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|latest_appearance=''[[WarioWare: Move It!]]'' ([[List of games by date#2023|2023]])

|[[File:Dr. Mario - Blue Virus alt.png|60px]][[File:Dr. Mario - Red Virus alt.png|60px]][[File:Dr. Mario - Yellow Virus alt.png|60px]]|Earlier artwork of the viruses used for Western releases of ''[[Dr. Mario (game)|Dr. Mario]]''|size=180

[[File:Virus movements.gif|thumb|60px|The viruses' general animations in ''Dr. Mario'']]

In the [[Game Boy]] version, due to the system being incapable of displaying bright colors, viruses appear in black, white, and gray. The black virus resembles the red virus, the gray virus resembles the blue virus and the white virus resembles the yellow virus. Because the simple monochrome display of the Game Boy is only able to show a few shades of gray, the black and gray viruses lack the black sclera that the red and blue viruses had, and hence look marginally different. In the high-level ending, the viruses are seen on a tree before being beamed up by a UFO.

Viruses also appear in ''[[Dr. Mario Online Rx]]'', where they act like they do in ''Dr. Mario''. They are also seen fighting [[Mii]]s in the Virus Buster game.

Two viruses can briefly be seen inside [[Bowser]]'s stomach in the ''[[Club Nintendo (magazine)|Club Nintendo]]'' comic "[[Süße Weihnachten]]." They symbolize his sickness after having eaten too much.

 

A Blue Virus appears on the Scientist page in ''[[Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up]]''.

Viruses commonly appear as collectible items in the [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros.'' series]]. In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'', a Red, a Blue, and a Yellow Virus are all featured together within a [[Trophy (Super Smash Bros. series)|trophy]], which can be obtained when it appears at random in one of the game's single-player modes. In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', a Blue Virus, a Red Virus, and a Yellow Virus each have their own [[Sticker (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)|sticker]]: the Blue Virus sticker boosts electric attacks by five points; the Red Virus sticker boosts fire-based attacks by twenty points; and the Yellow Virus sticker increases the amount of [[smashwiki:Damage|damage]] recovered after eating [[food]] by 4 points. All three stickers can be used by any fighter in [[smashwiki:Adventure Mode: The Subspace Emissary|The Subspace Emissary]] by any fighter. In ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'', there is a randomly obtainable trophy of all three Viruses, similarly to ''Super Smash Bros. Melee''. In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', the Viruses all appear as an Advanced-class support [[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]] that occupies one support slot, and reduces the damage taken from poison-based attacks when used. In [[smashwiki:Adventure Mode: World of Light|World of Light]], the spirit is encountered on the [[smashwiki:Light Realm|Light Realm]] map, near Riki's Dojo. The spirit's [[smashwiki:False character|puppet fighters]] are three [[Kirby]]s, each colored after one of the viruses, and the battle takes place on the [[smashwiki:Battlefield form|Battlefield form]] version of the [[Mario Bros. (stage)|Mario Bros.]] stage.

Viruses appear as enemies at [[Woohoo Hooniversity]] in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' and its [[Nintendo 3DS]] remake, ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]''. They appear in all three colors and attack in groups - each color virus has different stats (e.g. Red Viruses have the highest [[Power|POW]] and lowest [[Defense|DEF]]).

 

Viruses attack by charging at Mario or Luigi and chewing on their heads, which may [[Poison (status effect)|poison]] them and can be countered by using the [[hammer]]. When hit by [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]], they will change into a different color: a Red Virus that is hit will become a Blue Virus, a Blue Virus will become a Yellow Virus, and a Yellow Virus will become a Red Virus. If all Viruses in a battle have a matching color, they will be instantly defeated, as a callback to how they are beaten in ''Dr. Mario''. In ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions'', a small portion of the "Fever" theme plays when this occurs.  

 

The Red Virus takes critical damage from [[Thunderhand]] and [[Thunder Bros.]], while the Blue Virus takes critical damage from [[Firebrand]] and [[Fire Bros. (move)|Fire Bros.]], and the Yellow Virus is healed if hit with either element. If an Advanced [[Swing Bros.]] attack is used against a Yellow Virus, or it is defeated with the [[Game Boy Horror SP]] equipped, it will drop a [[Steady Badge]].

