Hammer Bros. (ハンマーブロス), or Hammer Brothers, are a recurring enemy in the Mario franchise. They first appear in Super Mario Bros..
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Physical description[]
Hammer Bros. are a Koopa Troopa variant that wear green armor, either light or dark, depending on the appearance. A consistency is that, like Koopa Troopas, Hammer Bros. have a yellow body, although a difference in earlier media is that Hammer Bros. have been bipedal from the start, even before this became an established characteristic of Koopa Troopas since Super Mario World.
Behavior[]
Hammer Bros. are described in various games as being the elite units of Bowser's army and often appear in games either as powerful generic enemies or as boss characters. Hammer Bros. are commonly found in pairs, hence the "Bros." part of their name, and their attack pattern consists of guarding a small area, usually while standing on a series of Brick Blocks, and throwing hammers at Mario or another character. Hammer Bros. occasionally move around and jump while doing so.
The Mario role-playing games introduced a more varied attack pattern for Hammer Bros., such as the ability to throw a rapid volley of hammers or throw a single hammer with enough force to shrink the player. Since Mario Superstar Baseball, Hammer Bros. have sometimes, but not often, appeared as playable characters in spin-off Mario games. In Mario Superstar Baseball, the Hammer Bro uses a hammer as its baseball bat.
Variants[]
Hammer Bros. have a few variants. The first two that were introduced are Boomerang Bros. and Fire Bros., both in Super Mario Bros. 3. Boomerang Bros. attack by throwing a boomerang, and Fire Bros. attack by throwing fireballs, similarly to Fire Mario. In New Super Mario Bros. Wii, there are Ice Bros., which throw Ice Balls to attack. Boomerang Bros., Fire Bros., and Ice Bros. wear blue, red, and white armor, respectively.
Statistics[]
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For Hammer Bro's in-game statistics, click here.
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Timeline[]
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For information on Hammer Bro's appearances, click here.
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Role | Year | Console | Notes |
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| Super Mario Bros. | Enemy | 1985 | Family Computer / Nintendo Entertainment System | |
| Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels | Enemy | 1986 | Family Computer Disk System | |
| Super Mario Bros. / Duck Hunt | Enemy | 1988 | Nintendo Entertainment System | Appears in Super Mario Bros. only |
| Super Mario Bros. 3 | Enemy | 1989 | Family Computer / Nintendo Entertainment System | |
| Super Mario Bros. / Duck Hunt / World Class Track Meet | Enemy | 1990 | Nintendo Entertainment System | Appears in Super Mario Bros. only |
| Mario the Juggler | Enemy | 1991 | Game & Watch | Featured in Game B only |
| Super Mario All-Stars | Enemy | 1993 | Super Nintendo Entertainment System | Appears in the remasters for Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, and Super Mario Bros. 3 |
| Yoshi's Safari | Mini-boss | 1993 | Super Nintendo Entertainment System | |
| Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World | Enemy | 1994 | Super Nintendo Entertainment System | Same as in Super Mario All-Stars |
| Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars | Enemy | 1996 | Super Nintendo Entertainment System | |
| Mario Party | Non-playable character | 1998 | Nintendo 64 | One appears in the minigame Hammer Drop |
| Super Smash Bros. | Cameo | 1999 | Nintendo 64 | Sometimes appears in the background of the Mushroom Kingdom stage |
| Mario Party 2 | Non-playable character | 1999 | Nintendo 64 | One appears in the minigame Deep Sea Salvage |
| Paper Mario | Enemy | 2000 | Nintendo 64 | |
| Mario Party 3 | Non-playable character | 2000 | Nintendo 64 | They appear in three minigames: Awful Tower, Puddle Paddle, and Parasol Plummet |
| Mario Kart: Super Circuit | Cameo | 2001 | Game Boy Advance | One briefly appears in the background of the awards ceremony |
| Super Smash Bros. Melee | Cameo | 2001 | Nintendo GameCube | Same as in Super Smash Bros., but in a different Mushroom Kingdom stage |
| Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 | Enemy | 2003 | Game Boy Advance | Same as in Super Mario Bros. 3 |
| Mario Party 5 | Non-playable character | 2003 | Nintendo GameCube | Featured within the Hammer Bro. Capsule and hosts the minigame Fight Cards |
| Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga | Enemy | 2003 | Game Boy Advance | |
| Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door | Enemy | 2004 | Nintendo GameCube | |
| Mario Party Advance | Cameo | 2004 | Game Boy Advance | Aside from the game having their own Hammer Bro representative, several Hammer Bros. appear in the background of Hammergeddon. |
| Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix | Opponent | 2005 | Nintendo GameCube | |
| Mario Superstar Baseball | Unlockable playable character | 2005 | Nintendo GameCube | |
| Super Princess Peach | Enemy | 2005 | Nintendo DS | |
| Mario Party 7 | Non-playable character | 2005 | Nintendo GameCube | Featured as an orb; four also appear in Hammer Spammer |
