L33t Hamm3r Broz.
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ハンマーブロス (Hanmā Burosu) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location(s) | Vim Factory | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Battled by | Baby Mario & Baby Luigi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Item drop | Mushroom Drop – 50% None – 0% |
- “AREA RESTRICTED. ALL NOOB INTRUDERS 2 B HAXORED BY US L33T HAMM3R BROZ.!”
- —Hammer Bro, Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
The Hammer Bros. are a pair of characters from Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time. The Shroobs brainwash them with mind-control helmets and order them to guard the Vim Factory. While mind-controlled, the Hammer Bros. go by the name L33T HAMM3R BROZ., and speak in the Internet language known as leetspeak, as well as with capital letters. In the Japanese version, they speak completely in katakana, as opposed to hiragana[1], and in the Korean version, their speech is full of spelling and spacing errors. In French versions, they drop the 1337 aspect of their speech (with the exception of their names, which still render the "L33T" part) in favor of SMS-like speech containing various spelling errors. In German versions, they do not speak in 1337, but in broken sentences. The Spanish translation of the game removes the 1337 aspect of the characters entirely, and the only different speech pattern is robotic all-caps. It is possible that this happened due to difficulties with localization, as 1337-speak is extremely uncommon among online Spanish communities. One of them introduces themselves as the "L33T HAMM3R BROZ." due to the way they speak in the English version.
History
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
When Mario, Luigi, Baby Mario, and Baby Luigi arrive in the Vim Factory, they are instantly confronted by the "L33T HAMM3R BROZ." After Mario and Luigi are captured by the factory's automated defenses, Baby Mario and Baby Luigi are forced to battle the Hammer Bros. In battle, the Hammer Bros. have 100 HP (90 in non-American versions) and attack by using the Knockback Bros. technique, a move from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. Using his hammer, one Hammer Bro smashes the other into a ball, then hits him into either Baby Mario or Baby Luigi. To avoid the attack, the babies have to jump over the ball Hammer Bro as he approaches. Sometimes, the Hammer Bro's hammer will break, sending the ball bouncing towards a baby. In this case, the baby brother should not jump, as the balled brother will simply bounce over the baby's head.
After one Hammer Bro is defeated (or if one of the Hammer Bros is unable to attack), the other one is forced to fight by himself. To attack, the sole Hammer Bro tosses spinning hammers that roll on the ground. To defend against this attack, the Baby Mario Bros. have to jump over the hammers as they approach. To determine which baby he is aiming for, the player needs to watch what he does before throwing. If he hops, he throws it at Baby Mario, and if he rolls his eyes around, he throws it at Baby Luigi. Ultimately, Baby Mario and Baby Luigi have to work together and defeat the second Hammer Bro. Unlike most bosses in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, they use the same defeat animation of a normal enemy; the same thing happens with Junior Shrooboid, the Shroobs, and Kamek.
After defeating the Hammer Bros., the Baby Mario Bros. destroy their mind-control helmets, thus returning the Hammer Bros. to their normal state. Free from Shroob influence, the Hammer Bros. begin to speak normally again (and even comment on the strange manner of speaking they were just using). Grateful for being released, the Hammer Bros. give the babies hammers, and teach them how to use the hammer and Baby Drill.
When the babies go into the vents and encounter a Spiny Shroopa, the Hammer Bros. teach them how to use the hammers in battle. Later, when the babies rescue Mario and Luigi, the Hammer Bros. return and show how to use the hammer while piggybacking in battle.
The Hammer Bros. battle is the second battle where the Baby Mario Bros. must fight by themselves, after the Shroobs.
Quotes
Before battle:
- "AREA RESTRICTED. ALL NOOB INTRUDERS 2 B HAXORED BY US L33T HAMM3R BROZ.!"
- "Area restricted. All newbie intruders to be hacked by us Elite Hammer Bros.!"
- "WE R TEH SHROOB ALLIES. WE ROXOR U AND THEN ROFL. THEN U AM CRY."
- "We are Shroob allies. We will rock you, and then roll on the floor laughing. Then you'll cry."
- "WE RECEIVE ORDERS THRU ANTENNAS ON THESE L33T HELMETS. THEY R HOTNESS."
- "We receive orders through antennas on these elite helmets. They are hot."
- "WE MUST OBEY ALL ORDERS. WE LIKE 2 PWN NOOBS 4 TEH MASTER SHROOBZORS."
- "We must obey all orders. We like to own newbies for the master Shroobs."
- "U = NOOBS. BROZ. = L33T. PREPARE 4 TOTAL PWNAGE. WOOT! WOOT! WOOT! WOOT!"
- "You are newbies. We are elite. Prepare for total ownage. Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!"
- "NOOBZ STILL R NOT PWNED. CONTINUE PWNERSHIP UNTIL ALL NOOBZ R PWNED"
- "Newbies are still not owned. Continue battling until all newbies are defeated."
- "TEH ESCAPE IS IMPOSSIBLE. WE R 2 L33T. WE OWNZ JOO."
- "Escaping is impossible. We are too elite. We own you."
- "U WILL GET FLATZORED BY R L33T HAMMERS."
- "You will get flattened by our elite hammers."
After battle:
- "Whoa... My helmet antenna! It's broken! Oh, man, YESSS!"
- "Hey... Mine broke too! Talk about lucky! I mean, didya HEAR what was coming out of my mouth?"
- "I know, dude! Seriously, who talks like that?! Anyway, I think these tots freed us!"
- "Ya think? You little taters trashed our antennas?"
- "Right ON! Seriously, thanks! You saved our bacon. We were... not right in the head."
Names in other languages
Language | Name | Meaning |
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Japanese | ハンマーブロス[1] Hanmā Burosu |
Hammer Bros. |
French | FrR Marto L33T Frères Marto |
From "Frère Marto" (the French name for Hammer Bros.) and "L33T". The "R" in "FrR" can be pronounced like "ère" in "frère" (SMS language) (dialogue) Hammer Bros. (target marker) |
German | Hammer Brüdern Hammer-Bruder |
Hammer Bros. (dialogue) Hammer Bro (target marker) |
Italian | M4R73LK00P4 Martelkoopa |
1337 speak adaption of the Italian name for Hammer Bros., "Martelkoopa" (dialogue) Hammer Bro (target marker) |
Korean | 해머브러스 Haemeo Beureoseu |
Hammer Bros. |
Spanish | Hermanos Martillo | Hammer Bros. |
References
- ^ a b Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time from Japanese to English TMK. Retrieved January 14, 2009.
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