Side Flip
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Side Flip | |
Properties | |
Hex | 0x01000887 |
Action Flags | Air, Allow Vertical Wind Action |
Action Group | Airborne |
ID | 0x087 |
A side flip is "jump" that is caused when the A button is pressed during the turning around action or the finish turning around action and is as equally as high as a backflip. It gives Mario up to 512 units of vertical distance. Unlike a backflip, Mario can ledgegrab from a side flip. Note that the braking action is different from the turn around action.
Conditions for Action to Occur
Mario only has to meet two condition to enter this action.
- Mario is either in turning around action or the finish turning around action
- The A button is pressed
Checks
Whilst Mario in in the side jump action, the following checks are done on Mario:
- If the B button is pressed, Mario will dive
- If the Z button is pressed, Mario will ground pound
- If Mario is able to ledgegrab, he will
- The game performs vertical wind checks
Behavior
The following behaviors can be observed when Mario side flips:
- If Mario dives when he is side flipping, he will retain his vertical speed from the flip. In most cases when Mario dives when he is airborne, the vertical speed of the dive overwrites his vertical speed before the dive.
- Mario can double jump after landing from the flip
- The flip sound plays (this is the same sound as when Mario backflips