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== | ==Story== | ||
Unlike past ''Dr. Mario'' games, this game has a storyline, found in the Story mode. The story is titled '''Dr. Mario and the Cold Caper'''. In the story, a flu season occurs and Dr. Mario uss his Megavitamins to heal the infirmities of the citizens of the land. In one instance, Dr. Mario recovered Octo with his Megavitamins, where his actions are separately witnessed by both Wario and Mad Scienstein. In Wario's point of view, he wants to steal them so that he can use them to make himself reach. In Mad Scienstein's point of view, he reports his findings to [[Rudy|a hidden figure]], who ordered him to steal them. When Dr. Mario left the Megavitamins at his house and temporarily leaves it, Mad Scienstein proceeds to steal them while Dr. Mario is out. Mad Scienstein was caught in the act by Wario, who chases him because he wants the Megavitamins for himself. While the chase happens, Dr. Mario returns to find that his medicine is stolen, and in the ensuing chaos, he thought that Wario has them and fights him. | |||
Unlike past ''Dr. Mario'' games, this game has a storyline. | |||
After battling Wario and finding out that Wario is not in possession of the Megavitamins, Mad Scienstein scrambled from the scene, to which both Dr. Mario and Wario chase him. Along the way, both Dr. Mario and Wario battles enemies from ''[[Wario Land 3]]'', starting from Spearhead, followed by Webber. After both are beaten, the two enemies report to the hidden figure about Mad Scienstein being chased by both Dr. Mario and Wario, who is confident that Hammer-Bot will ensure that the heroes won't make it. On the way, both Dr. Mario and Wario faces different enemies for the next three stages. After that, they reached Hammer-Bot near the castle. In Easy, the chosen character will face Hammer-Bot alone, but in other difficulties, everybody fights for the Megavitamins. After the scuffle that leads to the destruction of Hammer-Bot, Mad Scienstein reached the castle to where Rudy is found. Regardless of the selected character, Wario will follow, but if Wario is the selected character, Dr. Mario is left behind. The selected character will battle Rudy, who eventually is in possession of the Megavitamins. | |||
In normal cases, if Dr. Mario is the chosen character, then it is revealed that Rudy has a cold, after which Dr. Mario will cure him while Wario beats up Mad Scienstein. Dr. Mario will then proceed to return home after that. If Wario is the chosen character, then Mad Scienstein comes and runs off with the Megavitamins, causing Wario to chase him to no end. However, if the player beats eight stages in Normal or higher difficulty without redoing any stage (including continuing due to losing), the outcome will be different. For Dr. Mario, Wario will take the Megavitamins and consume them, transforming him into Vampire Wario. After beating Wario, who reverted back to his normal form and fled, it is shown that Mad Scienstein pitied Rudy, after which Dr. Mario will then use his Megavitamins to cure Rudy. Dr. Mario will return home after that. In Wario's case, after beating Rudy with the aforementioned criteria, then Dr. Mario catches up to confront Wario. Wario will attempt to run away, but he trips over Mad Scienstein, causing the bottle to fall onto Dr. Mario to have the Megavitamins be all accidentally consumed by him, turning him into Metal Mario. After beating Metal Mario, Dr. Mario reverted back to normal while Wario celebrates. After that, similar to the normal ending, Mad Scienstein snatches the Megavitamins, causing Wario to chase him to no end. | |||
==== | ===Stage Summary=== | ||
The Speed is determined by the difficulty selected, which affects the vitamin capsule's drop speed and the earned score. For Easy, the Speed is set Low; For Normal, the Speed is set to Med; For Hard and S-Hard, the Speed is set to Hi. | |||
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! rowspan="2" width=5%| Stage !! colspan="2"| Opponent !! colspan="3"| No. of Viruses | |||
|- bgcolor="yellowgreen" | |||
|width=6%| Dr. Mario ||width=6%| Wario ||width=6%| Easy ||width=6%| Normal ||width=6%| Hard / S-Hard | |||
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| 1 || Wario || Dr. Mario || 12 || 24 || 48 | |||
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| 2 || colspan="2"| Spearhead || 16 || 28 || 52 | |||
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| 3 || colspan="2"| Webber || 16 || 28 || 52 | |||
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| 4 || Silky || Appleby || 20 || 32 || 56 | |||
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| 5 || Jellybob || Lump || 20 || 32 || 56 | |||
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| 6 || Helio || Octo || 24 || 36 || 60 | |||
