Editing Shell Toss

[[File:ShellToss SMB3.png|thumb|left|350px|[[Mario]] performing a Shell Toss with a series of demonstrations]]
The '''Shell Toss''' is a move used in many platform games of the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]]. The term "shell toss" can be used to describe any attack wherein an ally or foe uses its shell to attack by launching it forward. To use the Shell Toss, one must grab or carry a shell and toss it. [[Koopa Shell]]s are the most common type of shell, although [[Buzzy Shell]]s and upside-down [[Spiny Shell (red)|Spiny Shells]] are also common.

==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
[[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]], and [[Toad]] can first use the Shell Toss in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''. The [[Red Shell]]s can be obtained in the grass and thrown at will. The shells speed across the ground, knocking over any enemies.

Later, in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', the Shell Toss can be used to hit [[block]]s from the side and gain the items contained within them. [[Brick Block|Bricks]] can also be broken to gain access to other areas. This is also possible in most later 2D ''Mario'' games. In some games, such as ''[[Super Mario World]]'' and ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', enemies may also throw shells at the player. In a few games, such as ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' and ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', shells can even be used to collect [[coin]]s or other items.

===''Paper Mario'' series===
{{PM move infobox
|game=[[Paper Mario]] and [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]
|image=PM Shell Toss.png
|mastered_by=[[Kooper]] and [[Koops]]
|attack=2 Base Rank<br>3 Super Rank<br>5 Ultra Rank
|rank=Base Rank
|effect=Kooper or Koops hits an enemy with his shell, dealing damage.
|target=Single frontmost grounded enemy
}}
In the [[Paper Mario (series)|''Paper Mario'' series]], various Koopas and [[Buzzy Beetle]]s, including Mario's party members [[Kooper]] and [[Koops]], use Shell Toss by going inside their shells and launching themselves at enemies in battle. This attack can hit only the frontmost enemy on the ground, but it does not take contact damage from things such as fire and electrification. For Kooper and Koops at normal rank, the attack does one damage without the [[Action Command]] and two with it; this changes to two or three damage at [[Super Rank]] and three or five at [[Ultra Rank]]. The Action Command for Shell Toss differs slightly depending on which Koopa is using it, but both involve releasing {{button|n64|Stick}} at the right time. Also, Koops's version includes [[Stylish move]]s.

Kooper and Koops can also be launched by Mario out of battle, which can be used to grab faraway items, activate switches, or do a [[First Strike]] on an enemy. A First Strike with Kooper always fails the Action Command, while a First Strike with Koops always succeeds.
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==Gallery==
<gallery>
Shell Toss Info.png|Demonstration of field move
PMTTYD Koops Happy Heart Backtrack.png|Grabbing the [[Happy Heart]] [[badge]]
Koops In Battle.png|Menu
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=コウラアタック
|JapR=Kōra Atakku
|JapM=Shell Attack
|Fre=Lance Carap
|FreM=Shell Launch
|Ita=Tartattacco
|ItaM=Turtley Attack
|Spa=Lanzaconcha<br>Lanzacaparazón<small> (''The Thousand-Year Door'' remake)</small>
|SpaM=Shell Launcher
|Ger=Panzerstoß
|GerM=Shell Bump
|Chi=龟壳
|ChiR=Guīké
|ChiM=Turtle Shell
}}

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[[Category:Paper Mario special moves]]
[[Category:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door moves]]
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