wall jump
Kick off surface
A wall jump is a video game maneuver where a character pushes off a vertical surface to gain height or change direction midair, often chained between parallel walls to climb: You need to wall jump to reach that platform.
The technique appears across platformers and action games, from early arcade titles to modern speedrunning staples.
- platformingJump-based video game genre
- platform gameGenre requiring jumping navigation
- leapSudden springing movement
- climbAscend using effort
- MetroidvaniaPlatformer requiring backtracking with upgrades
parkour · skill · Mega Man · spring · timing · pixel perfect · muscle memory · trajectory · boost · traversal · retro gaming · verticality · vault · momentum · obstacles · collision detection · game mechanics · speedrun
- game movesmove, dodge, play, pass, block
- obstacle coursesmonkey bars, cargo nets, rope climb, balance beam, rope ladder
- platformersMario, Sonic, platformer, platforms, Super Mario Bros
- platformer movesrun, dash, crouch, climb, slide
- Super Mario 64Mario, Princess Peach, ground pound
- special movescombo, finisher, power move, signature move, secret technique
wall jumpwall climb
Going up vertical surfaces
rope climb · stair climb · ledge grab · elevator ride · grapple
wall jumpstanding still
Absence of motion
crawl · static cling · controlled descent · walking · rappelling
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