SSB4 Icon.png
SSBU Icon.png

Sun Salutation

From SmashWiki, the Super Smash Bros. wiki
Jump to navigationJump to search
The printable version is no longer supported and may have rendering errors. Please update your browser bookmarks and please use the default browser print function instead.
Sun Salutation
Wii Fit Trainer Neutral B SSBU.gif
Wii Fit Trainer using the move in Ultimate.
User Wii Fit Trainer
Universe Wii Fit
Article on Wikipedia Surya Namaskara

Sun Salutation (太陽礼拝, Sun Worship) is Wii Fit Trainer's neutral special move.

Overview

Firing Sun Salutation in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.

This move is a chargeable projectile that the trainer summons by performing the yoga pose of the same name. It can be stored and used later, similarly to Samus's Charge Shot. While charging the move generates a weak push effect. When fully charged, the move heals Wii Fit Trainer by 2% when shot, and Wii Fit Trainer will sometimes shout "Sun salutation!" in the PAL version or "Salute the sun!" in the American version of the game. In Smash 4 the move deals 18% when fully charged, and in Ultimate it deals 21%. Additionally, in Ultimate's 8.0.0 update, the move was given a ~1.27x base knockback increase, greatly improving its KO potential. Sun Salutation also uses a unique effect known as the solar effect.

Instructional quotes

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS case foldout WiiFitTrainerHeadSSB4-3.png Store energy with B. Release at full power to heal.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Move List WiiFitTrainerHeadSSBU.png Charges a ball of energy. A second button press launches it. Heals slightly when fully charged.

Customization

Special Move customization was added in Super Smash Bros. 4. These are the variations:

1. Sun Salutation 2. Enriched Sun Salutation 3. Sweeping Sun Salutation
WiiFitNeutral1-SSB4.png
WiiFitNeutral2-SSB4.png
WiiFitNeutral3-SSB4.png
"Charge a ball of energy. Press again to launch it. Heals you slightly when fully charged." "Charge a ball of energy that condenses while charging. Press again to launch it. Won't heal." "The energy ball travels slowly but hits foes multiple times, pushing them away."
  1. Sun Salutation: Default
  2. Enriched Sun Salutation: The energy ball gets smaller as it charges and is more powerful. It will not heal Wii Fit Trainer when fully charged. (Damage: 3% uncharged, 20% fully charged)
  3. Sweeping Sun Salutation: The energy ball is light blue and moves slowly, pushing any opponents in the way while hitting multiple times, somewhat similarly to the Drill. (Damage: 1.2% per hit uncharged, 1.6% per hit charged)

Spirit

No. Image Name Type Class Cost Ability Series
927
SSBU spirit Sun Salutation.png
Sun Salutation
Support
★★★ 2 Ice-Floor Immunity Wii Fit Series

Origin

The male Wii Fit Trainer displaying the reaching step of the Sun Salutation yoga exercise.The male Wii Fit Trainer displaying the bending step of the Sun Salutation yoga exercise.
Part of the MediaWiki software. For use in {{ImageCaption}}Part of the MediaWiki software. For use in {{ImageCaption}}
Demonstration of Sun Salutation in Wii Fit: stretching upward,
followed by bending down and touching one's toes.

In Wii Fit, Sun Salutation is one of the yoga poses the player can choose from and then be guided through by either the male or female Wii Fit Trainer. Designed to tone the arms and thighs, it goes as follows: standing on the Wii Balance Board, the player must keep their center of balance within a yellow oval while reaching up and behind them, bending down to touch their toes, reaching up while bending their knees, returning to the starting position, and then repeating for the chosen amount of repetitions.

In the Super Smash Bros. series, Wii Fit Trainer reaches up and slightly behind while charging Sun Salutation and touches their toes when shooting it. The knee-bending step is not used.

While the sun energy ball does not appear in Wii Fit, it does resemble the background of the yoga training exercises, meant to regulate breathing.

Gallery

Names in other languages

Language Name
Japan Japanese 太陽礼拝
UK English Sun Salutation
France French Le grand étirement
Germany German Sonnengruß
Spain Spanish El saludo al sol
Italy Italian Il saluto al sole
China Chinese 拜日式
South Korea Korean 태양 예배
Netherlands Dutch Zonnegroet
Russia Russian Приветствие Солнцу

Trivia

  • This is the Wii Fit Trainer's only special move to be based on a yoga pose.
  • Sun Salutation can be absorbed while it is being charged by moves such as PSI Magnet or Oil Panic. However, this offers little to no benefit, as absorbing a charging Sun Salutation will not recover any health and yields an extremely weak Oil Panic attack.
  • If Sun Salutation is interrupted in its startup, Wii Fit Trainer does not lose the charge, unlike every other chargeable projectile.