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'''''Dr. Mario''''' is a non-tetromino puzzle game franchise developed by Nintendo and released on the  systems.
'''''Dr. Mario''''' is a non-tetromino puzzle game franchise developed by Nintendo and released on its systems.


The [[playfield|bottle]] is 8 blocks wide by 11 to 16 blocks high (depending on version) and starts out partially full of "viruses", or fixed blocks of the color red, yellow, or blue.
The [[playfield|bottle]] is 8 blocks wide by 11 to 16 blocks high (depending on version) and starts out partially full of "viruses", or fixed blocks of the color red, yellow, or blue.


[[Piece]]s in ''Dr. Mario'' are dominoes, with each half colored red, yellow, or blue.
[[Piece]]s in ''Dr. Mario'' are medicine pills with two halves (making them dominoes,) with each half colored red, yellow, or blue.
The player can move or rotate them as they fall into the bottom.
The player can move or rotate them as they fall into the bottom.
Once a piece locks, if four or more blocks of a color are aligned horizontally or vertically, they are removed, and the blocks above them (other than viruses) fall in a cascade.
Once a pill locks, if four or more blocks of a color are aligned horizontally or vertically, they are removed, and the pill segments above them (but not viruses) fall in a cascade.
In 2-player, [[cascade]]s are worth more points.
In 2-player, [[cascade]]s are worth more points.


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== Rotation system ==
== Rotation system ==


Ordinarily, dominoes rotate within a 2x2 box whose bottom left corner is always filled.
Ordinarily, the pills rotate within a 2x2 box whose bottom left corner is always filled.
Clockwise rotation looks like this:
Clockwise rotation looks like this:
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Revision as of 19:11, 19 December 2006

Dr. Mario
Developer(s)Nintendo
Publisher(s)Nintendo
Platform(s)NES, Arcade, Game Boy, Super NES, N64, GameCube (Japan only), GBA
Release1990 (NES/GB)
Gameplay info
Next pieces1
Playfield size8w x 11–16h
Hold pieceno
Hard dropno

Dr. Mario is a non-tetromino puzzle game franchise developed by Nintendo and released on its systems.

The bottle is 8 blocks wide by 11 to 16 blocks high (depending on version) and starts out partially full of "viruses", or fixed blocks of the color red, yellow, or blue.

Pieces in Dr. Mario are medicine pills with two halves (making them dominoes,) with each half colored red, yellow, or blue. The player can move or rotate them as they fall into the bottom. Once a pill locks, if four or more blocks of a color are aligned horizontally or vertically, they are removed, and the pill segments above them (but not viruses) fall in a cascade. In 2-player, cascades are worth more points.

Players who like Dr. Mario may also like Columns, Klax, and Puyo Pop. The game Tetris 2 can be thought of as Dr. Mario with tetrominoes.

Rotation system

Ordinarily, the pills rotate within a 2x2 box whose bottom left corner is always filled. Clockwise rotation looks like this:

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Wall kicks on Dr. Mario (NES), WarioWare Inc.: Mega Microgame$ (GBA), and Dr. Mario & Puzzle League (GBA) are as follows:

Horizontal to vertical:

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No kick here

Vertical to horizontal:

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Kick left

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No kick here

Tetris & Dr. Mario has some additional wall kicks from horizontal to vertical:

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Kick right

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Kick down

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Kick down+right

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Fail


See also