Peach Parasol

Peach Parasol
Peach using her parasol in Smash 4.
User	Peach
Universe	Mario
Article on Super Mario Wiki	Peach Parasol

“	Use a parasol to float gently down from the sky or to recover.	”
—Melee's instruction manual

“	Glide gracefully through the sky by umbrella. Good for recovery.	”
—Brawl's instruction manual

“	Open and close the parasol with to change gliding speed.	”
—Smash for 3DS's foldout

Peach Parasol (ピーチパラソル, Peach Parasol) is Princess Peach's up special move. Peach leaps up into the air, holding her Parasol above her. At the apex of her jump, she will open the parasol and float down gently. The parasol does damage at all times of the animation. Once in the air floating, control is similar to using the Parasol item. If Peach has the Parasol item, she will use that item for the attack rather than her own.

While floating, it is possible to move left or right via directional influence. If down is pressed, Peach will close her umbrella, fall at normal speed, and become helpless. Pressing up again will open her umbrella and allow her to float again, although altitude cannot be regained.

The move returns in Super Smash Bros. Brawl; however, the parasol's appearance is retained from Super Paper Mario. It also allows greater vertical and horizontal recovery in Brawl than it did in Melee. It also returns in Super Smash Bros. 4 with its Brawl appearance.

Customization

Special Move customization was added in Super Smash Bros. 4. These are the variations:

1. Peach Parasol	2. Parasol High Jump	3. Light Parasol
"Jump high into the air and open your parasol. Keep it open to slowly float down."	"Jump into the air quickly, but you can't open your parasol."	"The jump isn't very high, but opening the parasol lifts you a little bit higher."

1. Peach Parasol: Default.
2. Parasol High Jump: Deals no damage. It is a high jump into the air, but Peach cannot open the parasol for a slower downward descent, so she will become helpless after the jump.
3. Light Parasol: Deals low damage. The initial jump lacks vertical recovery, but opening the parasol lifts Peach higher, which can be easier for recovering. Closing and reopening the parasol at this point lifts her higher again, and it can be performed at most seven times in a row while airborne. If the parasol is open for slightly more than a second, then she will become completely helpless.

Glitch

In Brawl, a glitch known as the parasol glitch can be performed using the Peach Parasol. It causes Peach to drift indefinitely against a wall using her Parasol.

Origin

Peach's Parasol in Super Mario RPG.

The move could be based on Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars where, to leave her room without alerting the castle guards, Peach parachutes from her second story room using her parasol. That parasol can later be used as a weapon.

It may also be based upon the Mario Party 3 mini-game Parasol Plummet, in which players collect coins and avoid hammers while floating with parasols.

Peach has otherwise been pictured with a parasol since Super Mario Sunshine, where she used her parasol as a parachute in the ending cutscene. She also used a parasol in Yoshi's Island DS, Super Princess Peach, and Super Paper Mario. Peach's parasol in Brawl and SSB4 is an exact replica of its appearance in Super Paper Mario, with its heart-shaped handle, and has a similar colour scheme to the parasol she uses in Parasol Plummet. This design was also used in Yoshi's Island DS (though the handle was not seen).

Gallery

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  Peach using Parasol in Melee.

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  Peach using Parasol in Brawl.

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  Peach holds her Parasol in Brawl.

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  Peach using her Parasol in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS

• Parasolplummet.jpg

  Peach using a similar parasol in Parasol Plummet from Mario Party 3.

Trivia

• In Brawl and SSB4, the parasol changes color depending on Peach's costume.
• In Melee, if Peach is holding a Parasol, she will use that one instead of her own.
• In SSB4, Peach will automatically close her parasol after floating for 10 seconds, and can no longer open it again once she does.
• In Brawl and SSB4, Peach can still grab ledges when facing away from them, but only if her parasol is closed.

Peach's special moves

Neutral special	Toad
Side special	Peach Bomber
Up special	Peach Parasol
Down special	Vegetable
Final Smash	—	Peach Blossom