Hammer Mario: Difference between revisions

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'''Hammer Mario''',<ref>''Nintendo Power'' Volume 13, page 42.</ref><ref>''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3'' North American instruction booklet, page 27.</ref> also referred to as '''[[Hammer Bro]]ther Mario''',<ref>''Nintendo Power'' Volume 10, page 56.</ref> is a form of [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] only seen in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' and its [[Super Mario All-Stars|SNES]] and [[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3|Game Boy Advance]] remakes, gained when he wears a [[Hammer Suit]]. This form is not to be confused with Mario or Luigi wielding a hammer, with the difference being the infinite disposable supply of hammers and the black shell armor.

In this form, Mario and Luigi resemble a [[Hammer Bro]]ther and, like one, are able to throw an infinite supply of [[hammer]]s in a short upward arc (which can be lengthened by pressing forward on the {{button|nes|Pad}}). Hammers can defeat most enemies, even those that cannot be defeated with [[fireball]]s, such as the [[Angry Sun]], [[Buzzy Beetle]]s, [[Boo]]s, [[Bullet Bill]]s, [[Chain Chomp]]s, [[Dry Bones]], [[Fire Snake|Firesnake]]s, [[Hot Foot]]s, [[Lava Bubble|Podoboo]]s, [[Para-Beetle]]s, [[Stretch]]es, and [[Thwomp]]s; they can also defeat [[Boom Boom]] and [[Bowser]]. They cannot defeat [[Roto-Disc]]s, [[Jelectro]]s or [[Koopalings]]. As such, this form can be considered a stronger version of the [[Fire Mario|Fire form]]. As with fireballs, only two hammers can be thrown at a time, but hammers can fly through ceilings, walls, and floors. Mario and Luigi can also block enemies' fireballs in this form by crouching, but they cannot [[slide]] down slopes.

Despite the official artwork depicting Hammer Mario with his normal complexion and outfit colors underneath, his NES sprite depicts him with tan skin in levels, a white shirt, white shoes, and black overalls, while his 16-bit sprites depict him with a brown shirt and gray overalls.

''Super Mario Advance 4'' adds a new utility to this form: its hammers can break [[Gray Brick Block]]s.

In ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'', ''[[Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS]]'', and ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'', knocking on a [[Warp Door]] in the ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' theme may cause [[Weird Mushroom (item)|Weird Mario]] to appear in this form. In the latter game, [[Builder Mario]]'s hammer swing can break Hard Blocks (similar to the Gray Brick Blocks in ''Super Mario Advance 4'') and defeat most usually unbeatable foes, like this form.

==Game appearances==

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!width=20%|Release date

!width=20%|System/format

|''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''

|Power-up for Mario/Luigi

|1988

|[[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]]

|-

|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]''

|Power-up for Mario/Luigi

|1993

|[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]]

|-

|''[[Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World]]''

|Power-up for Mario/Luigi

|1994

|SNES

|-

|''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]''

|Power-up for Mario/Luigi

|2003

|[[Game Boy Advance]]

|-

|''[[WarioWare: Twisted!]]''

|Cameo in microgame

|2004

|Game Boy Advance

|-

|''[[Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition]]''

|Power-up for Mario/Luigi

|2010

|[[Wii]]

|-

|''[[NES Remix 2]]''

|

|2014

|[[Wii U]]

|-

|''[[Super Mario Maker]]''

|Easter egg after knocking on a [[Warp Door]] in the ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' game style

|2015

|Wii U

|-

|''[[Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS]]''

|Easter egg after knocking on a Warp Door in the ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' game style

|2016

|[[Nintendo 3DS]]

|-

|''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]''

|Easter egg after knocking on a Warp Door in the ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' game style

|2019

|[[Nintendo Switch]]

|}

Hammer Mario Artwork - Super Mario Bros 3.png|Artwork from ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''

|Ita=Mario Martello<br>Mario martello

|Fra=Mario-Marteau

|FraM=Hammer Mario

*In ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'', Mario can throw hammers to attack similarly to the Hammer Mario form when he [[capture]]s a Hammer Bro.