Purple viruses were absent in stages and only appeared on the world map. Viruses could come with new gimmicks in Dr. Mario World , such as being frozen in ice , encased in bubbles , protected by cages that could be unlocked with lock blocks , or hidden by clouds and dust. A variant called the floatie virus could teleport away from a matched pill to another location on the grid. Unlike the other Dr. Mario games where a match of four in a row or column involving capsules are required to eliminate them, the viruses in this game required a capsule match of three in a row or column to eliminate such as two viruses and one capsule piece of matching color.
In a June 12, post on both the game's official Twitter and Facebook accounts, the yellow virus announced an in-game event where 20 of the then-available 21 doctors had their staffing rates increased by 1. Waluigi [3]. The virus indicates in the post that he was left out because they particularly do not get along.
The viruses appear as the main antagonists in Nintendo Comics System 's adaptation of Dr. Mario entitled " The Doctor Is In Over His Head ". This appearance names the red virus Fever , the blue virus Chill , and the yellow virus Weird. In the same comic, the viruses are given special powers: Chill can manipulate the cold, Fever can control heat, and Weird can forcibly morph others into different shapes and creatures.
They symbolize his sickness after having eaten too much. The viruses appear in Super Smash Bros. Melee as a trophy , which can be obtained when it appears at random in one of the game's single-player modes. In Super Smash Bros. Brawl , each of the blue, red and yellow viruses are featured as separate stickers.
They can be used in The Subspace Emissary by any fighter. The blue virus sticker boosts electric attacks by 5 points, the red virus sticker boosts fire-based attacks by 20 points and the yellow sticker increases the amount of damage recovered after eating food by 4 points. The viruses are featured as a trophy in Super Smash Bros.
The trophy can be collected once it appears at random in one of the single-player modes, such as Vs. Ultimate as an Advanced-class support spirit that occupies one support slot. Upon use, the spirit reduces the damage taken from poison-based attacks. The spirit's puppet fighters are three Kirbys , each colored after one of the viruses, and the battle takes place on the Battlefield version of the Mario Bros.
In WarioWare, Inc. Mario is based on the game Dr. Mario , and the player must defeat the viruses using Megavitamins, just like in the game. There is also a minigame in the same game called Dr. Wario , which is a Wario version of Dr. Mario , where the viruses look different. In WarioWare: Twisted!
WarioWare Gold features another Dr. Mario microgame under the same name , where the player must tilt the game system to defeat a row of three Viruses. They appear in all three colors and attack in groups.
When hit by Mario or Luigi , they will change into a different color. When a red virus is hit, it will become a blue virus; when a blue virus is hit, it will become a yellow virus; and when a yellow virus is hit, it will become a red virus. Once all viruses in-battle match in color, they will be instantly destroyed, which is a callback to how they were destroyed in Dr. Additionally in the remake, when three of them are defeated at once, a small portion of the "Fever" theme plays as well.
Viruses attack by charging at Mario or Luigi and chewing on their heads, which can be countered by using the hammer. Sometimes when a brother fails to counter this attack, he will be poisoned. Additionally, thunder -based and fire -based attacks will do critical damage to red and blue viruses, respectively, though a yellow virus will be healed when hit with either element. When using an Advanced Swing Bros.
After knocking out all the body segments of a Toothy , the Toothy attacks by spitting out a blue virus holding a small spear to attack the player. In the Toadley Clinic 's lobby, there is a prohibition sign on the wall featuring a blue virus. In the field, viruses chase Mario and Luigi upon sight. The pattern they go in is from blue to yellow to red and back to blue again, repeating itself. If a virus is defeated, the ones behind it will move forward to the front if possible.
They always appear in a group of 16, which is the most enemies seen in a battle in the real world. They are also one of the very few enemies who can inflict the Mini status on the Bros. Viruses may attack by forming two lines, one in the foreground and one in the background, and proceeding to move several steps in any direction each time. This can be dodged by jumping when appropriate. Viruses may also attack by circling the Bros. If three of the same color land on the pile consecutively, they disappear like they would normally.
If they are jumped on, they change color twice and if the hammer is used they will change color once. This could also give them a Game Over very easily. The first and third titles include both, while the second only has the Dizziness Virus. The Viruses reappeared in the Dr. Mario game a close remake of Dr. Mario 64 of Nintendo Puzzle Collection. Mario Online Rx and all subsequent titles in the Brain Age series.
Viruses also make a small cameo in the obscure Super Famicom game Motoko-chan no Wonder Kitchen , appearing in a cut-scene for mayonnaise 'facts'.
Viruses are also referenced in Super Paper Mario when a Shayde says he was killed for an illness caused by multicolored viruses. Of all the virus colors, the blue virus is the one with the most appearances and cameos. As part of the promotion for the release of Dr. Mario World , three T-shirts modeled after the main three viruses were released on July 19, as a gift in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp.
The design of the various viruses has changed somewhat over time. In most of their appearances, viruses are bipedal and wear brown shoes and white gloves.
Depending on the media, some viruses are missing certain limbs, and in some appearances, can even have floating extremities. Viruses come in multiple colors, each with a unique set of physical characteristics to set them apart.
