In this game idea, Mario goes to his closet and retrieves his doctor uniform as we see Dr. Mario returning to gaming but not in the classic puzzle game of old; this is a brand new adventure. Dr. Mario steps into the world of 3D as the game has moved to the current graphics of today. The story goes as follows: viruses are terrorizing many villages in and around the Mushroom kingdom and it is Dr. Mario’s job to eradicate and cleanse these viruses from the villages. This game is a modified first/third person shooter set in the Mario universe with large viruses running around.

The three-color viruses specifically Red, Yellow, and Blue that are found in the classic puzzle game Dr. Mario terrorizes several villages. In the game, the three viruses are oversized creatures, I’d say about the size of the Goombas in Mario 64, that are running, jumping, and scaring people around. These viruses are attacking houses, animals, chasing and making the inhabitants sick. I can see in my mind one of the yellow viruses running after a woman that is screaming for her life. The Yellow virus is making evil grunting and teeth gnawing noises while chasing the woman.

Dr. Mario’s goal is to remove these viruses from the villages and help the inhabitants by throwing matching color pills at them, their houses, animals, etc. The sick inhabitants and other objects will be showing signs of a virus infection. These signs would be the exact color of the virus or if multiple viruses attacked the inhabitants or objects, there would be tri-colored markings and Mario would have to throw several pills with matching colors at them.

When Dr. Mario throws pills at each of these viruses and removes them, the remaining viruses fall over as if they were being attacked. This is a perfect time to nail a bunch of the viruses because they cannot move. When the remaining viruses get up from their attack fit they become angry and start coming after Dr. Mario. Sometimes when Dr. Mario takes out a virus, there will be pills or coins left behind which can be collected and used later on. The pills specifically go into Dr. Mario’s pill bag for further use against the viruses. At the end of each level, the coins and the score will be totaled. The score you received is added to the total score that can be seen on the top right of the screen. The coins will be counted and added to Dr. Mario’s wallet, which can then be used to buy more pills at the Pharmacy.

I expect many by now are saying that this game is not much of a game. Well I can counter that by saying each level increases in difficulty with the viruses increasing in strength, AI, and numbers.

Now I expect many may want to know how to play this game specifically with a controller. Well if you read the title, it says Dr. Mario Revolution. This means the game would use the Wii system with the remote control controller with the analog stick attachment. Mario can run around the area using the analog stick with one trigger button used for swapping pills. You can swap pills because the pills Mario selects is variable so if there are a bunch of yellow viruses and you get a red pill you can return it in the bag for a yellow one. When you are ready to throw a pill, you press the “A” button and Mario will toss a pill to his right hand or left hand (selectable). Now that Mario has a pill, you can aim while holding the “B” trigger that produces a crosshair on the screen so you can aim correctly. Once you have a virus in the crosshair press the “A” button again to lock on to a virus, person, or object. To throw a pill you move your arm back and act as if you are throwing a rock in a forward motion. Once this is done, the pill takes off towards the selected destination. There is no one-way to throw a pill. You can throw a pill overhand, from the sides, and even an underhanded throw. However, you should be careful how you throw, even though the virus or object is locked on, you can overshoot or undershoot the target. Also to increase the difficulty the viruses, animals, and people are moving around.

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