Hammer Suit
- “Hey you! How about lending me your clothes? No dice!? What a drag!”
- —Kings, Super Mario Bros. 3
The Hammer Suit[1][2] (alternatively Hammer Bros. Suit,[3][4] Hammer Brothers Suit,[5] or Hammer Brother Suit[6]) is an item found in Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3. This item transforms Mario or Luigi into Hammer Mario or Hammer Luigi, which gives them the ability to throw hammers.
History
Super Mario Bros. 3 / Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3
Hammers thrown by Hammer Mario or Hammer Luigi can defeat almost everything, including Bowser, but like all the suits, one hit from an enemy causes them to lose their power. The characters also gain a fireball-proof shell when ducking, but lose their ability to slide down hills. If Mario or Luigi ducks while in the Hammer Suit, they resemble a Buzzy Beetle.
In the original Super Mario Bros. 3, retrieving a Hammer Suit will make Mario and Luigi's skin turn a darker, yellowish tone, while no other power-ups in the game do so. It is unknown what purpose this skin color change has, but it is possible that Nintendo placed the odd effect in to make the textures of Mario and Luigi's skin bear more resemblance to that of the Koopa Troopas and Hammer Brothers themselves. In remakes, Mario and Luigi's skin color stay the same when they wear the suit.
Super Mario Maker / Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS / Super Mario Maker 2
In Super Mario Maker, Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS, and Super Mario Maker 2, knocking on a Warp Door in the Super Mario Bros. 3 theme in Edit Mode may cause Weird Mario to appear in a Hammer Suit.
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ハンマースーツ Hanmā Sūtsu |
Hammer Suit |
| German | Hammer-Anzug |
Hammer Suit |
| Italian | Abito Martello |
Hammer Suit |
| Spanish | Traje de Martillo |
Hammer Suit |
Trivia
- The Hammer Suit (as well as Hammer Mario) is not mentioned in the original NES or All-Stars versions' instruction booklets. The Virtual Console re-release's Operations Guide, which is based on them, also has no reference to it.
See also
References
- ^ Nintendo Power Volume 13, page 10.
- ^ Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 North American instruction booklet, page 27.
- ^ Nintendo Power Volume 13, pages 5, 61 and 62.
- ^ "Fly above the action using the Super Leaf, swim faster by donning the Frog Suit, or defeat enemies using the Hammer Bros. Suit." - Super Mario Bros. 3 details on Virtual Console and Nintendo Entertainment System - Nintendo Switch Online
- ^ Nintendo Power Volume 13, page 71.
- ^ Nintendo Power Volume 13, page 70.
