Puzzle games like Dr. Mario have been around for ages, drifting from console to console and finding new fans along the way. However, things rarely change from one installment to the next. Dr. Mario Online Rx tries some new ideas, but inadvertently reminds us why formulas stay the same.
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I don't know why. This series has never appealed to me. Doesn't have the ADD challenge of Tetris, and it's too limited as a puzzler to be much fun to me.
I'd rather just play Yoshi.
Great review though!
Mostly agree. I'd take Yoshi or Tetris over Dr. Mario any day, but I can still see why people might like the simplicity. It's alright in small doses despite the very shallow mechanics.
I don't understand why Yoshi is usually cited as inferior, though.
In agreement here. I like Dr. Mario, it's a fun time-killer, but Tetris has always appealed to me a lot more – maybe just due to the different shapes keeping things a bit more interesting?