Magnus von Grapple 2.0

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The Thousand-Year Door enemy
Magnus 2.0
Magnus von Grapple 2.0
Location(s) X-Naut Fortress
Max HP 70
Attack 6
Defense 2
Moves Magnus Drill Attack (6), Flying Disk (6), Flying X-Fists (9), Rapid Fire Cannon (3 per hit)
Items None
Coins N/A
Log The biggest upgrades seem to be the flying features. Watch out for the improved machine guns!
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Level 84
Exp. points 0
Sleep? 0%
Dizzy? 40%
Confuse? 40%
Tiny? 0%
Burn? 100%
Freeze? 20%
Stop? 40%
Soft? 80%
Fright? 0%
Gale Force? 0%
KO? 0%
Tattle

Ah! Magnus Von Grapple 2.0. The upgraded version of Magnus Von Grapple. Max HP is 70, Attack is 6, and Defense is 2. Its basic attack is a drill move that drops from above. It also sometimes releases its fists for flying X-Punches. Each X-Punch has a Max HP of 5, and Attack of 9, and a Defense of 0. When those fists are flying, you may get attacked by the fists and body in one turn… Take care of those low-HP fists early on, trust me. When the body's HP gets low, it'll also fire machine guns and who knows what else. It may not look too different from the last version, but it's much stronger, so be careful! I still think the whole design is a little ridiculous, though…

Tattle Log #:
118
“Yeah, last version was buggy, so we made improvements... One...two...a DOZEN!!! Get ready for a whole new way to experience pain, you junior-varsity losers!”
Lord Crump while in Magnus von Grapple 2.0, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Magnus von Grapple 2.0 (or Magnus 2.0) is the improved version of Magnus von Grapple controlled by Lord Crump and built by X-Naut Scientists in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. It is the seventh Chapter Boss in the game, and the last boss to hold a Crystal Star.

Lord Crump was assigned to guard the Crystal Star in the X-Naut Fortress located on the moon. He controlled an upgraded version of the Magnus von Grapple, with new attacks (a flying drill attack instead of the stomp, an ability to inhale audience members and open its front to fire many audience members at the person in front, and a higher HP, attack and defense). After defeat, the robot explodes, sending Lord Crump into deep space.

Powers and abilities[edit]

X-Punch
Mario and Goombella battle Magnus von Grapple 2.0.

Magnus von Grapple 2.0 still retains its rocket punch and just like its weaker counterpart, it has the ability to summon an X-Punch, a stronger version of the original version's X-Fists. Magnus von Grapple 2.0's main attack is flying off-screen and then diving down at Mario and his partner, which does six damage. Another one of its attacks is flying to the audience arena, revealing the vacuum from its bottom, sucking up the audience, and then opening its front to fire audience members at the player, which does three damage per hit.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese バッテンダー・マーク2
Battendā Māku Tsū
Magnus von Grapple Mk. II

French Cruxobot 2
Pun on "crux-" (a prefix referring to a cross) and "robot"
German Neo-Crucibot
Pun on "crux" (which means "cross"), -bot (a common suffix for robots) and "neo" for "new"
Italian Justo II
Magnus the 2nd
Spanish Mazinrobo X2
Mazin from Mazinger Z, that was very popular in Spain, Robo from Robot and "X" from the "X" of the X-Nauts

Trivia[edit]