Talk:Virus
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(First topic)[edit]
Made some changes to the Dr. Luigi section.
— The preceding unsigned comment was added by 174.96.231.177 (talk).
New trivia section contradicts information consolidated into Physical Description section[edit]
After the previous trivia section was consolidated into the main article body, a new trivia section was created, and the single statement in it contradicts the older information.
The older information states that the Tetris & Dr. Mario instruction manual infers that the Red Virus is female. The new information claims that the Magenta Virus in Dr. Luigi is the first and only Virus to be female so far.
Do any official Japanese-language publications state the Red Virus's true gender?
— The preceding unsigned comment was added by 184.97.117.44 (talk).
- Fixed it, thanks for pointing it out. Also, the article cites the Tetris/Dr. Mario manual for that, though I can't say with any certainty that it's the same in English as it is in Japanese. (shrug) Lord Grammaticus (talk) 18:52, 7 January 2014 (EST)
hi.[edit]
do you know that multicode thing where you can diguise a article's name? example: dr luigi links to the page dr luigi (game) that would help.--Toad the Mushroom (talk)
Trivia[edit]
I forgot to put a summary when I reverted the edit, but the reason is very clear. The Virus trophy belongs to the Dr. Mario series, which falls under other.--
19:50, 21 January 2017 (EST)
- Last I've checked, in Super Smash Bros. Melee, the Viruses trophy was placed alongside the Super Mario Bros. series trophies. As such, much like with Dr. Mario, the Viruses are part of the Super Mario Bros. series, but for some odd reason, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U places the Viruses trophy in the Other series.
M&SG (talk) 08:34, 22 January 2017 (EST)
Red virus gender?[edit]
I swear to God I read from some official source (I think it was a Japanese manual for one of the Dr. Mario games?) a few years back that the red/fever virus was female. I wanna say it was from some 90s-era source or maybe even Dr. Mario-Kun, but it's been way too long. Nowadays they're referred to as male more often than not, but this has been bugging me for over a week and if anyone wants to help me find that source, I'd be so grateful.
- a subpar Dr. Mario player 107.13.113.78 17:47, May 22, 2024 (EDT)
- It's mentioned in the article itself, page 23 in the Tetris & Dr. Mario manual.
Xiahou Ba(the Nasty Warrior) 17:55, May 22, 2024 (EDT)
Appearance differences[edit]
Why do the Viruses have a different design in the Dr. Wario minigame of WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!? Those are what they look like:
They look different. While both the blue Viruses in Dr. Mario and Dr. Wario are similar in that they resemble a rabbit-like virus, the red Virus in Dr. Wario resembles a bear-like virus (while the Dr. Mario version resembles a dog-like virus) and the yellow Virus in Dr. Wario has less spikes, but looks similar to the Dr. Mario version, unlike the other Viruses. 51.183.19.94 18:34, May 6, 2026 (UTC)
- I believe the idea is that the Dr. Wario minigame is meant to invoke the feeling of a "quirky parody of the original." So the game's music and visuals (except for Wario himself) are deliberately lower quality than their regular counterparts.
- It could also just be "stylistic weirdness for the sake of it." Which is something the Wario series is no stranger to, even today. Wandering Poplin (talk) 19:19, May 6, 2026 (UTC)
