Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door move
Earth Tremor
Mastered by	Mario
Crystal Star	Diamond Star
Effect	Performs a tremor that can hit multiple enemies.
Target	Grounded (no gauges), Low hovering (one or two gauges), Flying (three gauges), All (four or five gauges)
Attack Power	6 (if all gauges completed)

Earth Tremor is a Special Move that can be used inPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and itsNintendo Switch remake. It is learned whenMario gains theDiamond Star at the end of Chapter 1, after defeatingHooktail.

Description[edit]

Mario and his partner jump on an enlarged Diamond Star as a long blue gauge appears, with several circles along it in random positions. The gauge will start filling up with a green bar from left to right, and when it passes through a circle, the A button must be pressed. If it is not pressed, or the timing is off, the Action Command stops. Earth Tremor's attack ispiercing and is capable of damaginginvisible enemies.

In the remake, if Mario's active partner is frozen or immobilized, aBlack Shy Guy will carry them off-stage.

The potential attack power increases as each of the five gauges are completed, shown by the Diamond Star itself becoming larger; when a gauge is filled, the next gauge will add an extra circle and the green bar's speed will increase. The attack power starts off at 1, and can reach a maximum of 6 if done perfectly. With each bar completed, the height reached by the tremors also increases:

• No gauges completed: 1 damage, only hits ground enemies. (e.g.Goombas andKoopa Troopas)
• 1 completed: 2 damage, also hits low hovering enemies (e.g.Lava Bubbles andRuff Puffs in their low position)
• 2 completed: 3 damage, height difference has no effect
• 3 completed: 4 damage, also hits normal flying/floating enemies (e.g.Paragoombas andLakitus)
• 4 completed: 5 damage, hits enemies on the ceiling, if just barely (e.g.Swoopers andSwoopulas)
• All completed: 6 damage, hits all enemies

Gallery[edit]

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  Is thisreally an "Earth" Tremor on themoon?

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  The attack in theremake.

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  Preview in the remake.

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  A Black Shy Guy carrying off Goombella in the remake

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  Mario alone on the Diamond Star

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  Earth Tremor being used inSuper Mario-kun by the first five Crystal Stars combined

Names in other languages[edit]

• Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door moves

• Articles with unsourced foreign names