Dr. Luigi
Zap viruses in a falling block puzzle game featuring Dr. Luigi! There’s a new doctor in the house! Dr. Mar—or, uh, Dr. Luigi is a new twist on this classic virus-popping puzzle game! Use new L-shaped pills in…
Dr. Luigi is a puzzle developed by Arika, released 31 December 2013 on Wii U. The main story takes about 5 hrs to finish.
What Dr. Luigi is
Dr. Luigi is a puzzle game developed by Arika and released in 2013. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Wii U only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Zap viruses in a falling block puzzle game featuring Dr. Luigi! There’s a new doctor in the house! Dr. Mar—or, uh, Dr. Luigi is a new twist on this classic virus-popping puzzle game! Use new L-shaped pills in a brand new game mode and compete with players locally or online. Drop pills the usual way, or get a second opinion with the Wii U GamePad controller. Virus Buster mode lets you position falling pill segments with the touchscreen and stylus to place them wherever you want. Use L-shaped pills carefully in the new Operation L mode or, for you die-hard Dr. Mario fans, there’s always Retro Remedy mode. Feeling better? Then sweat it out online and see where you rank among the world’s elite…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the Mario series
Dr. Luigi is the 504th of 668 entries we hold in the Mario series. The next entry was Yoshi's New Island in 2014. Its critic score of 66 is 11 points below the series average of 77. The highest-rated entry is Super Mario World at 100.
How it was received
Dr. Luigi holds a critic score of 66 out of 100. That places it above 25% of the 2,791 rated puzzle games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored 4 points below the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 5 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 15 hrs, roughly 3 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
Dr. Luigi launched on 31 December 2013, within three weeks of The Walking Dead: Season 2, The Walking Dead: Season Two, FINAL FANTASY X/X-2 HD Remaster and The Banner Saga. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: The Walking Dead: Season 2, The Walking Dead: Season Two, FINAL FANTASY X/X-2 HD Remaster, The Banner Saga.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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