Dr. Mario

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Dr. Mario
Developer Takahiro Harada
Publisher Nintendo
Platforms
Released 1990-present
Added to
Museum
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.

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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 Added to museum Notes
Dr. Mario Nintendo R&D1 NES
Game Boy
1990 NES: March 8, 2003
NES Classic: June 22, 2017
Famicom Mini: August 10, 2017
3DS (Game Boy): July 2, 2020
The NES version was emulated on the NES Classic Edition/Famicom Mini in 2016.
The Game Boy version was emulated on the Nintendo 3DS in 2012.
VS. Dr. Mario Nintendo R&D1 VS. System arcade 1990 Not yet
Tetris & Dr. Mario Intelligent Systems SNES 1994 Not yet. 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 iQue Player 2003 iQue Player: July 13, 2018 Adds a story mode to the single player game.
The 2001 Nintendo 64 game was ported to the iQue in 2003.
Dr. Mario & Puzzle League Nintendo SPD
Intelligent Systems
Game Boy Advance 2001 Not yet. Paired with Puzzle League, originally released outside of Japan as Tetris Attack.
Nintendo Puzzle Collection Nintendo SPD
Intelligent Systems
GameCube 2003 Not yet. A Japanese only release that contains Dr. Mario 64, Panel de Pon and Yoshi's Cookie.
Dr. Mario Online Rx Arika Wii 2008 November 10, 2010 Includes online play. Contains Dr. Mario and Virus Buster, a game from the Brain Age series.
Dr. Mario Express Arika Nintendo DSi 2008 July 2, 2020
Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure Arika
Nintendo SPD
Nintendo 3DS 2015 Not yet. 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 Android: July 9, 2019 Match-3 freemium puzzle game.