P-Down, D-Up

P-Down, D-Up
Paper Mario The Thousand-Year Door  BP 2 2 Price — —
Effect Decreases Mario's attack power by 1 and increases his defense power by 1.
Description(s) Decreases attack power by 1. Increases defense by 1. (Paper Mario) Drop the damage Mario deals AND receives by 1. (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo GameCube) Reduces the damage Mario deals by 1, but also reduces the damage he takes from enemies by 1. (Menu) Reduces the damage Mario deals AND receives by 1. (In battle) (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo Switch)

P-Down, D-Up is a badge in Paper Mario and Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, having the antithesis of the effects of a P-Up, D-Down. In Paper Mario, it is found in the Crystal Palace, through a boarded-up hole in the floor (which can only be removed using Mario's Spin Jump) and past a colony of Swoopulas. In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, it is found in the Pirate's Grotto, behind some boxes in the same area where Mario gets his Boat Mode ability, and can be rarely dropped by or stolen from Dark Craws and X-Naut PhDs. If equipped by Mario, it reduces the damage Mario receives by one and lessens his power by one, lowering the damage of all of his jump and hammer attacks. This badge functions differently from Defend Plus in that it does not increase Mario’s Defense. It instead lowers the damage Mario receives by one. This is preferable as there are many attacks in the game that pierce defense. Equipping only one of these badges grants Mario immunity from all attacks from the audience and most stage hazards. The badge's effects stack if multiple copies of it are equipped, though Mario's attack power cannot go below one. A variant of the badge exists called P-Down, D-Up P that affects exclusively Mario's partner.

Profiles

• Merluvlee's prediction: "I see...a P-down, D-up Badge. In the Crystal Palace lobby, you can see a similar room on the other side of the glass. You go in the door in that room and break the floor. You then follow the path to the right to find the treasure chest. The Badge, of course, is inside."

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ナマクラヤイバー[?] Namakura Yaibā	From「なまくら」(namakura, "blunt") and stylized version of「刄」(yaiba, "blade")
Chinese (simplified)	攻减防增勋章[?] Gōngjiǎn Fángzēng Xūnzhāng	Attack-Down Defense-Up Badge	Paper Mario
	钝刀徽章[?] Dùn Dāo Huīzhāng	Dull Knife Badge	The Thousand-Year Door remake
Chinese (traditional)	鈍刀徽章[?] Dùn Dāo Huīzhāng	Dull Knife Badge
Dutch	Introvert[?]	-
French	P-, D+[?]	-
German	P- V+[?]	P- D+
Italian	Tutti - 1[?]	-1 (for) Everyone
Korean	무딘 검[?] Mudin Geom	Blunt Sword
Spanish	-A, +D[?]	P-, D+