Editing Dash Attack

[[File:MSBL Wario artwork.png|thumb|Artwork of Wario damaging Toad from a Dash Attack in ''Mario Strikers: Battle League'']]
{{quote|With my 'body slam', I'm not afraid of [[Brown Sugar Pirates|pirates]].|[[Wario]]|''[[Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3]]'' instruction booklet, page 4.}}
The '''Dash Attack''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Wario World'' instruction booklet|page=7-8|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=en-gb|date=2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''Wario World'' instruction booklet|page=9-10|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|date=2003}}</ref> also known as '''Body Slam''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3'' instruction booklet|page=11|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|date=1994}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Hamm & Rudolf GmbH, Frankfurt|title=''Super Game Boy Player's Guide''|page=27|date=1994|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> '''Barge''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Virtual Boy Wario Land'' instruction booklet|page=22|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref> '''Wario Attack''',<ref>In-game information for the [[Loot Scoot]] microgame in ''[[WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!]]'' and ''[[WarioWare Gold]]''</ref> '''Dashing''',<ref>{{cite|author=Stratton, Steve|title=''Wario Land: Shake It!'' PRIMA Official Strategy Guide|page=4|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|date=September 22, 2008|language=en-us|isbn=978-0-7615-6113-2}}</ref> '''Attack''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Wario Land II'' instruction booklet|date=1998|page=5|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''Wario Land 3'' instruction booklet|page=5|date=2000|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''Wario Land 4'' instruction booklet|page=7|date=2001|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> and '''Shoulder Barge''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (AU) issue 16|page=18|date=July 1994}}</ref> is one of [[Wario]]'s signature attacks. It consists of him charging at high speed while ramming everything on his path using his powerful shoulders. The move first appeared in ''[[Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3]]'', and has most prominently appeared in the [[Wario Land (series)|''Wario Land'' series]]. The main purpose of the attack is damaging enemies, but it can also hit switches or break open [[treasure chest]]s and [[block]]s.

[[Roy|Roy Koopa]] is shown to perform a similar attack in his sprites for ''[[Super Princess Peach]]'' as well as in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]''. In ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'', [[Baby DK]] likewise performs a [[DK Dash Attack|similar move]].
==History==
===''Wario Land'' series===
This move is a simple attack in the [[Wario Land (series)|''Wario Land'']] games; it can be used to attack one enemy at a time or to destroy [[block]]s, and normally allows Wario to move faster than running. [[Jump]]ing in the middle of this attack changes it into a '''Jump Attack''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Wario Land 4'' instruction booklet|page=9|date=2001|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> which ends upon landing or turning around. The [[cave master]] from ''[[Wario Land II]]'' makes use of a similar attack when he is confronted by Wario in order to knock him out of the arena, forcing Wario to restart the battle; in turn, Wario must attack the cave master the same way three times to claim victory. In ''[[Wario Land 3]]'', it can be upgraded to break harder blocks and attack several enemies at once. ''[[Wario Land 4]]'' was the first game to introduce the name "Dash Attack" (and subsequently its aerial variant '''Jumping Dash Attack'''),<ref>{{cite|title=''Wario Land 4'' instruction booklet|page=10|date=2001|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> however, unlike its contemporary usage, this term was used to describe a more powerful variant of the same ability where Wario quickly rushes as his speed greatly increases; then, he is able to run into multiple blocks and enemies without stopping. He is also able to break the more solid, blue blocks. His regular attack is also present, but compared to this "Dash Attack", it is less powerful and Wario bounces back against blocks. To avoid future confusion in later games, the name Dash Attack was given to Wario's regular attack, with the original "Dash Attack" move getting removed, but also giving Wario different alternatives to perform similar moves like the [[Max Fastosity Dasherator]]s seen in ''[[Wario Land: Shake It!]]''.

===''Wario's Woods''===
In ''[[Wario's Woods]]'', when [[Toad]] takes time in a round, [[Wario]] will temporarily take the place of [[Birdo]] and perform an attack periodically, knocking the [[Thwomp#Wario's Woods|ceiling]] a step downwards.

===''Wario World''===
[[File:WW Dash Attack screenshot.png|thumb|Wario using Dash Attack toward a large Magon in ''Wario World'']]
In ''[[Wario World]]'', the Dash Attack makes [[Wario]] take off in a burst of speed when the player presses the {{button|gcn|R}} Button. This is handy for quickly moving around or barreling through enemies. Another move, coupling a Dash Attack with a [[punch]], can be executed by pressing, holding, and releasing the {{button|gcn|B}} Button.

