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[[File:Mario Crouch NSMB2.png|frame|[[Mario]] '''crouching''' artwork for ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]''.]]
[[File:Mario Crouch NSMB2.png|frame|[[Mario]] '''crouching''' artwork for ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]''.]]
The '''crouch''' or '''duck''' move has been used in almost every ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]'' platformer. To use it, the player must simply press {{button|Paddown}} in 2D games, or {{button|n64|Z}} / {{button|wii|Z}} / {{button|3ds|L}} / {{button|wiiu/ZL}} / {{button|ns|ZL}} in 3D games. If the player releases the button, characters return to their standing position. It is used to duck under projectiles and slide under walls while moving. In 3D games, the player can chain it to a [[Somersault|Backwards Somersault]] in place or [[Long Jump]] while dashing; ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' is an exception, as [[Mario]] can perform a Backwards Somersault, but he cannot crouch or Long Jump. If characters use it at the same time as a [[jump]] in 2D games, they can jump while still crouching. This can be utilized to get into one-block tall holes. It can also be used within these tunnels to move slightly with each jump, but if the player releases the crouch button, the character performing it will automatically go towards the opposite direction they are facing. [[Small Mario|Small characters]] can only crouch in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', ''[[Super Mario World]]'', the ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' games, ''Super Mario 3D Land'', and ''Super Mario 3D World''.
The '''crouch''' or '''duck''' move has been used in almost every ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]'' platformer. To use it, the player must simply press {{button|Paddown}} in 2D games, or {{button|n64|Z}} / {{button|wii|Z}} / {{button|3ds|L}} / {{button|wiiu|ZL}} / {{button|ns|ZL}} in 3D games. If the player releases the button, characters return to their standing position. It is used to duck under projectiles and slide under walls while moving. In 3D games, the player can chain it to a [[Somersault|Backwards Somersault]] in place or [[Long Jump]] while dashing; ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' is an exception, as [[Mario]] can perform a Backwards Somersault, but he cannot crouch or Long Jump. If characters use it at the same time as a [[jump]] in 2D games, they can jump while still crouching. This can be utilized to get into one-block tall holes. It can also be used within these tunnels to move slightly with each jump, but if the player releases the crouch button, the character performing it will automatically go towards the opposite direction they are facing. [[Small Mario|Small characters]] can only crouch in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', ''[[Super Mario World]]'', the ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' games, ''Super Mario 3D Land'', and ''Super Mario 3D World''.


In ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', crouching for a small period of time will charge up characters so they can jump higher (once per charge). This ability is called the [[Power Squat Jump]]. The Backwards Somersault in ''Super Mario 3D Land'' and ''Super Mario 3D World'' operates similarly to this.
In ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', crouching for a small period of time will charge up characters so they can jump higher (once per charge). This ability is called the [[Power Squat Jump]]. The Backwards Somersault in ''Super Mario 3D Land'' and ''Super Mario 3D World'' operates similarly to this.

Revision as of 23:10, January 27, 2018

Mario crouching artwork for New Super Mario Bros. 2.

The crouch or duck move has been used in almost every Mario platformer. To use it, the player must simply press +Control Pad down in 2D games, or Z Button / Nunchuk Z Button / L Button / ZL Button / ZL in 3D games. If the player releases the button, characters return to their standing position. It is used to duck under projectiles and slide under walls while moving. In 3D games, the player can chain it to a Backwards Somersault in place or Long Jump while dashing; Super Mario Sunshine is an exception, as Mario can perform a Backwards Somersault, but he cannot crouch or Long Jump. If characters use it at the same time as a jump in 2D games, they can jump while still crouching. This can be utilized to get into one-block tall holes. It can also be used within these tunnels to move slightly with each jump, but if the player releases the crouch button, the character performing it will automatically go towards the opposite direction they are facing. Small characters can only crouch in Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario World, the New Super Mario Bros. games, Super Mario 3D Land, and Super Mario 3D World.

In Super Mario Bros. 2, crouching for a small period of time will charge up characters so they can jump higher (once per charge). This ability is called the Power Squat Jump. The Backwards Somersault in Super Mario 3D Land and Super Mario 3D World operates similarly to this.

In most 3D games, such as Super Mario 64, and games in the Super Smash Bros. series since Super Smash Bros. Brawl, attempting to move while in a crouch allows the character to crawl, which allows Mario to scale steep slopes and walk carefully on sloped surfaces. Only a number of characters in the Super Smash Bros. series can do this. In Super Mario 3D Land, Super Mario 3D World, and Super Mario Odyssey, the characters can also roll while crouching.

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Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Dutch Hurken[?] To crouch
German Ducken[?] To duck
Italian Abbassati[?] To duck
Russian Пригнуться
Prignut'sya
Приседание
Prisedaniye[?] 		To duck

To crouch
Spanish Agacharse[?] To squat
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