Editing Hammer Mario

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|latest_appearance=''[[Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition]]'' ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])

'''Hammer Mario''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Power'' Volume 13|page=42|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America|date=June 1990}}.</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3'' instruction booklet|page=27|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|date=2003}}.</ref> also referred to as '''[[Hammer Bro]]ther Mario''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Power'' Volume 10|page=56|date=January/February 1990|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</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 or shortened with 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]]. As such, this form can be considered a stronger version of the [[Fire Mario|Fire form]]. They cannot defeat [[Roto-Disc]]s, [[Jelectro]]s, [[Muncher]]s, or the [[Koopalings]], however. 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. However, they can slide down a slope if they get a Hammer Suit while already sliding, though only in [[World 6-10]]'s bonus room.

Despite the official artwork depicting Hammer Mario with his normal complexion and outfit colors underneath, his [[Family Computer]] and [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] sprite depicts him with tan skin in levels, a white shirt, white shoes, and black overalls; his skin color is normal on the world map, in [[castle]]s after saving one of the [[kings]], and in the ending roll. 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 [[Rock Block]]s.

In ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'', its [[Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS|Nintendo 3DS version]], 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 Rock Blocks in ''Super Mario Advance 4'') and defeat most usually unbeatable foes, like this form.

==List of appearances==

{{appearances list

|title1=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''

|role1=Power-up for Mario/Luigi

|release1=1988

|format1=[[Family Computer]]/[[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]]

|title2=''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]''

|role2=Power-up for Mario/Luigi

|release2=1993

|format2=[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]]

|title3=''[[Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World]]''

|role3=Power-up for Mario/Luigi

|release3=1994

|format3=SNES

|title4=''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]''

|role4=Power-up for Mario/Luigi

|release4=2003

|format4=[[Game Boy Advance]]

|title5=''[[WarioWare: Twisted!]]''

|role5=Cameo in microgame

|release5=2004

|format5=Game Boy Advance

|title6=''[[Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition]]''

|role6=Power-up for Mario/Luigi

|release6=2010

|format6=[[Wii]]

|title7=''[[NES Remix 2]]''

|role7=Power-up in certain challenges

|release7=2014

|format7=[[Wii U]]

|title8=''[[Super Mario Maker]]''

|role8=Easter egg after knocking on a [[Warp Door]] in the ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' game style

|release8=2015

|format8=Wii U

|title9=''[[Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS]]''

|role9=Easter egg after knocking on a Warp Door in the ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' game style

|release9=2016

|format9=[[Nintendo 3DS]]

|title10=''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]''

|role10=Easter egg after knocking on a Warp Door in the ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' game style

|release10=2019

|format10=[[Nintendo Switch]]

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Hammer Mario SMB3.png|Artwork from ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''

|Fre=Mario-Marteau

|FreM=Hammer Mario

*In the ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' episode "[[Reptiles in the Rose Garden]]", Mario and Luigi wear [[Sledge Bro]]ther disguises that make them resemble the Hammer form, in an attempt to hijack the [[Airship|Doom Ship]], but the disguises do not trick the Sledge Brothers piloting the ship.

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