Floating Jump
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The Floating Jump (sometimes known as the Floaty Jump) is a move that allows characters to hover in midair or to descend slowly during a jump. It is primarily used by Princess Peach, who can employ either her own dress or her parasol as an airfoil.
History
Super Mario series
Super Mario Bros. 2
The Floating Jump first appears in Super Mario Bros. 2, where the player can hold the jump button during a jump to have Peach briefly hover at a certain height. This ability was the result of Super Mario Bros. 2 being a repurposed version of Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic, with Peach inheriting Lina's abilities, including her jump.
Super Mario 3D World / Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury
This move also appears in Super Mario 3D World and Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury with similar properties to those seen in Super Mario Bros. 2, though with a much shorter gliding time.
Super Mario Run
In Super Mario Run, the move works differently, as Peach slowly descends for as long as the screen is held instead of briefly hovering.
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
In New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe, Toadette can use this move as Peachette; it works exactly like how Peach's does in Super Mario Run.
Super Mario Bros. Wonder
In Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Peach does not naturally have access to the Floating Jump. However, all playable characters can equip the Parachute Cap badge, which functions similarly to Peach's Floating Jump from Super Mario Run but uses a cap instead.
Super Smash Bros. series
The move returns in the Super Smash Bros. series as of Super Smash Bros. Melee, Peach's debut in that series. She also uses her parasol as her up special move in the Super Smash Bros. series, where it also slows her fall. In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, this move, as well as the parasol, is also present for Daisy, and works in the same fashion as Peach's, due to her being an Echo Fighter of Peach.
Yoshi's Island DS
It has been requested that this section be rewritten and expanded to include more information. Reason: more gameplay details--is the move basically a slow descent or does it allow the player to remain at a certain height like in SMB2?
Baby Peach can perform this move in Yoshi's Island DS using a parasol.
Super Paper Mario
In Super Paper Mario, Peach is able to slowly descend through the air with her parasol.
Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge
The Floating Jump also appears in Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge, where it appears as Mini Peach's special move. It is performed whenever the toy walks off a platform or a ledge, making it capable of floating across large gaps. This grants Mini Peach access to areas other Minis cannot reach. The move needs to be executed in Level 6 to access Mini Peach's assigned amiibo Door by removing a Long Spring that leads to it. The door leads to Mini Peach's set of levels, Balloon Float Castle, where it makes extensive use of this ability.
Mario + Rabbids series
In Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle and Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope, Peach performs this jump in her unlock cutscene, and when jumping off high ground in Beacon Beach and entering a new world or MegaDragonBowser's arena if she is in the party.
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
In the Nintendo Switch version of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, Funky Kong can slowly descend through the air using his surfboard.
The Super Mario Bros. Move
In The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Peach performs a Floating Jump as she descends from the Goal Pole of the Training Course.
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ふわふわジャンプ[?] Fuwafuwa Janpu |
Fluffy Jump | |
| Chinese | 飄浮跳躍 (Super Mario Run)[?] Piāofú tiàoyuè |
Float Jump | |
| 轻飘飘悬停 (New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe)[1] Qīngpiāopiāo Xuántíng |
Lightly Hover | ||
| Dutch | Zweefsprong[?] | Hover jump | |
| French | Saut flottant[?] | Floating Jump | |
| German | Schwebesprung[?] | Hover jump | |
| Italian | Salto fluttuante (Super Mario Run)[?] | Floating jump | |
| Levitazione regale (Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge)[?] | Royal levitation | ||
| Salto planato (Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury)[?] | Gliding jump | ||
| Korean | 둥실둥실 점프[?] Dungsildungsil Jeompeu |
? | |
| Portuguese | Salto flutuante[?] | Floating jump | |
| Russian | Парящий прыжок[?] Paryashchiy pryzhok |
? | |
| Spanish (NOA) | Salto flotante[?] | Floating Jump | |
| Spanish (NOE) | Salto Flotante[?] | Floating Jump |
References
- ^ New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe website. Nintendoswitch.com.cn (Simplified Chinese). Retrieved March 16, 2020.
