Kotaku: dr. mario

Dr. Mario Online RX Hits North American WiiWare

Mike Fahey — Mon, 26 May 2008 07:00:00 MDT

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.

Dr. Mario Commercial

fdemarco — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 17:00:00 MST

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.

Wii-mote Makes Better Surgeons

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:40:02 MST

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]

Dr. Mario Hypnotizes Costa Rica (Literally)

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 20:22:37 MDT

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 Here [Flickr]

Dr. Mario Norton AntiVirus

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 08:22:49 MDT

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

Thanks, Eduardo!

Dr. Mario Commercial from the early 90's

brownlee — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 16:40:03 MDT

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.

Japanese Dr. Mario Commercial [Google Video]

Dr. Mario Helps Treat Diabetic Gamers Through Gamecube

brownlee — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 07:19:15 MST

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.

Apparently, the program will quiz users about diet and exercise, send reminders to teens to check their blood sugar and medical professionals will send feedback to the patients through the same system. You will also be able to check your blood sugar by the simple expedient of opening a vein and smearing blood on your specially-optimized Gamecube controller. Dr. Mario says: "Eetza time to takah your in-su-leen!"

Actually, we think this is very cool way to help kids deal with diabetes. We just don't want to see what these guys do with the Revolution. "Take your temperature by inserting the Revolution controller firmly up your..."

Turn on your Game Cube to visit your doctor {Seattle Times]