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| rowspan="3" | 7{{footnote|main|1}} | |||
| colspan="2"| Hammer-Bot || 24 || rowspan="3"| 36 || rowspan="3"| 60 | |||
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| colspan="2"| Mad Scienstein || rowspan="2"| - | |||
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| Wario || Dr. Mario | |||
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| 8 || colspan="2"| Rudy || 28 || 40 || 64 | |||
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| 9{{footnote|main|2}} || Vampire Wario || Metal Mario || - || 40 || 64 | |||
|} | |||
{{footnote|note|1|In Easy mode, Hammer-Bot is the only opponent. In other difficulties, this is a four-way match.}} | |||
{{footnote|note|2|Only accessible after beating the first eight stages without redoing any of them. It cannot be accessed in Easy even if the criteria is met.}} | |||
==Playable characters== | ==Playable characters== |
Revision as of 03:30, March 7, 2022
Template:Infobox Dr. Mario 64 is a puzzle game developed by Nintendo and released for the Nintendo 64. This is the third installment in the Dr. Mario series and the final Mario game released for the Nintendo 64. In 2003, it was re-released along with Panel de Pon and Yoshi's Cookie in a Japan-only Nintendo GameCube game called Nintendo Puzzle Collection. In 2005, Dr. Mario & Puzzle League was released, with the Dr. Mario portion mostly taking visual and audio cues from the N64 version. The original game was made available on Nintendo 64 - Nintendo Switch Online in North America, Europe, and Australia as one of its launch titles, marking its first release in the last two regions.
Gameplay
Dr. Mario 64 plays the same as its predecessors for the most part. Dr. Mario throws vitamin capsules into a jar full of viruses, and the goal is to line up a minimum of four of a color combination of viruses and vitamins to make them disappear. There are three types of Viruses - the Red Virus (Fever), the Blue Virus (Chill) and the Yellow Virus (Weird), with a vitamin color designed to defeat them.
Dr. Mario 64 features many different modes of play (all of which have tutorials hosted by a Para-Goom). The player uses the to toggle with the different modes they wish to select. The first one is Classic mode, where Dr. Mario is playable like he was originally. In the second mode of play, Story mode, Dr. Mario or Wario must track down the stolen Megavitamins. This mode only has versus matches against computers. The third mode allows practice against a computer player, where any character found in Story mode can be selected. The fourth game mode is Flash mode, where only the clearing of flashing Viruses counts. The fifth game mode is Marathon mode, which is basically an endless mode (the Viruses never stop coming out of the bottom of the jar). The sixth game mode is Score Attack mode, where there are only three minutes to get both a high score and clear all of the viruses. Multiplayer mode supports up to four players, which adds a mode allowing four players to play on two teams (although teams are locked to P1/P2 vs P3/P4).
Controls
- / : Move vitamin capsule left or right
- : Drop vitamin capsule quickly
- : Rotate vitamin capsule clockwise / Confirm menu selection
- : Rotate vitamin capsule counterclockwise / Cancel menu selection / Return to the previous screen
- : Turn Capsule Landing Effect ON / OFF (the translucent image on where the vitamin capsule will land)
- / : Increase the number of viruses in Marathon Mode
- (hold): In the game settings for multiple players, apply the same settings for the highlighted player and the players below them
- : Pause game / Confirm menu selection / Start a practice round in Multiplayer if the player is retired
Story
Unlike past Dr. Mario games, this game has a storyline, found in the Story mode. The story is titled Dr. Mario and the Cold Caper. In the story, a flu season occurs and Dr. Mario uss his Megavitamins to heal the infirmities of the citizens of the land. In one instance, Dr. Mario recovered Octo with his Megavitamins, where his actions are separately witnessed by both Wario and Mad Scienstein. In Wario's point of view, he wants to steal them so that he can use them to make himself reach. In Mad Scienstein's point of view, he reports his findings to a hidden figure, who ordered him to steal them. When Dr. Mario left the Megavitamins at his house and temporarily leaves it, Mad Scienstein proceeds to steal them while Dr. Mario is out. Mad Scienstein was caught in the act by Wario, who chases him because he wants the Megavitamins for himself. While the chase happens, Dr. Mario returns to find that his medicine is stolen, and in the ensuing chaos, he thought that Wario has them and fights him.
