

The NES version, Wrecking Crew, introduced the antagonistic hammer-wielding Foreman Spike and the powerful Golden Hammer which can destroy objects with a single hit. Wrecking Crew to demolish objects on screen or to competitively knock each other to the bottom of the stage. Hammers are used by Mario and Luigi in the arcade game VS. Its appearance is much like an ordinary hammer rather than the one seen in Donkey Kong. In the Saturday Supercade episode Gorilla Gangster, Mario attacks a pickle barrel thrown by Donkey Kong with his hammer, which causes it to spill out and make him fall. Mario about to use a hammer on a barrel in Saturday Supercade If the Hammer touches a floor, it disappears instantly.ĭonkey Kong no Ongaku Asobi would have featured Pauline using a hammer, but the game went unreleased. At several points in the game, the player has to throw the Hammer upwards, then quickly climb the ladder onto the next platform above to pick it up again. In this game, Mario can throw Hammers upwards. Super Hammers can even break brick walls. They can be used to defeat all enemies in the game. In Donkey Kong for the Game Boy, Hammers make a reappearance. Hammers in this game can be found usually in the corners, and some can be reached only by jumping. Mario also cannot climb or jump while wielding a Hammer. If attacked from the back or from below, he will still lose a life obstacles can also still damage Mario if the Hammer does not make contact with them. Mario is not invincible when using Hammers, however. The Donkey Kong arcade game features Hammers, also referred to as Invincible Hammers, which Mario can, for a short time, use to destroy the barrels thrown by Donkey Kong, Fireballs created from flaming oil drums, cement tubs in 50m, and Fires in 100m. 2.3 Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story.1.11.3 Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story / Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey.1.11.1 Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga / Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions.1.10.2 Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.1.7 Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars.Some enemies cannot be damaged by jump attacks (usually due to having a spiky top), requiring the Mario Bros. The item has appeared in every single Super Mario RPG to date, and in the Paper Mario and Mario & Luigi games, hammer attacks are used as a counterpart to jump attacks. However, Mario and Luigi have been known to effectively wield hammers in combat. Hammers are usually thrown by the Hammer Bros and other enemies. They first appear in Donkey Kong, in which they are used to smash barrels and enemies. Hammers are items commonly used as weapons throughout the Super Mario franchise. “It may not look like much, but this hammer's got a long and distinguished pedigree that echoes back through the kingdom's history.” - Toad, Paper Mario: Sticker Star HammerĪrtwork of a Hammer from Super Smash Bros. For information about the group of Sledge Brothers from the Nintendo Adventure Book Leaping Lizards, see Hammers (team).
