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[[File:Play Nintendo Mario Ground Pound.jpg|thumb|[[Mario]] hitting a [[? Block]] with a Ground Pound]] | [[File:Play Nintendo Mario Ground Pound.jpg|thumb|[[Mario]] hitting a [[? Block]] with a Ground Pound]] | ||
{{quote|Yoshi will "Pound The Ground." This has many uses, and it rocks!|Message Block|Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island}} | {{quote|Yoshi will "Pound The Ground." This has many uses, and it rocks!|Message Block|Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island}} | ||
The '''Ground Pound''', also known as the '''Hip Drop''',<ref>''Nintendo Magazine System'' (AU) Issue #30, page 14 | The '''Ground Pound''', also known as the '''Hip Drop''',<ref>''Nintendo Magazine System'' (AU) Issue #30, page 14.</ref> '''Pound the Ground''' attack, '''Bounce''',<ref>''Nintendo Magazine System'' (AU) Issue #42, page 18.</ref> '''Butt-Bash''',<ref>UK ''Nintendo Magazine'' #54 (March 1997), page 21.</ref> '''Jump Smash''',<ref>''Nintendo Power'' Volume 133, page 59.</ref> '''Smash Attack''',<ref name=WarioLand4EN>''Wario Land 4'' American instruction booklet, page 10.</ref> and '''Butt Stomp''' (formatted as '''ground-pound''' in ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'', ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''; also formatted as '''ground pound'''<ref>[http://i.imgur.com/pp7hxrq.png]</ref> and also known as the '''Spin Jump''' in ''[[Paper Mario]]'' and ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''), is a recurring technique in the ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' franchise, first usable by [[Mario]] in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and having become a common move used by him and many other characters since then, along with moves such as the [[Wall Jump]] and [[Spin Jump]]. It involves the user falling more quickly and slamming into the ground with their rear, often to apply more force than an average [[stomp]] but with less mobility. It can have multiple effects, primarily either to attack or to break or activate [[block]]s and other objects from above; using it is the only way to complete certain tasks, such as destroying [[Chain Chomp]]s' stakes or pressing a [[Ground-Pound Switch]]. In certain games (first in ''Super Mario Galaxy''), objects with a unique effect when Ground Pounded are marked with a symbol resembling an explosion. The move is usually executed by pressing the [[crouch]] button in midair, but it is sometimes instead used by pressing the [[jump]] button twice (especially in [[minigame]]s of the [[Mario Party (series)|''Mario Party'' series]]). | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===''Super Mario'' series=== | ===''Super Mario'' series=== | ||
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In ''[[Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3]]'', [[Wario]] is able to do the move as [[Bull Wario]]. In ''[[Wario Land II]]'' and ''[[Wario Land 4]]'', he can do this without any ability of any kind. In ''[[Wario Land 3]]'', one of the various treasures that Wario collects will enable him to Ground Pound, while a second treasure makes it more powerful. If Wario performs this move from a great height, it becomes a [[block]]-breaking '''Super Smash Attack'''<ref name=WarioLand4EN/>. In ''[[Wario Land: Shake It!]]'', Wario can perform a similar move called the [[Earthshake Punch]]. | In ''[[Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3]]'', [[Wario]] is able to do the move as [[Bull Wario]]. In ''[[Wario Land II]]'' and ''[[Wario Land 4]]'', he can do this without any ability of any kind. In ''[[Wario Land 3]]'', one of the various treasures that Wario collects will enable him to Ground Pound, while a second treasure makes it more powerful. If Wario performs this move from a great height, it becomes a [[block]]-breaking '''Super Smash Attack'''<ref name=WarioLand4EN/>. In ''[[Wario Land: Shake It!]]'', Wario can perform a similar move called the [[Earthshake Punch]]. | ||
In ''[[Virtual Boy Wario Land]]'', Wario can | In ''[[Virtual Boy Wario Land]]'', Wario can '''Body Slam'''<ref>''Virtual Boy Wario Land'' English instruction booklet, page 21.</ref>, which closely resembles a Ground Pound except Wario faces downwards and does a weaker maneuver. [[Bull Wario]] and [[King Dragon Wario]] can perform a more traditional Ground Pound. | ||
===''Yoshi'' franchise=== | ===''Yoshi'' franchise=== |