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Revision as of 03:43, 10 February 2024
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| Dr. Mario | |
| Developer | Takahiro Harada |
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| Publisher | Nintendo |
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| Released | 1990-present |
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See Dr. Mario category |
Dr. Mario is a doctor version of Mario. He mainly appears in a series of puzzle video games by Nintendo. These games are spun-off from the Super Mario series.
Character biography
Mario is a doctor that drops pills into a bottle to eliminate viruses.
Four combinations of the same color of viruses and pills will eliminate the viruses.
Each pill has two parts, sometimes with the same color and other times with different colors.
Other doctors in Dr. Mario games
Luigi first became a doctor in Dr. Luigi on Wii U in 2013, wherein the pills that are dropped in his jar sometimes contained an 'L' shape, adding to the complexity.
Other doctors have included Baby Daisy, Baby Luigi, Baby Mario, Baby Peach, Baby Rosalina, Bowser, Bowser Jr., Daisy, Diddy Kong, Donkey Kong, Dry Bowser, Fire Mario, Fire Peach, Kamek, Ludwig, Luma, Peach, Rosalina, Toad, Toadette, Waluigi, Wario, Wendy, and Yoshi.
Video games featuring Dr. Mario
| Title | Developer | System | Release | Notes |
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| Dr. Mario | Nintendo R&D1 | NES | 1990 | |
| Dr. Mario | Nintendo R&D1 | Game Boy | 1990 | |
| VS. Dr. Mario | Nintendo R&D1 | VS. System arcade | 1990 | |
| Tetris & Dr. Mario | Intelligent Systems | SNES | 1994 | Paired with Tetris. It adds a VS. computer mode and a "Mixed Match" multi-player in which players compete in both games. |
| Dr. Mario 64 | Newcom | N64 iQue Player |
2001 | Adds a story mode to the single player game. The 2001 Nintendo 64 game was ported to the iQue Player in 2003. |
| Dr. Mario & Puzzle League | Nintendo SPD Intelligent Systems |
Game Boy Advance | 2001 | Paired with Puzzle League, originally released outside of Japan as Tetris Attack. |
| Nintendo Puzzle Collection | Nintendo SPD Intelligent Systems |
GameCube | 2003 | A Japanese only release that contains Dr. Mario 64, Panel de Pon and Yoshi's Cookie. |
| Dr. Mario Online Rx | Arika | Wii | 2008 | Includes online play. Contains Dr. Mario and Virus Buster, a game from the Brain Age series. |
| Dr. Mario Express | Arika | Nintendo DSi | 2008 | |
| Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure | Arika Nintendo SPD |
Nintendo 3DS | 2015 | Contains Dr. Mario, Virus Buster, and Dr. Luigi (the 'Operation L' mode from the 2013 Wii U game). |
| Dr. Mario World | Nintendo EPD LINE NHN Entertainment |
Android | 2019 | Match-3 freemium puzzle game. |
