Editing Super Hammer

{{about|the item serving as an upgrade of a normal [[Hammer]]|the spinning hammer attack granted by the Super Hammer item in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''|[[Super Hammer (move)]]|the power-up item from [[Super Mario Maker 2]]|[[Super Hammer (Super Mario Maker 2)]]}}

|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong (Game Boy)|Donkey Kong]]'' ([[Game Boy]]) ([[List of games by date#1994|1994]])

The '''Super Hammer''' is a powerful upgrade to the regular [[hammer]] appearing mostly in some of the [[Genre#Role-playing|role-playing games]].

Super Hammers are items introduced in the [[Game Boy]] version of ''[[Donkey Kong (Game Boy)|Donkey Kong]]''. Super Hammers can defeat enemies as well as break through brick walls and some floors. Super Hammers are first encountered in [[Stage 5-1]]. Mario cannot jump while holding a Super Hammer, but he can still throw one upward, allowing him to take the Super Hammer to a higher platform.

In ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', it can be used to break large [[Yellow Block]]s in addition to ordinary ones (it cannot break Stone Blocks unlike in the first game, however). In this game, it is alternatively referred to as the '''HAMMAWHACK 2005''', and is given to Mario in [[Glitzville]] by [[Podler]], who in turn received it from [[Jolene|X]], so that he could use it to smash the huge Yellow Block in the minor league locker room. Podler says that the commercials for it claim that the hammer "chooses its user", and that "they aren't cheap". In this game, the Super Hammer's hammerhead has a darker shade of grey. The Super Hammer in this game grants Mario a new move, also known as the [[Super Hammer (move)|Super Hammer]], that can be used both on the field and in battle. Holding {{Button|gcn|B}} while the player does not have the Super Hammer prevents Mario from moving, though this was rectified for international releases.

Super Hammers allow the brothers to smash [[Gray Rock|gray-colored rock]]s (chinked gray-colored rocks in the remake) in the overworld, one of which happens to be blocking the entrance to [[Teehee Valley]], and another blocks the entrance to the first room of eastern Beanbean Fields' caverns, which allows the brothers to acquire the [[Secret Scroll 1]] and learn the [[Swing Bros.]] [[Bros. Attack]] by playing a [[minigame]] hosted by a [[Thwomp]] for 300 [[Beanbean coin|coins]]. Similarly to the Super Hammers in the ''Paper Mario'' series, they are also stronger in battle, though the damage increase is not as significant.<ref>Hugonche29 (December 16, 2024). [https://youtu.be/_5SScKs7u2Q M&L Superstar Saga DX - Damage increase from hammer upgrade]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved January 28, 2025.</ref> In the original version, they increase the hammer attack's damage variance slightly.<ref>jdaster64 (May 10, 2017). [https://supermariofiles.wordpress.com/2017/05/10/superstar-saga-us-jp-stats/ Superstar Saga’s Stateside and Overseas Stats – A Side-by-Side Size-up]. ''The Super Mario Files''. Retrieved January 28, 2025.</ref> The same goes for its succeeding upgrade, the [[Ultra Hammer]].

|Jpn=スーパーハンマー<ref>{{cite|title=ゲームボーイ　ドンキーコング (''Gēmu Bōi Donkī Kongu'') instruction booklet|page=13|date=1994|publisher=Nintendo|language=ja}}</ref>

|JpnR=Sūpā Hanmā

|JpnM=Super Hammer

|Fre=Super Marto

|Fre2=Super marteau

|Fre2N=''Super Mario RPG''

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|SpaN=''Super Mario RPG'' and ''Superstar Saga''

|Spa2=Súper Martillo

|Spa2N=''Paper Mario'' and ''The Thousand-Year Door''

|SpaM=Superhammer

|Spa2M=Super Hammer

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