Overview
- Number of Players
- 1 (Single Player)
- Genre
- Release Date
Game Boy
27th Jul 1990
30th Apr 1991
1st Dec 1990
3DS (3DS eShop)
27th Jul 2011, ¥400
22nd Mar 2012, £2.70
4th Oct 2012, $3.99
Nintendo Switch Online (Subscription)
- 12th Mar 2024
- Also Available On
- Series
- Tags
- Wikipedia
- en.wikipedia.org
Reviews
Review Dr. Mario (3DS eShop / GB)
The doctor’s out
If there’s one thing the 3DS eShop has plenty of, it’s puzzle games. It’s a genre that's always been commonplace on Nintendo handhelds, with Tetris probably the best known example. It’s hardly surprising that Nintendo’s mascot extraordinaire, Mario, invaded Game Boy with his own puzzle title, Dr. Mario. Does it make us...
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Nintendo Download 22nd March 2012 (Europe)
The doctor is in
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About The Game
Dr. Mario - the prescription is fun.
It's Dr. Mario for an intense new challenge! Mario throws multi-shaded vitamin capsules into a bottle that contains an ugly variety of nasty viruses. You can move, shift or spin the capsules as they fall.
Arrange them to align with other capsules on top of a virus. If you can get 4 or more of the same shade in a row, POOF! They disappear! Destroy all of the viruses in the bottle and you progress to the next round where things get even more difficult.
Dr. Mario, with germs that are fun to catch.
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Pretty pointless since we already have Dr. Mario on DSiWare.
That's true. And there'll only be a 100 point price difference between the GB and DSiWare versions...
....that is unless Nintendo have the decency to offer this game for the price of a regular Gameboy game, rather than as a "premium" priced one.
I'd rather have this version than the new DSiware version.
Classic doctor I wish he treated me!
Will be getting this on release.
Kind of not worth it since all Ambassadors get Dr Wario - and a fast paced Dr Mario minigame for free. Even people who arent can get the DSiWare version - so this probably wont get as much sales as they thought. :/
If they had released it at around when Japan got it - maybe then.
This is a pointless release. If any game benefits from a little color, its this one as the colors make it easier to distinguish the pills
This is a pointless release.
If it exists and there's no licensing issues or anything then its going on the service.
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