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 ==Gameplay==
-The gameplay is very similar to the original ''Dr. Mario'' game. Players must eliminate viruses by stacking [[Megavitamin]]s on them by ultimately creating a row of four or more of the same color. In this game, however, there is a new game mode named Operation L, which involves stacking multicolored L-shaped pills in reference to Luigi.
+The gameplay is very similar to the original ''Dr. Mario'' game. Players must eliminate viruses by stacking [[Megavitamin|capsule]]s on them by creating a row of four or more of the same color. The objective for all the game modes is to eliminate all the viruses in the bottle, and in the multiplayer modes, be the first to eliminate all the viruses in the bottle. If the middle of the topmost part of the player's bottle contains an object, usually a capsule, the next capsule is blocked, causing the player to lose. In multiplayer games, this causes the opponent to win, as long as they do not lose the same way. As a first in the ''Dr. Mario'' series, if a capsule is within a narrow gap and thus cannot rotate horizontally when vertical (or vice versa), rotating it will cause the colors of the capsule to switch places. This only applies to ''Retro Remedy''.
-Combos are altered in this game. In ''Dr. Mario'', when a player gains a combo, the opponent will receive two half-Megavitamins to stall progress. In Operation L, when a player gains a combo, the opposing player's upcoming Megavitamin will have its colors switched.
+In this game, there is a new game mode called ''Operation L'' that involves the use of L-capsules, which are multicolored L-shaped capsules in reference to Luigi. Rather than controlling a single capsule each containing two pieces, the player controls two capsules held together in a blisterpack so that they form the letter "L". After any part of the L-capsule lands on something, the blisterpack will disappear, which causes the individual capsules to fall if they are not supported. If a capsule match is made after the L-capsule lands, the match will take priority, otherwise the capsules will succumb to gravity.
-Like ''[[Dr. Mario Online Rx]]'', if the player completes the 20th level with the high speed in every mode (except multiplayer) the credits will roll.
+The pattern of colors for the L-capsules is different based on the speed selected in the settings. For the Low and Med settings, the set of capsules will consist of three pieces of one color and one piece of another, where the three pieces will be in the vertical capsule and the half of the horizontal capsule that touches the vertical capsule. For the High setting, the colors will instead be that one capsule has one color and the other capsule has another color, resulting in two pieces of each color.
-===Game Modes===
+Combos behave differently for ''Operation L''. While in ''Retro Remedy'' (which consists of the classic Dr. Mario gameplay), where after a player created a combo of multiple lines matched in a single move, the opponent will receive two to four half-capsules based on the amount of capsule matches. In Operation L however, when a player performed a combo of multiple lines in a single move, the opposing player's upcoming capsule will have its colors changed. Another difference is the speed in which stray capsules fall after they are split: the speed in which stray capsules drop in ''Operation L'' is fast, akin to holding down for dropping the capsule; On the other hand, the speed of falling capsule pieces in ''Retro Remedy'' is similar to previous games, where the pieces fall slowly, akin to leaving a capsule to fall on its own at High speed.
-*'''Operation L''': The new mode of Dr. Luigi. In this mode, the player needs to clear the bottle of [[Virus]]es, like in other ''Dr. Mario'' games. This mode uses L-shaped megavitamins, which are actually two normal megavitamins held together in a blisterpack. Both megavitamins are affected by gravity separately and will separate after landing on a virus, megavitamin, or the bottle.
-*'''Retro Remedy''': This is the classic mode of ''Dr. Mario''. In this mode, the player does not have L-shaped megavitamins, only normal megavitamins. The player needs to clear the bottle of viruses with pills the same color as each virus.
+Another difference between the two modes is the amount of viruses. The amount of viruses for each level in ''Operation L'' is different from ''Retro Remedy''. Both of them start with 4 viruses at level 0, but while the latter adds 4 more viruses for every extra level, the former only adds 1 extra virus per extra level. For example, at level 20, ''Retro Remedy'' starts the player with 84 viruses (4 + 20 * 4), while ''Operation L'' only consists of 24 viruses (4 + 20 * 1) at the same level. The maximum amount of viruses that the player start with at the beginning of the level is 96.
-*'''Virus Buster''': In this mode, only touch-screen controls are used. After a while on the same stage, two megavitamins appear, and then three.
-*'''Online Battle''': Like ''[[Dr. Mario Online Rx]]'', the player can play with friends and players around the world. The modes available are Operation L and Retro Remedy.
