This Super Mario ability was actually a glitch

#nintendo #mario #gaming #trivia #aaronitmar

[@freezeburn9875]

fun fact, Nintendo actually addressed this glitch in their Mario Encyclopedia

[@Chara_Dreemurr1]

The infinite 1-ups glitch in the first mario game and actually all the games was actually implemented by the developers and is an intentional feature. It is hard to pull off in the original mario but it is rewarding to pull it off. And it was intentional.

[@liamking4543]

I’m gonna go check that with my personal use copy

[@mega_micro]

is it an old manual or a modern wiki?

[@harrybest2041]

Do you mean the English one that contained information taken from the Super Mario Wiki and Fandom MarioWiki?

[@4Legacy]

​@@Chara_Dreemurr1I can't tell you how many hours I've put into that game, and I have never been able to pull off that trick. I probably need to try with an emulator and save states for practice since I've only ever tried on consoles

[@RecordVR]

also, in Super Mario Wonder, we can find that one of the badges do the exact same thing as the old glitches, like jumping up instead of away from the wall.

[@hendryliandy3294]

it’s called wall climb badge

[@glitchydorime]

This just proves that nobody calls this move by it's actual name "Wall-Kick" Wall-Jump just sounds more natural and representative then a kick on a wall

[@shannonn2569]

I call it jump XD i'm lame i do shift between wall kick and wall jump as I have heard botj terms used.

[@موسى_7]

Mario 3D Land manual says wall jump

[@dricoplayspokemon]

It’s only called wall kick in Mario 64 because kicking the wall also caused him to jump off of it. You can no longer do a kick in the air in 3D Mario games so it’s known as a wall jump

[@MattTOB618]

​@@dricoplayspokemon No, kicking the wall makes you recoil away from it without gaining any height.

[@perryakers4222]

5th

[@mysticalsunrise2203]

This is absolutely a stretch lol

[@G_Game_MII]

Exactly i was looking for this comment

[@robiginal]

You know what's stretched? The weird mushroom from Super Mario Maker. It was inspired by a glitch that made Mario, well... *stretched.* They also acknowledged the minus world in Super Paper Mario. With this stuff in mind, I don't think it would be too unlikely that the wall-kick originated from this glitch.

[@7grandmac]

I don’t think it’s frame perfect, but it Mario 64 you need to hit the A button the moment you touch the wall in order to wall jump, which adds a little more evidence to the theory.

[@ScottPIayz]

Yeah, welcome to shorts, could connect a sandwich to world war 3 here

[@macmadness5932]

@@robiginal i think its more of a time thing the stretch mushroom and the glitched mario came from the same game, while the wall jump glitch to the wall jump took several years and there were multiple games in between. i think its more likely to be a coincidence here

[@nightlust]

You can also reproduce it as Mini Mario in NSMB! It's a frame perfect jump and it makes you jump straight up instead of sideways like a normal wall jump

[@Chara-YourFriend]

It happened to me but i wasnt mini.

[@wordswordswords24]

The wall jump was definitely not inspired by this glitch, not only did Super Metroid have one but I’m certain that many, many other games did too

[@mariocraft3067]

Megaman X and Gargoyles quest had walljumping as well.

[@nickangelo116]

NES Batman 1989

[@mapl3mage]

Super Mario Bros was released in 1985, while Super Metroid was released in 1994 and Mega Man X in 1993. Could it be that the wall jumping mechanics in those games were inspired by the glitch in Super Mario game released almost a decade prior..? Maybe, maybe not. Regardless, it seems that Super Mario Bros was one of the first platform game to have this accidental feature - if not the first.

[@zilvertron]

​@@mapl3mageanother game to have it as a feature was Prince of Persia on the NES, so mario did not invent it

[@mapl3mage]

Prince of persia first came out in 1989 for Apple II, so about 4 years after Super Mario Bros,@@zilvertron

[@Mari_Izu]

Doubt it was because the glitch because not only wall jump wasn't a new thing by 1996 but it works way different from the glitch. Mario 64 added a lot of movements to make 3D platforming more fun, so a wall kick was a no-brainer.

[@Qualicabyss]

Extremely hard to do? Check. Pixel perfect? Check. No animation? Check. Never needed? Check. It's a glitch

[@Chara_Dreemurr1]

In the first mario game you could get infinite one ups. And it was intentional. It was put in the game intentionally but made pretty hard to pull off. And you would be forced to stop when time ran out.

[@marioisawesome8218]

​@@Chara_Dreemurr1 congratulations! 🎉🎉🎉🎉 you compared apples to oranges you banana.

