Sledge Bro

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A Sledge Brother leaping through the air and throwing one of it's sledge hammers.

Sledge Brothers., or simply Sledge Bros. are large, green versions of Hammer Brothers who wear black armor and throw sledge hammers.

Sledge Bros. first appeared in Super Mario Bros. 3 in Giant Land, were they replaced Hammer Bros. in the area's levels and map. If a Sledge Bro. sees Mario, it will try to attack him by throwing sledge hammers at him; additionally, whenever a ledge Bro. jumps and lands on the ground, it creates a miniature earthquake which can paralyze Mario. To defeat a Sledge Bro., Mario could either jump on it, hit it with a Shell, or hit it with a fireball as Fire Mario.

In Yoshi's Safari, Sledge Bros. appeared as mini-bosses who would attack Mario by throwing sledge hammers at him; a Sledge Bro. coulds also immobilize Mario and Yoshi by stomping the ground in Yoshi's Safari. A Sledge Bro. must by hit multiple times with Mario's Super Scope to defeat it in Yoshi's Safari.

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Two Sledge Brothers from The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3.

Appearances in Other Media

Sledge Bros. made occasional appearances in The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3, where they were amoung the elite of King Bowser Koopa and the Koopalings military forces.

Trivia

The Sumo Brothers of New Super Mario Bros. are almost identical to Sledge Bros. and have the same attack pattern as them, leading to the possibility that they are Sledge Bros., but with simply a new name.