Dizzy Dial

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Dizzy Dial
Icon of an item from Paper Mario A Dizzy Dial from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)
Paper Mario description If it works, dazes and paralyzes all enemies briefly.
The Thousand-Year Door description Makes all enemies dizzy, decreasing their accuracy.
The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) description Temporarily makes all enemies dizzy, decreasing their accuracy.

The Dizzy Dial is a very common item from the Paper Mario series. It has a high chance of making all enemies Dizzy and is most effective against flying enemies. Bosses are extremely resistant to it, however. While the Dizzy Dial is sold in a few stores, it has a high drop rate by enemies. It is also mandatory to buy at least one Dizzy Dial in order to gain access to Don Pianta's headquarters.

Tayce T. can create Dizzy Dials by cooking with a Strange Leaf, optionally in combination with the Stinky Herb. This may be a reference to certain plants that can cause psychedelic experiences, or 'dizziness', when ingested, particularly due to the Strange Leaf's physical resemblance to the leaf of the Cannabis plant.

Recipes[edit]

Paper Mario[edit]

Recipe Result
Strange Leaf Strange Leaf[a] Icon of an item from Paper Mario Dizzy Dial
Strange Leaf Strange Leaf + Volt Mushroom Volt Shroom
Strange Leaf Strange Leaf + Stinky Herb Stinky Herb
  1. ^ Recipe requires the Cookbook; will result in a Mistake otherwise

Locations[edit]

Paper Mario[edit]

Image of Mario revealing a hidden ? Block in Shy Guy's Toy Box, in Paper Mario.
The location of the Dizzy Dial in Shy Guy's Toy Box.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese グルグルめまわし
Guruguru Memawashi
Spinning Eye-turner [2]
Chinese (Simplified) 眩晕盘
Xuànyūn Pán
Dizzy Dial Paper Mario [?]
晕眩转盘
Yūn Xuàn Zhuànpán
Dizzy Wheel The Thousand-Year Door remake [?]
Chinese (Traditional) 暈眩轉盤
Yūn Xuàn Zhuànpán
Dizzy Wheel [?]
Dutch Duizelspiraal Dizzy spiral [?]
French Assom'Cadran Pun on cadran assomant ("overwhelming dial") [?]
German Schwirrwarr From schwirr ("buzz") and wirrwarr ("clutter") [?]
Italian Giratutto Spin everything [?]
Korean 눈이 뱅뱅
Nuni Baengbaeng
Spinning Eye-turner [?]
Spanish (Latin American) Disco de mareo Dizziness disc [?]
Spanish (European) Disco Mareo Dizziness disc original [?]
Disco de mareo remake [?]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Jdaster64 (April 7, 2016). Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Enemy Item/Badge Drop FAQ. GameFAQs. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
  2. ^ Paper Mario: From Japanese to English. The Mushroom Kingdom. Retrieved January 31, 2015.