''Dr. Mario'' is a 1990

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developed and published by

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for the

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, Famicom, and

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. It was produced by

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and designed by Takahiro Harada. The soundtrack was composed by

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. It is a falling block puzzle game, where the player's objective is to destroy the

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es populating the on-screen playing field by using colored vitamin capsules that are automatically tossed into the field by Dr.

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. The player manipulates the falling capsules, to align the same colors, which destroys viruses. The player progresses through the game by eliminating all the viruses on the screen in each

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. ''Dr. Mario'' was a commercial success, with more than copies sold worldwide across all platforms. It received generally positive reviews, appearing on several lists of "Best Nintendo Games of All Time". It has been

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, or had a sequel on every Nintendo home console since the NES, and on most portable consoles, including a re-release in 2004 on the

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in the ''

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''. It was modified into

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s in '' WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames!'', '' Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day!'', and '' Brain Age: Concentration Training''. ''

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'' is a spin-off for

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, released in 2013 as part of the

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celebration.

Gameplay

''Dr. Mario'' is a

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assumes the role of a

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, tossing two-colored medical capsules into a medicine bottle representing the playing field. This area is populated by viruses of three colors — red, yellow, and blue — which stay in their starting positions until removed. In a style similar to ''

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'', the player manipulates each capsule as it vertically falls, able to move it left or right and rotate it 90 degrees clockwise or counter-clockwise. When matching colors of capsule halves and viruses touch sequentially 4-in-a-row, they disappear. Any remaining half or whole capsules which are not supported will fall to the bottom of the playing field or until hitting another supported object, and any new 4-in-a-row alignments also disappear. The main objective is to eliminate all viruses from the playing field, finishing each

. A game over occurs if capsules fill the playing field in a way that obstructs the bottle's narrow neck. After each 5th level is completed on Medium or High difficulty, up to level 20, a

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shows the virus trio sitting on a tree as music plays and an object flies across the screen.
The options screen configures the starting

, game speed, and music. The player chooses a starting level between 0 and 20 that determines the number of viruses to clear, and one of three speeds of the falling capsules. The player's

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is based on the elimination of viruses and the chosen game speed, with bonus points for clearing more than 1 in a single line. ''Dr. Mario'' offers a

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gaming mode in which two players compete in separate playing fields. Each player's goal is to clear the private playing field of viruses first. Eliminating multiple viruses or initiating chain reactions can add capsules to the opponent's playing field. A player wins a single game upon eliminating all the viruses or upon the other player's bottle filling. The first player to win three games wins overall.

Development

''Dr. Mario'' was produced by

, creator of the

and

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handheld systems. Takahiro Harada, producer of the ''

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'' series, was its designer. Its music was composed by

, and has been re-used and

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such as in the '' Super Smash Bros.'' series.

Re-releases

''Dr. Mario'' spawned several

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s and

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s that were released on various Nintendo consoles. The original version's multiplayer portion was ported to two Nintendo arcade systems in 1990: the

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(as ''Vs. Dr. Mario'') and the

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. An

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of ''Dr. Mario'' was paired with ''

'' in the

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compilation game '' Tetris & Dr. Mario'', released on 30 December 1994. This was re-released in Japan on 30 March 1997, as a downloadable game for the Super Famicom's

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peripheral, with the name ''Dr. Mario BS Version.'' It was re-released again in Japan for the Super Famicom's and Game Boy's downloadable Nintendo Power cartridges. The NES version was ported twice to the

: first in 2004 as one of thirty games in the ''

'' (''Famicom Mini Series'' in Japan), then bundled with a version of the ''

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'' series in 2005 as ''Dr. Mario & Puzzle League'', with updated graphics and new music. ''

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'' and the ''Nintendo GameCube Preview Disc'', both released in 2003 for the

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, can copy the NES version of ''Dr. Mario'' to the Game Boy Advance using the

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. The original Game Boy version was published on the

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Virtual Console in 2011 and 2012. The NES version was released on the

Virtual Console in 2014 and was one of the

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s for

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on September 19, 2018.

Reception

Sales

In Japan, copies were sold for the

, for the

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, and 248,045 for the

, for a total of 3,858,045 cartridges sold in Japan. In North America, copies were sold within six weeks of release. Worldwide, copies were sold for the Game Boy and for the

, for a total of cartridges sold worldwide across all platforms.

