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Dr. Mario Online RX Hits North American WiiWare

It's Monday morning, and while the rest of the U.S. has the day off today, Nintendo is hard at work delivering two new games a piece to both the Virtual Console and WiiWare, including the stateside debut of Dr. Mario Online RX (1000 points), which allows you to take your pill-popping puzzle game online to battle players around the world. Joining the good Dr. is Aksys Games' Family Table Tennis (500 points), a cell-shaded dose of ping pong goodness.

On the old side of new stuff, this week sees the release of that classic NEOGEO shooter Metal Slug (900 points), along with the NES version of City Connection (500 points), which has you touring famous cities as a platforming far challenged by police, spikes, and of course, cats.

There you have it. Four new games for the Nintendo Wii all at once, all for you. Now I head back to bed. If you need me I'll be snoring so loud I wake myself up every five minutes.

7:00 AM on Mon May 26 2008
By Mike Fahey
4,448 views, 63 comments

Latest by n/a: City Connection is awesome! I'll play my NES cart though and keep the 5 dollars. more »

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Dr. Mario Online RX Joins Initial U.S. WiiWare Releases

The newly launched in North America Nintendo Channel shows off the first batch of WiiWare titles to hit Western shores, revealing potential pricing on at least one of the debut games. The initial quintet of potential WiiWare releases—revealed by way of the "What Is WiiWare?" video—includes the following.

  • Dr. Mario Online RX
  • LostWinds
  • Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life As A King
  • Defend Your Castle
  • Critter Round Up

Dr. Mario Online RX is shown priced at 1000 Wii Points, more commonly referred to as $10 USD. While we're not taking this as 100% confirmed yet, we will continue to be able to sleep soundly tonight assuming that the five titles listed above are prime candidates for next Monday's launch.

8:40 PM on Wed May 7 2008
By Michael McWhertor
4,423 views, 42 comments

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Dr. Mario Commercial

From way back in 1990 (can you believe that was already seventeen years ago?) comes this odd Dr. Mario commercial courtesy the fine folks at RetroGameVideos.com. It features a young teenager fighting the evil forces of some sort of bizarre voodoo witch doctor with a game of Dr. Mario. While it might not tell us a lot about the gameplay, it certainly teaches us a valuable lesson: Never play Dr. Mario against a witch doctor or you will find yourself looking like that creepy raisin headed guy from Beetlejuice and being forced to listen to a bastardized version of an Alvin and the Chipmunks song. Terrifying. More »

5:00 PM on Sun Jan 27 2008
By fdemarco
3,917 views, 86 comments

Latest by n/a: Jesus Christ! Is this a genuinely decent Nintendo commercial? The world was a very different place in the early 90s it would seem... "That means 'play Dr Mario'" actually made me laugh out loud. On a side note, I am now more »

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Wii-mote Makes Better Surgeons

Before your doctor puts you under the knife, it might be good for him or her to put the Wii under it. A US study showed that surgeons in training who warmed up with Wii games like Marble Mania scored higher on virtual surgeries than those who didn't. American doctors at the Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center in Arizona are now creating software that will allow surgeons to practice using the Wii-mote. Says Dr. Kanav Kohel, one of the physicians involved with the project:

The whole point about surgery is to execute small, finely controlled movements with your hands, and that is exactly what you get playing... But you don't gain a lot from swinging an imaginary tennis racket.

Tell us about it.
Surgeons Are Better [Telegraph via Next Generation] [Pic]

6:40 AM on Thu Jan 17 2008
By Brian Ashcraft
2,413 views, 46 comments

Latest by zerojad: ahah, that image just made me laugh. xD more »

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Dr. Mario Hypnotizes Costa Rica (Literally)

During Latin American travels, reader Eerk happened upon this "doctor", felt very sleepy and immediately ordered 1,000 DS Lites off Amazon. Sony, Microsoft, hands off Latin America. Dr. Mario has already set up shop. Brian Ashcraft More »

8:22 PM on Fri Jul 28 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
272 views, 5 comments

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Dr. Mario Norton AntiVirus

Out of all the hair-brained product endorsements Nintendo has done over the years, why there hasn't been a Dr. Mario antivirus is beyond me. Our diagnosis? This apparently fan-made mock-up spells sure fire hit. Brian Ashcraft More »

8:22 AM on Thu Jul 13 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
477 views, 9 comments

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Dr. Mario Commercial from the early 90's

For some reason, I keep on thinking Japanese surreality is a recent thing, as opposed to some Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test they've all been tripping on since Hiroshima. More »

4:40 PM on Thu Apr 6 2006
By brownlee
313 views, 3 comments

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Dr. Mario Helps Treat Diabetic Gamers Through Gamecube

This is really swell. A University of Washington Doctor is working with Nintendo to allow diabetic gamers to check their blood sugar and blood pressure by the proxy of Dr. Mario. More »

7:19 AM on Thu Mar 16 2006
By brownlee
3,552 views, 3 comments