Double jump: Difference between revisions

Double jumps are a lot more varied in animation than single jumps. Most characters twist or flip, and some characters inflate themselves ([[Kirby]], [[Jigglypuff]], [[King Dedede]]) or flap their wings ([[Meta Knight]], [[Charizard]], [[Pit]], [[Dark Pit]], [[Bayonetta]], [[Ridley]], [[Kazooie]]). During these animations, all characters cast a double circle platform beneath them that disappears after the jump is completed (except for {{SSBB|R.O.B.}} in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', in which a smoke ring is formed instead from the base of his Robo Burner; this does not waste any fuel from his recovery). Like jumps from the ground, characters have a different animation if they are jumping backward. For example, [[Mario]] spins around when performing a regular midair jump, but does rapid backward somersaults when performing a backward midair jump. This does not apply to characters with multiple double jumps, in which case they simply turn 180 degrees horizontally as they jump. If a character flips, their [[collision bubble]] moves accordingly, though this has no effect on the jump itself.

Most characters can only jump once while in the air; however, some characters can jump multiple times without touching the ground. Most characters cannot turn around in midair using their double jump, but all characters with multi-jumps can turn around when in midair by using jump while holding away from the direction the character is facing on the Control Stick. Characters without multiple midair jumps that can turn around include [[Yoshi]], who is also able to turn around with his midair jump, and [[Steve]], who can use [[Minecart]] to turn around at any time midair regardless of having no jumps left.

Fighters with multiple midair jumps tend to gain substantially less height per jump than the jumps of fighters with only one. There is usually also a brief delay between the end of one jump and being able to start the next. Usually, this delay is small enough for the character to gain a decent amount of height with all of their jumps, but if the character is [[metal]], these multi-jumps become useless or nearly useless.

Characters with multi-jumps usually have poor [[air speed]] (with the exception of Jigglypuff, who has among the best air speed, in exchange for among the worst jump height).

[[Bayonetta]] can also restore her double jump by inputting [[Witch Twist]] 4 frames after initiating the double jump (3 frames prior to version {{SSBU|8.0.0}} of ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''). This effectively gives her access to three midair jumps (through two uses of Witch Twist) if the technique is performed correctly.

In the initial release of {{for3ds}}, a bug allowed {{SSB4|Robin}} and {{SSB4|Kirby}}, upon [[Copy ability (SSB4)|copying]] Robin, to regain all of their respective midair jumps after charging [[Thunder (Robin)|Thoron]]; this bug was removed in version [[1.0.4]].  

A [[Smash Run]] [[Power]] allows any character to have extra midair jumps.

 

Some [[Spirits]], such as [[Ho-Oh]], give players an additional midair jump when equipped.

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Air Jump Force is calculated using the character's Fullhop Jump Force multiplied by the Air Jump Multiplier. A character's Double Jump Height is calculated similarly to a Fullhop - using the respective Jump Force value as an overriding initial vertical velocity. Notably, unlike grounded jumps, the first frame of a Double Jump is ''always'' affected by gravity as the character is already airborne. The velocity of the character is decremented by their [[Gravity]] value each frame until the velocity would exceed their Max [[Falling Speed]], at which point it is locked to the Max Falling Speed.

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!Rank!!Character!!Air Jump Multiplier!!Air Jump Force!!Double Jump height

|'''4'''||{{CharHead|Luigi|SSBM|hsize=20px}}||0.9||2.25||35.568

|'''N/A'''||{{CharHead|Giga Bowser|SSBM|hsize=20px}}||1||4.2||33.2

|'''?'''||{{CharHead|Ness|SSBM|hsize=20px}}||.85||2.125*||?

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|'''N/A'''||[[Wario Man]]||35

*[[Banjo]] & [[Kazooie]] are the only third party and [[Downloadable content|DLC]] fighter to always have multiple double jumps. [[Sephiroth]] also has the ability to perform more than one midair jump, but only in his winged form.

*''SSB4'' is the only game to not Introduce any characters with a delayed double jump.