Hammer Bro: Rise of the Ghost Genie

Hammer Bro: Rise of the Ghost Genie is an open world, 3D platformer developed by HammerBro101 Incorporated and HammerBro101 Studios Peru and published by HammerBro101 Interactive Japan. It is the third installment in the Hammer Bro series (the first one being Hammer Bro: Mystery of the Chaos Emeralds in early June 2001 and the second being Hammer Bro: Search for the Master Desktop in late September/early October 2002; the former was released for the PlayStation and Sega Dreamcast, while the latter was released for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox) and the first one to be developed by HammerBro101 Studios Peru and published by HammerBro101 Interactive Japan, as well as the first one to be released on a Nintendo home console. It was released for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameBoy Advance, and GameCube on October 27, 2003.

Plot
Hammer Bro and Dry Bones are getting wheels for their skateboards, and they agree to take two each. Dry Bones takes his pair of skateboard wheels to his house to finish building his skateboard, while Hammer Bro takes his pair home and keeps them as replacement wheels for his skateboard in case some wheels break or go missing. He finds a genie bottle in his backyard and decides to take it inside. He begins to clean off the genie lamp, but accidentally releases Deseas, a young female ghost genie who has been trapped in her lamp for nearly a century. Deseas tells Hammer Bro that she will create a ghost crew by hypnotizing his friends. She kisses him goodbye, breaks her genie lamp into seven pieces to set herself free, scatters the pieces, and goes to hypnotize Hammer Bro's friends.

Hammer Bro suspects that something fishy is happening, and he sets out to explore Peru's seven different areas to collect the seven Chaos Emeralds. Like in Sonic Advance 2, there are seven Special Rings in each area, some of which are well hidden, and each set grants Hammer Bro a Chaos Emerald. After Hammer Bro collects a Chaos Emerald, he learns that they are used to repair Deseas's genie lamp. Once Hammer Bro collects the first Chaos Emerald, he finds a book called "How To Defeat Ghosts", which tells him that collecting all seven Chaos Emeralds will make him immune to Deseas's attacks and allow him to fight her and save Peru from her evil scheme.

To collect the Special Rings, Hammer Bro has to search the area and reach normally unreachable places using different power-ups, such as the Hi-Jump Shoes, which will allow him to gain extra height from jumping.

As Hammer Bro collects more Chaos Emeralds and gets closer to fully restoring the genie lamp that Deseas has broken, the aforementioned ghost genie kidnaps Hammer Bro's friends and turns Arequipa, the city Hammer Bro lives in, into a ghost city. After collecting six Chaos Emeralds and almost repairing the genie lamp, the ghost genie captures Hammer Bro and brings him onto her Deseas Freighter, where he finds the seventh Chaos Emerald and fully repairs Deseas's genie lamp.

Hammer Bro is about to go to Cuzco in order to search for the second Chaos Emerald, when Waluigi informs him that Wario wants them to come to Pizza Hut for an important announcement. Hammer Bro predicts that the Pizza Hut at which he works has experienced slow business lately.

Once the two get to Pizza Hut, Wario confirms Hammer Bro's prediction, and he tells the two that he'll have to close down the Pizza Hut restaurant until business picks up again. Waluigi tells Hammer Bro that he'll go home to figure out make enough money to pay his taxes and bills. Hammer Bro goes into Wario's office to ask him why Pizza Hut's business in Arequipa has been slowing down recently. Wario tells him that everyone has started to cook their own pizzas at home and thinks doing so will save a lot of time and money. Hammer Bro tells him, "Too bad we can't move this Pizza Hut into their homes." This statement gives Wario an idea. Wario goes to Cuzco to set up the Pizza Hut food delivery system.

Once Hammer Bro gets the bus ticket to Cuzco and goes to the aforementioned city, Wario gives him five deliveries to make, one for each customer. As Hammer Bro begins to make the fifth delivery, he discovers that Dry Bones is also making deliveries, but he's making them for someone else. After making the last delivery, he follows Dry Bones back to Arequipa in order to figure out what's going on. There, he finds out that Fire Bro has formulated a plan in an attempt to run Wario out of business by opening up a new theme park called Fire Bro Land, which is located on the Ballestas Islands. He obtains the second Chaos Emerald and goes to Las Pocitas Beach using the bus ticket. As Hammer Bro makes his way to Las Pocitas Beach, Deseas kidnaps Wario.

