Megavitamin

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Megavitamin
DrMarioWorldMegavitamin.png
Artwork of a Megavitamin from Dr. Mario World.
Description
A capsule like object with two colors; either the same or different.

First appearance

Dr. Mario (1990)

Latest appearance

Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training for Nintendo Switch (2019)
Dr. Mario World (2019, Mario franchise)

Effect on player

Defeats a virus of the same color when four (or three in Dr. Mario World) are piled up.
Dr. Mario juggling three Megavitamins

Megavitamins, also known as capsules, are Dr. Mario's prescription of choice, seen in the Dr. Mario series. Invented by Dr. Mario himself,[1] Megavitamins are an effective weapon against both viruses and the flu.[2]

They come in six different color combinations that include red, blue, or yellow (all red, all blue, all yellow, red and blue, yellow and blue, and red and yellow). For the Game Boy version, these patterns correspond to black, white, and gray/textured colors. Dr. Mario uses the Megavitamins to destroy viruses, in the game Dr. Mario.

In Super Smash Bros. Melee, Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Dr. Mario's standard special is Megavitamins, in which Dr. Mario tosses a Megavitamin at opponents. They act the same as Mario's Fireball move, except that the Megavitamins are more powerful. They also bounce in a different path, and make a different noise when it hits. There's also a trophy of Dr. Mario shooting Megavitamins and one of the vitamins themselves. Kirby is also able to use the Megavitamins if he copies Dr. Mario, although the sound that plays when the Megavitamin hits an opponent is different. Like in the Dr. Mario games, the Megavitamins are randomly generated with different color combinations, though this has no effect on the attack itself. Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U also gives this move two customizable variants, which are similar in effect to Mario's Fireball customs. The first is Fast Capsule, which sends out a fast-moving but weaker Megavitamin that travels directly forward, and the second is Mega Capsule, which sends out a slow-moving giant Megavitamin that does not travel as far but deals multiple hits of damage.

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, a Megavitamin appears as a sticker, which boosts the attack of the equipped character by five points.

In Dr. Mario 64, Megavitamins also seem to have a transforming property; when Dr. Mario or Wario eats them, they transform into Metal Mario and Vampire Wario, respectively.

In WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!, a minigame called Dr. Wario features Wario in a doctor persona using Megavitamins to eliminate viruses. In addition, starting with Dr. Luigi, Luigi's doctor persona also uses Megavitamins to eliminate viruses. Also starting with Dr. Luigi, L-shaped Megavitamins have been used.

In Super Mario Maker, when playing as Dr. Mario's costume, holding the +Control Pad up button will result in Dr. Mario holding up a Megavitamin.

Gallery[edit]

Profiles[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Melee trophy[edit]

Name Image Game Description
Megavitamins Trophy155.png Dr. Mario
10/90 		Megavitamins come in six color combinations of red, blue, and yellow. Dr. Mario uses these capsules by tossing them into contaminated bottle to destroy viruses. The origin of these wonder pills is a mystery, but the most likely theory is that they're the result of Dr. Mario's lifelong efforts to find a cure for the common cold.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl sticker[edit]

Name Image Artwork from Effect in The Subspace Emissary
Capsule Capsule Sticker.png Nintendo Puzzle Collection [Flame] - Attack +5

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese カプセル
Kapuseru		 Capsule
Chinese (Simplified) 大剂量维生素[3] (Dr. Mario 64)
Dàjìliàng Wéishēngsù
药丸[4] (Dr. Mario Express)
Yàowán
胶囊 (Dr. Mario World)
Jiāonáng		 Megavitamin

