Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure

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Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure
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Developer(s) Arika
Nintendo SPD Group No. 2
Publisher(s) Nintendo
Director(s) Takao Nakano
Producer(s) Hitoshi Yamagami
Ichirou Mihara
Designer(s) Tatsuya Ushiroda
Composer(s) Masaru Tajima
SeriesDr. Mario
Platform(s) Nintendo 3DS
Release
  • JP: May 31, 2015
  • WW: June 11, 2015
Genre(s) Puzzle
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure [a] is a 2015 puzzle video game developed by Arika and Nintendo SPD Group No. 2, and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS. It was released in Japan on May 31, 2015, and North America, Europe, and Australia on June 11, 2015. [2] It is the seventh game in the Dr. Mario series, and is part of the larger Mario franchise.

Contents

Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure was released exclusively on the Nintendo 3DS eShop service; but was removed and made impossible to download from the shop on March 27, 2023, following its closure. Critical reception was average. The game was preceded by Dr. Luigi , which inspired gameplay elements of Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure.

Gameplay

Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure is a falling block tile-matching video game. Its five-game modes each have optional power-ups. The first mode, "Dr. Mario", has the traditional rules of the Dr. Mario series. In "Dr. Luigi", two different capsules joined into L-shaped configurations are dropped into the playing field (as in the "Operation L" mode of Dr. Luigi (2013) for Wii U). These modes have single player and competitive multiplayer modes. "Virus Buster", a game mode in Dr. Mario Online Rx and Dr. Luigi, is played by holding the Nintendo 3DS vertically and using the touchscreen to drag the capsules. The online mode utilized the defunct Nintendo Network service. Finally, the debuting "Miracle Cure Laboratory" mode features several set challenges. Unlike previous entries in the series, the soundtrack is not selectable, and has random songs from Dr. Mario Online Rx and Dr. Luigi.

Development

Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure was developed by Arika and published by Nintendo. [3]

Reception

Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure received "mixed or average" reviews from critics, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [4]

Jason Venter of GameSpot rated the game seven out of ten. He praised the power-ups new to the series and the subsequent new puzzles, but said that the game needed more than 50 puzzles. He appreciated the return of the Dr. Luigi and Virus Buster gameplay modes. [6]

Notes

  1. ↑ Released in Japan as Dr. Mario Gyakuten! Miracle medicine & germ eradication [1] (Dr. MARIO ギャクテン！特効薬 & 細菌撲滅; lit. Dr. Mario Reverse! Wonder Drug and Bacteria Eradication)

References

  1. ↑ "Dr.MARIO ギャクテン！特効薬 & 細菌撲滅』" [Dr. Mario Gyakuten! Tokkōyaku & Saikin Bokumetsu]. Famitsu (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-04-01.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ↑ Farokhmanesh, Megan (June 1, 2015). "Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure coming to Nintendo 3DS June 11". Polygon. Archived from the original on August 16, 2024. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure Review - Review". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved 2025-09-13.
  4. 1 2 "Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 27 September 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  5. ↑ Carter, Chris (11 September 2021). "Review: Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure". Destructoid . Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  6. 1 2 Venter, Jason (June 29, 2015). "Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure Review". GameSpot . CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on July 23, 2015. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure Review | Aces high". GameRevolution . 11 September 2021. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  8. ↑ "Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure Review (3DS eShop) | Aces high". Nintendo Life . 11 September 2021. Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  9. ↑ Rose, Bryan (11 September 2021). "Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure (3DS) Review". Nintendo World Report. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  10. ↑ "Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure - I want a new drug | Aces high". Pocket Gamer . 11 September 2021. Archived from the original on 11 September 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
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