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[[File:Dr.Marioartwork.png|thumb|left|100px|Official artwork of Dr. Mario from ''Dr. Mario''. This appearance partially inspired his design for ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''.]] | [[File:Dr.Marioartwork.png|thumb|left|100px|Official artwork of Dr. Mario from ''Dr. Mario''. This appearance partially inspired his design for ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''.]] | ||
Dr. Mario is not a unique character, but rather just [[Mario]] wearing a doctor's garb. According to his [[mariowiki: Dr. Mario (game)|eponymous debut game's]] manual, he took a break from adventuring in order to work in a virus research lab at the {{s|mariowiki|Mushroom Kingdom Hospital}} alongside [[Princess Peach|Nurse Toadstool]].<ref>"I'm Mario. How's it going? Over the last few years, I've been involved in some pretty wild adventures. Now, believe it or not, I work in the virus research lab at the Mushroom Kingdom Hospital." ''Dr. Mario'' instruction manual for NES, page 3.</ref> When an experiment goes wrong, the hospital was flooded with three differently colored types of {{s|mariowiki|Virus}}es.<ref>"One of the experiments has gone out of control. The viruses are spreading quickly!" ''Dr. Mario'' instruction manual for NES, page 3.</ref> Arming himself with {{s|mariowiki|Megavitamin}}s, a medicine of his own invention<ref>"I have just developed a new vitamin that should be able to take care of it. I sure hope this stuff works!" ''Dr. Mario'' instruction manual for NES, page 3.</ref>, Dr. Mario | Dr. Mario is not a unique character, but rather just [[Mario]] wearing a doctor's garb. According to his [[mariowiki: Dr. Mario (game)|eponymous debut game's]] manual, he took a break from adventuring in order to work in a virus research lab at the {{s|mariowiki|Mushroom Kingdom Hospital}} alongside [[Princess Peach|Nurse Toadstool]].<ref>"I'm Mario. How's it going? Over the last few years, I've been involved in some pretty wild adventures. Now, believe it or not, I work in the virus research lab at the Mushroom Kingdom Hospital." ''Dr. Mario'' instruction manual for NES, page 3.</ref> When an experiment goes wrong, the hospital was flooded with three differently colored types of {{s|mariowiki|Virus}}es.<ref>"One of the experiments has gone out of control. The viruses are spreading quickly!" ''Dr. Mario'' instruction manual for NES, page 3.</ref> Arming himself with {{s|mariowiki|Megavitamin}}s, a medicine of his own invention<ref>"I have just developed a new vitamin that should be able to take care of it. I sure hope this stuff works!" ''Dr. Mario'' instruction manual for NES, page 3.</ref>, Dr. Mario set out to neutralize the outbreak. | ||
''Dr. Mario''{{'}}s gameplay sees Dr. Mario throwing Megavitamins into a prescription bottle. Afterward, the player can move and land them on Viruses, which spawn throughout the bottle. [[wikipedia:Tile-matching video game|Connecting a line of four or more]] halves will make those halves disappear. If the other halves were suspended at the time, they will resume falling, but cannot be controlled any more. Connecting a line of three or more halves of Megavitamins to a Virus of the corresponding color, the Virus disintegrates. As such, blue Megavitamins eliminate blue Viruses (known as "Chill" in the ''Nintendo Comics System'' comic), red Megavitamins eliminate red viruses (known as "Fever" in the same comic), and yellow Megavitamins eliminate yellow viruses (known as "Weird" in the comic). Removing all of the Viruses on the screen advances the player to the next level. If the player runs out of Megavitamins or the bottle becomes completely filled with viruses still alive, the game ends. If the player reaches the final level on the highest difficulty, they will see a cutscene of the viruses climbing a tree and being taken in by a UFO, implying that they were not only diseases, but also aliens. The other endings show the same shot of the tree, but instead show bizarre images such as witches, flying books, and triceratopses piloting egg planes. The player can choose two songs, the upbeat ''Fever'' or funky ''Chill'', while later ''Dr. Mario'' games have introduced extra songs such as ''Cube'' and ''Que Que''. | ''Dr. Mario''{{'}}s gameplay sees Dr. Mario throwing Megavitamins into a prescription bottle. Afterward, the player can move and land them on Viruses, which spawn throughout the bottle. [[wikipedia:Tile-matching video game|Connecting a line of four or more]] halves will make those halves disappear. If the other halves were suspended at the time, they will resume falling, but cannot be controlled any more. Connecting a line of three or more halves of Megavitamins to a Virus of the corresponding color, the Virus disintegrates. As such, blue Megavitamins eliminate blue Viruses (known as "Chill" in the ''Nintendo Comics System'' comic), red Megavitamins eliminate red viruses (known as "Fever" in the same comic), and yellow Megavitamins eliminate yellow viruses (known as "Weird" in the comic). Removing all of the Viruses on the screen advances the player to the next level. If the player runs out of Megavitamins or the bottle becomes completely filled with viruses still alive, the game ends. If the player reaches the final level on the highest difficulty, they will see a cutscene of the viruses climbing a tree and being taken in by a UFO, implying that they were not only diseases, but also aliens. The other endings show the same shot of the tree, but instead show bizarre images such as witches, flying books, and triceratopses piloting egg planes. The player can choose two songs, the upbeat ''Fever'' or funky ''Chill'', while later ''Dr. Mario'' games have introduced extra songs such as ''Cube'' and ''Que Que''. | ||
