Gale Force
| Paper Mario, and Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door move | |
|---|---|
| Gale Force | |
 
| |
| Mastered by | Lakilester and Flurrie |
| Rank | Ultra Rank (Lakilester) Base Rank (Flurrie) |
| Effect | Blows enemies out of battle |
| Target | All enemies |
Gale Force is a move utilized by Lakilester (whose version is known as Hurricane) in Paper Mario and Madame Flurrie in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. It consists of the partner blowing a gust of wind that targets all enemies in the battlefield, blowing them away if successful.
History
Paper Mario
Hurricane debuts in Paper Mario, where it is unlocked by raising Lakilester to Ultra Rank. It costs five FP, and the move's Action Command involves repeatedly pressing both 
and 
to fill a gauge. When the Action Command is finished, Lakilester's cloud will produce a strong gust of wind and try to blow enemies away from the battlefield. The success rate depends on the individual enemy, and the average of all enemies present dictates how easy or difficult it is to fill the gauge. If maxed out, all non-immune enemies will be blown out. However, the player receives no Star Points for enemies defeated in this way.
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Gale Force, now bearing its current name, returns in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and its Nintendo Switch remake, now being performed by Flurrie. Unlike in Paper Mario, it now costs 4 FP, it is available at Flurrie's Base Rank, and enemies defeated with it will drop Star Points. Also unlike Lakilester's version, which is performed by his cloud, Flurrie blows the gusts of wind herself. Gale Force is one of the few moves that can clear out fog, although it itself can also cause fog.
Gale Force can also be used in the overworld to blow away various objects, such as bushes, posters and textures with a paper-like crease to reveal items or passages. If used on enemies on the overworld, they will get momentarily stunned, allowing Mario to sneak past or get a First Strike.
In battle, Gale Force bears a new Action Command, requiring 
to be held and released according to the rhythm shown on screen. Pressing while the button is shown to be pushed will fill a gauge, but pressing it while the button is shown to be released will instead decrease it. If the gauge is filled to its last segment, the move will use its default success rate, and if it is filled any less, the success rate will be decreased. As Flurrie stops blowing wind, the player can press to perform a Stylish move.
The success rate of the move is also determined by the particular enemy, and Mario's level. Every enemy has a particular weakness to Gale Force, expressed as a percentage (for example, a Pider has a weakness of 70%). This weakness is increased by 1% for every level Mario has over each enemy's hidden level value (such as 12 for Pider). Inversely, every level an enemy has over Mario causes the weakness to decrease by 1% each. As such, if Mario encounters a Pider at level 2 (10 below the Pider's), Gale Force will have a 60% success rate instead of 70%, and if Mario encounters a Pider at level 22 (10 above the Pider's), Gale Force will have a 80% success rate instead of 70%. Note that enemies immune to Gale Force (whose base weakness is 0%) will not scale with Mario's level, so even at level 100, Gale Force will never be able to affect a boss such as Gloomtail.
Wonky mentions that "flying monsters are weak against wind", and although there is no "wind" element in the game, flying enemies do overall have higher weaknesses to Gale Force compared to grounded enemies.
Gallery
Field move demonstration
Flurrie using Gale Force
Flurrie using Gale Force in the Nintendo Switch remake
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ふきとばし[1] Fukitobashi |
Blow Away | Both games |
| Chinese (simplified) | 飓风[?] Jùfēng |
Hurricane | Paper Mario |
| 吹飞[?] Chuīfēi |
Blow Away | Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 吹飛[?] Chuīfēi |
Blow Away | Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door |
| Dutch | Windkracht 10[?] | Wind Power 10 | Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door |
| French | Ouragan[?] | Hurricane | Both games |
| German | Hurrikan[?] | Hurricane | Both games |
| Italian | Folata[?] | Gust | Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door |
| Korean | 날리기[?] Nalligi |
Blowing Away | Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door |
| Spanish | Huracán[?] | Hurricane | Paper Mario |
| Vendaval[?] | Windstorm | Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door |
References
- ^ "Paper Mario: From Japanese to English". (June 17, 2013). The Mushroom Kingdom. Retrieved February 4, 2015.
