A different look at Dr. Mario

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Syphonz

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You go to the hospital because you?re feeling ill. You?re name is called and you meet with the doctor, you feel calm and cheery because you can?t help but notice his obnoxious mustache and horrible accent. He politely asks you to lie down on the bed, you comply, and he then tells you to start swallowing certain multi-coloured pills one-by-one. After several minutes and 30-50 pills you begin to feel woozy, and start wondering ?Ugh, this isn?t right. Is this guy really a doctor?? Suddenly you black out. Meanwhile, your ?doctor? does a little jig in celebration and leaves to tell your loved one the good news. The conversation is as follows:

?Toadette will be fine, the flu has been cured?
?Oh! Thank goodness!?
? Now she might not wake up for quite some time, I may just have overdone it a little on the Blue-Yellow pills. But never-the-less, she is healthy!?


P.H.D. Bitches.
?Dr. Mario? is precisely why we should never allow Mario to take up certain professions without the proper credentials. He?s a plumber, who as far as we can tell, spends more time being a flamboyant vigilante saving the princess than working at his blue-collar job. Does the Mushroom Kingdom have no other options? I guess it?s the least of their problems since 90% of the populace have a massive fungus growing on their heads.

But more importantly, it?s time to put on our rubber gloves and stuff pills down the patients throat until they are in a coma or the virus is purged from their bodies, and in some cases, both! Dr. Mario has 20 unlucky patients all progressively more ill than the last, and by god we?re gunna help him. It?s a game of colour matching, red virus needs a red sided pill, yellow requires the same idea, and blue, well you get the point. Each virus must be weighted down by 3 of the matching coloured pills to vanquish it. Sounds simple enough right? Well it proves much more challenging than the premise explains as the game progresses. Higher the level, the more viruses there is, and less time you get to get the match-ups you want.

Dr. Mario also brings along his personal stereo with some colourful and memorable tunes to the operating room to ?Chill? our nerves, or send us into a ?Fever?. It may be slightly against the rules, but it improves the staff moral and concentration. Not to mention the good doctor?s sound effects, it makes for some great laughs and it just feels like you?re really involved!

In conclusion; Dr. Mario may not be exactly what you call ?qualified? for the job, but dammit does he ever make it fun to be there. I strongly recommend him!
 

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Your review came to an interesting conclusion. You spent time indicating everything that was wrong with the game, and very little on what makes it good, so the end kinda came out of nowhere. Another thing is, you do more to explain the game then really reviewing it. A review gives an impression if the elements of the game flow well and make it fun. In fact you don't mention whether or not the game flows well or is fun until your last two, relatively short, paragraphs. If this entire review was written to make some jokes that have been made countless times already, then I feel it was sadly wasted.
 

Birras

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You should have mentioned the good doctor's many malpractice suits. Not to mention the fact that Waluigi was created out of a virus that Dr. Mario failed to cure in Luigi.
 

Hatman Jam

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I'm more shocked that Peach, a person of authority in the mushroom kingdom is willing to demote herself to a typical nurse, at the request of Mario no doubt.

And those giant pills better not be suppository.
 

Syphonz

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scotth266 said:
This is not a review. This is you making jokes.
Did I say it was a review? No, I don't believe I did. Indeed it is written rather jokingly, but god forbid you look at it lightly. Not everything in this forum has to be written with a straight face and constant 'straight to business' attitude.
 

barryween

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I also wonder how Mario can be such a retard when he does all these extra curricular jobs that require him to use his brain and does a good job at all of it. And how can he be such a fat ass when he does, like, 20 sports? it's brain bending!
 

scotth266

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Syphonz said:
Did I say it was a review? No, I don't believe I did.
Then it belongs here. [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/index/9] Besides, you wrote a very small amount about the gameplay mechanics. That led me to believe it was a review.

Indeed it is written rather jokingly, but god forbid you look at it lightly. Not everything in this forum has to be written with a straight face and constant 'straight to business' attitude.
No, you don't always need to be serious here. [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/326.96938] However, if you're going to write something to make people laugh in this section, make it an article, and not something like a yuk-yuk joke. There are standards to follow.
 

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scotth266 said:
Syphonz said:
Did I say it was a review? No, I don't believe I did.
Then it belongs here. [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/index/9] Besides, you wrote a very small amount about the gameplay mechanics. That led me to believe it was a review.

Indeed it is written rather jokingly, but god forbid you look at it lightly. Not everything in this forum has to be written with a straight face and constant 'straight to business' attitude.
No, you don't always need to be serious here. [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/326.96938] However, if you're going to write something to make people laugh in this section, make it an article, and not something like a yuk-yuk joke. There are standards to follow.
scotth266 biting people for bad reviews since 10 January 2009.
 

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Syphonz said:
scotth266 said:
This is not a review. This is you making jokes.
Did I say it was a review? No, I don't believe I did. Indeed it is written rather jokingly, but god forbid you look at it lightly. Not everything in this forum has to be written with a straight face and constant 'straight to business' attitude.
No, but anything in the "User Reviews" section should be a review. Jokes can be with that, but there actually has to be the review to begin with.