And on the top of that, there has been no puzzle elements being used on Dr. Mario at all. The closest they get is just his throwing pills... and even then that is still far from representing anything since it was just a reskinned fireball attack. There's not even a stage dedicated to his game."Dr. Mario was added to represent puzzle games!"
lol what
He was put into Melee late in development because they had extra time and decided to use it to make the roster larger. He wasn't even planned for the roster initially. It has nothing to do with genres, it has to do with him being a quick and easy clone character to add.
The same goes for SSB4. He was added in late in development due to the differences he had with regular Mario in Melee. He was supposed to be a costume like Alph and the Koopalings.
I mean, if Dr. Mario is suppose to be a representation for puzzle games then they did the worst possible job at representing them as there is literally nothing being represented other than the character himself who doesn't even take advantage of the genre.
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