Sun Salutation

“	Charges a ball of energy. Press it again to launch it. Heals you slightly when fully charged.	”
—Custom Moves, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Sun Salutation
Wii Fit Trainer using the move on Battlefield.
User	Wii Fit Trainer
Universe	Wii Fit
Article on Wikipedia	Surya Namaskara

Sun Salutation (太陽礼拝, Sun Worship) is the Wii Fit Trainer's neutral special move in Super Smash Bros. 4.

Overview

Firing Sun Salutation in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U..

This move is a chargeable projectile that the Trainer summons by performing the yoga pose of the name the move comes from. It can be stored and used later, similar to Samus's Charge Shot. When fully charged, the move heals Wii Fit Trainer by 2% when shot, and the Wii Fit Trainer will sometimes shout "Sun salutation!" in the PAL version or "Salute the sun!" in the American version of the game.

Customization

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

1. Sun Salutation	2. Enriched Sun Salutation	3. Sweeping Sun Salutation
"Charge a ball of energy. Press again to launch it. Heals you slightly when fully charged."	"Charge a ball of energy that condenses while charging. Press again to launch it. Won't heal."	"The energy ball travels slowly but hits foes multiple times, pushing them away."

1. Sun Salutation: Default
2. Enriched Sun Salutation: The energy ball gets smaller as it charges and is more powerful. It will not heal Wii Fit Trainer when fully charged. (Damage: 3% uncharged, 20% fully charged)
3. Sweeping Sun Salutation: The energy ball is light blue and moves slowly, pushing any opponents in the way while hitting multiple times. (Damage: 1.2% per hit uncharged, 1.6% per hit charged)

Description from the 3DS version's foldout

"Store energy with . Release at full power to heal."

Move origin

Demonstration of Sun Salutation in Wii Fit, stretching upward...

...then bending down and touching one's toes.

In Wii Fit, Sun Salutation was one of the series of yoga poses the player could choose from and then be guided through by either the male or female Wii Fit Trainer. Designed to tone the arms and thighs, it went as follows: standing on the Wii Balance Board, the player would keep their center of balance within a yellow oval while reaching up and behind them, bending down to touch their toes, reaching up while bending their knees, returning to the starting position and then repeating for the chosen amount of repetitions.

In Super Smash Bros. 4, the Wii Fit Trainer does the reaching up and back step of the Sun Salutation while charging the move and touches their toes when shooting it. The knee-bending step is not used.

While the sun energy ball does not appear in Wii Fit, it does resemble the background of the yoga training exercises, meant to regulate breathing.

Wii Fit Trainer's special moves

Neutral special	Sun Salutation
Side special	Header
Up special	Super Hoop
Down special	Deep Breathing
Final Smash	Wii Fit