Power Rush

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Power Rush
Paper Mario The Thousand-Year Door
Power Rush Badge.png Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)
Badge Point BP 1 1
Price Coin50
Pianta34
(GCN)
Coin50
Pianta100
(NS)
Effect Increases Mario's attack power by 2 when he is in Danger.
Description(s)
When Mario is in Danger, his attack power increases by 2. (Paper Mario)
Increase Attack power by 2 when Mario is in Danger. (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo GameCube)
Increase Attack power by 2 when Mario has 5 HP or less. Wearing two or more of these badges further increases Attack by 2 per badge. (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo Switch)

Power Rush is a badge in Paper Mario and Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. In Paper Mario, it is found in Peach's Castle, inside of the castle's library between a couple of shelves; it can be obtained either by Mario or by Princess Peach, who can send it to Mario via a Mysterious Treasure Chest (which Mario can access from the other treasure chest at Shooting Star Summit). In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, it can be bought from the Lovely Howz of Badges in Rogueport for fifty coins, bought from the Pianta Parlor for thirty-four pianta tokens with the Gold Card, or rarely held or dropped by Paratroopas and Shady Koopas. If Mario equips it, when he enters the Danger state (which occurs when his HP reaches between two and five points), his attack power increases by two. This badge works alongside others that activate when Mario is in Peril or Danger, such as Last Stand and Close Call. In Paper Mario, the attack power bonus from Mega Rush overrides the bonus from Power Rush. In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, the attack power bonuses from Power Rush and Mega Rush will stack. Power Rush P has the same effect, but works exclusively on Mario's partner.

In the Nintendo GameCube version of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and the English version of the Nintendo Switch remake, the badge is embossed with the letter "D", which likely stands for "Danger", the state that is mentioned in the badge's description. However, in the Japanese, Chinese, and Korean versions of the remake, the letter is changed to "P" (likely for "Power"), making the badge resemble its original design from Paper Mario.

In Paper Mario, when this badge or Mega Rush takes effect, afterimages follow Mario as he attacks.

Drop rates[edit]

Badge rates in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Sprite of the Power Rush badge in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
Power Rush
Roll over Rate types for descriptions, and dotted-lined rates to show percentages out of 100.
Enemy Hold rate Drop rate
Paratroopa 2/200 1/300
Shady Koopa 2/200 1/300
Shady Koopa (Glitz Pit, The Shellshockers) 2/200 1/300

Merluvlee's prediction in Paper Mario[edit]

  • "I see...a Power Rush Badge. In Peach's Castle, way up in the sky, there's a room with bookshelves. The Badge is on the floor between the shelves."

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Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ピンチデガンバル
Pinchi de Ganbaru
Hold on in a pinch
Chinese (simplified) 强力冲击勋章 (Paper Mario)
Qiánglì Chōngjī Xūnzhāng
Power Rush Badge
化危为攻徽章 (The Thousand-Year Door remake)
Huàwēi Wéigōng Huīzhāng
Turn Danger into Attack Badge
Chinese (traditional) 化危為攻徽章
Huàwēi Wéigōng Huīzhāng
Turn Danger into Attack Badge
Dutch Adrenalinestoot Adrenaline Rush
French Adrénaline Adrenaline
German Kampfwut Battle Rage
Italian Adrenalina Adrenaline
Korean 불굴의 의지
Bulgul-ui Uiji
Indomitable Will
Spanish Súper Prisa Super Rush
Superprisa (The Thousand-Year Door remake) Super rush