Backflip

Backflip
Properties
Official Name	Backwards Somersault
Hex	0x01000883
Action Flags	Air, Allow Vertical Wind Action
Action Group	Airborne
ID	0x083
Transitions
Into	Airborne cancels: Water Plunge, Squished, Vertical Wind, non cancel: Ground Pound, common air step: Feet Stuck In Ground, Hard Backward Ground Kb, Backflip Land, Backwards Air Kb, Air Hit Wall, Soft Bonk, Lava Boost
Other
Animation	0x04

Backflips, also known as Backward Somersaults, are jumps Mario can do that causes him to move upwards and backward. You can perform a backflip by pressing and holding Z and pressing A. Holding forwards during the backflip can cause Mario to have a net forwards movement. The Vertical Speed (VS) value that a backflip starts with is 62. With all of the vertical speed combined, you can get 512 units up from where you started the backflip.

Transition In

See single jump for more details

Mario's current animation is stopped.
Mario's forward velocity is set to -16
Mario's vertical speed is set to 62

Behavior

Certain things here are more explained on their individual pages. If something lacks detail, check the link for more information.

As with all airborne actions, a variety of "cancels" are checked prior to actually performing the jump action. These checks are as follows:

Water - If Mario's height is lower than 100 units below the water height, the action is transitioned into the water plunge action.
Squish - If Mario is supposed to be squished, his action is changed to the squished action.
Vertical Wind- If Mario is above a vertical wind floor, his action is changed to the vertical wind action. (This is due to the jump action having the "Allow Vertical Wind Action" flag.)

At this point, two more things happen prior to the backflip action:

Mario's quicksand depth is set to 0.
Mario plays a falling noise if he has fallen more than 1150 units from his peak.

With the backflip action occurring now, the following happens:

If the Z button is pressed, Mario will enter the Ground Pound action. This stops the backflip action.
Mario performs his noise for the backflip.
Now, Mario performs the quarter-frame movement via a full common air step. The landing action is a backflip land action. Both the check for hanging and ledge grabbing are not present for this step.
The backflip swoosh sounds are played last.

C^ Backflip

The C^ Backflip trick allows you to backflip facing any direction without having to turn first, saving a few frames in some TASes.

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Moving Actions	Walking • Hold Walking • Turning Around • Finish Turning Around • Braking • Riding Shell Ground • Heavy Hold Walking • Crawling • Burning Ground • Decelerating • Hold Decelerating • Begin Sliding • Hold Begin Sliding • Butt Slide • Stomach Slide • Hold Butt Slide • Hold Stomach Slide • Dive Slide • Move Punching • Crouch Slide • Slide Kick Slide • Hard Backward Ground Kb • Hard Forward Ground Kb • Backward Ground Kb • Forward Ground Kb • Soft Backward Ground Kb • Soft Forward Ground Kb • Ground Bonk • Death Exit Land • Jump Land • Freefall Land • Double Jump Land • Side Flip Land • Hold Jump Land • Hold Freefall Land • Quicksand Jump Land • Hold Quicksand Jump Land • Triple Jump Land • Long Jump Land • Backflip Land

Airborne Actions	Jump • Double Jump • Triple Jump • Backflip • Steep Jump • Wall Kick Air • Side Flip • Long Jump • Water Jump • Dive • Freefall • Top Of Pole Jump • Butt Slide Air • Flying Triple Jump • Shot From Cannon • Flying • Riding Shell Jump • Riding Shell Fall • Vertical Wind • Hold Jump • Hold Freefall • Hold Butt Slide Air • Hold Water Jump • Twirling • Forward Rollout • Air Hit Wall • Riding Hoot • Ground Pound • Slide Kick • Air Throw • Jump Kick • Backward Rollout • Crazy Box Bounce • Special Triple Jump • Backward Air Kb • Forward Air Kb • Hard Forward Air Kb • Hard Backward Air Kb • Burning Jump • Burning Fall • Soft Bonk • Lava Boost • Getting Blown • Thrown Forward • Thrown Backward

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Cutscene Actions	Disappeared • Intro Cutscene • Star Dance Exit • Star Dance Water • Fall After Star Grab • Reading Automatic Dialog • Reading Npc Dialog • Star Dance No Exit • Reading Sign • Jumbo Star Cutscene • Waiting For Dialog • Debug Free Move • Standing Death • Quicksand Death • Electrocution • Suffocation • Death On Stomach • Death On Back • Eaten By Bubba • End Peach Cutscene • Credits Cutscene • End Waving Cutscene • Pulling Door • Pushing Door • Warp Door Spawn • Emerge From Pipe • Spawn Spin Airborne • Spawn Spin Landing • Exit Airborne • Exit Land Save Dialog • Death Exit • Unused Death Exit • Falling Death Exit • Special Exit Airborne • Special Death Exit • Falling Exit Airborne • Unlocking Key Door • Unlocking Star Door • Entering Star Door • Spawn No Spin Airborne • Spawn No Spin Landing • Bbh Enter Jump • Bbh Enter Spin • Teleport Fade Out • Teleport Fade In • Shocked • Squished • Head Stuck In Ground • Butt Stuck In Ground • Feet Stuck In Ground • Putting On Cap

Automatic Actions	Holding Pole • Grab Pole Slow • Grab Pole Fast • Climbing Pole • Top of Pole Transition • Top of Pole • Start Hanging • Hanging • Hang Moving • Ledge Grab • Ledge Climb Slow 1 • Ledge Climb Slow 2 • Ledge Climb Down • Ledge Climb Fast • Grabbed • In Cannon • Tornado Twirling

Object Related Actions	Punching • Picking Up • Dive Picking Up • Stomach Slide Stop • Placing Down • Throwing • Heavy Throw • Picking Up Bowser • Holding Bowser • Releasing Bowser

Backflip

Transition In

Behavior

C^ Backflip

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