Dr. Mario

- Super Mario Bros. - [18]

Who knew Mario had a pedigree as a doctor? Dr. Mario first appeared in the falling block puzzle game Dr. Mario on the NES, where the player had to place Megavitamins in rows in a bottle to destroy viruses of the same color.

Dr. Mario appeared in Super Smash Bros. Melee as a clone of Mario, and has now returned after his absence in Brawl to display his prowess in combat. He retains some similarities with Mario while having some differentiated moves and properties. For example, he is a generally slower yet slightly stronger fighter than Mario. The Super Sheet does not stall him in the air, and instead of throwing Fireballs, he tosses Megavitamins. Also, his Side Smash Attack emits electricity instead of fire.

Text by mimicmatter & Smashedpotatoes

How to unlock Dr. Mario?
You can unlock this fighter in 3 different ways. Then, you need to win a battle against the character to unlock it. If you loose the fight, the character, after certain time will, appear again ready to fight inside the Games and More Menu.
The 3 methods are:

Free their Spirit in the Adventure Mode.
Play any mode against friends or CPU.☆
Beat Classic Mode with any character.★

☆ After a small period of time and then exiting the mode (except Smash Mode), the fight start. The order in which the character will challenge you is described HERE.

X

01. Ness
02. Zelda
03. Bowser
04. Pit
05. Inkling
06. Villager
07. Marth
08. Young Link
09. Wii Fit Trainer
10. Ice Climbers
11. Captain Falcon
12. Peach
13. Ryu
14. Ike
15. Jigglypuff
16. King K. Rool

17. Sonic
18. Simon
19. Zero Suit Samus
20. Little Mac
21. Isabelle
22. Shulk
23. Lucina
24. Wario
25. Ridley
26. Pokémon Trainer
27. Lucario
28. Daisy
29. Roy
30. King Dedede
31. R.O.B.
32. Falco

33. Luigi
34. Pichu
35. Richter
36. Lucas
37. Diddy Kong
38. Meta Knight
39. Snake
40. Ganondorf
41. Corrin
42 Mega Man
43. Bayonetta
44. Toon Link
45. Rosalina & Luma
46. Incineroar
47. Sheik
48. Olimar

49. PAC-MAN
50. Dark Samus
51. Wolf
52. Mr. Game & Watch
53. Robin
54. Dark Pit
55. Cloud
56. Duck Hunt
57. Ken
58. Greninja
59. Chrom
60. Mewtwo
61. Bowser Jr.
62. Dr. Mario
63. Palutena

★ The character will appear once you beat the Classic Mode with any character. The order in which they appear it depends on the fighter that you choose in the Classic Mode.
Check out HERE the order.

X
Classic Mode with Mario:
Sonic => Bayonetta => Little Mac => Ike => Luigi => Roy => Dr. Mario => Olimar => Bowser

Classic Mode with Donkey Kong:
Bowser => Pokémon Trainer => Rosalina & Luma => King Dedede => Sheik => Greninja => Diddy Kong => Duck Hunt => Sonic

Classic Mode with Link:
King K. Rool => Ice Climbers => Simon => Meta Knight => Snake => Young Link => Richter => Toon Link => Sonic

Classic Mode with Samus:
Inkling => Wii Fit Trainer => Pit => Incineroar => Dark Samus => Cloud => Wario => Dark Pit => Sonic

Classic Mode with Yoshi:
Lucario => Marth => Ryu => Ganondorf => Lucina => Ridley => Chrom => Ken => Sonic

Classic Mode with Kirby:
Ness => Jigglypuff => Pac-Man => Zelda => Robin => Corrin => Lucas => Palutena => Sonic

Classic Mode with Fox:
Captain Falcon => Zero Suit Samus => Peach => Falco => Daisy => Bowser Jr. => Wolf => Mewtwo => Sonic

Classic Mode with Pikachu:
Villager => Shulk => R.O.B. => Mega Man => Isabelle => Mr. Game & Watch => Pichu => Sonic

!!! This also works for the non original 8 fighters. For example, if you want to unlock Little Mac, you can also do it if you play Classic Mode with Bayonetta.
After unlocking all characters from the Mario Group, then the queue will start in Donkey Kong Classic Mode queue. For the rest, it will go back to Mario Classic Mode queue.