The three viruses featured in the original Dr. Mario for NES have appeared in far more entries than others and have had the greatest revision in terms of design. Red viruses have yellow eyes, large buck-teeth, an outstretched tongue, round pill-shaped ears, and a pair of horns, with earlier depictions giving them floppier dog-like ears, thinner horns, a simple nose, and a spiked tail.
Mario instruction manual, the red virus is female, making it the only one until the introduction of the magenta virus Confused in Dr. Blue viruses have yellow eyes, thin stemmed eyebrows, no horns, and a single tooth, with earlier depictions rendering their eyebrows as spiked ears that wrap around the back of the head instead. Yellow viruses have orange eyes, two pairs of horns, a pronounced eyebrow ridge, and a unique snout-like nose with jowls, with earlier depictions typically having the eyes be smaller and uneven in size.
Viruses introduced in Dr. Luigi are vastly different in appearance from the others, lacking gloves on their hands and feet entirely. Cyan viruses are spherical and have large white eyes with gold irises, two small bulbous antennae on the top of their head, and a large mouth with four fangs and a long tongue. Magenta viruses have a cube-shaped body with three small horns on the top of their head and slightly mottled skin, large eyes with eyelashes and magenta irises, segmented arms with mitten-like hands, and a large square mouth with no visible teeth or tongue.
The alternate yellow virus has a blob-like appearance, large eyes with green irises and droopy eyelids, a single spike protruding from the top of its head, low-hanging fork-shaped arms, and a long mouth featuring a line of teeth on the lower jaw. Mario World share many design elements with the original three viruses, however, they all now have a more super-deformed appearance and noticeably lack arms.
Green viruses have yellow eyes, two large leaf-like features atop its head, no teeth, and a sad or sick expression. Pink viruses have yellow eyes, a single bulb-like antenna atop its head, and a fixed wide grin with large puffed-out cheeks.
Light-blue viruses are most similar in appearance to the original yellow viruses, though they have a lower eyebrow ridge, three horns instead of four, and a wide frown with a single tooth sticking up.
Purple viruses have yellow eyes, a wide mouth with a single tooth off to the side on the upper jaw, and a single horn protruding from the front of the head. In the NES version of Dr. Mario , when the player beats the game with the level and speed set to 20 and high respectively, a cutscene will play showing a UFO flying over a tree with the three viruses, who then enter the UFO, hinting that they might be aliens of some sort.
Viruses are contagious, to the point that one of them can multiply to fill an entire glass jar within seconds. According to the Nintendo Comics system, each virus has unique abilities that correspond with their names: red viruses can manipulate heat, blue viruses can manipulate cold, and yellow viruses can transform people into different shapes and species, which is referred to as "weirdness".
In the Mario and Luigi series, viruses are able to change their color when attacked, and are shown to wield spears. Lining up four viruses of the same color using Megavitamins removes them. From the Super Mario Wiki, the Mario encyclopedia. Virus A group of viruses from Dr.
Mario World First appearance Dr. Do you think it's my fault? Probably not, but I still feel bad about it! Mario World official social media accounts A virus is a germ-based enemy found in the Dr. Earlier artwork of the viruses used for American releases of Dr. They commonly appear in Red, Blue, and Yellow varieties, and they can be only defeated by using Megavitamins matching up three of the same colors. If the megavitamins overflow the jar, thus plugging up the lid with their mass, the viruses believe that it is funny, at which point they start laughing.
Viruses are Evil in alignment. Viruses trace their origin to real-life germs, though real viruses are much more primitive, while the Mario series depicts the Viruses as somewhat proto-sentient, allowing them to coordinate attacks. In battle, they mainly attack by trying to bite either Mario or Luigi.
If this attack isn't blocked back, the Virus may poison the brother. They are also defeated when all of the viruses in each battle is the same color. In the 3DS version , Viruses have Dr. Mario sound effects when this happens. The Viruses always fight in groups of 16 and they attack mainly by charging at Mario and Luigi. The way to defend against their charge varies depending on how it is done. If it involves the viruses charging in two lines, it must be jumped.
If it has them run around the Bros. If three of the same colour are countered in a row, those viruses die instantly. They are defeated normally or by placing them in 3 same colors in a row, which can be done by attacking them, but not with counterattacks unlike in their Superstar Saga appearance.
The Viruses return in this game where they serve as the main enemies. Their designs in this game are completely different from most other games, as now they are completely legless, with just two arms coming from their sides. The red virus becomes a magenta virus confusion , the blue one now becomes cyan dizziness , while the yellow one just suffers design changes, inflicting "drowsiness".
The Viruses reappear in this mobile game for iOS and Android, this time wreaking havoc all across the Mushroom Kingdom with their powers, forcing Mario and his friends to team up with Bowser and his minions to bust the viruses.
In addition to the standard red, yellow, and blue viruses, this game also has green, cyan, purple, and pink viruses. Other languages did not give the viruses alternative names, using the English voices as well, with the exception of the Japanese language, which calls them "Uirusu", which still means "Virus".
Their names in other languages are as follows:.
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