[SPOILERS FOR W7] How do you do the shell jump?

[Cal]

To access 7-5 you have to perfect the shell jump. I have keys bound to ZXC + arrows. The goblin starts by saying you have to jump and release the Z key at a certain point - but the X key is jump. Can anyone give me some hints, please?

[Lizstar]

Z should be your run button. That's the button that you also hold to pick up items, right?

So, the idea is to release Z while at a certain point, which will release the shell and throw it to your right. You'll then also release the jump, to fall back down onto the shell, while quickly re-pressing it to get a lot of height out of the jump.

It's a tough trick, and it's also really hard to describe in text.

[Pleont]

The most consistent way to shell jump is to stand two blocks away from the wall, jump up, and right when your character is starting to fall downward, release the shell. If you're the correct distance, and at the correct moment of moving downward, you should bounce. The exact pixel position you do this stationary and running towards the wall is slightly different.

The hardest trick requires that you do it in a mostly stationary position (without any time to set yourself up in the correct position), so practice that. If you're too close to the wall, the shell will phase through you.