Wall jump

A wall jump is a basic part of Mario's movement, and is initiated after a wall slide. When a wall jump occurs, Mario moves away from the wall perpendicularly with a fixed speed.

Properties

While mostly locked into a single direction, Mario can actually slightly move left or right if the control stick is held in either direction. Wall jumps are most commonly used after a cap throw to maximize height. A wall jump will usually prevent Mario from cap bouncing afterwards, but this can be avoided by wall jumping when Mario is very close to the ground.

Wall jumps can only be done to gain height if a few criteria are met:

• Mario is not higher on a wall that has an angle less than 90 degrees from the wall he jumped from
• The next wall is not too far away
• The next wall is at least 90 degrees apart from the wall Mario jumped from