Paper Mario, andPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door move
Gale Force
Mastered by	Lakilester andFlurrie
Rank	Ultra Rank (Lakilester) Base Rank (Flurrie)
Effect	Blows enemies out of battle
Target	All enemies

Gale Force is a move utilized byLakilester (whose version is known asHurricane) inPaper Mario andMadame Flurrie inPaper 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[edit]

Paper Mario[edit]

Hurricane debuts inPaper Mario, where it is unlocked by raising Lakilester to Ultra Rank. It costs fiveFP, and the move'sAction Command involves repeatedly pressing both and to fill a gauge. When the Action Command is finished, Lakilester'scloud 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 noStar Points for enemies defeated in this way.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door[edit]

Gale Force, now bearing its current name, returns inPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door andits Nintendo Switch remake, now being performed by Flurrie. Unlike inPaper 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 outfog, 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 aFirst 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 aStylish move.

The success rate of the move is also determined by the particular enemy, andMario'slevel. Every enemy has a particular weakness to Gale Force, expressed as a percentage (for example, aPider 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 asGloomtail.

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[edit]

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  Field move demonstration

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  Flurrie using Gale Force

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  Flurrie using Gale Force in theNintendo Switch remake

Names in other languages[edit]

References[edit]

• Paper Mario special moves
• Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door moves

• Articles with unsourced foreign names