Dr. Mario

1990 arcade action puzzle video game
VideoGame video_game Q1198580
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Dr. Mario

Summary

Dr. Mario is a video game[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,551 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Dr. Mario's instance of is recorded as video game[3].
  • Dr. Mario's composer is recorded as Hirokazu Tanaka[4].
  • Dr. Mario was published by Q8093[5].
  • Dr. Mario's genre is puzzle video game[6].
  • Dr. Mario's genre is tile-matching video game[7].
  • Dr. Mario's genre is falling block puzzle game[8].
  • Dr. Mario's developer is recorded as Nintendo Research & Development 1[9].
  • Dr. Mario's part of the series is recorded as Dr. Mario[10].
  • Dr. Mario's part of the series is recorded as Mario[11].
  • Dr. Mario's designed by is recorded as Gunpei Yokoi[12].
  • Dr. Mario's Commons category is recorded as Dr. Mario[13].
  • Dr. Mario's platform is recorded as Game Boy Advance[14].
  • Dr. Mario's platform is recorded as Nintendo Entertainment System[15].
  • Dr. Mario's platform is recorded as Super Nintendo Entertainment System[16].
  • Dr. Mario's platform is recorded as Game Boy[17].
  • Dr. Mario's game mode is recorded as multiplayer video game[18].
  • Dr. Mario's game mode is recorded as single-player video game[19].
  • Dr. Mario's language of work or name is recorded as English[20].
  • Dr. Mario was distributed by digital download[21].
  • Dr. Mario's review score is recorded as 10/10[22].
  • Dr. Mario's country of origin is recorded as Japan[23].
  • Dr. Mario was published on July 27, 1990[24].
  • Dr. Mario was released on June 27, 1991[25].
  • Dr. Mario was released on October 1990[26].
  • Dr. Mario's characters is recorded as Dr. Mario[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Soundtrack[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: ff3f61b0-12fa-4b9d-af2d-5c9e6bbe0c5d[29]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Dr. Mario was published by Q8093[5].

Publication

Publication dates include July 27, 1990[24], June 27, 1991[25], and October 1990[26]. Dr. Mario's language of work or name is recorded as English[20]. Genres include puzzle video game[6], tile-matching video game[7], and falling block puzzle game[8]. Series this is part of include it[10] and Mario[11]. It was distributed by digital download[21].

Subject and Themes

Series this is part of include Dr. Mario[10] and Mario[11].

Reception

Dr. Mario's review score is recorded as 10/10[22].

Why It Matters

Dr. Mario ranks in the top 4% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,551 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8d ago · Mule hollandaise · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Review score → 10/10
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P444]]: 10/10, uploading review scores from gen4; thanks Catel69 for the parsing in the first place! ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/ac96494e159|details]])"
  2. 7w ago · Matthias M. · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Usk rating → USK 0
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P914]]: [[Q14920387]]"
  3. 8w ago · Matthias M. · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Usk id → 30391
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P11063]]: 30391, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/142819233|Dr. Mario (#142819233)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5476|USK]] #mix'n'match"
  4. 9w ago · ~2026-42410-60 · 2026-07-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Esrb game id → 170
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P8303]]: 170"
  5. 10w ago · YoshiRulz · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tasvideos game id → 518
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P11701]]: 518, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/151160021|Dr. Mario (#151160021)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5864|TASVideos game]] #mix'n'm"
  6. 14w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Games/Dr_Mario
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38730|batch #38730]]: adding Giant Bomb Wiki game IDs matched via OpenRefine"
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