Pill

Capsule

Chinese (Traditional) 膠囊
Jiāonáng		 Capsule

Trivia[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "I have just developed a new vitamin that should be able to take care of it. I sure hope this stuff works!" - Dr. Mario NES instruction booklet, page 3.
  2. ^ "Flu season has struck! Now Dr. Mario, armed with his mighty Megavitamins, is busier than ever treating patients." - Dr. Mario 64 instruction booklet, page 13.
  3. ^ Official Chinese website for Dr. Mario 64. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  4. ^ https://www.ique.com/DSi/DSiWare/DrMario/game/index.html
Megavitamin coverage on other NIWA wikis:
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Dr. Mario 64
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Other characters Para-Goom • Virus
Items and Objects Megavitamin
Other Fever • Gallery • Staff
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Items and objects Boomerang* • Brick Block • Capsule • Capsule Swapper** • Diamond • Empty Block • Exploder • Hammer • Heart • Key • Key Door • Rainbow Start** • Shell • Skill charger • Skill filler • Staff ticket • Virus
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* In version 1.3.0 or later • ** In version 1.4.0 or later
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Standard Blaster (Falco · Fox) • Charge Shot • Chef • Egg Lay • Falcon Punch • Fire Bow • Fire Breath • Fireball • Flare Blade • Giant Punch • Green Fireball • Hero's Bow • Ice Shot • Inhale • Megavitamin • Nayru's Love • Needle Storm • PK Flash • Rollout • Shadow Ball • Shield Breaker • Thunder Jolt (Pichu · Pikachu) • Toad • Warlock Punch
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Side Boomerang (Link · Young Link) • Cape • Chain • Confusion • Dancing Blade • Din's Fire • Double-Edge Dance • Egg Roll • Falco Phantasm • Fox Illusion • Gerudo Dragon • Green Missile • Hammer • Headbutt • Judge • Koopa Klaw • Missile • Peach Bomber • PK Fire • Pound • Raptor Boost • Skull Bash (Pichu · Pikachu) • Squall Hammer • Super Sheet
Down Blizzard • Bomb (Link · Samus · Young Link) • Bowser Bomb • Counter (Marth · Roy) • Disable • Dr. Tornado • Falcon Kick • Hand Slap • Luigi Cyclone • Mario Tornado • Oil Panic • PSI Magnet • Reflector (Falco · Fox) • Rest • Stone • Thunder (Pichu · Pikachu) • Transform (Sheik · Zelda) • Vegetable • Wizard's Foot • Yoshi Bomb
Misc. Air Dodge • Jump • Meteor smash • Shield • Smash attack • Taunt • Tether recovery
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Super Smash Bros. for Wii U moves
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Up Abandon Ship • Aether • Air Slash • Arm Rocket • Balloon Trip • Blazer • Boost Kick • Cannon Uppercut • Climhazzard • Corkscrew • Dark Dive • Dolphin Slash (Lucina · Marth) • Draconic Ascent • Duck Jump • Egg Throw • Elwind • Extreme Speed • Falcon Dive • Farore's Wind • Final Cutter • Fire • Fire Bird • Fire Fox • Fire Wolf • Fly • Helicopter Kick • Hero's Spin • Hydro Pump • Jump Glide • Launch Star • Lunar Launch • Pac-Jump • Peach Parasol • Piston Punch • PK Thunder (Lucas · Ness) • Power of Flight (Dark Pit · Pit) • Quick Attack • Rising Uppercut • Robo Burner • Rocket Jump • Rocketbarrel Boost • Rush Coil • Screw Attack • Shoryuken • Shuttle Loop • Sing • Skyward Slash Dash • Soaring Axe Kick • Spin Attack (Link · Toon Link) • Spinning Kong • Spring Jump • Stone Scabbard •Super Dedede Jump • Super Hoop • Super Jump Punch • Teleport • Vanish • Warp • Whirling Fortress • Winged Pikmin • Witch Twist
