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{{quote|If you [[jump]] while [[crouch]]ing with {{button|wii|Z}}, [[Mario|you]]'ll do a backward somersault! You can go super high!|[[Boards (characters)|Board]]|[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]}}
{{quote|If you [[jump]] while [[crouch]]ing with {{button|wii|Z}}, [[Mario|you]]'ll do a backward somersault! You can go super high!|[[Boards (characters)|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>{{cite|date=1994|title=Game Boy ''Donkey Kong'' instruction booklet|page=10|publisher=Nintendo of America|author=Nintendo}}</ref> and '''Crouch Jump''' on the official ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'' website, in the ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' manual,<ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20210313130903/https://www.nintendo.com/consumer/downloads/manual-WiiU-Super_Mario_3D-World.pdf|format=PDF|title=''Super Mario 3D World'' manual|page=17|publisher=Nintendo of America|author=Nintendo}}</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''' (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>{{cite|date=1994|title=Game Boy ''Donkey Kong'' instruction booklet|page=10|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref> and '''Crouch Jump''' on the official ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'' website, in the ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' manual,<ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20210313130903/https://www.nintendo.com/consumer/downloads/manual-WiiU-Super_Mario_3D-World.pdf|format=PDF|title=''Super Mario 3D World'' manual|page=17|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</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 returns in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'', and it has been present in every 3D game of the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]] since, along with the similar [[Side Somersault]]. To perform a Backward Somersault 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 the player 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 game of the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]] since, along with the similar [[Side Somersault]]. To perform a Backward Somersault 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 the player can also control the backwards horizontal distance by holding back on the Control Stick.
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|FreA=Salto arrière<ref>''Super Mario Galaxy'' instruction booklet, French segment.</ref><ref>''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' move pamphlet, French side.</ref>
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|FreA4=Saut périlleux <small>(''Donkey Kong 64'')</small><ref>{{cite|title=''Donkey Kong 64'' Instruction booklet|language=fr|url=fs-prod-cdn.nintendo-europe.com/media/downloads/games_8/emanuals/nintendo_8/Manual_Nintendo64_DonkeyKong64_FR.pdf|format=PDF|page=31|date=1999|publisher=Nintendo of Europe}}</ref>
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|FreA5=Culbute arrière<ref>''Super Mario Odyssey'' actions menu.</ref>
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|Ita=Capriola all'indietro<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Donkey Kong (Game Boy)|Donkey Kong]]'' Italian e-manual|page=11}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' Italian manual|page=21}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'' European manual|page=91|language=it|date=2005|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|author=Nintendo}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' Italian manual|page=15}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' Italian manual|page=17}}</ref><ref>''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'' Italian in-game guide, basic moves</ref>
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|Ita2=Salto mortale all'indietro <small>(''Super Mario 64'')</small><ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario 64]]'' Italian e-manual|page=32}}</ref>
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Revision as of 17:26, August 5, 2024

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.
Artwork for Super Mario 64
“If you jump while crouching with Nunchuk Z Button, you'll do a backward somersault! You can go super high!”
Board, Super Mario Galaxy 2

The Backward Somersault (or 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.

The Backward Somersault returns in Super Mario 64, and it has been present in every 3D game of the Super Mario franchise since, along with the similar Side Somersault. To perform a Backward Somersault 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 the player 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

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

Gallery

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
French (NOA) Salto arrière[4][5] Backwards Somersault
Flip-flap[11][12] Flip-flap
Saut Périlleux arrière[13] Backward Perilous Jump
Saut périlleux (Donkey Kong 64)[14] Perilous Jump
Culbute arrière[15] Backward Somersault
German Rückwärtssalto[26] Backflip
Italian Capriola all'indietro[16][17][18][19][20][21] Backwards somersault
Salto mortale all'indietro (Super Mario 64)[22] Backflip; lit. "Backwards deadly jump"
Capovolta all'indietro (Mario vs Donkey Kong)[23] Backwards somersault
Salto da abbassato[24][25] Backwards jump
Korean 백 텀블링[?]
Baek Teombeulling
Back Tumbling
Portuguese Salto Agachado (Super Mario 3D Land)[?] Crouch Jump
Russian Прыжок присев (Super Mario 3D Land)[?]
Pryzhok prisev
Crouch Jump
Сальто назад (Super Mario Odyssey)[?]
Sal'to nazad
Backwards Somersault
Spanish (NOA) Salto Agachado[?] Crouch Jump
Salto Hacia Atrás[9] Backwards Jump
Spanish (NOE) Salto Agachado[?] Crouch Jump
Salto hacia atrás (Mario vs Donkey Kong)[10] Backwards jump
Voltereta Mortal (SMG/SMG2)[?] 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. ^ 1994. Game Boy Donkey Kong instruction booklet. Nintendo of America. Page 10.
  3. ^ Super Mario 3D World manual (PDF). Nintendo of America. Page 17. Archived March 13, 2021, 13:09:03 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine.
  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. ^ Mario vs Donkey Kong Japanese version, Help Box in Level 1-6.
  8. ^ 2004. Mario vs Donkey Kong instruction booklet (PDF). Japanese. Page 9.
  9. ^ Super Mario Galaxy instruction booklet, Spanish segment.[page number needed]
  10. ^ 2004. Mario vs Donkey Kong European instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo of Europe (European Spanish). Page 34.
  11. ^ 1997. Super Mario 64 Instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo of Europe (French). Page 51.
  12. ^ 2002. Super Mario Sunshine Instruction booklet. Nintendo of Europe (French). Page 21.
  13. ^ 2005. Super Mario 64 DS Instruction booklet (PDF). French. Page 53.
  14. ^ 1999. Donkey Kong 64 Instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo of Europe (French). Page 31.
  15. ^ Super Mario Odyssey actions menu.
  16. ^ Donkey Kong Italian e-manual. Page 11.
  17. ^ Super Mario Sunshine Italian manual. Page 21.
  18. ^ 2005. Super Mario 64 DS European manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 91.
  19. ^ Super Mario Galaxy Italian manual. Page 15.
  20. ^ Super Mario Galaxy 2 Italian manual. Page 17.
  21. ^ Super Mario Odyssey Italian in-game guide, basic moves
  22. ^ Super Mario 64 Italian e-manual. Page 32.
  23. ^ Mario vs Donkey Kong instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 44.
  24. ^ Super Mario 3D Land Italian e-manual. Page 8.
  25. ^ Super Mario 3D World Italian manual. Page 17.
  26. ^ Mario vs Donkey Kong instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo of Europe (German). Page 14.