How to Break Paper Mario…

I've been playing tons of Paper Mario recently, and I must say it is probably on of the best Mario games out there. However I have no idea if Nintendo had this in mind when designing the battle system, it's very wacky.

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[rtchara]

“in a video game, of course”

*puts away my comically large hammer*

[pops]

Oh my innocent child, he doesnt know the dangers of danger mario

[dw.]

if he didn’t say “in a video game, of course” i don’t know what we would do

[cadenmyers]

Now...
Have you ever heard of the...


Danger Mario?

[americanbigfoot]

Laughs with power rush badges, doing 40+ damage per turn using a normal jump attack 😂

[Leon-]

Cdotkom: "In a video game of course"
Me: *Powers down Comically sized Death Ray.*

[NatalieExists]

Fun fact: Power Bounce was actually "nerfed" in the remake. Nerfed is in quotes because its' power hasn't been changed, but using it is much harder. Basically, the way it prevents you from bouncing on an enemy forever is by lowering the leniency of the action command as the attack continues. The first bounce has an 8 frame window to hit, the second bounce has 7, the third has 6, and so on until it becomes frame perfect for every bounce. However, new to the remake, the 4th bounce in the sequence is frame perfect instead of having the expected 5 frame window. The 5th bounce picks back up at a 5 frame window and the pattern continues from there as expected, but the 4th bounce can still be a huge choke point.

[RenardioMFG]

Power Bounce is in Hooktail Castle and Charge is in Boggly Tree, but their practically impossible to miss

[The_Pikaboi]

Power Lift Yoshi + Power Bounce is an even crazier drug with only 1 turn of set up

[FRACHET]

“In a video game of course”
Dagnabbit, I was looking for this irl

[merciful_poseidon]

- Has never used charge before
- Has rarely ever used Courage Shell

I guess I should do those things

[pikachuyip]

The Badges point and Flower points are the best during combat and Customization of your play style.

[diddly_dude]

Power rush: "look what they need to mimic a fraction of my power"

[HarryPotter-uvyp]

Then there’s Mega Rush P (Available in Petalburg as soon as you get Paper Mode, costs 1BP to equip).

Drop your partner to 1 HP, gain *+5 ATTACK.* Unlike Charge Strats, you can set up before a big fight/chapter before the big fights start. You can fire off missiles without ANY setup inside the fight.

With Koops, you get a 7 Damage ground-based screen nuke that can clear away enemies faster than you can say “Fetch me their Souls!”

With Goombella, you get a multi-hit attacker who STACKS that damage buff across the multiple strikes. Furthermore, she ALSO has a Power Bounce equivalent in Multibonk, and essentially has Super Boots on said Multibonk as early as Chapter 1. TLDR, BOSS SLAYER.

Critical to Peril strats is Quick Change (available from Dazzle in Rogueport Sewers for 8 Star Pieces, costs 7BP to equip). You can fire off an attack with your Peril Partner, then switch to a healthy partner with Mario. These strategies have been quintessential to challenge runners and speed runners since their first forays into the deep world of Paper Mario’s mechanics.

Have fun.

[injuringfleayeet]

I WANT MY HAMMER TO BE CREATED WITH A BLACK HOLE
In Paper Mario of course

[howdyfriends]

you can also use a few power rush P and mega rush P's, equip quick change, get goombella down to 1 hp (this game revives your partners at 1hp if they die and you run away or finish the battle), switch in goombella, have her do multibonk, and then on mario's turn switch her out for a meat shield like flurrie or bobbery.

same can be done with yoshi's ground pound and stampede.
you get quick change from dazzle in exchange for star pieces in the rogueport sewers (from frankly's house, down the pipe, one room to the left), and the mega rush P badge is behind the mayor's house in petalburg.

[SplatKnight]

Everyone: aww why did he say in a video game of course" Me: how does he know the weight of 1000 suns?"

[genemelendez]

I’m pretty sure the timing for Power Bounce was made a lot stricter in the remake because this strategy was even more broken in the original game

[Arkouchie]

Its a shame that power bounce is nerfed in the remake - the fourth jump is a *single frame* window, which makes it extremely hard to pull off

[DiegoG]

Or, in the very convinient example of the Cortez fight:
Equip Mega Rush and Power Rush along with Power Bounce, and dip into the water a couple dozen times.