Manhole
Manhole was remade with an updated "Modern" version for Game & Watch Gallery. Toad, Donkey Kong Jr., and Mario are the pedestrians in this version, walking at different speeds, while Yoshi is the character the…
Manhole is an arcade developed by Nintendo, released 1 February 1997 on Game Boy.
What Manhole is
Manhole is an arcade game developed by Nintendo and released in 1997. It is available on Game Boy only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Manhole was remade with an updated "Modern" version for Game & Watch Gallery. Toad, Donkey Kong Jr., and Mario are the pedestrians in this version, walking at different speeds, while Yoshi is the character the player controls. In this version, four manhole covers can stay up at once, unlike in the original. The manhole covers can drop from characters stepping on them, causing the next pedestrian to fall if Yoshi does not act quickly. Yoshi can also hold a manhole cover in place to keep it from falling. He holds up the upper manhole covers with his head and the lower ones with his tongue. At 200, 500, and 700 points, a Chubby comes out of the ground and throws a heart for Yoshi to catch to…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective.
Where it sits in the Mario series
Manhole is the 164th of 668 entries we hold in the Mario series. The next entry was Fire in 1997.
What it launched against
Manhole launched on 1 February 1997, within three weeks of Final Fantasy VII (1997), Theme Hospital and Money Puzzle Exchanger.
Released around the same time: Final Fantasy VII (1997), Theme Hospital, Money Puzzle Exchanger.
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