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Hammer Brothers are enemy characters present in many of Nintendo 's Mario series of video games. Their trademark distinction is that they appear in pairs. Their trademark move is that they attack by throwing large hammers in an arcing path. Their appearance shows them having distinct beaks, classifying them as "Beaked Koopas". However, there are some games where they don't have the distinct beaks and look like normal Koopas. APPEARANCES IN THE MARIO SERIES Super Mario Bros. The Hammer Brother is one of the few still-popular Mario characters that first appeared in '' Super Mario Bros. ''. They often appear in pairs (hence the name "brothers"). Sometimes, however, they do appear separately. They are usually found on platforms and jump up and down and move back and forth. They are notorious for being one of the hardest enemies to defeat, making avoiding them the easier choice, because they move around so quickly and constantly throw a barrage of hammers all over the place. Bowser moves much slower and the later Bowsers only send 1-2 barrages of hammers. Super Mario Bros. 3 In '' Super Mario Bros. 3 '', several variants of the Hammer Bros. were introduced:
Hammer Brothers also appeared on the world map as patrolling police-like figures. When Mario ran into one of them, a battle would begin. After defeating the Hammer Brother, Mario would get a treasure chest that gave him an item. Super Mario World In '' Super Mario World '', there was no mention of the Hammer Bros. or their variants from ''Super Mario Bros. 3''. However, the game did feature two new variants:
Super Mario RPG The Hammer Brothers were the first boss in the game. Their special attacks included ''Hammer Time'' (an offensive attack) and ''Valor up'' (which increases its attack power). Mario received the hammer after he defeated the Hammer Bros. At Bowser's Castle, you meet a quiz-loving Hammer Bro. named ''Dr. Topper'', who is basically a Palette Swap of the normal Hammer Bro. Paper Mario In this game, the Hammer Brothers appear in varied numbers. They are powerful enemies, mostly patrolling around Bowser's Castle. Their hammer throwing power may cause Mario to shrink. In Paper Mario: The-Thousand-Year-Door, The Boomerang Brothers and the Fire Brothers are new introductions joining the Hammer Brothers. The Boomerang Brothers attack causes damage on its forward and return trip while the Fire Brothers attack would cause Mario or his partner to catch fire. Playable Appearances In '' Mario Superstar Baseball '', the Hammer Brothers are playable, but they must be unlocked. To unlock them, beat Challenge Mode as Bowser . When you unlock them, the Fire Bros. and Boomerang Bros. are automatically unlocked as well. In '' Super Mario Strikers '' the Hammer Brothers are playable as sidekicks along with Koopa s, Toad s, and Birdo s. Mario and Luigi Series
In '''', two Hammer Bros., known as the l33t Hamm3r Broz., appear early in the game, and speak using L33t Speak . They speak like this because of the helmets the Shroobs have placed on them, and when they are defeated, the helmet is removed and they become confused about why they were talking in such a way. As a result, they have become quite popular on forums around the Internet. They are also notable because they give Baby Mario and Baby Luigi hammers to use. |
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