Hammer Bro

Hammer Bros. are Koopa Troopas commonly found in pairs (though not exclusively so) who wear light armoring and utilize hammers as their main weapons. Hammer Bros. first appear in the later levels of Super Mario Bros.

Hammer Bros. are described in various games as being the elite of Bowser's army and often appear in games either as powerful generic enemies or as boss characters. A Hammer Bros.' attack pattern consists of guarding a small area and tossing hammers at the player, occasionally moving around or leaping; the Mario RPG games introduce a more varied attack pattern for Hammer Bros., such the ability to throw a rapid volley of hammers or throw a single hammer with enough force to literally shrink the player. Beginning with Mario Superstar Baseball, Hammer Bros. appear infrequently as playable characters in spin-off Mario games. They have been anounced to appear in Super Smash Bros. Brawl as Assist Trophies. In Mario Superstar Baseball, They use a hammer as a bat. They also appear as a boss in Mario Party DS and a palyable character in Mario Party 8.

In The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! and The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 by DIC Entertainment, Hammer Bros. make sparse appearances as antagonists. Printed mediums such as Nintendo Comics System and Nintendo Adventure Books make more frequent use of Hammer Bros. In the Super Mario Bros. 1993 film, a reference to the Hammer Bros. appears in the form of a tattoo parlor known as "Hammer X Bros."; the helmets worn by some of King Koopa's troops in the film are also identical to those adorned by Hammer Bros.