Paper Mario

Nintendo 64

TheMooskyFish 27 Sep 2023 12:12

could be bugged, because i got it not on crystal king battle

Benguard 1 Oct 2023 00:31

it works as intended for me

TheMooskyFish 1 Oct 2023 16:41

still not sure why it got triggered for me

Chromagram 16 Feb 2024 22:37

Small note: I tried this with a Stop Watch item and it did not trigger. I went back and used Klevar’s “Time Stop” Star Power, and it did.

Clxmj 1 Mar 2024 22:09

Worked a treat, cheers bud.

Garedactyl 22 Mar 2024 00:27

What a pain lol Use Watt to paralyze him (works sometimes) THEN use Stop Time star power. Using Stop Time first failed twice for me, so had to paralyze him first them Stop Time. Make sure you charge your hammer or make sure your attack is high enough.

Kit3210 26 Apr 2024 17:36

I've tried paralyzing him several times, and the Time Stop power from Klevar still doesn't work at all. Someone please help me, I don't know what to do. :(

Kit3210 26 Apr 2024 17:58

Update: Tried using Stop Time on the first turn when the Crystal Hits were out, and it worked. Tested it two more times while they were out to make sure, and it always worked for me.

Maybe I was just getting super unlucky before, but don't waste your time paralyzing him first.

Xelrog 3 Aug 2024 02:25

This one's just free. Star Storm deals 7 damage.

Plevtaro 18 Dec 2024 23:08

I though that was banned, and to make it more challenging you had to time stop and build up dmg

14ausher 22 Dec 2024 22:49

Note that an Ultra-ranked Parakarry’s Shell Shot, an Ultra-ranked Kooper’s Fire Shell, or any of an Ultra-ranked Bombette’s explosion moves also deal 7+ damage, so I feel like the “deal 7 damage” part is fairly free no matter what.

Anyway, all forms of time stop should just always have a 50% chance because that’s how status application in Paper Mario 1 works apparently (outside of Watt’s single target paralysis move which is way worse for some reason), so spamming Klevar is the way to go.

giullianon 25 Dec 2024 02:03

For some reason (I assume his defense is the one) Ultra-Rank moves weren't dealing +7 dmg (highest was Fire Shell with a +6). Had to use Star Storm after Time Out (which worked everytime, maybe because I was lvl 27?)

14ausher 25 Dec 2024 02:15

You’re right; disregard what I said about the partner moves, his defense prevents them from hitting 7 even with the +2 from fire on Fire Shell. I got confused because the wiki lists his copies as having 0 defense but otherwise identical stats to him (except for 5 attack instead of 6). This is the one time I said something without doing it myself first, so of course it was very wrong…

Anyway, I haven’t read anything that indicates a higher level would boost Time Out’s success rate, but I wouldn’t be shocked to learn that it did and that’s just largely undocumented, this game has a few things like that. For example, Watt’s single target paralysis move has an extra check to fail basically copied from the run meter but stricter; no other move, including her multi-target paralysis move, does that as far as anyone’s aware I think.