience pain, you junior-varsity losers!”
- —Lord Crump while in Magnus von Grapple 2.0, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Magnus von Grapple 2.0 (or Magnus 2.0) is the improved version of Magnus von Grapple controlled by Lord Crump and built by X-Naut Scientists in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. It is the seventh Chapter Boss in the game, and the last boss to hold a Crystal Star. In the original game, Magnus 2.0 shares its battle music with the original Magnus, but in the remake, it has a new arrangement of the theme.
Lord Crump was assigned to guard the Crystal Star in the X-Naut Fortress located on the moon. He controlled an upgraded version of the Magnus von Grapple, with new attacks (a flying drill attack instead of the stomp, an ability to inhale audience members and open its front to fire many audience members at the person in front, and a higher HP, attack and defense). After defeat, the robot explodes, sending Lord Crump into deep space.
Magnus von Grapple 2.0 still retains its rocket punch and just like its weaker counterpart, it has the ability to summon an X-Punch, a stronger version of the original version's X-Fists. Magnus von Grapple 2.0's main attack is flying off-screen and then diving down at Mario and his partner, which does six damage. Another one of its attacks is flying to the audience arena, revealing the vacuum from its bottom, sucking up the audience, and then opening its front to fire audience members at whomever is in front, which deals 10 hits of three damage each.
Gallery
Mario and Goombella battling Magnus von Grapple 2.0
Magnus von Grapple 2.0 in the Nintendo Switch remake
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | バッテンダー・マーク２[?] Battendā Māku Tsū |
Magnus von Grapple Mk. II | |
| Dutch | Kruisbot 2.0[?] | Crossbot 2.0 | |
| French | Cruxobot 2[?] | Pun on crux- (a prefix referring to a cross) and "robot" | |
| German | Neo-Crucibot[?] | Pun on crux (which means "cross"), "-bot" (a common suffix for robots) and "neo" for "new" | |
| Italian | Justo II[?] | Magnus the 2nd | |
| Korean | 엑스다마크2[?] Ekseuda Makeu Tu |
From the Japanese name | |
| Spanish (NOA) | Neo-Robo X[?] | - | |
| Spanish (NOE) | Mazinrobo X2[?] | Mazin from Mazinger Z, that was very popular in Spain, Robo from Robot and "X" from the "X" of the X-Nauts |
Trivia
- Magnus von Grapple 2.0 is the third boss in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door to directly use the audience in one of its attacks. The first was Hooktail, the second was Cortez, and the fourth is the Shadow Queen. It is the only one of the four to use them offensively.