At Las Pocitas Beach, Peach is having trouble with a few crabs. She says that the crabs have stolen her seven Special Rings, and she needs to capture them in order to get them back. Hammer Bro captures the seven crabs, collects the seven Special Rings, and Peach gives him the third Chaos Emerald, as well as a bus ticket to Huacachina. Deseas immediately kidnaps her once Hammer Bro leaves.

In Huacachina, Paratroopa is holding a timed challenge, telling Hammer Bro that he will give him the fourth Chaos Emerald if he finds all seven Special Rings within 8 minutes. Hammer Bro collects the seven Special Rings and collects the fourth Chaos Emerald, as well as a bus ticket to the Ballestas Islands. Afterward, Deseas kidnaps Koopa Troopa and brings him onto her flying fortress.

On the Ballestas Islands, Hammer Bro has to play seven minigames in order to get the seven Special Rings. Then, he'll need to catch Fire Bro in order to steal the fifth Chaos Emerald and the ticket to the Lagunas Norte Mine from him. Just before Hammer Bro returns to Arequipa, Deseas kidnaps Waluigi.

At the Lagunas Norte mine, Hammer Bro explores the outside of the mine to obtain the first three Special Rings. He then enters a nearby cave to find a gold factory, where he finds the last four Special Rings and obtains the sixth Chaos Emerald, all while avoiding the factory's machinery. As he returns to Arequipa, Deseas flies her Deseas Freighter above Hammer Bro, captures him, and brings him onto her ship. She begins to fly to Bolivia.

On the deck of the Deseas Freighter, Hammer Bro obtains the first Special Ring. Just then, Deseas transforms her ship into attack mode, making the rear deck inaccessible. With no other choice, Hammer Bro travels underneath the ship's left wing to find the second and third Special Rings, on the upper part of the left wing to obtain the fourth and fifth Special Rings, and on the rear deck to find the last two Special Rings and obtain the seventh Chaos Emerald.

Hammer Bro goes inside the ship and rescues his friends, but Deseas confronts him. She crushes his cockiness and tells him that his version of the book "How To Defeat Ghosts" isn't completely accurate and is a bit outdated, as the new version says that collecting all seven Chaos Emeralds makes him virtually immune to her attacks, but not completely immune. Hammer Bro fights Deseas anyway and cements his victory by trapping her in the genie lamp.

As the Deseas Freighter falls from the sky and into Lake Titicaca near Juliaca, Hammer Bro and his friends use flying boats to return to Arequipa so they can eat at Pizza Hut.

Areas

 * 1) Arequipa ( Red Chaos Emerald ): Arequipa is the main hub world in this game. After gaining the proper passes, Hammer Bro can use the bus stops to go to access every other world (The Deseas Freighter is initially inaccessible from a bus stop, as it flies above Peru when it first appears; it can be accessed after it falls into lake Titicaca and floats on the surface).
 * 2) Cuzco ( Blue Chaos Emerald ): A city in southeastern Peru that serves as the gateway to the Urubamba Valley, where Machu Picchu is located. Wario gives out missions that involve delivering pizzas to customers.
 * 3) Las Pocitas Beach ( Yellow Chaos Emerald ): A calm beach in northwestern Peru that has gentle waves.
 * 4) Huacachina ( Green Chaos Emerald ): A small oasis village that is surrounded by sand dunes and is located in the Sechura Desert.
 * 5) Ballestas Islands ( White Chaos Emerald ): Often referred to as "a poor man's Galapagos Islands", the Ballestas Islands are a group of islands located off the coast of western Peru. The amusement park, Fire Bro Land, is located on one of the islands.
 * 6) Lagunas Norte Mine ( Cyan Chaos Emerald ): The Lagunas Norte mine is a large gold mine located in northern Peru. It is located in the Andes, and the gold factory located inside a cave.
 * 7) Deseas Freighter ( Purple Chaos Emerald ): The Deseas Freighter is Deseas's flying fortress, and it first appears above Arequipa after Hammer Bro collects six Chaos Emeralds. However, the fight inside the ship causes it to fall into Lake Titicaca near Juliaca, and it can be accessed via a bus stop once the game is completed.

Power-Ups

 * Hi-Jump Shoes: Gives Hammer Bro the ability to jump higher and reach places he can't normally reach.
 * Speed Shoes: Increases Hammer Bro's speed by 50% for ten seconds.
 * Invincibility Star: Makes Hammer Bro invincible for ten seconds.

Trivia

 * This is the first appearance of Deseas, who is Hammer Bro's ghost genie. She would later get her own game for sixth and seventh generation consoles in 2006.