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|title=Dr. Mario Vitamin Toss
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|modes=Single player
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|platforms={{wp|Adobe Flash}}
|media=HTML
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[[File:Vitamintossicon.jpg|frame|left|Icon]]
'''''Dr. Mario Vitamin Toss''''' was an online {{wp|Adobe Flash|Flash}} advergame published by [[Nintendo]] to promote ''[[Dr. Mario & Puzzle League]]'' for the [[Game Boy Advance]]. It was available to play on the game's official website,<ref>{{cite|date=June 7, 2018|url=atomickote.com/2018/06/07/nintendo-flash-games/|title=Nintendo's Forgotten Flash Games|publisher=Atomic Kote|accessdate=June 24, 2018|deadlink=y}}</ref>{{dead link}} as well as in the [[Nintendo Arcade]] section of nintendo.com.<ref>{{cite|archive=web.archive.org/web/20070911004647/http://www.nintendo.com/arcade|title=Nintendo Arcade|publisher=nintendo.com|accessdate=December 1, 2017|deadlink=y}}</ref> The game departs from the [[Genre#Puzzle|puzzle]]-driven gameplay of the ''[[Dr. Mario (series)|Dr. Mario]]'' series, but still has in view defeating [[virus]]es using [[capsule]]s.
'''''Dr. Mario Vitamin Toss''''' was an online {{wp|Adobe Flash|Flash}} game published by [[Nintendo]] to advertise ''[[Dr. Mario & Puzzle League]]'' for the [[Game Boy Advance]]. It was available to play on the game's official website,<ref>''Atomic Kote'' (June 7, 2018). [https://atomickote.com/2018/06/07/nintendo-flash-games/ Nintendo's Forgotten Flash Games]. Retrieved June 24, 2018.</ref> as well as in the [[Nintendo Arcade]] section of nintendo.com.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070911004647/http://www.nintendo.com/arcade Nintendo Arcade]. ''Nintendo.com''. September 11, 2007 snapshot, archived via Wayback Machine.</ref> The game departs from the [[Genre#Puzzle|puzzle]]-driven gameplay of the ''[[Dr. Mario (series)|Dr. Mario]]'' series, but nevertheless still has in view defeating [[virus]]es using [[Megavitamin]]s.


==Gameplay==
==Gameplay==
[[File:Vitamintoss4.jpg|thumb|left|230px]]
[[File:Vitamintoss4.jpg|thumb|left|230px|A screenshot showing gameplay]]
Three viruses are each standing in front of a transparent tube containing fluid of the same color as the virus—blue, yellow and red. [[Dr. Mario]]'s goal is to defeat all three viruses by tossing colored Megavitamin pills in the fluid of the corresponding color. There is a meter at the top of the screen displaying the three colors, and a cursor starts moving from one side of the meter to the other if the player clicks on the "Launch" button on the meter. To toss a pill into a certain tube, the player has to click on "Stop" as the cursor moves over a color on the meter. If the cursor hits a blank space on the meter, Dr. Mario throws the pill in-between the tubes. If the cursor lines with a color that matches the pill, it is tossed in the correct tube, decreasing the fluid inside. However, should the colors not match, the fluid will increase, or stay unaffected if the tube is already full.
There are three viruses of different colors—blue, yellow and red—each standing beside a vial containing fluid of the same color. [[Dr. Mario]] has to defeat the viruses by draining their vials completely using capsules. To toss a pill somewhere, the player has to initiate a sliding cursor on a "Toss Meter" and, as it moves back and forth, stop it on a certain area on that meter. If the cursor lines up with a colored spot on the meter, Dr. Mario lands a pill in the vial with fluid of that color. In order to decrease the fluid in a vial, the pill has to match its color; if the player lands the wrong color, the fluid inside the vial increases instead, reviving the corresponding virus if it is already dead, or stays unaffected if the vial is full. A minimum of four pills are needed to fully drain a vial. To win, all three viruses have to be dead simultaneously. The end screen shows the time it took the player to beat the game and offers them to replay it or visit the "''Dr. Mario / Puzzle League''" website.
 
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Four pills are necessary to drain all the fluid inside a tube and defeat the corresponding virus, though it can be brought back to life if the wrong pill is tossed in its tube. The game is won after all viruses are defeated. A stopwatch at the corner of the screen measures the time it took to eliminate all viruses, and the result is displayed on the end screen, which also congratulates the player and offers them to replay the game or visit the "''Dr. Mario / Puzzle League''" website.
 
==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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Vitamintossicon.jpg|[[Nintendo Arcade]] icon
Vitamintoss2.jpg|Instructions menu
Vitamintoss2.jpg|Instructions menu
Vitamintoss3.jpg|Starting gameplay
Vitamintoss3.jpg|Starting gameplay
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Latest revision as of 17:18, October 20, 2024

Dr. Mario Vitamin Toss
Title screen
Title screen
Publisher Nintendo
Platform(s) Adobe Flash
Release date 2005[1]
Genre Action
Rating(s) N/A
Mode(s) Single player
Format HTML
Input Mouse

Dr. Mario Vitamin Toss was an online Flash advergame published by Nintendo to promote Dr. Mario & Puzzle League for the Game Boy Advance. It was available to play on the game's official website,[2][dead link] as well as in the Nintendo Arcade section of nintendo.com.[3] The game departs from the puzzle-driven gameplay of the Dr. Mario series, but still has in view defeating viruses using capsules.

Gameplay[edit]

Gameplay
A screenshot showing gameplay

There are three viruses of different colors—blue, yellow and red—each standing beside a vial containing fluid of the same color. Dr. Mario has to defeat the viruses by draining their vials completely using capsules. To toss a pill somewhere, the player has to initiate a sliding cursor on a "Toss Meter" and, as it moves back and forth, stop it on a certain area on that meter. If the cursor lines up with a colored spot on the meter, Dr. Mario lands a pill in the vial with fluid of that color. In order to decrease the fluid in a vial, the pill has to match its color; if the player lands the wrong color, the fluid inside the vial increases instead, reviving the corresponding virus if it is already dead, or stays unaffected if the vial is full. A minimum of four pills are needed to fully drain a vial. To win, all three viruses have to be dead simultaneously. The end screen shows the time it took the player to beat the game and offers them to replay it or visit the "Dr. Mario / Puzzle League" website.

Gallery[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ November 24, 2019. Dr. Mario Vitamin Toss. Internet Archive. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
  2. ^ June 7, 2018. Nintendo's Forgotten Flash Games. Atomic Kote. Retrieved June 24, 2018.[dead link]
  3. ^ Nintendo Arcade. nintendo.com. Archived September 11, 2007, 00:46:47 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved December 1, 2017.