====''Mario Kart Arcade GP'' subseries====

In ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP]]'' and its two sequels, ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP 2]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP DX]]'', there are two blue Virus related items: [[Wheel Virus]] and [[Dizziness Virus]]. The first and third titles include both, while the second only has the Dizziness Virus.

[[File:MKT MagniflyingGlass Texture.png|thumb|Texture of the viruses as seen in the [[Magniflying Glass]] glider]]

The red, blue, and yellow viruses from ''Dr. Mario World'' appear in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' on the [[Magniflying Glass]] and its [[Pink Magniflying Glass|pink variant]].

===Other appearances===

Viruses appear as enemies in the unlockable minigame Virus Buster (also known as Germ Buster) for ''[[List of references in Nintendo video games#Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day! (DS)|Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day!]]'', which was later included in ''[[Dr. Mario Online Rx]]'' and all subsequent titles in the ''Brain Age'' series.

Viruses also make a small cameo in the obscure [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super Famicom]] game ''[[List of references in third-party video games#Motoko-chan no Wonder Kitchen (Super Famicom)|Motoko-chan no Wonder Kitchen]]'', appearing in a cut-scene for mayonnaise 'facts'.<ref>[http://youtu.be/I3tZ5FyWorE?t=28m17s Motoko Chan no Wonder Kitchen gameplay]</ref> They also cameo in [[Nintendo Monopoly]], appearing on one of the Coin Block (Community Chest) cards. Viruses are also referenced in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' when a [[Shayde]] says he was killed for an illness caused by multicolored viruses. Of all the virus colors, the blue virus is the one with the most appearances and cameos.

====''Super Smash Bros. Melee''====

{{SSBM trophy

|name=Viruses

|image=[[File:Trophy211.png|100px]]

|game=''Dr. Mario''<br>10/90

|unlock=Randomly obtainable only in single-player modes

|desc=These contagious viruses make life difficult for Dr. Mario. They infect everything they come into contact with, and the good doctor must attempt to neutralize them with his trusty megavitamins. Dr. Mario can stop these pesky germs by lining up the megavitamin capsules of the same color with the nasty microorganism.

}}

====''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''====

{{SSBB sticker

|name=Blue Virus

|image=[[File:Blue Virus Sticker.png|x100px]]

|game=''[[Nintendo Puzzle Collection]]''

|effect=[Electric] - Attack +5

|name=Red Virus

|image=[[File:Red Virus Sticker.png|x100px]]

|game=''[[Nintendo Puzzle Collection]]''

|effect=[Flame] - Attack +20

|name=Yellow Virus

|image=[[File:Sticker Virus Yellow.png|x100px]]

|game=''[[Nintendo Puzzle Collection]]''

|effect=Food Effect +4

}}

====''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U''====

{{SSB4 trophy

|name=Viruses

|image=[[File:VirusesTrophyWiiU.png|100px]]

|category=Other

|appears_in='''GB''' ''Dr. Mario'' (12/1990)<br>'''Wii''' ''Dr. Mario Online Rx'' (05/2008)

|trophy_box=75: Memorabilia

|desc=At the forefront of medical science, you have to be equal to whatever nature throws your way—that's why Dr. Mario's medicine cabinet includes red, blue, and yellow capsules to combat these red, blue, and yellow viruses! Over 20 years after Mario first took up medicine, Luigi joined the fight with his new L-shaped vitamin.

|desc2=At the forefront of medical science, you have to be equal to whatever nature throws your way – that's why Dr. Mario's medicine cabinet includes red, blue and yellow capsules, for any colour of virus. If you can't visit Dr. Mario, at least go and see Dr. Luigi, who set up his first practice more than 20 years later.

}}

{{main|List of quotes by Red|List of quotes by Blue|List of quotes by Yellow}}

|Fre=Virus

|FreM=-

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