Up Special Move

The Up Special Move, (commonly referred to as Up B in iterations prior to Super Smash Bros. Brawl) is a special attack performed by pressing the special move button while holding the control stick upwards. Up Special attacks are usually a third jump or tether recovery (only in Brawl) used to recover from off-stage; the Up Special will often put the character into helpless mode. The only exceptions are Yoshi (excluding SSBB) and Jigglypuff, neither of whose Up Special act as jumps. It should be noted that in Brawl when used on the ground, many Up B's provide a greater vertical movement then when used in the air; an example is Samus's Screw Attack. Moreover, for tether recoveries used before the final jump is used, the character will also gain a greater vertical distance, to make up for the jump not used.