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kottke.org posts about drmario

Ooh, there’s going to be a Dr.

Ooh, there’s going to be a Dr. Mario game available for the Wii at some point, playable over the network. It’s already downloadable via WiiWare in Japan…which should not be confused with the Virtual Console downloadable games even though the difference is really confusing.


A history of matching tile games (like

A history of matching tile games (like Tetris, Dr. Mario, Bejeweled). Don’t miss the family tree of matching tile games about a fourth of the way down the page (larger version here). I’m no matching tile game scholar, but where the hell is Snood?

Update: Aha, it’s because Snood is a rip-off of Puzzle Bobble. (thx, greg & kevin)