===''WarioWare'' series===
In the ''[[WarioWare (series)|WarioWare]]'' games, the Dash Attack appears in a few microgames referencing the ''Wario Land'' games, for example, in [[Loot Scoot]], it enables Wario to break through walls and repel mummies to escape an avalanche of gold and treasure; another example is found in a microgame simply titled  [[Wario Land (WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase)|Wario Land]] (specifically based on ''Wario Land 4'') where Wario must use the Dash Attack to successfully take out a [[Spear-Mask]] while avoiding its front spear. In ''[[WarioWare: Get It Together!]]'', the Dash Attack is Wario's main gameplay mechanic. Performed by pressing {{button|switch|a}}, it can be used in microgames to push and break objects.

===''Wario: Master of Disguise''===
In ''[[Wario: Master of Disguise]]'', [[Thief Wario]] can use a short-ranged Dash Attack. Unlike in past platformers featuring the move, Wario immediately returns in place after executing it.

===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===
In the [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros.'' series]], the Dash Attack appears as Wario's forward smash attack in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', and like in ''Wario: Master of Disguise'', Wario stays in one spot while executing it, unless he is in his [[Wario-Man]] form. The move returns in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', which calls it '''Shoulder Tackle''' in the [[smashwiki:Tips|tips]], but was aptly made his [[smashwiki:Dash attack|dash attack]]; for this game, the move behaves more similarly to the Dash Attack from the ''Wario Land'' games, covering a longer distance.

===''Mario Strikers: Battle League''===
A Dash Attack is used by Wario in ''[[Mario Strikers: Battle League]]'' as he tackles.

==Gallery==
===Artwork===
<gallery>
Wario - Nintendo Character Manual.png|Nintendo Character Manual
WarioLandArt1.png|thumb|''[[Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3]]''
Bull Wario VBWL.png|''[[Virtual Boy Wario Land]]''
Warioland2coverwario.png|''[[Wario Land II]]''
WL2 WarioAttack.png|''Wario Land II''
MarioLand2Wario.png|''Wario Land II''<br>([[Wikipedia:Nintendo Magazine System (Australia)|Nintendo Magazine System]])
Wario Dash Attack WarioWorld.png|''[[Wario World]]''
Thief Wario WMoD artwork.jpg|''[[Wario: Master of Disguise]]''
Wario Bash WWGIT.png|''[[WarioWare: Get It Together!]]''
</gallery>

===Screenshots===
<gallery>
Wario's Woods005.png|100px|left|thumb|Wario using the attack in ''[[Wario's Woods]]'' title screen
Wario Land 2 S 2xx-5.png|Wario knocking the [[cave master]] in ''Wario Land II''
Wolfenboss.PNG|Wario attacking during [[Wolfenboss]]' battle in ''Wario Land 3''
WL4 Super Ram Screenshot.png|The original "Dash Attack", seen in ''[[Wario Land 4]]''
Dash Attack Wario Brawl.png|The Dash Attack Wario uses as a forward smash in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''.
Dash Attack Wario-Man Brawl.png|The Dash Attack utilizes its more traditional properties during [[Wario-Man#Super Smash Bros. series|Wario's]] [[Final Smash]].
Mt Lava Lava.png|Wario attacking a [[Volcannon]] in ''[[Wario Land: Shake It!]]''
Dash Attack Wario Ultimate.png|Wario's Dash Attack in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''
</gallery>

