Pac-Jump
| Pac-Jump | |
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 Pac-Man using Pac-Jump. | |
| User | Pac-Man |
| Universe | Pac-Man Mappy |
| “ | Attack while bouncing on a trampoline. | ” |
| —Smash for 3DS's foldout | ||
Pac-Jump (パックマンジャンプ, Pac-Man Jump) is Pac-Man's up special move in [[Super Smash Bros.
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==Overview==
Pac-Man turns into his ball form and summons a trampoline that stays in mid-air. The trampoline can be bounced on by anyone two more times, with each subsequent bounce launching characters higher than the last, but a third time causes it to break and the user to become helpless. After Pac-Man bounces off the trampoline, he will begin to chomp, causing 5-8% of damage to anyone he touches until his jump reaches its peak.
The red trampoline's breaking effect is the only way for eight characters to enter helplessness. Those characters are Template:SSB4IYoshi, Template:SSB4IJigglypuff,Template:SSB4IMr. Game & Watch, Template:SSB4IR.O.B Template:SSB4ISonic, Template:SSB4IBowser Jr., Template:SSB4IMega Man and Template:SSB4IBayonetta. This makes it so that characters who did not have a helpless state in the previous game gain one, and by extension, is the second iteration in the series to have helplessness for every character.
Glitch
In versions 1.0.8 and 1.0.9 of SSB4, a glitch exists where a character can be dropped through solid ground by the trampoline. This occurs if Pac-Man creates a new trampoline while someone else is in the process of landing on an existing one that is very close to a floor, which causes the victim to temporarily not collide with the stage and simply fall through it. Victims of the glitch are almost certain to be KO'd, as they find themselves effectively teleported under the stage and unable to escape. This glitch was fixed in version 1.1.0.
Customization
Special Move customization was added in Super Smash Bros. 4. These are the variations:
| 1. Pac-Jump | 2. Power Pac-Jump | 3. Meteor Trampoline |
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| "Bounce high into the air with a trampoline that sticks around for a little while." | "Summon a trampoline that bounces you higher than usual but doesn't stick around." | "Bounces you less high. When it's red, it has a meteor effect and can bury whoever jumps on it." |
- Pac-Jump: Default.
- Power Pac-Jump: The move sends Pac-Man high into the air with one large spring upward. However, the trampoline immediately disappears. Anyone above Pac-Man will be chomped on consecutively, trapping them and hurting them by 9% if the whole attack connects.
- Meteor Trampoline: The jumps off the trampoline are slightly less than the standard variation's initial bounce, and lessens every time a character bounces off the trampoline, severely hindering Pac-Man's vertical recovery. When a character touches Pac-Man when he chomps, they will be damaged 3%, and the damage lessens with every bounce. Each time a character bounces on the trampoline, there is a weak meteor hitbox directly below it. The trampoline will meteor smash the player who touches it when it is red. If the trampoline is on the stage floor, it will bury the opponent rather than meteor smash them. If a player gets meteored by the red trampoline with another player standing on-stage below the trampoline, the grounded opponent will be buried.
Power Pac-Jump in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS.
Meteor Trampoline in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS.
Origin
Pac-Man's ball form originates from his sprite in the very first Pac-Man game.
The trampoline is a reference to another Bandai Namco game known as Mappy. In the game, there were several trampolines that start out as green. Every time they are bounced on, they change color to blue, yellow, and red. When bounced on when red, it breaks apart, leaving Mappy helpless. The trampoline in Pac-Jump goes through these colors in the same order, but starts out blue since Pac-Man immediately bounces on it once it appears.
Trivia
- It is possible for Pac-Jump to cause two players to become helpless simultaneously.
