Crouching High Jump
- This article is about the move. For the badge that grants this move in Super Mario Bros. Wonder, see Badge (Super Mario Bros. Wonder) § Crouching High Jump. For the Badge Challenge course in the same game, see POOF! Badge Challenge Crouching High Jump I.
- "Charge jump" redirects here. For the Badge in Paper Mario, see Jump Charge.
The Crouching High Jump, also known as the Power Squat Jump[1][2][3][4] (alternatively power squat jump), Power Jump,[5] Squat Jump,[6][7][8] Super Jump,[9][10][11] or charge jump,[12] is a jump that Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, and Toad can perform in Super Mario Bros. 2 and its reissues in Super Mario All-Stars and Super Mario Advance. It is done by holding Down on 
to charge up and then jumping. Characters do not necessarily have to remain ducking; they can keep the charge until they actually jump, though it resets if the player moves left/right before jumping. Unlike the normal jump move, this jump makes the characters jump higher and reach places they normally cannot. In Super Mario Advance, the characters perform a backflip upon using the charge jump.
Although this move did not appear in early versions of Mario Bros., the Mario Bros. remakes found in the Super Mario Advance series and Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga let Mario and Luigi perform this move.
In Super Mario 3D Land, Super Mario 3D World, and the Super Mario 3D World game style in Super Mario Maker 2, the Backward Somersault must be charged up first, in the same way as the charge jump. As of version 3.0.0 in Super Mario Maker 2, the player is also able to perform the charge jump itself after obtaining the SMB2 Mushroom in the Super Mario Bros. style, though its charge resets when the player stops crouching.
In Super Mario Bros. Wonder, characters are able to perform the move by equipping the Crouching High Jump badge.[13]
Profiles
Super Mario Bros. 2
- Wii Virtual Console manual: "Hold down on
until your character starts to flash, then press 
to perform an extra-high jump."
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ためジャンプ[14] Tame Janpu |
Charge Jump | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 蓄力跳[?] Xǜlì Tiào |
Charge Jump | |
| French | Saut Chargé[?] | Charged Jump | |
| Italian | Salto potenziato[15] | Powered-up jump | |
| Salto Potente mentre sei Rannicchiato[16] | Power Jump while you are Crouched | ||
| Super Salto[17][18] | Super Jump | ||
| Salto Super[19] | |||
| Salto super[20][21][22][23] | Super jump | ||
| Salto potente[24] | Power(ful) jump | ||
| Super salto[25] | Super jump; shared with Co-Star Super Jump | ||
| Gransalto da abbassati (Super Mario Bros. Wonder)[?] | Big-jump from crouched/ing |
References
- ^ Nintendo (1988). Super Mario Bros. 2 instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 12.
- ^ July/August 1988. Nintendo Power Volume 1. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 23.
- ^ 1989. Super Mario Bros. 2 Inside Out, Part II. Nintendo Power (American English). Page 10 and 16.
- ^ 1993. Super Mario All-Stars instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 17.
- ^ Nintendo PlayChoice-10 Super Mario Bros. 2 instructions
- ^ 1989. Super Mario Bros. 2 Inside Out, Part I. Nintendo Power (American English). Page 17.
- ^ 1989. Super Mario Bros. 2 Inside Out, Part II. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 16 and 24.
- ^ Spring 1991. NES Game Atlas Nintendo Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 24.
- ^ 1993. Super Mario All-Stars Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 97.
- ^ Nintendo (2001). Super Mario Advance instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 20.
- ^ Nintendo (2003). Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 40.
- ^ Yamamura's Dojo in Super Mario Maker 2
- ^ Nintendo of America (August 31, 2023). Super Mario Bros. Wonder Direct 8.31.2023. YouTube (American English). Retrieved September 11, 2023.
- ^ Nintendo (1987). Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic instruction booklet. Nintendo (Japanese). Page 19.
- ^ Super Mario Bros. 2 Italian manual. Page 12.
- ^ Super Mario All-Stars Italian manual. Page 17.
- ^ Super Mario Bros. 2 Italian e-manual. Page 1.
- ^ Nintendo (2001). Super Mario Advance European manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 105.
- ^ Nintendo (2001). Super Mario Advance European manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 108.
- ^ Nintendo (2002). Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 European manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 116.
- ^ Nintendo (2002). Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 European manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 116.
- ^ Nintendo (2003). Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 European manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 116.
- ^ Nintendo (2003). Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga European manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 84.
- ^ Nintendo (2010). Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition Italian manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 35.
- ^ Super Mario Bros. 2 (Virtual Console). Page 3.
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