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[[File:Mario Back Flip.jpg|thumb|Mario doing a Backflip in ''Donkey Kong'']]
[[File:Mario Back Flip.jpg|thumb|Mario doing a Backflip in ''Donkey Kong'']]
{{quote2|If you [[jump]] while [[crouch]]ing with {{button|wii|Z}}, [[Mario|you]]'ll do a backward somersault! You can go super high!|[[Boards (Super Mario Galaxy)|Board]]|[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]}}
{{quote2|If you [[jump]] while [[crouch]]ing with {{button|wii|Z}}, [[Mario|you]]'ll do a backward somersault! You can go super high!|[[Boards (Super Mario Galaxy)|Board]]|[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]}}
The '''Backward Somersault''' (or '''backward somersault'''), also referred to as the '''Backflip'''<ref>Game Boy ''Donkey Kong'' American English Nintendo 3DS [[Virtual Console]] digital manual, tab 3: "Controls".</ref> (or '''back-flip''')<ref>Game Boy ''Donkey Kong'' instruction booklet, page 10.</ref> and '''Crouch Jump''' on the official ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'' website, in the ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' manual,<ref>[https://www.nintendo.com/consumer/downloads/manual-WiiU-Super_Mario_3D-World.pdf ''Super Mario 3D World'' manual], pg 17.</ref> and in ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'', is an advanced type of [[jump]] introduced in ''[[Donkey Kong (Game Boy)|Donkey Kong]]'' for the [[Game Boy]]. The player can perform it by pressing {{button|gb|A}} while moving and pressing {{button|gb|pad}} in the opposite direction. Backflips allow [[Mario]] to quickly reach higher [[platform]]s. They require movement to execute them, so they cannot be performed on small platforms easily. The move can also be performed in ''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong]]'' in the same way.
The '''Backward Somersault''' (alternatively capitalized as '''backward somersault'''), also referred to as the '''Backflip'''<ref>Game Boy ''Donkey Kong'' American English Nintendo 3DS [[Virtual Console]] digital manual, tab 3: "Controls".</ref> (or '''back-flip''')<ref>Game Boy ''Donkey Kong'' instruction booklet, page 10.</ref> and '''Crouch Jump''' on the official ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'' website, in the ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' manual,<ref>[https://www.nintendo.com/consumer/downloads/manual-WiiU-Super_Mario_3D-World.pdf ''Super Mario 3D World'' manual], pg 17.</ref> and in ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'', is an advanced type of [[jump]] introduced in ''[[Donkey Kong (Game Boy)|Donkey Kong]]'' for the [[Game Boy]]. The player can perform it by pressing {{button|gb|A}} while moving and pressing {{button|gb|pad}} in the opposite direction. Backflips allow [[Mario]] to quickly reach higher [[platform]]s. They require movement to execute them, so they cannot be performed on small platforms easily. The move can also be performed in ''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong]]'' in the same way.


[[File:Mariobackflip.jpg|thumb|100px|left|Artwork for ''Super Mario 64'']]
[[File:Mariobackflip.jpg|thumb|100px|left|Artwork for ''Super Mario 64'']]
[[File:SM64Somersault.png|thumb|250px|right|Mario doing a Backward Somersault in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'']]
[[File:SM64Somersault.png|thumb|250px|right|Mario doing a Backward Somersault in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'']]
The Backward Somersault returns in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'', and it has been present in every 3D ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]'' game since, along with the similar [[Side Somersault]]. To perform it in this game, the character must jump while [[crouch]]ing. The character jumps high and flips over in midair, moving backwards. The character may chain it to a [[Ground Pound]]. The character can also control the backwards horizontal distance by holding back on the Control Stick.
The Backward Somersault returns in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'', and it has been present in every 3D ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]'' game since, along with the similar [[Side Somersault]]. To perform it in this game, Mario must jump while [[crouch]]ing. He jumps high and flips over in midair, moving backwards. Mario may chain it to a [[Ground Pound]], and can also control the backwards horizontal distance by holding back on the Control Stick.


This move is also present in ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'', working as it did in ''Super Mario 64'', though it can also go straight up and forwards.
This move is also present in ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'', working as it did in ''Super Mario 64'', though it can also go straight up and forwards.
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In ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'', though Mario cannot crouch, he can perform a Backward Somersault if he sprays water, then lets go of the pump while jumping. Doing so creates a blast of water.
In ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'', though Mario cannot crouch, he can perform a Backward Somersault if he sprays water, then lets go of the pump while jumping. Doing so creates a blast of water.


In ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'', [[Luigi]] [[Spin Jump|spins]] to slow his descent after performing this move.
In ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'', in addition to Mario, [[Yoshi]], [[Luigi]], and [[Wario]] can perform this move. Luigi [[Spin Jump|spins]] to slow his descent after performing it.


In ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', this move is also used to manually dismount [[Yoshi]]; it thus prevents him from ground-pounding.
In ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', this move is also used to manually dismount Yoshi; it thus prevents him from ground-pounding.