Side Airborne Assault • Angelic Missile • Arcfire • Arm Rotor • Back Slash • Boomerang • Burning Dropkick • Burst Grenade • Cape • Chakram • Clay Shooting • Clown Kart Dash • Confusion • Crash Bomber • Cross Slash • Dancing Blade (Lucina · Marth) • Din's Fire • Double-Edge Dance • Dragon Lunge • Drill Rush • Egg Roll • Electroshock Arm • Falco Phantasm • Feint Jump • Flame Choke • Flame Pillar • Flare Blitz • Flying Slam • Force Palm • Fox Illusion • Gale Boomerang • Gordo Throw • Green Missile • Gunner Missile • Hammer Flip • Headache Maker • Headbutt • Header • Heel Slide / After Burner Kick • Jolt Haymaker • Judge • Lloid Rocket • Missile • Monkey Flip • Onslaught • Peach Bomber • Pikmin Throw • PK Fire (Lucas · Ness) • Plasma Whip • Power Pellet • Quick Draw • Raptor Boost • Reflect Barrier • Shadow Sneak • Skull Bash • Slash Launcher • Spin Dash • Star Bit • Stealth Burst • Super Sheet • Super Speed • Tatsumaki Senpukyaku • Upperdash Arm • Wario Bike
Down Absorbing Vortex • Banana Peel • Blade Counter • Bomb (Link · Samus · Toon Link) • Bomb Drop • Bouncing Fish • Bowser Bomb • Celestial Firework • Counter (Ike · Lucina · Marth · Palutena · Roy) • Counter Surge • Deep Breathing • Dimensional Cape • Disable • Double Team • Dr. Tornado • Echo Reflector • F.L.U.D.D. • Falcon Kick • Finishing Touch • Fire Hydrant • Flip Jump • Focus Attack • Foot Flurry • Gravitational Pull • Guardian Orbitars (Dark Pit · Pit) • Gyro • Hand Slap • Head-On Assault • Jet Hammer • Leaf Shield • Lightweight • Limit Charge • Luigi Cyclone • Mechakoopa • Nosferatu • Oil Panic • Phantom Slash • Pikmin Order • Power Thrust • PSI Magnet (Lucas · Ness) • Reflector (Falco · Fox) • Rest • Reversal Slash • Rock Smash • Slip Counter • Spin Charge • Stone • Substitute • Thunder • Timber • Vegetable • Vision • Wario Waft • Wild Gunman • Witch Time • Wizard's Foot • Yoshi Bomb
Final Smash Beast Ganon • Black Hole Laser • Blue Falcon • Chain Attack • Critical Hit (Lucina · Marth · Roy) • Dark Pit Staff • Dedede Burst • Doctor Finale • Dream Home • End of Day • Final Edge • Full Blast • Galaxia Darkness • Giga Bowser • Giga Mac • Great Aether • Gunship • Infernal Climax • Konga Beat • Landmaster (Falco · Fox) • Light Arrow (Sheik · Zelda) • Mario Finale • Mega Evolution (Charizard · Lucario) • Mega Legends • NES Zapper Posse • Octopus • Omega Blitz • Omnislash • Pair Up • Peach Blossom • PK Starstorm (Lucas · Ness) • Poltergust 5000 • Power Star • Psystrike • Puff Up • Secret Ninja Attack • Shadow Mario Paint • Shin Shoryuken • Shinku Hadoken • Super Diffusion Beam • Super Dragon • Super Sonic • Three Sacred Treasures • Torrential Roar • Triforce Slash (Link · Toon Link) • Ultra Sword • Volt Tackle • Wario-Man • Wii Fit • Zero Laser
Misc. Air Dodge • Footstool Jump • Jump • Shield • Smash attack • Taunt • Tether recovery
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate moves
