Dr. Mario prescribes Family Table Tennis for WiiWare
by Justin McElroy 
{ May 26th 2008 at 9:30AM }
- Dr. Mario Online Rx (Nintendo, 1-4 players, 1,000 Wii Points): It's the classic Dr. Mario that you
have played a thousand timeslove, wherein an Italian plumber tosses more pills then Amy Winehouse to practice medicine completely without a license. But Nintendo has added new multiplayer modes, including a Friend Battle Demo that you can play with someone who doesn't own the game.
- Family Table Tennis (Aksys Games, 1-2 players, 500 Wii Points): You can probably figure out what to expect here. It's table tennis (though we don't know if it uses the Wiimote's motion sensing). What we'd like to bring up is this line from the press release: "Just like a real family, choose your character from a cast of four, which includes Daddy, Mommy, Sarah and Billy." What sort of Cold War-era ethics are you trying to impose on our families, Nintendo? Even more sinister is the release's insistence that the game includes "four table tennis-tastic stages." Table tennis-tastic? We don't care what anyone tells you, that collection of words and punctuation means nothing.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Obie @ May 26th 2008 9:33AM
1000 points for Dr. Mario? I guess people are correct American healthcare is a sham! ;)
Gehodra @ May 26th 2008 9:49AM
Go to Canada then, download it for free.
Kye - Ludwig Defence Force @ May 26th 2008 10:25AM
Or the UK and get it on the NHS.
Naota @ May 26th 2008 9:46AM
ah capitalism at work
supakoopa @ May 26th 2008 9:53AM
I may buy Dr. Mario, but I'm still waiting for Pokemon Ranch.
Gewurztraminer says: R.O.B. is the last Cylon! @ May 26th 2008 11:08AM
Is that anything like Pokemon Thousand Island?
BPM [MKWii: 2578 3585 8392] @ May 26th 2008 1:01PM
I prefer Pokémon Italian.
t_m @ May 26th 2008 10:11AM
how many pills do I have to toss before I get to toss Amy Winehouse?
Pro-Truth League @ May 26th 2008 11:32AM
Just walk around with a sign saying "FREE PILLS". She's bound to show.
gamerprophet @ May 26th 2008 11:48AM
You don't really want to touch that do you, I mean look at her; she looks like our average local crack heads.
t_m @ May 27th 2008 3:26AM
i meant off a cliff.
But if I've got to toss thousands of pills first then its probably not worth the effort as she'll have kicked the bucket by then...
tc @ May 26th 2008 10:13AM
to be taken orally right?
...RIGHT?!
BPM [MKWii: 2578 3585 8392] @ May 26th 2008 1:02PM
Sorry, Top Cat.
[Dr. Mario puts on a latex glove]
kingofwale @ May 26th 2008 10:14AM
wow... those kids are seriously on drugs in the video...
Can Nintendo be secretly promoting drugs?
Joystick Hero @ May 26th 2008 11:52AM
Dude. Mario and mushrooms maaan. They, like, make him BIG, man.
...Woah, my hands are HUGE.
BPM [MKWii: 2578 3585 8392] @ May 26th 2008 1:02PM
THEY CAN TOUCH EVERYTHING BUT THEMSELVES!!
OH, WAIT....
bender @ May 26th 2008 6:17PM
Luigi's final smash. Check it out.
Kye - Ludwig Defence Force @ May 26th 2008 10:26AM
I'm waiting for defend the castle.
supakoopa @ May 26th 2008 12:24PM
Thats good, because Defend Your Castle has been out for like two weeks.
Kye - Ludwig Defence Force @ May 26th 2008 1:00PM
Not in England matey.
Cesaria (MKW:2621-2994-1376) @ May 26th 2008 2:18PM
Didn't you know, Kye, that America is the only country on Earth?
snarfoogle @ May 26th 2008 5:04PM
The only one that matters, anyway.
Alex @ May 26th 2008 10:46AM
awww man, I was hoping for something new, I've had this game for weeks in Japanese.
Gewurztraminer says: R.O.B. is the last Cylon! @ May 26th 2008 11:11AM
Looking forward to this one, but it's a bit soon for me to justify it's purchase just yet. I bought Wii Fit on a whim. That's enough spontaneity for me.
BPM [MKWii: 2578 3585 8392] @ May 26th 2008 1:03PM
It's a mere $10. And has online. COME ON!
SHOW ME YOUR MOVES!
Jhongerkong @ May 26th 2008 4:29PM
FALCON PILL!!!!
gamerprophet @ May 26th 2008 11:47AM
I vaguely remember that ad from back in the 90's.
Mark @ May 26th 2008 11:49AM
And when exactly can I download either of these games? They're not on my WiiWare at the momemnt.
Jfk Aok @ May 26th 2008 11:52AM
I think people invented the internet to remind us never to return to the 80's again. I must say, the internet does a damn fine job.
Fernando Rocker @ May 26th 2008 12:03PM
What are you talking about? I love 80's ads, and music and everything... really.
=p
Mr Khan @ May 26th 2008 1:03PM
Agree. The 80's were a golden age
An incredibly, Wang Chungingly, devo-ly cheesy golden age, but a golden age nonetheless
Any decade that could give birth to Back to the Future, Indiana Jones, and the best of the six Star Wars movies, the NES, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has to be a golden age
Cesaria (MKW:2621-2994-1376) @ May 26th 2008 2:19PM
And The Cure, The Pixies, Smiths, Depeche Mode, and Talking Heads.
shouryuuken @ May 26th 2008 8:26PM
yeah, actually i agree with you and disagree. the 80s were so campy that its fun to look back on, but at the time (from what little i remember, im only in my mid 20s) it was terrible.
but the videogame commercials from mid 90s on up.. golden. i wish we had commercials like that still.
BPM [MKWii: 2578 3585 8392] @ May 26th 2008 1:06PM
[shoves some pills down Luigi's throat]
Hmm... I think he's dead.
Jhongerkong @ May 26th 2008 4:31PM
This ping pong game is freaking-awesome. Best wiiware game yet (and its only 500 points).
Im not being sarcastic here people.
Brett @ May 28th 2008 9:16AM
The kid in that commercial went to my college. He wore Star Trek jumpsuits and moon shoes. His campus tours would draw huge crowds as he used a lightsaber as a pointer. He was also in the "fruit-kerplopple" Skittles ad.