Backward Somersault

A Somersault is an advanced type of jump introduced in Super Mario 64. The move is often used to reach high places without moving, although it expends slightly more time than other forms of jumping. As of now, only Mario, Luigi, Wario, and Yoshi can use this move.

The Backwards Somersault is one variety of Somersault. To do this, the player must jump while crouching. The character flips over backward and the character may chain it to a Ground Pound. In Super Mario Sunshine, Mario cannot crouch, but he can do it only if he jumps while he is spraying water with F.L.U.D.D.. Doing that creates a blast of water. Luigi can Spin Jump on the way down from a Backwards Somersault in Super Mario 64 DS.

The Side Somersault is the other variety of Somersault. It is useful when the player wants to immediately change their jump direction. It can also be used to reach high ledges. The player can use it by quickly tilting the control stick in one direction, then quickly tilting the opposite direction while jumping at the same time. Bowser uses it in Super Mario Galaxy as one of his moves in the second battle against Mario. The controls for Somersaults from the first game are exactly the same as in Super Mario Galaxy 2.

To this day, this move has been used only in the 3-D Mario games, consisting of Super Mario 64, Super Mario 64 DS, Super Mario Sunshine, Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2.