[@Mari_Izu]

@@Qualicabyss @Chara_Dreemurr1 what the hell you two commented has to do with mine?

[@Qualicabyss]

@@Mari_Izu I was literally explaining why it was a glitch Edit just realized I misunderstood your original comment a bit, thought you were saying wall jumping in the original wasn't a glitch

[@dswinter2350]

Mario franchise? It's a staple to the whole platform genre.

[@mapl3mage]

I wonder if Super Mario Bros was the first platform game to have wall jump. Recall that SMB was released way back in 1985, while other games that has it and are mentioned in the comments were released several years later.

[@WillRennar]

Kinda like how, in the original Legend of Zelda, you could hold down the B button and jam the D-pad around to just keep stabbing in various directions...which became the basis for Link's now-staple Spin Attack.

[@dansmith1661]

You press up/down left/right while throwing the boomerang and it flies at a weird angle.

[@MLennholm]

The spin attack was created because ALttP introduced diagonal movement but they couldn't figure out a good way to make Link slash his sword diagonally.

[@tftc97]

this is a big stretch

[@DerrickJLive]

Wall jumps were a thing in video games way before Mario 64. Hard to say that glitch became a feature when there were a dozen Mario games between them that didn't feature it.

[@The_AuraMaster]

Ah yes, because clearly Mario invented wall jumping

[@maharreywilly]

this isn't pixel perfect. it's frame perfect

[@Omii_3000]

Thank you, that’s what I was gonna say

[@cirnosnumberfan6449]

I like how the title calls wall jumping an ability, as if it's a super power.

[@marty2035]

Mario Wonder's new badge: bruh

[@TBTabby]

Back in the day, they called it "the chimney climb."

[@Off-colorsign]

Wall shimmy

[@user-ml2xd6xm7i]

And now we have the exact glitch from Super Mario Bros but HD with Mario Wonder's wall climb badge

[@FyonixYT]

No, i did not know that this glitch in mario was turned into a full-on feature, and that in the earliest mario games, a pixel perfect glitch could be performed where you could jump against a wall and gain a second jump without touching the ground. and thats its like a wall jump, and that this is often used in speedruns but also can evenbe used in casual playthroughs, i also didnt know that likely nintendo saw these glitches and felt inspired, because in super mario 64, mario gained the ability to wall jump,also didnt know that the mechanic has been a staple to the entire mario franchise ever since. Thank you for enlighting me

[@seanphiliplasque]

"It's not a glitch, it's a feature."

[@Holothurion]

By the time of Super Mario 64, MANY games featured wall jumps: Ninja Gaiden, Strider, Batman, Ufouria, Bucky O'Hare, Zool, Bonk 3, Buster Busts Loose, Mega Man X, Super Metroid, Hagane...

[@GuynamedJaylen]

Imagine accidentally doing this and years later, it's a feature

[@sonic176yt7]

Its also very interesting that in mario wonder, theres a badge called "Wall Jump Climb" where you gain a second jump on a wall and you can even do a wall jump again after doing that climb

[@MichMaslo]

Have you heard about fast walking? Nintendo was so inspired when one of their coworkers walked a bit faster than the rest of the team that they decided to implement something similar called "running" into the game!

[@idkjusteli]

Fun fact: The glitch was added as a wall kick badge in mario wonder

[@epictomat]

I thought he would talk of super mario bros wonder

[@albertoradu773]

Not only that, the Super Mario 64 walljump is still PIXEL PERFECT. You don't knude slide down slowly on a concrete wall.

[@Dexuz]

It's not pixel perfect, you have a fairly large margin for the walljump to work after you bonk with the wall. Those that think it's too hard have what is known as a skill issue.

[@six_buck_dlc]

in mario wonder a badge lets you do that exact action too but it looks more like a ledgejump

[@iordz]

It's possible to perform the exact glitchy wall jump using a badge on Super Mario Bros Wonder.

[@GabrielPalmerEatsBananas]

WALL CLIMB JUMP FROM MARIO WONDER😮😮😮😮😮😮😮

[@deliadeidda5015]

Bruh they just added the feature of wall-jumping not everything is connected to a glitch

[@LegendStormcrow]

Not to mention I believe it was in the GB Donkey Kong game, along with Mario having a 3 series jump that gets higher.