| Super Mario Strikers | Playable character | 2005 | Nintendo GameCube | Featured as sidekicks on a team |
| Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time | Character | 2005 | Nintendo DS | Only one pair appears, named the L33t Hamm3r Broz. while brainwashed |
| New Super Mario Bros. | Enemy | 2006 | Nintendo DS | |
| Super Paper Mario | Enemy | 2007 | Wii | |
| Mario Strikers Charged | Playable character | 2007 | Wii | Featured as sidekicks like in Super Mario Strikers |
| Mario Party 8 | Unlockable playable character | 2007 | Wii | |
| Mario Party DS | Boss | 2007 | Nintendo DS | Fought as a boss in the minigame Hammer Chime |
| Super Smash Bros. Brawl | Non-playable character, enemy | 2008 | Wii | Featured as an Assist Trophy as well as Subspace Army members in Adventure Mode: The Subspace Emissary |
| Mario Kart Wii | Cameo | 2008 | Wii | Appears in the crowds of certain courses, such as Mario Circuit |
| Mario Super Sluggers | Playable character | 2008 | Wii | |
| New Super Mario Bros. Wii | Enemy | 2009 | Wii | |
| Super Mario Galaxy 2 | Enemy | 2010 | Wii | |
| Super Mario 3D Land | Enemy | 2011 | Nintendo 3DS | |
| Mario Kart 7 | Cameo | 2011 | Nintendo 3DS | Spectators in the background of Toad Circuit |
| Mario Party 9 | Non-playable character | 2012 | Wii | One of the Battle Minigame hosts |
| New Super Mario Bros. 2 | Enemy | 2012 | Nintendo 3DS | |
| Paper Mario: Sticker Star | Enemy | 2012 | Nintendo 3DS | |
| New Super Mario Bros. U | Enemy | 2012 | Wii U | |
| New Super Luigi U | Enemy | 2013 | Wii U | |
| Super Mario 3D World | Enemy | 2013 | Wii U | |
| Mario Party: Island Tour | Non-playable character | 2013 | Nintendo 3DS | Appears in two minigames, Match Faker and Tap Dash |
| Mario Golf: World Tour | Non-playable character | 2014 | Nintendo 3DS | |
| Mario Kart 8 | Cameo | 2014 | Wii U | Spectators in Bowser's Castle and 3DS Neo Bowser City. |
| Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS | Non-playable character, Enemy | 2014 | Nintendo 3DS | Featured as an Assist Trophy and as an enemy in Smash Run |
| Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker | Enemy | 2014 | Wii U | |
| Super Smash Bros. for Wii U | Non-playable character | 2014 | Wii U | Featured as an Assist Trophy |
| Mario Party 10 | Non-playable character | 2015 | Wii U | |
| Super Mario Maker | Enemy | 2015 | Wii U | |
| Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam | Enemy | 2015 | Nintendo 3DS | |
| Mario Party: Star Rush | Non-playable character | 2016 | Nintendo 3DS | Appears in Pinball Brawl |
| Paper Mario: Color Splash | Enemy | 2016 | Wii U | |
| Minecraft | Character skin | 2016 | Wii U | Featured in the Super Mario Mash-Up Pack, also appearing in the Nintendo Switch and New Nintendo 3DS versions in 2017 and 2018 respectively |
| Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS | Enemy | 2016 | Nintendo 3DS | Same as in Super Mario Maker |
| Mario Sports Superstars | Sidekick | 2017 | Nintendo 3DS | Featured as sidekicks in the soccer and baseball sports |
| Mario Kart 8 Deluxe | Cameo | 2017 | Nintendo Switch | Same as in Mario Kart 8 |
| Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions | Enemy | 2017 | Nintendo 3DS | Same role in the Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga remake; also appear as recruitable enemies in Minion Quest: The Search for Bowser |
| Super Mario Odyssey | Enemy | 2017 | Nintendo Switch | One of the enemies that can be captured and controlled using Cappy |
| Mario Party: The Top 100 | Non-playable character | 2017 | Nintendo 3DS | |
| Super Mario Party | Playable character | 2018 | Nintendo Switch | |
| Mario Tennis Aces | Opponent | 2018 | Nintendo Switch | |
| Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker | Enemy | 2018 | Nintendo Switch, Nintendo 3DS | Same as in the original Wii U version |
| Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | Non-playable character | 2018 | Nintendo Switch | Featured as an Assist Trophy |
| Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey | Enemy | 2018 | Nintendo 3DS | Only featured in Bowser Jr.'s Journey as recruitable enemies |
| New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe | Enemy | 2019 | Nintendo Switch | Same as in both New Super Mario Bros. U and New Super Luigi U |
| Super Mario Maker 2 | Enemy | 2019 | Nintendo Switch | |
| Dr. Mario World | Assistant | 2019 | iOS, Android | |
| Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 | Opponent | 2019 | Nintendo Switch | Featured as opponents in some of the 2D Events |
| Mario Kart Tour | Opponent, playable character | 2020 | iOS, Android | Opponent in the Baby Rosalina Tour; playable since Hammer Bro Tour |
| Paper Mario: The Origami King | Enemy | 2020 | Nintendo Switch | Featured as allies but have an enemy variant named Origami Hammer Bro |
| Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury | Enemy | 2021 | Nintendo Switch | Same as in Super Mario 3D World |
| Mario Golf: Super Rush | Non-playable character | 2021 | Nintendo Switch | |
| Mario Party Superstars | Non-playable character | 2021 | Nintendo Switch |
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To view Hammer Bro's image gallery, click here.
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