Editing Hammer Bros. Sphinx

[[File:MK8-Course-GCN DryDryDesert.jpg|thumb|250px|The Hammer Bros. Sphinx, as seen in {{classic link|GCN|Dry Dry Desert}} in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'']]
{{quote|The mysterious (and some say cursed) Hammer Bros. Sphinx looms over hapless [[kart]] drivers in Dry Dry Desert in Mario Kart 8. Take a lap … if you dare.|Official American ''Mario Kart'' Facebook page<ref name="Facebook MarioKartEN">MarioKartEN (August 22, 2014). [https://www.facebook.com/MarioKartEN/photos/566278000143464 ''Facebook'']. Retrieved June 29, 2023. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20230629191853/https://www.facebook.com/MarioKartEN/photos/566278000143464 Archived] June 29, 2023, 19:18:53 UTC via Wayback Machine.)</ref>}}
The '''Hammer Bros. Sphinx'''{{sic}}<ref name="Facebook MarioKartEN"/><ref>NintendoAmerica (August 22, 2014). [https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/502855220985356290 ''Twitter'']. Retrieved July 13, 2023. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20150119011510/https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/502855220985356290 Archived] January 19, 2015, 01:15:10 UTC via Wayback Machine.)</ref> is a landmark based on the [[Sphinx (monument)|Great Sphinx of Giza]] that can be seen in desert-themed courses of the ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'' series. It ever appears only as a background element, alongside other statues with [[Hammer Bro]] visages. It is speculated to be cursed.<ref name="Facebook MarioKartEN"/>

==History==
===''Mario Kart'' series===
The Hammer Bros. Sphinx first appears in the ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' rendition of {{classic link|GCN|Dry Dry Desert}}, replacing the generic sphinx from the course's ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'' version. It is located near the bend immediately after the oasis. The statue returns in the ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' rendition of [[Wii Dry Dry Ruins]], located in the vicinity of the branching path between the [[Finish line (object)|finish line]] and the oasis; here, it replaces one of the [[Yoshi]] sphinx statues from the ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'' version of the course.

===''Mario Tennis Aces''===
Small statues based on the Hammer Bros. Sphinx adorn the surroundings of the [[Bask Ruins]] court in ''[[Mario Tennis Aces]]''.

==Gallery==
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MK8 GCN Dry Dry Desert Course Icon.png|Course icon of <small>GCN</small> Dry Dry Desert featuring the Hammer Bros. Sphinx
Dry Dry Desert MK8 Facebook image.png|Postcard from Dry Dry Desert featuring the Hammer Bros. Sphinx
MTA Bask Ruins.jpg|View of the Bask Ruins court in ''Mario Tennis Aces'', where three Hammer Bros. Sphinx statues can be seen
</gallery>

==References==
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