===Sprites===
<gallery>
WLSML3JetWarioSprite.png|''Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3''<br>([[Jet Wario]])
VBWLBullWarioSprite.png|''Virtual Boy Wario Land''<br>([[Bull Wario]])
WL4-Ram.png|''Wario Land 4''<br>(Normal)
WL4 Ramming Sprite.png|''Wario Land 4''<br>("Dash Attack")
DNS3 Dash Wario.png|''[[Densetsu no Starfy 3]]''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
===Dash Attack===
{{foreign names
|Jap={{hover|体当|たいあ}}たり{{hover|攻撃|こうげき}}<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land'' instruction booklet|page=3|language=Japanese|date=1994|publisher=Nintendo}}</ref>
|JapN=''Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3''
|JapR=Taiatari Kōgeki
|Jap2={{hover|体当|たいあ}}たり<ref>{{cite|title=''Virtual Boy Wario Land: Awazon no Hihō'' instruction booklet|page=18|date=1995|publisher=Nintendo|language=Japanese}}</ref>
|Jap2N=''Virtual Boy Wario Land''
|Jap2R=Taiatari
|Jap3=アタック<ref>{{cite|title=''Wario Land 3: Fushigi na Orgel'' instruction booklet|page=5|language=Japanese|publisher=Nintendo|date=2000}}</ref><ref name=Advance>{{cite|title=''Wario Land Advance: Yōki no Otakara'' instruction booklet|page=7 and 10|date=2001|publisher=Nintendo|language=Japanese}}</ref>
|Jap3N=''Wario Land II'' / ''Wario Land 3'' / ''Wario Land 4''
|Jap3R=Atakku
|Jap4=ダッシュアタック<ref name=Advance/><ref>{{cite|title=''Wario Land Shake'' instruction booklet|page=19, 24, and 25|language=Japanese|publisher=Nintendo|date=2008}}</ref>
|Jap4N=''Wario Land 4'' / ''Wario World'' / ''Wario Land Shake''
|Jap4R=Dasshu Atakku
|Jap5=ダッシュ
|Jap5N=''Wario World''
|Jap5R=Dasshu
|Jap6=ショルダータックル
|Jap6N=''Wario: Master of Disguise''
|Jap6R=Shorudā Takkuru
|JapM=Tackle Attack
|Jap2M=Tackle
|Jap3M=Attack
|Jap4M=Dash Attack
|Jap5M=Dash
|Jap6M=Shoulder Tackle
|Fre=Attaque smash
|FreN=''Wario Land 3''
|FreM=Smash attack
|Fre2=Attaquer<ref name="eu_manual_fr">{{cite|title=''[[Wario Land 4]]'' European manual|page=45|date=2001|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=fr}}</ref>
|Fre2N=''Wario Land 4'' (Attack)
|Fre2M=Tackle
|Fre3=Charge<ref name="eu_manual_fr"/>
|Fre3N=''Wario Land 4'' (Dash Attack)
|Fre3M=Charge
|Ger=Rippentriller
|GerN=''Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3''
|GerM=Rib Trill, possibly a pun on ''Lippentriller'' ("lip trill"), a type of trill performed on brass instruments
|Ger2=Angreifen<ref name="eu_manual_de">{{cite|title=''[[Wario Land 4]]'' European manual|page=25|date=2001|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=de}}</ref>
|Ger2N=''Wario Land 4'' (Attack)
|Ger2M=Attack
|Ger3=Tempo-Attacke<ref name="eu_manual_de"/>
|Ger3N=''Wario Land 4'' (Dash Attack)
|Ger3M=Speed Attack
|Ita=Schiacciata a terra<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3]]'' European booklet|page=105|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|date=1994|language=it}}</ref>
|ItaN=''Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3''
|Ita2=Attacca<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Wario Land II]]'' European manual|page=105|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|date=1999|language=it}}</ref><ref name="eu_manual_it">{{cite|title=''[[Wario Land 4]]'' European manual|page=105|date=2001|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=it}}</ref>
|Ita3=Attacco rapido<ref name="eu_manual_it"/>
|Ita4=Attacco fulmineo <ref>{{cite|title=''[[Wario World]]'' Italian manual|page=7|date=2003|publisher=Nintendo|language=it}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''[[Wario Land: The Shake Dimension]]'' Italian manual|page=8|language=it|publisher=Nintendo|date=2008}}</ref>
|ItaM=Ground slam
|Ita2M=Attack
|Ita3M=Rapid attack
|Ita3N=''Wario Land 4'' (Dash Attack)
|Ita4M=Lightning attack
|Spa=Empellón
|SpaN=''Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3''
|Spa2=Atacar<ref name="eu_manual_es">{{cite|title=''[[Wario Land 4]]'' European manual|page=85|date=2001|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=es}}</ref>
|Spa2N=''Wario Land 4'' (Attack)
|Spa2M=Attack
|Spa3=Ataque relámpago<ref name="eu_manual_es"/>
|Spa3N=''Wario Land 4'' (Dash Attack)
|Spa4=Ataque raudo
|Spa4N=''Wario Land: Shake It!''
|SpaM=Shove
|Spa3M=Lightning attack
|Spa4M=Swift attack
}}

===Jump Attack===
{{foreign names
|Jap=ジャンピングアタック<ref>{{cite|title=''Wario Land 3: Fushigi na Orgel'' instruction booklet|page=6|date=2000|publisher=Nintendo|language=Japanese}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''Wario Land Advance: Yōki no Otakara'' instruction booklet|page=9|language=Japanese|date=2001|publisher=Nintendo}}</ref>
|JapR=Janpingu Atakku
|Jap2=ジャンピングダッシュアタック<ref>{{cite|title=''Wario Land Advance: Yōki no Otakara'' instruction booklet|page=10|language=Japanese|date=2001|publisher=Nintendo}}</ref>
|Jap2N=''Wario Land 4''
|Jap2R=Janpingu Dasshu Atakku
|JapM=Jumping Attack
|Jap2M=Jumping Dash Attack
|Fre=Attaque Sautée<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Wario Land 4]]'' European manual|page=47|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=fr|date=2001}}</ref>
|FreM=Jump attack
|Ger=Sprung-Attacke<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Wario Land 4]]'' European manual|page=27|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=de|date=2001}}</ref>
|GerM=Jump Attack
|Ita=Attacco salto<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Wario Land 4]]'' European manual|page=107|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=it|date=2001}}</ref>
|ItaM=Jump attack
|Spa=Ataque con salto<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Wario Land 4]]'' European manual|page=87|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=es|date=2001}}</ref>
|SpaM=Attack with jump
}}

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