With so many ways to play for so little a cost, it’s hard not to recommend Dr. Luigi. The Dr. Mario gameplay has held up over the years because, like Chess, Checkers, or Don’t Take a Whiz on the Electric Fence, it’s easy to pick up but constantly shifting. Plus, it only costs fifteen bucks to download Dr. Luigi, which, given the amount of replayability here, is a friggin’ steal. If you’ve got a fever, you know the prescription. No, it ain’t more cowbell. It’s more Dr. Luigi.
Nintendo came through with a surprise announcement just this morning. Lego Luigi is going to be dropping later this year in 2021. There were a couple of leaks that surfaced over the last couple of days, along with the Lego Mario firmware update that had Mario calling out Luigi’s name, but finally Nintendo have made an official announcement.
"There's something about dropping 2-tile puzzle pieces only to set up and trigger a cascade of combos that's super-satisfying so let's take a look at these 2 classic puzzler franchises and figure out which one is superior." - A.J. Maciejewski from Video Chums
Puyo Puyo gets my vote. I always preferred Dr Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine to Dr. Mario. It was a Sonic themed Puyo Puyo game so that's why I mentioned it.
Hey, there's a new Dr. Mario game! But perhaps people would be more interested in checking out the classic gameplay than its mobile spinoff? Here are the Dr. Mario games to play.