Standard ARMS Jump / ARMS Hook • Aura Sphere • Axe (Richter · Simon) • Autoreticle • Blade Beam • Blaster (Falco · Fox · Wolf) • Blunderbuss • Blurring Blade • Bonus Fruit • Bow and Arrows • Bullet Seed • Bullet Climax • Charge Blast • Charge Shot (Dark Samus · Samus) • Chef • Chomp • Clown Cannon • Darkest Lariat • Dragon Fang Shot • Egg Firing / Breegull Blaster • Egg Lay • Eruption • Exploding Side Kick • Failnaught • Falcon Punch • Fire Arrow • Fire Breath • Fireball (Luigi · Mario) • Flamethrower • Flare / Megaflare / Gigaflare • Flare Blade (Chrom · Roy) • Flashing Mach Punch • Frizz / Frizzle / Kafrizz • Gale Strike • Giant Punch • Grenade Launch • Gun / Gun Special • Hadoken (Ken · Ryu) • Hand Grenade • Hero's Bow • Homing Attack • Ice Shot • Inhale (King Dedede · Kirby) • Laser Blaze • Luma Shot • Mach Tornado • Metal Blade • Mine / Craft / Create Block • Monado Arts • Needle Storm • Palutena Bow • Peanut Popgun • Pikmin Pluck • PK Flash • PK Freeze • Plasma Breath • Pocket (Isabelle · Villager) • Power Wave • Ptooie • Robo Beam • Rollout • Shadow Ball • Shield Breaker (Lucina · Marth) • Shot Put • Shuriken of Light • Silver Bow • Splattershot • Straight Lunge • Sun Salutation • Thunder • Thunder Jolt (Pichu · Pikachu) • Toad • Trick Shot • Warlock Punch • Water Gun • Water Shuriken
Up Abandon Ship! • Aether • Agility • Air Slash • Arm Rocket • Balloon Trip (Isabelle · Villager) • Belay • Blade Dash / Octoslash • Blazer • Boost Kick • Cannon Jump Kick • Climhazzard • Corkscrew • Cross Chop • Cypher • Daisy Parasol • Dark Dive • Dolphin Slash (Lucina · Marth) • Dragon Ascent • Duck Jump • Egg Throw • Elwind • Elytra • Extreme Speed • Falcon Dive • Final Cutter • Fire • Fire Bird • Fire Fox • Fire Wolf • Fly • Grappling Hook / Wings of Rebellion • Helicopter Kick • Hero's Spin • Hydro Pump • Launch Star • Lunar Launch • Megavitamin • Nayru's Love • Pac-Jump • Paralyzer • Peach Parasol • Piranhacopter • PK Thunder (Lucas · Ness) • Power of Flight (Dark Pit · Pit) • Propellerpack • Quick Attack • Rising Tackle • Rising Uppercut • Robo Burner • Rocketbarrel Boost • Rush Coil • Screw Attack (Dark Samus · Samus) • Shock Spring Jump • Shoryuken (Ken · Ryu) • Shuttle Loop • Sing • Skyward Slash Dash • Soaring Axe Kick • Soaring Slash • Spin Attack (Link · Toon Link · Young Link) • Spinning Kong • Spring Jump • Stone Scabbard • Super Dedede Jump • Super Hoop • Super Jump • Super Jump Punch • Sword of the Creator • Teleport • Thrust Uppercut • Uppercut (Richter · Simon) • Vanish • Vine Whip • Warp • Waterfall • Whirling Fortress • Wing Blitz • Winged Pikmin • Witch Twist • Woosh / Swoosh / Kaswoosh
Side Areadbhar • Airborne Assault • Alolan Whip • Arcfire • Arm Rotor • Back Slash • Boomerang (Link · Toon Link · Young Link) • Burning Dropkick • Burning Knuckle / Crack Shoot • Burst Grenade • Cape • Chakram • Clay Shooting • Clown Kart Dash • Confusion • Crash Bomber • Cross (Richter · Simon) • Cross Slash • Crownerang • Daisy Bomber • Dancing Blade (Lucina · Marth) • Double-Edge Dance (Chrom · Roy) • Dragon Lunge • Drill Rush • Egg Roll • Eiha / Eigaon • Electroshock Arm • Explosive Flame • Falco Phantasm • Farore's Wind • Fishing Rod • Flame Choke • Flame Pillar • Flare Blitz • Flying Slam • Force Palm • Fox Illusion • Gale Stab • Gordo Throw • Green Missile • Gunner Missile • Hammer Flip • Headbutt • Header • Heel Slide / After Burner Kick • Jolt Haymaker • Judge • Lloid Rocket • Minecart • Missile (Dark Samus · Samus) • Monkey Flip • Onslaught • Peach Bomber • Pikmin Throw • PK Fire (Lucas · Ness) • Poison Breath • Pound • Power Pellet • Quick Draw • Raptor Boost • Razor Leaf • Remote Missile • Shadow Flare • Shadow Sneak • Skull Bash (Pichu · Pikachu) • Space Pirate Rush • Spin Dash • Splat Roller • Squall Hammer • Star Bits • Stealth Burst • Super Sheet • Suplex • Tatsumaki Senpukyaku (Ken · Ryu) • Upperdash Arm • Wario Bike • Whip Lash • Withdraw • Wolf Flash • Wonderwing • Zap / Zapple / Kazap
Down Absorbing Vortex • Amyr • ARMS Change • Banana Peel • Blade Counter • Blizzard • Bomb (Dark Samus · Samus · Toon Link · Young Link) • Bomb Drop • Bouncing Fish • Bowser Bomb • C4 • Command Selection • Counter (Chrom · Ike · Lucina · Marth · Palutena · Roy) • Counter Surge • Counter Throw • Deep Breathing • Dimensional Cape • Din's Fire • Disable • Double Team • Dr. Tornado • Echo Reflector • Falcon Kick • Feint Jump • Finishing Touch • Fire Hydrant • Flip Jump • F.L.U.D.D. • Focus Attack (Ken · Ryu) • Gut Check • Gravitational Pull • Guardian Orbitars (Dark Pit · Pit) • Gyro • Hand Slap • Head-On Assault • Holy Water (Richter · Simon) • Jet Hammer • Leaf Shield • Limit Charge • Lloid Trap • Long-Stem Strike • Luigi Cyclone • Mechakoopa • Nosferatu • Oil Panic • Phantom Slash • Pikmin Order • Pokémon Change • Power Dunk • Power Thrust • PSI Magnet (Lucas · Ness) • Rear Egg • Rebel's Guard / Tetrakarn / Makarakarn • Reflect Barrier • Reflector (Falco · Fox · Wolf) • Remote Bomb • Rest • Revenge • Reversal Slash • Scintilla • Skewer • Slip Counter • Spin Charge • Splat Bomb • Stone • Substitute • Thunder (Pichu · Pikachu) • Timber • TNT • Vegetable • Vision • Wario Waft • Wild Gunman • Witch Time • Wizard's Foot • Yoshi Bomb
Final Smash All-Out Attack • Ancient Bow and Arrow • ARMS Rush • Aura Storm • Awakening Aether • Black Hole Laser • Blast-o-Matic • Blue Falcon • Chain Attack • Covering Fire • Critical Hit (Lucina · Marth · Roy) • Daisy Blossom • Dark Pit Staff • Darkness Illusion • Dede-Rush • Doctor Finale • Dream Home • Dream Town Hall • End of Day • Final Edge • Full Blast • Ganon, The Demon King • Giga Bowser Punch • Giga Mac Rush • Gigaslash • Grand Cross (Richter · Simon) • Grand Star • Great Aether • Guided Robo Beam • House of Boom • Hyper Rocketbarrel • Iceberg • Infernal Climax • Jungle Rush • Killer Wail • Lightning Chariot • Mario Finale • Max Malicious Moonsault • Mega Legends • The Mighty Jinjonator • NES Zapper Posse • Octopus • Omega Blitz • Omnislash • Pair Up • Peach Blossom • Petey Piranha • Phazon Laser • PK Starstorm (Lucas · Ness) • Plasma Scream • Poltergust G-00 • Progenitor God Ruptured Heaven • Psystrike • Puff Up • Secret Ninja Attack • Shadow Mario Paint • Sheikah Dance • Shin Shoryuken • Shinku Hadoken • Shinryuken • Shippu Jinraikyaku • Stampede! • Super Pac-Man • Super Sonic • Supernova • Team Star Fox (Falco · Fox) • Team Star Wolf • Torrential Roar • Triforce of Wisdom • Triforce Slash (Toon Link · Young Link) • Triple Finish • Triple Wolf • Ultra Sword • Volt Tackle (Pichu · Pikachu) • Wario-Man • Wii Fit • Zero Laser (Samus · Zero Suit Samus)
Misc. Air Dodge • Buster Wolf • Footstool Jump • Jump • Power Geyser • Shield • Smash attack • Taunt • Tether recovery
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