Editing Mario Tornado

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The '''Mario Tornado''' ({{ja|マリオトルネード|Mario Torunēdo}}, ''Mario Tornado'') is [[Mario]]'s [[down special move]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' and his [[down aerial]] attack in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]''.

Mario spins rapidly with his fists outstretched, dealing multiple hits, then finishes with a full-body stretch to bash opponents at the end. By pressing the special move button rapidly, Mario ascends slightly; this can work as a slight [[recovery]].

In ''Smash 64'' only, the last hit can [[meteor smash]] and the whole attack has [[set knockback]].

While in ''Brawl'' Mario Tornado was replaced by [[F.L.U.D.D.]] as Mario's down special, it in turn replaced Mario's old down aerial, as revealed in a [[DOJO!!]] [http://www.smashbros.com/wii/en_us/characters/mario.html#2nd update]. Mario still does his signature "Yahoo!", but in a more blunt tone. The attack is quicker, but the damage is actually unchanged; in fact, it can be an effective KO move if the opponent is hit at the very end of the tornado. It does not affect Mario's falling speed, but it can slightly stop his momentum when he is knocked into the air; additionally, it can no longer be used as a recovery option or to move across stages. It now has a landing hitbox that deals 2% damage and low set horizontal knockback, comboing effectively into a down smash.

These changes are retained for ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]''. However, the returning {{SSB4|Dr. Mario}} retains his old down aerial while keeping the Dr. Tornado as his down special. The last hit now deals 2% less damage (7% to 5%) but has much more knockback growth (80 to 100) and the hits connect much more reliably due to decreased SDI multipliers.

[[File:SMW Mario Spin Jumping.jpg|thumb|[[Cape]]d Mario using a Spin Jump in ''Super Mario World''.]]

The Mario Tornado is likely based on the {{s|supermariowiki|Spin Jump}} that originated in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. The Spin Jump has lower vertical range than Mario's regular jump but deals more damage, offers protection from landing on normally-hazardous objects and enemies, and can break blocks from above if Mario is not small.

Since the move's appearances in ''SSB'' and ''Melee'', the spin jump has continued to appear in ''Mario'' games. While its higher damage and block-breaking power are now the job of the {{s|supermariowiki|Ground Pound}} instead, spin jumping tends to cause Mario to fall slower, is capable of clearing fog, and gives Mario more height upon bouncing off enemies.

*As Mario Tornado involves Mario leaning backwards out of the plane of gameplay, certain fast and thin hitboxes such as [[Hero's Bow|Link's Arrows]] can be dodged with it.

*In ''Smash 4'', despite still being Mario's down aerial, it deals more damage than the Dr. Tornado, dealing 10% damage (excluding landing) as opposed to Dr. Tornado's 8% damage.

*The Mario Tornado can be used to perform the [[Green shell glitch]] in ''Smash 64''.