After battling Wario and finding out that Wario is not in possession of the Megavitamins, Mad Scienstein scrambled from the scene, to which both Dr. Mario and Wario chase him. Along the way, both Dr. Mario and Wario battles enemies from Wario Land 3, starting from Spearhead, followed by Webber. After both are beaten, the two enemies report to the hidden figure about Mad Scienstein being chased by both Dr. Mario and Wario, who is confident that Hammer-Bot will ensure that the heroes won't make it. On the way, both Dr. Mario and Wario faces different enemies for the next three stages. After that, they reached Hammer-Bot near the castle. In Easy, the chosen character will face Hammer-Bot alone, but in other difficulties, everybody fights for the Megavitamins. After the scuffle that leads to the destruction of Hammer-Bot, Mad Scienstein reached the castle to where Rudy is found. Regardless of the selected character, Wario will follow, but if Wario is the selected character, Dr. Mario is left behind. The selected character will battle Rudy, who eventually is in possession of the Megavitamins.
In normal cases, if Dr. Mario is the chosen character, then it is revealed that Rudy has a cold, after which Dr. Mario will cure him while Wario beats up Mad Scienstein. Dr. Mario will then proceed to return home after that. If Wario is the chosen character, then Mad Scienstein comes and runs off with the Megavitamins, causing Wario to chase him to no end. However, if the player beats eight stages in Normal or higher difficulty without redoing any stage (including continuing due to losing), the outcome will be different. For Dr. Mario, Wario will take the Megavitamins and consume them, transforming him into Vampire Wario. After beating Wario, who reverted back to his normal form and fled, it is shown that Mad Scienstein pitied Rudy, after which Dr. Mario will then use his Megavitamins to cure Rudy. Dr. Mario will return home after that. In Wario's case, after beating Rudy with the aforementioned criteria, then Dr. Mario catches up to confront Wario. Wario will attempt to run away, but he trips over Mad Scienstein, causing the bottle to fall onto Dr. Mario to have the Megavitamins be all accidentally consumed by him, turning him into Metal Mario. After beating Metal Mario, Dr. Mario reverted back to normal while Wario celebrates. After that, similar to the normal ending, Mad Scienstein snatches the Megavitamins, causing Wario to chase him to no end.
Stage Summary
The Speed is determined by the difficulty selected, which affects the vitamin capsule's drop speed and the earned score. For Easy, the Speed is set Low; For Normal, the Speed is set to Med; For Hard and S-Hard, the Speed is set to Hi.
Stage | Opponent | No. of Viruses | |||
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Dr. Mario | Wario | Easy | Normal | Hard / S-Hard | |
1 | Wario | Dr. Mario | 12 | 24 | 48 |
2 | Spearhead | 16 | 28 | 52 | |
3 | Webber | 16 | 28 | 52 | |
4 | Silky | Appleby | 20 | 32 | 56 |
5 | Jellybob | Lump | 20 | 32 | 56 |
6 | Helio | Octo | 24 | 36 | 60 |
71 | Hammer-Bot | 24 | 36 | 60 | |
Mad Scienstein | - | ||||
Wario | Dr. Mario | ||||
8 | Rudy | 28 | 40 | 64 | |
92 | Vampire Wario | Metal Mario | - | 40 | 64 |
1 - In Easy mode, Hammer-Bot is the only opponent. In other difficulties, this is a four-way match.
2 - Only accessible after beating the first eight stages without redoing any of them. It cannot be accessed in Easy even if the criteria is met.
Playable characters
If selecting a multiplayer or a Vs. mode that requires competing with a computer player, one of the following characters can be selected. Each character can only be selected by one player or CPU each. Each of the characters have different CPU levels where the more stars there are, the more challenging they are. They can only be displayed when selecting the CPU's character, which are indicated by the amount of stars in brackets. If is held and is pressed, the CPU level is toggled to Hard, where the amount of starts is added by one for all CPU players, for a range of 2 to 6 stars. If is held and is pressed, the CPU level is toggled to S-Hard instead, meaning that the amount of stars is added by two for all CPU players, for a range of 3 to 7 stars.
Both Metal Mario and Vampire Wario are unlockable, where they must be beaten in the ninth stage without losing in Story mode for Wario and Dr. Mario respectively, which can only be reached from the beginning without losing a stage in Normal or greater difficulty.
Dr. Mario [4*]
Wario [4*]
Spearhead [1*]
Webber [1*]
Silky [2*]
Appleby [2*]
Jellybob [2*]
Octo [2*]
Helio [3*]
Lump [3*]
Hammer-Bot [3*]
Mad Scienstein [4*]
Rudy [5*]
Metal Mario [5*]
Vampire Wario [5*]
Reception
Overall, Dr. Mario 64 received mostly positive reviews. GameRankings gave the game a score of 70.03%, while Metacritic gave it a score of 71/100. GameSpot also gave the game a 7.0/10. Dr. Mario 64 was voted #76 in the Top 100 Games of All Time poll published by Game Informer Magazine in August 2001.
