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IGN: Dr. Mario Hands-On

Tetris is still a few months away from hitting the WiiWare service, but Nintendo made up for the absence with its only game to launch with the service in Japan today: Dr. Mario and Virus Buster (for all the smarty pants out there, Pokemon Ranch is published by "Pokemon" in Japan, so it's technically not a Nintendo title).

Dr. Mario has been around for ages, so IGN will skip the detailed gameplay breakdown. As a quick "it's like Tetris except" recap, Dr. Mario is like Tetris except your goal is to eliminate colored bacteria from the play field by making them part of the chains and combos that you create using the capsules that Mario tosses at you.

M_Prime6029d ago

I like teh fact i can send a VS ONLY copy to people.. thats so cool.. so i could buy the game and play with a buddy who doesn't have it.. awsome.. so no need for everyone to buy the game if they don't wanna!

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The Best NES Games Under $8, $10, and $12

Despite skyrocketing retro game prices the NES remains a deep trove of excellent games that, if you can avoid eBay sellers, are really quite affordable for new collectors.

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Jiub985d ago

At that price, I'm gonna go get TMNT and suck at it all over again

deleted985d ago

That electric seaweed is calling my name!

Longie_long985d ago

The sound when you touch it... I hear it in my dreams.

ZeekQuattro985d ago

I remember one of the levels in Retro City Rampage was paying homage to those seaweed segments. Not quite as hard but man did it bring back bad memories of my many deaths on that level. Never did beat that game without the Game Genie. Same with Battletoads. lol

SyntheticForm984d ago

The top-down view theme music was stuck in my head all day as a kid.

I'm not sure if I ever completed a no-damage seaweed run.

scoltar985d ago

Double Dragon 2 is one of the best!! Several good games on this list! Shadowgate, P.O.W., and Klax. That is actually a super fun puzzle game! TMNT, I think every time after the seaweed, I only had like 1 Turtle left. lol

camel_toad985d ago (Edited 985d ago )

Shadowgate was how I got so familiar with Nintendo's helpline lol. But man did I love that game.

And wow I forgot all about P.O.W. until you mentioned it. Man being a kid with a NES really was the good ol days.

Best birthday ever: 15 and I got a Super Nintendo with Super Mario World, Pilot Wings and Street Fighter. (Spoiled rotten) And I saw Basic Instinct at the theater!

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Pop pills with classic puzzlers - Dr. Mario vs. Puyo Puyo

"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

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VideoChums1769d ago

Vote for either Dr. Mario or Puyo Puyo at the bottom of the article! 🎮😄

ZeekQuattro1768d ago

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.

crazyaejay1768d ago

Yeah, that's the first Puyo game that I played. So much fun!

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8-bit fun with a chum - Top 10 NES Multiplayer Games

"Put your modern contraptions aside and enjoy some retro games with a friend. Here are the 10 best multiplayer games for NES!" - A.J. Maciejewski from Video Chums

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