Hotel Mario

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Hotel Mario
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Developer(s) Fantasy Factory
Publisher(s) Philips Media
Platform(s) CD-i
Release date Flag of USA.png December 31, 1994
Genre Platforming, Puzzle
Rating(s)
Mode(s) 1-2 players
Media CD-ROM
Input
Philips CD-i:

Hotel Mario is a game that was published by Royal Philips Electronics for the Philips CD-i. Philips Media had acquired the rights to produce Mario and The Legend of Zelda games after initial plans to make a CD-ROM add-on for the Super Nintendo fell through. Released in 1994 to little fanfare, the game did very poorly due to a lack of interest in the CD-i system. The game received very bad reception as well.

In the game's plot, Bowser and his children have taken over the Mushroom Kingdom, where they've built seven Koopa Hotels and have kidnapped the Princess, hiding her in one of them. After Mario and Luigi are informed of this, they set out to rescue her.

The general goal in each stage is to close all the doors on every floor. However, various enemies will interfere and reopen them at times. Elevators are needed to travel between floors. Each hotel has around three stages.

The Princess is held captive in each hotel until the moment of its destruction, at which point she is taken off to a different hotel. Each hotel is run by a different Koopaling (except for the last one which is run by Bowser) who must be fought by Mario in order to destroy the hotel. The game also has a two player mode, allowing a second player to control Luigi. As with previous titles, Mario and Luigi take turns playing during a two-player game.

Contents

Story

Mario and Luigi enter the Mushroom Kingdom gates.
"You're the best player ever!"

Princess Peach invited Mario and Luigi to a picnic, but instead, they found a letter from Bowser on the door of the castle. In the letter, they find out that Bowser took over the kingdom, kidnapped the princess, and held her in one of the seven Koopa Hotels. Mario has to close all doors in all seven hotels so he can restore peace in the kingdom. At the end, Mario and Luigi save the princess from Bowser and the Koopalings.

Main Characters

Hotels

Princess Toadstool has been captured a second time.

Enemies

Items

Staff

Main article: Hotel Mario/Staff

Quotes

Main article: List of Quotes in Hotel Mario

Beta elements

Main article: Hotel Mario/Beta elements

Trivia

  • This is one of the only games in which Mario and Luigi have four fingers. Mario is shown to have five fingers on the box art, but four during the cutscenes. (Likely due to animation limitations)
  • Iggy doesn't have his own hotel, but appears as a boss in Bowser's.
  • Most of the names of the Koopaling's Hotels are puns on real world hotels ("WoodDoor-Hysteria," "Blitz Snarlton," etc.). Roy's HardBrick Hotel, however, is more likely named after the song "Heartbreak Hotel."
  • If the game is played on January 1st, the game will say "Happy New Year!" instead of "Here we go!" when loading a game or starting a new one.
  • Hotel Mario marked the last appearance of the Koopalings in an official game until Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, which was released nine years later in 2003.
  • It should be noticed that Mario and Luigi never refer to Princess Peach as anything but 'the princess'. This is possibly due to differences in her name between Japan and other countries.
  • Oddly, the game refers to the 1-Up Mushroom with Toad's name.
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