Reviews | |||
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Release | Reviewer, Publication | Score | Comment |
N64 | Gerald Villoria, GameSpot | 7/10 | "While not as exciting or enduring as Nintendo's last puzzle game, The New Tetris, Dr. Mario is a legitimate and satisfying puzzle game that is executed rather nicely in this four-player-focused package. Nintendo has made the decision to value-price Dr. Mario 64 at $29.95, which--along with the excellent multiplayer format--makes it worthwhile as one of the last N64 games to be released." |
N64 | Fran Mirabella III, IGN | 5/10 | "To be honest, Dr. Mario 64 is just about everything I expected it to be. It was obviously an effort by Nintendo to get a game out for the month of April, and get it out quickly. There have been virtually zero upgrades outside of the four-player versus modes, which lends little reason not to go back and play SNES version which featured both Dr. Mario and Tetris. If you're dying for a multiplayer puzzle game that you can play with three friends, then Dr. Mario 64 is well worth it for around $30. Otherwise, I suggest sticking with The New Tetris or the well Pok¿mon[sic] Puzzle League. Dr. Mario 64 is more or less Nintendo's way of using Mario's name to sell a port of a very old game. This doctor's Ph.D. expired long ago." |
Aggregators | |||
Compiler | Platform / Score | ||
Metacritic | 71 | ||
GameRankings | 70.03% |
References to other games
- Dr. Mario - The basic formula for the Dr. Mario series is carried on from this game.
- Super Mario 64 - Power Stars are used as indicators for whenever a character wins a match. When Dr. Mario wins, he spins and puts up a peace sign the way Mario does when he acquires a Power Star in Super Mario 64. Metal Mario is a power-up/character from this game.
- Wario Land 3 - All characters apart from Dr. Mario, Metal Mario and the Viruses are from this game.
Gallery
- For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Dr. Mario 64.
Wario sprite
Mad Scienstein sprite
Rudy sprite
Media
Title | File info 0:30 |
Select a Mode | File info 0:30 |
Fever | File info 0:30 |
Fever (Critical!) | File info 0:30 |
Chill | File info 0:30 |
Chill (Critical!) | File info 0:30 |
Cube | File info 0:30 |
Cube (Critical!) | File info 0:30 |
Que Que | File info 0:30 |
Que Que (Critical!) | File info 0:30 |
Story Mode 1 | File info 0:30 |
Story Mode 2 | File info 0:30 |
Story Mode 3 | File info 0:30 |
Story Mode 4 | File info 0:30 |
Story Mode 5 | File info 0:30 |
Vs. Rudy | File info 0:30 |
Vs. Rudy (Critical!) | File info 0:30 |
Round Clear | File info 0:21 |
You Win | File info 0:30 |
You Win (short) | File info 0:01 |
You Lose | File info 0:22 |
You Lose (short) | File info 0:00 |
Credits | File info 0:30 |
Let's Try Another Challenge | File info 0:30 |
Staff
- Main article: List of Dr. Mario 64 staff
Hitoshi Yagami, director of the original Dr. Mario, returned to director and game design duties for Dr. Mario 64. The game had a large number of graphic designers and character artists, all of which were professional anime animators with otherwise little to no involvement in the game industry.
References
Dr. Mario 64 | |
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Playable characters | Dr. Mario • Wario • Spearhead • Webber • Silky • Appleby • Jellybob • Octo • Helio • Lump • Hammer-Bot • Mad Scienstein • Rudy • Metal Mario • Vampire Wario |
Other characters | Para-Goom • Virus |
Items and objects | Vitamin Capsule |
Other | Fever • Gallery • Staff |
Nintendo 64 games | ||
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Super Mario franchise | Super Mario 64 (1996) • Mario Kart 64 (1996) • Mario no Photopi (1998) • Mario Party (1998) • Mario Golf (1999) • Mario Artist: Paint Studio* (1999) • Mario Party 2 (1999) • Mario Artist: Talent Studio* (2000) • Mario Artist: Communication Kit* (2000) • Mario Tennis (2000) • Paper Mario (2000) • Mario Artist: Polygon Studio* (2000) • Mario Party 3 (2000) • Dr. Mario 64 (2001) | |
Donkey Kong franchise | Diddy Kong Racing (1997) • Donkey Kong 64 (1999) | |
Yoshi franchise | Yoshi's Story (1997) | |
Crossovers | Super Smash Bros. (1999) | |