Wall Jump (Concept)

Wall Jump

CONCEPT

Also known as a triangle jump, this is the ability to hit a wall and propel yourself off of it like you were some kind of crazy ninja or parkour fiend.

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Overview

The mechanic often appears in platform games, this allows to use the walls to do particular trick jumps, we can sometimes do it in a limited amount of times or permanently like in the game Zool (Game).

Related Elements

The following may or may not be included in a given character's ability to wall jump.

Wall Cling - Allows players to stick and grip to a wall if a jump is not performed. This dates back to the NES version of Ninja Gaiden (Game) in 1988 and Strider (Franchise) in 1989.
Wall Slide - Helps players for control their descent.
One-wall climb - Jumping off and controlled landing on the same wall at the same or a higher point (one-wall climb). This dates back to the Sega Master System (Platform) version of Rastan (Game) in 1988.
Two-wall climb, also called wall-to-wall jump - Repeated wall jumping to ascend a narrow chute. The earliest examples of this also date back to the Sega Master System (Platform) console: Alex Kidd in Shinobi World (Game) in 1990 and Ninja Gaiden in 1992. More popular later examples include Super Mario 64 (Game) and the 3D Ninja Gaiden (Franchise) games.
Wall Run (Concept) - Allows the character to ascend walls and steep heights, some early examples are the 16-bit Sonic the Hedgehog (Franchise) games starting in 1991, though there isn't a dedicated mechanic to jump from walls with unique inertia in many 2D Sonic titles.

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