Slow Go

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Slow Go
Paper Mario The Thousand-Year Door
Slow Go Badge.png Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) BP 0 0
Price Coin0 Coin12
Effect Mario moves slower in the field.
Description(s)
Makes Mario unable to run. His pace becomes very slow. (Paper Mario)
Makes Mario sluggish, so he can no longer run. (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo GameCube)
Slows down the party's movement speed on the field. (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo Switch)

Slow Go is a badge in Paper Mario and Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. In Paper Mario, it is found in a hidden room in Dry Dry Ruins, near the Super Hammer. In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, it can be bought from Charlieton for twelve coins. It can be sold for 5 coins. If equipped, Mario becomes unable to run, forcing him to always walk until the badge is unequipped. This does not affect him while he is riding Yoshi Kid (except for the remake, which significantly slows both of them down if equipped).

The Slow Go Badge does not seem to serve any purpose, but it can be used effectively in specific situations. In Paper Mario, Tubba Blubba's Castle contains several sleeping Clubbas, including a particular room with many more Clubbas than normally encountered; however, the Clubbas will not wake up if Mario walks by them instead of running. In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, a room in Sublevel Two of the Palace of Shadow contains Spike Traps that emerge from the ground suddenly, which must be dodged by moving slowly around them. Since walking is difficult to maintain under normal circumstances without slipping into a dash, the Slow Go Badge is ideal in these situations.

Merluvlee's prediction in Paper Mario[edit]

  • "I see...a Slow Go Badge. In the far depths of the ruins, there's a hidden room beyond where the Hammer lies. You climb up high, then land on the upper edge of the Hammer room. You walk carefully around to find the hidden chest."

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ノロイノロイ (Paper Mario)
Noroi Noroi
ノロノロアルーク (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)
Noronoro Arūku
Pun on「鈍い」(noroi, "slow") and「呪い」(noroi, "curse"); shared with Cursya

From「のろのろ」(noro'noro, "sluggish") and stylistic variant of「歩く」(aruku, "to walk")

Chinese (simplified) 踱步勋章 (Paper Mario)
Duóbù Xūnzhāng
缓慢行走徽章 (The Thousand-Year Door remake)
Huǎnmàn Xíngzǒu Huīzhāng
Pace/Stroll Badge

Slow Walking Badge

Chinese (traditional) 緩慢行走徽章
Huǎnmàn Xíngzǒu Huīzhāng
Slow Walking Badge

Dutch Slakkengang
Snail's Pace
French Escargot
Snail
German Schleicher (Paper Mario)
Kriechspur (The Thousand-Year Door)
Sneaker
Crawler Lane
Italian Tartapasso
Turtlestep ("step" is meant as "speed")
Korean 굼벵이걸음
Gumbeng Igeol-eum
Slow Walk

Spanish Pasotortuga
Turtle Walk