+Like ''[[Dr. Mario Online Rx]]'', if the player completes the 5th, 10th, 15th, or 20th level in the Med or High speed, a cutscene will be played, and completing the 20th level with the High speed in Classic one-player mode will result in the credits rolling. Also, if the player have reached a level later than 20 in Classic, they can continue from that level, but only for that specific Speed setting. For example, if they reached level 23 at Med speed or Normal difficulty (in ''Virus Buster''), they cannot continue from level 23 at other speeds or difficulties unless they reached that level in that specific speed or difficulty.
+On occasion, the player will have the option to post on [[Miiverse]] after completing a stage. As the service was shut down in November 2017, nothing can be posted there since then.
+==Game Modes==
+*'''Operation L''': The new mode in ''Dr. Luigi''. In this mode, players use L-capsules to eliminate [[virus]]es.
+*'''Retro Remedy''': This is the classic mode of ''Dr. Mario''. Similar to ''Operation L'', the player uses capsules to eliminate viruses. However, the player uses normal capsules to eliminate viruses.
+*'''Virus Buster''': In this mode, only touch-screen controls are used. After a while on the same stage, two capsules appear, and then three. The gameplay is similar to the [[Dr._Mario_Online_Rx#Virus_Buster|Virus Buster]] mode in [[Dr. Mario Online Rx]]. The GamePad's display can be switched between vertically or horizontally by pressing the {{button|wiiu|x}} button.
+*'''Online Battle''': Like ''[[Dr. Mario Online Rx]]'', the player can play with friends and players around the world. The modes available are ''Operation L'' and ''Retro Remedy''.
+The music selection is between Dizzy, Drowsy, a random selection between both themes, or to disable music for ''Operation L'', whereas it is [[Fever]], Chill, a random selection between both themes, or to disable music for both ''Retro Remedy'' and ''Virus Buster'', though for the latter, the rendition of the theme is slower and calmer.
+===Sub modes===
+In both ''Operation L'' and ''Retro Remedy'', there are three modes:
+*'''Classic''': Eliminate all the viruses in the bottle. In the 2 Player modes, be the first to eliminate all viruses in the bottle.
+*'''Vs. CPU''': Only available in the 1 Player modes. Compete against the CPU to eliminate all viruses in the bottle.
+*'''Flash''': Be the first to eliminate all three flashing viruses, one of each color, to win. In the 1 Player modes, the player compete against a CPU player. There are three difficulties that determine the amount of viruses in the bottle, including the three flashing viruses. For Easy, Normal, and Difficult respectively, the amount of viruses are 14, 18, and 22 in ''Operation L'', whereas it's 28, 40 and 52 for ''Retro Remedy''.
+===Options===
+The settings for each game mode is saved separately.
+*'''Quick Drop''': Only in both ''Operation L'' and ''Retro Remedy''. Enables the ability to instantly drop a capsule.
+*'''Capsule Ghost Image''': Only in both ''Operation L'' and ''Retro Remedy''. Enables a preview of the capsule landing spot.
+*'''Virus Design''': Changes the virus design. "A" is the virus designs introduced in ''Dr. Mario'', while "B" is the virus designs introduced in this game. The default for ''Retro Remedy'' is "A", while the default for both ''Operation L'' and ''Virus Buster'' is "B".
+*'''Writing Hand''': Only in ''Virus Buster''. Changes the display of the vertical display based on the writing hand.
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 Red Virus Artwork - Dr. Luigi.png|Magenta Virus, "Confused", the first Virus to have a female design.
 Yellow Virus Artwork - Dr. Luigi.png|Yellow Virus, "Drowsy".
-Megavitamin Artwork (alt) - Dr. Luigi.png|A Megavitamin.
+Megavitamin Artwork (alt) - Dr. Luigi.png|A capsule.
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 [[File:Dr. Luigi - The Year of Luigi Pedestal.png|thumb|The Year of Luigi is mentioned on the pedestal.]]
 *Some of the music tracks are reused from ''[[Dr. Mario Online Rx]]''.
-*Even though several games were released during The Year of Luigi, this is the only game that outright acknowledges the event, through the use of the official label.
+*Even though several games were released during The Year of Luigi, this is the only game that outright acknowledges the event, through the splash screen that mentioned the even, as well as the use of the official label on the pedestal that Dr. Luigi is standing on during gameplay.
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