Mario (SSBM)/Up special

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Overview

Mario leaps into the air while repeatedly punching the opponent. The move hits up to 10 times, assuming all hits connect, and, due to the way staling works, does up to around 14%. It can angled by tilting the control stick: the further forward the control stick is tilted, the further Mario will go horizontally but at the cost of vertical movement. If the control stick is flicked backwards within the first few frames, Mario will B-reverse it and jump in the opposite direction.

The move is wholly unique in all of Melee, as it's the only up special that can be cancelled with a wall jump. If he's hugging a wall when he activates the move, Mario can wall jump near the apex of this move, which aids in his recovery; the window to perform the wall jump changes with the angle of the move: the shallower the angle, the greater the window to perform a wall jump. When performing the most horizontally-angled one, Mario gets a ³⁄₂₀ second window to perform a wall jump successfully; by contrast, when performing his extended up-B, Mario gets a window nearly half the size.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			Clang	Rebound	Effect	G	A	Sound
Hit 1
0	0	5%	0		0	100	130	7.4214	23	0.0	0.0	2.3436						Coin
1	0	5%	0		0	100	130	5.0778	32	0.0	0.0	0.0						Coin
Hits 2-5
0	0	1%	0		0	100	110	6.2496	23	0.0	0.0	3.1248						Coin
1	0	1%	0		0	100	150	5.0778	4	0.0	0.0	4.6872						Coin
Hits 6-9
0	0	1%	0		0	100	90	6.2496	23	0.0	0.0	3.1248						Coin
1	0	1%	0		0	100	120	5.0778	4	0.0	0.0	4.6872						Coin
Hit 10
0	0	3%	0		40	140	0	8.7885	23	0.0	0.0	0.0						Coin
1	0	3%	0		40	140	0	3.906	4	0.0	0.0	0.0						Coin

Timing

* The wall jump timings are dependent upon which angle the move has. They also assume the Mario player is hugging the wall; the window is smaller or nonexistent if the move is not started against a wall.
* Inputting a wall jump before it's possible for Mario to perform but still within the window will buffer it.

Attack

Intangibility	3-6
Hit 1	3-6
Hits 2-5	7-8, 9-10, 12-12, 13-14
Hit 6-9	15-16, 17-18, 19-20, 21-22
Hit 10	23-24
Wall jump window (Extended)	25-29
Wall jump (Extended)	27
Wall jump window (No angle)	23-29
Wall jump (No angle)	25
Wall jump window (Diagonal)	22-29
Wall jump (Diagonal)	24
Wall jump window (Horizontal)	21-29
Wall jump (Horizontal)	23
Animation length	37

Hitboxes
Body
Wall jump (Extended)
Wall jump (No angle)
Wall jump (Diagonal)
Wall jump (Horizontal)

Landing lag

Animation length	30

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Hitbox change

Vulnerable

Intangible

Continuable

Mario's moveset

Neutral attack (1 · 2 · 3) · Forward tilt · Up tilt · Down tilt · Dash attack · Forward smash · Up smash · Down smash
Neutral aerial · Forward aerial · Back aerial · Up aerial · Down aerial
Grab · Pummel · Forward throw · Back throw · Up throw · Down throw
Forward roll · Back roll · Spot dodge · Air dodge · Techs
Floor attack (front) · Floor getups (front) · Floor attack (back) · Floor getups (back)
Edge attack (fast) · Edge getups (fast) · Edge attack (slow) · Edge getups (slow)
Neutral special · Side special · Up special · Down special