Dr Mario

Nintendo's pill-matching game

Dr Mario is a puzzle video game series where the Nintendo character Mario appears as a physician, dropping colored pills to eliminate viruses.

The original 1990 game established the falling-block format similar to Tetris.

The name sometimes describes someone playing doctor without credentials, or humorously references questionable medical advice: My roommate went full Dr Mario diagnosing himself on WebMD.

Related

pills · virus · puzzle · falling blocks · capsules · pill bottle · fever · NES · tetris · stethoscope · red · blue · yellow · prescription · laboratory · germs · matching · color matching

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Opposites
Mario character role

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Mustachioed platform protagonist

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gameplay pacing and intensity

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Family

Mario, doctor, doctoral, doctorate, doctorates, doctoring

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G