In ''Super Mario 3D Land'', ''Super Mario 3D World'', and the ''Super Mario 3D World'' style in ''Super Mario Maker 2'', this move must be charged up first by crouching, like the [[Charge jump|Power Squat Jump]] from ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', and it can also go straight up and forwards, as in ''Donkey Kong 64''.
In ''Super Mario 3D Land'', ''Super Mario 3D World'', and the ''Super Mario 3D World'' style in ''Super Mario Maker 2'', this move must be charged up first by crouching, like the [[Charge jump|Power Squat Jump]] from ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', and it can also go straight up and forwards, as in ''Donkey Kong 64''.

Revision as of 06:38, December 21, 2022

This article is about the jumping move from Super Mario 64. For the forward somersault, see Roll.
"Back Flip" redirects here. For the custom variant for Diddy Kong's Monkey Flip special move in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, see Monkey Flip.
Mario doing a Backflip
Mario doing a Backflip in Donkey Kong

Template:Quote2 The Backward Somersault (alternatively capitalized as backward somersault), also referred to as the Backflip[1] (or back-flip)[2] and Crouch Jump on the official Super Mario 3D Land website, in the Super Mario 3D World manual,[3] and in Super Mario Maker 2, is an advanced type of jump introduced in Donkey Kong for the Game Boy. The player can perform it by pressing A Button while moving and pressing +Control Pad in the opposite direction. Backflips allow Mario to quickly reach higher platforms. They require movement to execute them, so they cannot be performed on small platforms easily. The move can also be performed in Mario vs. Donkey Kong in the same way.

Artwork for Super Mario 64
Mario Somersaulting in the air.
Mario doing a Backward Somersault in Super Mario 64

The Backward Somersault returns in Super Mario 64, and it has been present in every 3D Mario game since, along with the similar Side Somersault. To perform it in this game, Mario must jump while crouching. He jumps high and flips over in midair, moving backwards. Mario may chain it to a Ground Pound, and can also control the backwards horizontal distance by holding back on the Control Stick.

This move is also present in Donkey Kong 64, working as it did in Super Mario 64, though it can also go straight up and forwards.

In Super Mario Sunshine, though Mario cannot crouch, he can perform a Backward Somersault if he sprays water, then lets go of the pump while jumping. Doing so creates a blast of water.

In Super Mario 64 DS, in addition to Mario, Yoshi, Luigi, and Wario can perform this move. Luigi spins to slow his descent after performing it.

In Super Mario Galaxy 2, this move is also used to manually dismount Yoshi; it thus prevents him from ground-pounding.

In Super Mario 3D Land, Super Mario 3D World, and the Super Mario 3D World style in Super Mario Maker 2, this move must be charged up first by crouching, like the Power Squat Jump from Super Mario Bros. 2, and it can also go straight up and forwards, as in Donkey Kong 64.

The move returns in Super Mario Run, where characters perform it if the screen is tapped while they are on a Backflip Block.

In Super Mario Odyssey, Mario can perform Backward Somersaults continuously if any of the shoulder buttons (ZL Button, ZR Button, L Button, or R Button) are held.

Profiles

Super Mario 3D Land

  • North American Website Bio: "Mario charges up kinetic energy when he crouches. Harness it to jump even higher."
  • European Website Bio: "Press the B Button (or the A Button) while crouching to perform a Crouch Jump. Mario jumps higher than with an ordinary jump."

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
French (NOA) Salto arrière[4][5] Backwards Somersault
Italian Capriola all'indietro
Salto all'indietro[?] 		Backwards Somersault
Backwards jump
Korean 백 텀블링[?]
Baek Teombeulling 		Back Tumbling
Russian Прыжок присев (Super Mario 3D Land)
Pryzhok prisev
Сальто назад (Super Mario Odyssey)
Sal'to nazad[?] 		Crouch Jump

Backwards Somersault
Spanish (NOA) Salto Agachado
Salto Hacia Atras[7] 		Crouch Jump
Spanish (NOE) Salto Agachado
Voltereta Mortal (SMG/SMG2)[?] 		Crouch Jump
Somersault

Trivia

  • In Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2, performing a Backward Somersault from the edge of a platform toward a body of water causes Mario to instead do a diving move into the water, as long as the platform's surface is high enough above the water level.
  • Super Mario Odyssey contains an incomplete sentence when displaying instructions for a Backward Somersault on a sign: "If you're looking for the easiest way to get somewhere that a regular jump won't quite reach. Stop, crouch, and press B Button to do a Backward Somersault."

References

  1. ^ Game Boy Donkey Kong American English Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console digital manual, tab 3: "Controls".
  2. ^ Game Boy Donkey Kong instruction booklet, page 10.
  3. ^ Super Mario 3D World manual, pg 17.
  4. ^ Super Mario Galaxy instruction booklet, French segment
  5. ^ Super Mario Galaxy 2 move pamphlet, French side
  6. ^ Super Mario Odyssey (1.2.0) Action Guide, Japanese Language
  7. ^ Super Mario Galaxy instruction booklet, Spanish segment

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