Hammer Bro Orb
| Hammer Bro Orb | |
|---|---|
 Artwork from Mario Party 7 | |
| First appearance | Mario Party 5 (2003) |
| Latest appearance | Mario Party 7 (2005) |
| Effect | Whoever lands on the space loses coins. |
The Hammer Bro Orb, also named Hammer Bro Capsule, is an orb in the Mario Party series that debuts in Mario Party 5. Characters who land on the space of the Hammer Bro Orb lose coins. Mario Party 6 repurposes the Spiny Orb to replace the Hammer Bro Capsule, but Mario Party 7 brings back the Hammer Bro Orb using the Spiny Orb's effect and gives the Spiny Orb a new effect.
History[edit]
Mario Party 5[edit]
The Hammer Bro Capsule can be thrown onto a space on the board. Whoever lands on a space holding the Hammer Bro Capsule makes a Hammer Bro appear and throw two hammers at them, making them lose ten coins. In Story Mode, Hammer Bro steals five coins instead. The player can also use the Hammer Bro Capsule on themselves, costing five coins, but still causing Hammer Bro. to take away their coins. Therefore, the total cost the player must pay is fifteen coins in Party Mode or ten coins in Story Mode. Players may want to do this action in certain scenarios, such as they anticipate exchanging coins from a Goomba Capsule or, if they are low on coins, they can self-activate the Hammer Bro. Orb effect and land on a Bowser Space to receive 10 coins back.
Mario Party 7[edit]
In Mario Party 7, this item is renamed the Hammer Bro Orb. Opponents that land on a space containing the orb lose ten coins to the Hammer Bro, like the Spiny Orb in Mario Party 6. Unlike the Hammer Bro Capsule in Mario Party 5, but just like the Spiny Orb in Mario Party 6, the coins are given to the player that placed the Orb.
Mario Party 7 follows from Mario Party 6 in preventing characters from using Orbs with negative effects on themselves and preventing the character that throws an Orb from being affected by the space the Orb makes, so the Hammer Bro Orb cannot affect the user.
Gallery[edit]
Mario Party 5
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ハンマーブロスカプセル[?] Hanmā burosu kapuseru |
Hammer Bro Capsule | |
| German | Hammer-Bruder-Kapsel[?] | Hammer Bro Capsule | |
| Italian | Pallina Martelkoopa[?] | Hammer Bro Orb | |
| Spanish | Orbe Hermano Martillo[?] | Hammer Bro Orb |
| Orbs | |
|---|---|
| Mario Party 5 | Bob-omb Capsule6, 7 • Bone Capsule6, 7 • Bowser Capsule • Bubble Capsule6 • Bullet Bill Capsule6 • Chain Chomp Capsule • Chance Capsule • Coin Block Capsule • Cursed Mushroom Capsule6 • Duel Capsule • Goomba Capsule6 • Hammer Bro Capsule7 • Kamek Capsule6, 7 • Klepto Capsule6 • Koopa Bank Capsule • Lakitu Capsule7 • Miracle Capsule • Mr. Blizzard Capsule6, 7 • Mushroom Capsule6, 7 • Paratroopa Capsule6 • Piranha Plant Capsule6, 7 • Spiny Capsule6, 7 • Super 'Shroom Capsule6, 7 • Magikoopa Capsule6, 7 • Tweester Capsule6, 7 • Ukiki Capsule • Warp Pipe Capsule6, 7 • Wiggler Capsule6, 7 |
| Mario Party 6 | Boo-Away Orb • Metal Mushroom Orb7 • Sluggish 'Shroom Orb7 • Thwomp Orb7 • Zap Orb7 |
| Mario Party 7 | Bandit Orb • Cannon Orb • Egg Orb • Fireball Orb • Flower Orb • Koopa Kid Orb • Magic Orb • Pink Boo Orb • Spear Guy Orb • Triple 'Shroom Orb • Vacuum Orb |
