Capsule: Difference between revisions

|image=[[File:DrMarioWorldMegavitamin.png]]<br>Artwork of a Capsule from ''[[Dr. Mario World]]''.

|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' ([[Doctor Tour (2022)|Doctor Tour]]) (2022)

|effect=Clears any viruses of the same color when a line of at least four (or three in ''[[Dr. Mario World]]'') is lined up

 

{{quote2|To eliminate a [[virus]], you need to use a {{color|capsule|cyan}}.|[[Toad#Dr. Mario World|Dr. Toad]]|[[Dr. Mario World]]}}

'''Capsules''', also known as '''vitamins''' or '''vitamin capsules''', are [[Dr. Mario]]'s prescription of choice, seen in the ''[[Dr. Mario (series)|Dr. Mario]]'' series. Invented by Dr. Mario himself,<ref>"''I have just developed a new vitamin that should be able to take care of it. I sure hope this stuff works!''" – ''Dr. Mario'' NES instruction booklet, page 3.</ref> capsules are an effective weapon against [[virus]]es, where they are used to match up with viruses of the same color to eliminate them.

While the capsules during gameplay are referred to as one of the following either in-game or the manual: "vitamin capsule", "capsule", or "vitamin", there is a separate type of medicine called the '''Megavitamins''' in Story mode. These Megavitamins belong to Dr. Mario and are contained in a bottle, who uses them to cure patients all day long due to them being struck by flu season. Whenever the effects of the Megavitamins are applied, a star appears and envelop the one who consumes them. After both [[Wario]] and [[Mad Scienstein]] each separately witness Dr. Mario using his Megavitamins to cure an ailing [[Octo]], they each plan to steal it for their own use: Wario plans to use the medicine to take advantage of the situation to enrich himself, while Mad Scienstein was tasked by [[Rudy|a hidden figure]] to steal them for him. After Mad Scienstein steals the medicine at Dr. Mario's house after he left it for a short while, Wario discovers the thief and chases him while Dr. Mario returned. Dr. Mario thought Wario has stolen them in the ensuing chaos until he is proven to not be the thief, but when the real thief scrambles away from the scene, both Dr. Mario and Wario chase Mad Scienstein until they reach Rudy's castle. If Dr. Mario is the chosen character, he eventually uses his Megavitamins to cure Rudy, who had a cold, but if Wario is the chosen character, Mad Scienstein will snatch the Megavitamins from Wario in the end, prompting a never-ending chase. This brand of Megavitamins are also shown to have a transforming property when consumed, where in Dr. Mario's case, it causes him to transforms into [[Metal Mario]], whereas in Wario's case, it causes him to transform into [[Vampire Wario]].

In ''[[Dr. Mario World]]'', Capsules work a bit differently as they need to only make a match of three in a row or column instead of four, including viruses, in order to be cleared alongside any viruses in the line. Also, two capsules are in preview at one time, rather than three like in more recent games. The capsules have similar controls to the Virus Buster mode in previous ''Dr. Mario'' games that have it, where they can be moved by dragging it and rotated clockwise by tapping it. The primary difference is that instead of capsules falling down, the capsules in this game will float upwards. Moreover, the player can rotate the capsule before it is brought to the stage, instead of the capsule being automatically being pushed to the stage, and they can bring as many capsule into the stage as possible. Rather than the capsules gradually moving by gravity even though it is being controlled, it is possible to hold the capsule so that it does not float. Finally, it is possible to push a capsule or any floating object upwards by pushing the controlled capsule below them upwards. In this game, doctors have a skill meter that can be filled by making capsule matches.

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|ChiSM=Pill<br><br>Capsule<br>

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