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{{quote|''YOU WANT ME TO PUT THE HAMMER DOWN''|''' Thor Odenson, God of Thunder''', ''[[The Avengers]]''}}

* A hammer is a recurring weapon in the ''Zelda'' games:

** The Magic Hammer in ''[[The Legend of Zelda a Link To T He Past (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda a Link To T He Past]]''

** The Skull Hammer in ''[[The Legend of Zelda the Wind Waker (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda the Wind Waker]]''. This, particularly, is used by a sort of [[Cute Bruiser]] Link.

** A magic hammer in ''[[The Legend of Zelda Phantom Hourglass (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Phantom Hourglass]]''. While much smaller than the Skull Hammer, it's still impressive considering it's wielded by [[Ninja Butterfly|a tiny fairy]]… Especially for [[Charged Attack|Charged Attacks]].

** Mr. Game and Watch uses them for his downward smash attack and Judgement special. In the case of the former, it actually knocks foes farther if the hammer hits ''near'' them as opposed to hitting them directly, though a direct hit launches foes at a low angle that can be difficult to recover from.

* King Dedede uses a hammer as his weapon in the ''[[Kirby]]'' games. And Kirby can also get a hammer [[Power-Up]] by inhaling some opponents. They both use them in ''[[Super Smash Bros]]''.

** Interestingly, [[Metal Gear Solid|the Colonel]] notes that despite looking like a big wooden mallet, Dedede's hammer is an incredibly advanced and powerful weapon that Dedede is very good at using.

** Dedede gets another hammer [[Crazy Awesome|with an attached flamethrower, missile launcher, and rocket engine]] during ''Super Star Ultra''.

* Yangus uses hammers as one of his favored weapon sets in ''[[Dragon Quest VIII]]''.

* The Order of the Hammer (colloquially known as "Hammerites"), the main religion in ''[[Thief]]'', uses the hammer as both their holy symbol, and their weapon of choice.

* ''[[Final Fantasy (Franchise)|Final Fantasy]]'' has had hammers and mauls in some of their games, but ''[[Final Fantasy XI (Video Game)|Final Fantasy XI]]'' gives them to [[The Medic|White Mages]] and cranks it all the way up to... well, you know. [[Limit Break|Hexa Strike]] + well-geared WHM = a tiny pile of powder that was once a [[Dem Bones|skeleton]].

* ''[[Dark Cloud 2 (Video Game)|Dark Cloud 2]]'' features various warhammers as the main character's [[Weapon of Choice]].

** Special mention goes to Stendarr's Hammer in Mournhold's museum, in the Bloodmoon expansion. While not practical for the player to wield, that's still a ''really'' big hammer.

** See also Volendrung, which has appeared in every single game in the series. A huge warhammer forged by the Dwemer (called "dwarves" in world... by the giants; their stature was on par with any other man or mer) and blessed by the Daedric Prince of Pariahs, Malacath, in its Skyrim incarnation it has the ability to absorb its victims' Stamina, allowing its wielder to abuse Power Attacks.

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