Mega Thwonk

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Mega Thwonk
Icon of the Mega Thwonk Bros. Attack from Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam.
BP/SP/CP needed12
LocationNeo Bowser Castle
Appears inMario & Luigi: Paper Jam (2015)
Paper Jam descriptionPress B each time Luigi stomps on the ground. You'll speed up if you time it right. Press A at just the right time to whack your enemy with the hammer. Continue pressing A each time Mario lands on an enemy's head to keep dealing damage!

Mega Thwonk isLuigi's fifth and finalBros. Attack inMario & Luigi: Paper Jam. Unlocked by clearing theBad Nabbit mission for the first time, the move costs 12BP to use.

Upon using the attack, Luigi eats aMega Mushroom and becomesMega Luigi, similar to the form he takes on in Giant Battles inMario & Luigi: Dream Team,Giant Luigi. At this point, Luigi will start charging towards the enemy with hishammer (whichMariojumps on beforehand), and the player must pressB Button every time one of his feet touches the ground to make him faster. Upon reaching the enemy,A Button must be pressed to hammer the enemy away (which also damages any other enemies on the battlefield nearby). Mario will then fall towards the flying enemy, and theA Button button must be pressed each time he is about to land to bounce off the enemy and keep the chain going.

If the player does not pressA Button when Luigi approaches, then he falls over and the attack will fail with only minor damage done to the enemy. Once the enemy has been hammered into the air, then each well timed press ofA Button will increase the attack rating, going from OK (if Mario only stomps the enemy once) to Excellent (if he manages to stomp it four times in a row). Mario will stomp his target less should Luigi not build up enough power. An Excellent rating will also cause Mario and the enemy to slide across the ground for a bit afterwards, doing even more damage.

Unlike other attacks in the game, Mega Thwonk does both hammer and jump damage to its target. Hence, an enemy immune to hammer attacks (likeBowser Jr.) will only take damage from Mario's jumps afterwards, and a spiky enemy (likeSpinies) will only take damage from the initial hammer strike (Mario will bounce off the enemy in pain upon trying to land on it).

TheAttackathon removes the stomping phase. Here, Luigi has to build up power as he approaches a fortress. However, Luigi must also dodge paper enemies on his way with the A button, and mud puddles can appear to slow him down. The run ends if Luigi builds too little power to destroy a fortress or a paper enemy scores a hit.

Gallery[edit]

  • Mario and Luigi performing the move

    Mario and Luigi performing the move

  • The Mega Mushroom that Luigi uses

    The Mega Mushroom that Luigi uses

Names in other languages[edit]

LanguageNameMeaningNotes
Japaneseきょだいキノコ[?]
Kyodai Kinoko
Mega Mushroom
DutchMegaklapper[?]Megahitter
French(European)Méga-frappe champi[?]Mushroom Mega Hit; "champi" is a short of "champignon" (mushroom)
GermanMegahammer[?]Mega Hammer
ItalianMega mazzata[?]Mega hammer blow
Portuguese(European)Megamarreta[?]Megamallet
SpanishMegamazazo[?]Portmanteau of "mazo" (mallet) and "-azo" (a suffix meaning "hit")
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