- For the item in the Super Smash Bros. series, see Spring.
Spring Jump is Sonic's Up Special Move in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, which acts as a personalized spring, causing a spring from the Sonic series to immediately appear underneath him, shooting Sonic up a great vertical distance.
Overview
When used on the ground, the spring remains in place for a while, allowing other characters to use it, too. If this move is used in the air, the spring falls downwards, acting as a projectile, making it effective for edge guarding. After using this move, Sonic still retains the ability to use normal aerial attacks and air dodges, but will be unable to use Special Attacks until he touches the ground.
Additionally, this move does not allow Sonic to grab any ledges onstage (i.e. auto-sweetspot) until he is finished gaining vertical distance, making it dangerous for recovery if Sonic goes above a ledge and exposed to an edge-guarder. Barring any outside influence, the spring will remain on the ground long enough for Sonic to do three jumps off of, disappearing just as he makes his third jump. Unlike the Spring item, it will always face straight up, even on a steep slope.
If Sonic bounces off a previously set Spring, even his own, it doesn't count as his third jump as long as he doesn't land on it immediately from his Up Special, so he can use Spring Jump immediately afterward, gaining a great deal of height, essentially two back-to-back Up Specials.
Trivia
- In the Sonic series of games, Sonic is never given the ability to summon springs. Instead, he had to find springs at fixed locations in each level. In the games, there were two types of spring - yellow springs let Sonic bounce a short distance up, and red springs let Sonic bounce very high, the latter being the type Sonic uses in Brawl.
- If Sonic is grabbed, but not thrown and/or pummelled after using his spring, Sonic will be unable to use the spring again until he lands or gets attacked.
- If Sonic goes into a Barrel Cannon via this move, when he jumps after he lands, he will go into his helpless pose.
- The spring left behind by the attack is one of the few items that can't be swallowed.
- Sonic's Spring Jump used from the ground actually goes higher up than a short-hop and aerial Spring Jump. Essentially, an aerial Spring Jump does not go as high as a grounded Spring Jump.
- If Sonic grabs a ladder or custom stage spring after using this move, when he lets go, he still has the same falling animation, and he can't use his Spring Jump or second jump.
- If a moveset swap is used to give Sonic Fox's moveset, when he does his Up B, rather than a spring coming up, a golden Arwing will appear. He can still bounce up and down on the Arwing though.
Gallery
| Sonic's Special Moves | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Brawl | 3DS/Wii U | Ultimate | |
| Standard Special | Homing Attack | ||
| Side Special | Spin Dash | ||
| Up Special | Spring Jump | ||
| Down Special | Spin Charge | ||
| Final Smash | Super Sonic | ||