Spring Jump

This article is about the move in Mario vs. Donkey Kong. For the jump used in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, see Spring Jump (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door). For one of the moves of the Luiginoid Formation in Mario & Luigi: Dream Team, see Luiginoid Formation § Spring Jump.

The Spring Jump being demonstrated in Mario vs. Donkey Kong

A Spring Jump is a move in Mario vs. Donkey Kong and its remake for the Nintendo Switch. In this game, if Mario lands on a Spring, he only bounces slightly. If the player presses just as Mario lands on a spring he instead does a high bounce from the spring. This can be used to reach high platforms and collect items. When Mini-Marios are trying to reach Mario and walk into a spring, they automatically jump onto the spring and perform the Spring Jump.

Many other games in the Super Mario franchise have Trampolines that bounce the player up a short distance by default but can be made to bounce the player higher through taking a specific action. However, none of these have been called a Spring Jump directly. This includes similar actions from the predecessor to Mario vs. Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong for the Game Boy, and the further games of the Mario vs. Donkey Kong series. Donkey Kong Jr. does name its version of doing a high jump off a trampoline, as either "Super High Jump" or "Super Jump", depending on the version.