[@TerryVide0z]

The time Nintendo was turning glitches into features just like mojang

[@Cloud67TR]

in mario wonder there is a badge that does the same thing

[@Jotillit]

"Its not a glitch, its a feature" -Mojang

[@theslow-runner]

For people who saying its a strech there is a badge in mario wonder that lets you jump up on a side of a wall just like this

[@raveaw379]

No. SM64 was released in 1996. The first known run of SMB1 was extremely primitive and was not even an attempt at going as fast as possible. While it is likely that people did attempt to go as fast possible through the game, wall jumps being consistently implemented and found by Nintendo without a method of expression seems extremely unlikely. The only likely scenario of wall jumps being inspired by the first game is Nintendo themselves recognising the bug before the production of SM64, though I think that it was most likely not inspired by the franchise, either taking inspiration from other platformers or with no inspiration at all (an original idea to suit a 3D game).

[@sillygoober752]

the original glitch looks more like an ability in mario wonder that lets you jump straight up and not at a diagonal angle

[@oofiooof]

the most accurate representation of this glitch in modern mario games is the upwards wall jump in mario wonder

[@wiseturtle4491]

In Mario wonder it’s even more accurate than the wall jump but this was probably made 7 months ago

[@deoverseers]

Hmm, it's almost like wall jumping is a common feature in platformer games.

[@mattwo7]

Meanwhile Sonic usually can't (he could in all of four games) because it's Espio's thing (it was Mighty's in Chaotix but Espio hadn't yet been established as a practitioner of ninjutsu), even though Espio hasn't been playable in the main series in over a decade... They did give it to the Avatar in Forces though.

[@metaknightjudgesyoursins4710]

..why do y’all have to keep bringing Sonic up in a Mario vid?💀

[@daiyahigashikata]

sonic fans when they sense an opportunity to infodump about the lore in a completely unrelated discussion

[@randomidoit9605]

@@metaknightjudgesyoursins4710 Well I mean, they did go to the Olympics together.

[@7grandmac]

I remember he can in Colors and Generations, but what are the other two games he can do it in?

[@megamix5403]

That OC shit don't count. Get outta here with that bs

[@gameboyneko999]

And the wonder badge too

[@johnb4264]

Long live the neverending mario facts

[@srirajbalaraman6184]

"To the entire Mario Franchise"... Pretty sure every metroidvania out there has this feature nowadays.

[@edwardgaines6561]

MegaMan X: Wall jump? Yeah, that's cute.

[@juanmonreal4014]

and now with the announcement of Super Mario Bros. Wonder, that glitch looks like the "wall-climb jump" badge

[@The_NSeven]

I've never once thought about this connection, that's so funny

[@rageman2247]

It’s way more likely that the team working on Mario saw super Metroid and went “oh that’s cool we should put that in the next Mario game”

[@vimies5746]

More of like inspiration for every platformer ever.

[@Julv_]

Nah, that's a stretch

[@peckingorder6064]

Strider invented wall jumping.

[@Definitelyrealmar-weeo]

This glitch saved my last life in 8-4 in super Mario bros

[@JotaleaGG]

It is the programmer law: It's not a bug, it's a feature

[@miwestraveler3986]

"Entire Mario franchise" Yep, can confirm, I love wall jumping in Mario Kart.

[@TheDerpyDolphin]

The wall jump added so much more movement options in Mario Golf

[@miwestraveler3986]

@@TheDerpyDolphin On the other hand, I hate it when the ball wall jumps out of the hole.

[@initakrigere4109]

THEY ADDED THAT original glitch as an equip able boost in super Mario bros wonder

[@ShadowAngle]

First Walljump

[@ZindaPossum]

And in mario wonder there is a badge that lets you jump upwards when jumping against a wall but only once per jump

[@nin10jo]

Super Metroid was the first time I saw the wall kick

[@tracywaite4627]

It was made as a feature from the get go

[@ChilledGreeseSandwich]

its pretty cool that some of nintendos inspiration is from glitches and bugs

[@RealEnerjak]

Megaman did it first.

[@R̸e̸d̸C̸r̸e̸w̸m̸a̸t̸e̸01]

It ain't a glitch, its a feature-🤠

[@TheodoreBuell]

No wonder he's called JUMPMAN

[@victorterancas]

When "Is not a bug, it is a feature!" went too long.

[@elmodragonfir3314]

Mario wonder now has the original ability

[@nintendians]

nintendo probably had it in there but didn't tell us about it.

[@Badspot]

Just off the top of my head, Batman on the NES had wall jumping and it predates mario 64 by 7 years

[@mariocraft3067]

And Megaman X, and Gargoyles Quest, and Super Metroid.

[@thebasketballhistorian3291]

Calling this false. Almost no one including Nintendo knew about pixel perfect wall jumps in SMB1 until modern day speed runners discovered it and showed it off online.

