There's a new doctor in the house in Nintendo's mobile game Dr. Mario World. Yes, after the arrival of Piranha Plant last December, the one and only Petey Piranha has now been added to the ever-expanding roster in this free-to-play title.
Petey Piranha originally started out in Super Mario Sunshine on the Nintendo GameCube and since then has gone on to star and cameo in a number of Mario games from Mario Kart: Double Dash!! to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
In Dr. Mario World, Petey Piranha joins a long list of questionable doctors such as a triple stack of Goomba, Dr. Dolphin, Nabbit and Baby Mario and Baby Luigi. Who would you choose to visit for your regular check-up?
Will you be booting up Dr. Mario World on your mobile device to see Petey Piranha in action? What other crazy characters would you like to see join the cast? Share your thoughts down below.
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So your telling me that clouds can be doctors too?
I don’t trust Petey with my health
How can I trust a plant to do a humans job.
I was trying to come up with some clever Piranha Plant pun, but in the end all I could think of was "Oh no".
Man, if only getting a PhD were this easy in real life...
Affirmative action at its finest 🤪
Glad I'm not a patient for the Mushroom Kingdom. Petey Piranha will probably do too good of a job with my Covid situation.
Must have had rich parents.
As cool as Petey was in SMS, I have never liked him enough to want to see him in all these cameos--Nor King Bob-omb or King Boo (I'll give him a slight pass because of Luigi's Mansion). But hey, someone likes a bipedal Piranha Plant with polka dot tights... Who am I to judge?
It's about time! He should've been here long before goomba stack and dolphin, I'll tell you that much.
Dr. E. Gadd, when?
Routinely checks the Mario bros for hernias I’m sure...
After putting hundreds of hours into Dr. Mario World, I’ve barely used the new doctors after updates. Although Morton does seem to be somewhat popular of an option and he was added fairly recently, I feel like you have to offer a good event that gives plenty of opportunities to receive the new doctor for them to mostly be used in balance with everyone else. Basically shoehorn them into the game the same way they did with Dr. 8-Bit Mario.
Imagine someone like that doing a heart transplantant. Or other surgery.
Can we have Dr. Mario and/or a port of Dr. Luigi on Switch now?
Big deal. I heard they gave a doctorate to three goombas in a lab coat.
Christ, I'd rather be seen by Dr Harold Shipman.
I think the mushroom kingdom needs to hold a tribunal into the issuing of these medical licences at this stage.
Looks like it is growing out of his roots and leafing the dream.
I'll get my coat.
Certified, perhaps, but qualified?
@Fujimoto-San
Here's one: he uses herbal medicines.
You're welcome.
Still no Dr. Pauline :/
@redpanda0310 Hey! That's pretty good!
@Pacmanrace Yeah, I know. If Pauline were to ever be included then I'd probably re-download the game on my phone.
@Fujimoto-San
Odyssey made Pauline such a cool character! I’d love to see her in the next Mario Kart on a Nintendo system
I love Dr. Mario franchise... sadly this is the only mobile Nintendo game not available in my Latin american country! Does anybody have an explanation for that?
Finally a Doctor I can trust
Dr. Mario is basically Dr. Oprah now

"A PhD for you, a PhD for you,
and a PhD for YOU!"
@Kirbyfan Right on! I'd love to see more Pauline in the mainline series, as well as the spinoffs. I just hope that Nintendo sees it that way too and includes her more. I wouldn't complain to see Pauline in the next Mario RPG either!
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