The 8 most underrated videogame characters ever

Hammer Bros

From: Super Mario series
Remembered for: Guarding those shelves
Forgotten for: Being the most would-be real-life badass

Mario's enemies ranged from Koopa Troopers that just walked up to you, to Goombas that just walked up to you, to plants that just sort of rose out of a pipe at you. These we all remember. But what about the Hammer Bros? These suckers, not content with the usual attack of 'walk up to you', would fling sodding hammers in your face just for walking past. What an unbelievable pair of winners!

Prior to this the most famous hammer-chucker was Thor, a revered Norse god. Yet somehow the similarity between one of the most powerful deities in history -- whose name inspired one of our seven days, no less -- and MCs Hammer is overlooked.

When preparing defences for your forts of the future, you can take your grumpy little mushroom things and Lakitu's lame cloud. We want an army of ticked-off turtles who'll gleefully launch mallets into the faces of our opponents.