{"id":59691,"date":"2019-02-01T03:09:17","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T10:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/nintendo-is-making-dr-mario-for-ios-and-android\/"},"modified":"2019-02-01T03:09:17","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T10:09:17","slug":"nintendo-is-making-dr-mario-for-ios-and-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/nintendo-is-making-dr-mario-for-ios-and-android\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo is making Dr. Mario for iOS and Android"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nintendo <\/span><\/a> held off on building smartphone games for years, but now they just can\u2019t stop. They started with a little stumble with the short-lived Miitomo, but then found an audience with Super Mario Run. Then came Fire Emblem Heroes. Then Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, and Dragalia Lost.<\/p>\n

Next up? Dr. Mario.<\/p>\n

Nintendo announced this afternoon that it\u2019s working on a title called Dr. Mario World, built in collaboration with Line (as in the company that makes the Line chat app; they also make Disney\u2019s mobile Tsum Tsum games) and NHN.<\/p>\n

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The doctor is in! Mario puts on the white coat once again in the mobile game Dr. Mario World, targeting an early summer 2019 global release. #DrMario<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/DTRBympHj0<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/RfMZbbs3Mp<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) January 31, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

For anyone out there who might be too young to remember Super Mario\u2019s stint as an M.D., Dr. Mario was a falling-tile style game that had the player quickly trying to arrange\u2026 pills. To kill viruses.<\/p>\n

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This was the box art. Nintendo was just like, \u201cMario is a doctor now,\u201d and everyone was like, \u201cOh, okay, cool.\u201d It was the \u201990s, okay?<\/p>\n

Nintendo doesn\u2019t say much about what the game will be like, besides referring to it as an \u201caction puzzle game.\u201d They say it should ship by \u201cearly summer\u201d of 2019, and will be free to download (with in-app purchases) on iOS and Android.<\/p>\n

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Nintendo held off on building smartphone games for years, but now they just can\u2019t stop. They started with a little stumble with the short-lived Miitomo, but then found an audience with Super Mario Run. Then came Fire Emblem Heroes. Then Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, and Dragalia Lost. Next up? Dr. Mario. Nintendo announced this afternoon… Read the full article…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[174,377],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-games-media","category-gaming"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t