Dr. Mario Express
Encyclopedia
Dr. Mario Express, known in Japan
and PAL region
s as , is a puzzle video game developed by Arika
and published by Nintendo
exclusively for DSiWare on the Nintendo DSi
platform
. The game was first released as a launch title
for the DSiWare service in Japan on December 24, 2008, and was released in both North America
and PAL regions in 2009.
Dr. Mario Express received generally favorable reviews, gaining aggregate scores of 78.33% and 76 on GameRankings and Metacritic
. Common complaints towards the game included the game's lack of a multiplayer mode.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
and PAL region
PAL region
The PAL region is a television publication territory which covers most of Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and most of Western Europe...
s as , is a puzzle video game developed by Arika
Arika
is a Japanese video game developer. It was formed in 1995 by former Capcom employees. The name of the company itself is the reverse of the name of the company's founder, Akira Nishitani, who created Street Fighter II. Arika's first arcade game was Street Fighter EX...
and published by Nintendo
Nintendo
is a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....
exclusively for DSiWare on the Nintendo DSi
Nintendo DSi
The is a handheld game system created by Nintendo and launched in 2008 and 2009 in Japan, North America, PAL territories, and other regions. It is the third iteration of the Nintendo DS, and its primary market rival is Sony's PlayStation Portable...
platform
Video game console
A video game console is an interactive entertainment computer or customized computer system that produces a video display signal which can be used with a display device to display a video game...
. The game was first released as a launch title
Launch title
A launch game, or launch title, is a video game released to consumers synchronously with the release of its respective video game console, meaning they are the only available games at the time of the console's launch. Several of these games are also packaged with the console...
for the DSiWare service in Japan on December 24, 2008, and was released in both North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
and PAL regions in 2009.
Dr. Mario Express received generally favorable reviews, gaining aggregate scores of 78.33% and 76 on GameRankings and Metacritic
Metacritic
Metacritic.com is a website that collates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows and DVDs. For each product, a numerical score from each review is obtained and the total is averaged. An excerpt of each review is provided along with a hyperlink to the source. Three colour codes of Green,...
. Common complaints towards the game included the game's lack of a multiplayer mode.