[@Rottypops]

I find it hard to believe the glitch inspired wall jumping in Mario 64. On the accounts that #1 There's no Internet and SMB speed-running database where everyone is pooling their knowledge and strats prior to 1995-1996. And #2 there would be several games, for several years that made use of wall jumping as a mechanic. You had games like Ninja Gaiden in 1988 where you could cling and jump from a wall, or 1991 Mega Man X that's famous for its wall jumps. It makes more sense that Nintendo devs who are in their 20s playing Ninja Gaiden and Mega Man are getting inspiration from games they're enjoying as a break from their work, than to think they got inspired by frame-perfect glitches that no one is taking about because it's 1985-1995 didn't have no social-media like gathering/forums where people are talking about it as common knowledge

[@didarul215]

The wall jump is funny🤣🤣

[@HL2CombineSoldier]

Also: there was a weird looking mushroom in super mario bros that made mario long, and nintendo added it as a feature that gives you Luigi's jumps.

[@TheDeadOfNight37]

You mean Mario Maker?

[@HL2CombineSoldier]

@@TheDeadOfNight37 , no, it indeed was in the game.

[@imastain3609]

it could be a game mechanic that's just hard to do since u won't ever need a second jump in a casual play

[@chocolatemilkman680]

when it comes to unintentional stuff, good luck tryna convince anyone that Nintendo would do anything but patch it out

[@gabrielreisinger8047]

They would never be inspired like this nowadays

[@shadowshade904]

I remember when I was little I accidentally did that glitch without knowing what it was, and I was so shocked I went and told my brother about it, but he didn't believe me, so I spent the next like hour trying to replicate it

[@radikaldesignz]

Ok, let's be honest here. Even if smb *was* the first platformer where a "wall jump" was possible (unintentionally), by the time M64 came around, wall jumps had already become a staple feature in platformers on multiple generations of consoles.

[@MeloneTM]

Ok you know the badge in wonder that lets you do this exact same thing??? The most obscure cameo

[@Michael-cg5qn]

Hmmm Mario games came out in the 80’s but speedrunnjng wasn’t popular until 10 years ago. This is such a stretch

[@thefirespecialist9007]

Actually, it was 1st passed off with the name: Wall Kick. With a level being named: Wall Kicks Will Work, in SM64.

[@torterratortellini6641]

I was expecting for you to talk about the infinite one up glitch

[@drugun8581]

Nintendo has done this multiple times

[@WINBcab]

The infinite life glitch was actually a feature to begin with.

[@justindenaro5105]

i never thought about it but now i know this

[@user-fq2oh9fg3m]

I think this glitch got put in super Mario bros wonder as a feature

[@toontime250]

Just Mario it became a staple in most games

[@cardboardgaming101]

In tears of the kingdom ascend was a debug feature but was made a mechanic

[@BobaBoi2000]

Also in Super Mario Wonder there’s a badge that lets you wall jump twice

[@thewindwakinghero7423]

It's in the mario 3 offical guide if i remember.

[@RodrigoMacielCosta]

Wall jump existed in many other games ever since the nes era, I think. Right off the top of my mind we have Ninja Gaiden and one of the Batman games from Nes, and Megaman X and Super Metroid on Snes. Ah, in a way, Chun Li and Balrog in the Street Fighter for arcade.

[@DylanYoshi]

Mario's wall jump wasn't inspired by this glitch, because it predates this glitch. In Donkey Kong, if you jump towards either side of the screen, Mario will automatically jump off of it- Effectively acting as a wall jump.

[@Arcane_Vanguard_Syndicate]

they pulled a Mojang

[@moisesdanielalvarado5578]

I really like when Mario does the wall 🧱 jump

[@The_Cohen_Show06]

This is an absolute stretch. The developers were aware of the glitch, but other games utilized the idea of the wall jump before Super Mario 64, and they weren’t inspired by the glitch. It’s most likely that they either saw the implementation of the ability in other games and thought it made sense for Mario’s greater move pool, or simply thought Mario jumping off of walls was an interesting concept

[@JulietStMoon]

This is such a massive stretch lol

[@s.s.r.s2641]

Bro that's literally the box art on the original super mario

[@overflowguy]

Since no one said it already... "It's not a glitch! It's a feature!"

[@Basyilo]

It may have been a simple glitch in the first Mario game, but wall jumping became a trend long before the release of Mario 64. You're overthinking it.

[@thatoneferretdude]

Well, that smb. Wall jump is very similar to a smb wonder badge…

[@vittosphonecollection57289]

Wow I didn't know about that, it looks like the Wonder wall jump badge. I thought you were going to talk about the double cherry

[@weelusmallgi]

For some reason I didn't know you could wall jump in Mario64

[@nabeelmohammed5085]

Wish they did this with windbombing