Contemporary reviews

''Dr. Mario'' received generally positive reviews, although some parents were critical of the premise of medicine in a children's game. The Game Boy version received positive reviews from ''Joystick'' and ''

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'' magazines, the latter comparing it favorably with ''Tetris'' and

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while stating it is "easy to play and impossible to master". ''

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'' criticized the uninspiring graphics, repetitive play, and "plagiarism" while comparing it unfavorably with ''Tetris'' and

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. ''

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'' reviewed the ''Tetris & Dr. Mario'' compilation very positively. They praised the Mixed Match mode and the SNES enhanced graphics and sounds, and concluded "Sharp controls and absorbing action are what make these two classics even better as a pair than they were alone." '' Next Generation'', in contrast, said the compilation was only significant as the SNES debut of ''Tetris'', summarizing that "Yeah, it's great, but chances are you own a copy of one or both of these games already." They did, however, praise Nintendo for having the "cojones" to package its ''Tetris''-inspired game with ''Tetris''.

Retrospective reception

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praised the NES version, stating that on its release, "when puzzle games were flooding the market, ''Dr. Mario'' stands out as one of the best, combining a smooth learning curve, playful graphics and memorable tunes" and "fundamental concepts may be simple, but the addictive gameplay becomes progressively more complex as the speed increases and additional viruses are added." ''Dr. Mario'' was rated the 134th best game on a Nintendo system in ''

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''s Top 200 Games list, the 7th best ''

'' game of all time on

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, and the 51st best NES game of all time by IGN. IGN also rated the

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, composed by

, as seventh in its list of the top ten greatest

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soundtracks.

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ranked it the 13th best NES game ever made, calling it "one of the most celebrated of the uzzlegenre". ''

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''s Ben Reeves called it the seventh best Game Boy game. In 2019,

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included Dr. Mario on their "The 10 Best Game Boy Games". The

re-release in the ''

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'' is rated 66/100 on

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based on 10 reviews. Most reviews pointed out the game's addictiveness and praise the addition of

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multiplayer, but some questioned the relevance of the standalone re-release.

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said the game was "still as playable, addictive, and maddening as it was back in 1990" but criticized Nintendo for re-releasing classic games as standalone games in the ''Classic NES Series'' instead of as a compilation, like

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's '' Atari Anthology'' or Midway's ''

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''. Craig Harris of IGN sarcastically expressed unease over the game's use of medicine. He enjoyed the addictive gameplay, but criticized the

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which made it difficult to understand the colored gameplay mechanics. 1UP.com noted that the game's "color-matching action is more engrossing than ''Mario Bros. turtle-punching platform hopping", but strongly questioned whether this re-release is worth its sale price by itself when a version of ''Dr. Mario'' was included in another Game Boy Advance game, '' WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames!''.

Legacy

After the commercial success of ''Dr. Mario'', Nintendo released several follow-up games. ''

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'', released in 2001 for the

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, features

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and several '' Wario Land 3'' characters, and offers numerous

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s, including a story-focused

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mode. The game supports simultaneous

for up to four players. ''Dr. Mario 64'' was subsequently released in Japan in ''

'' for the

. ''

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'', released in 2008 on

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, offers

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via

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. ''

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'', released in 2009 for the

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, does not support multiplayer gameplay. ''

'' was released in 2013 with Luigi as a playable character, all the modes in ''Dr. Mario Online Rx'', and a new mode with L-shaped capsules. The latest installment, '' Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure'', was released in 2015 and introduced power-ups to the series. ''

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'' is a

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. Various games in the '' Super Smash Bros.'' series have remixed musical tracks from ''Dr. Mario'', or Dr. Mario as an unlockable playable character. ''Dr. Wario'' replaces Mario with Wario, as an unlockable minigame in '' WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames!''. A simplified version of ''Dr. Mario'' is in '' Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day!'' as the "Virus Buster"

, using the touch screen to drag the capsules around the playing field. The viruses are enemies in '' Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'' and '' Mario & Luigi: Dream Team''. They change colors when attacked, and are all defeated when they are all the same color.

Notes

References

External links

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