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life count. The gameplay revolves around destroying, or "drilling", colorful formations of blocks that litter the playfield. The player has a constantly-depleting oxygen meter, which acts as a time limit; oxygen can be replenished by collecting air capsules found throughout the level, while oxygen is lost by destroying brown-colored "X" blocks.
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series, being presented in a colorful, 2D style. Players control one of seven characters as they must make their way to the bottom of each level, all of which take place in real-world locations such as Japan, Egypt, and even the moon. The seven characters include Susumu Hori, the main protagonist of
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and the father of Susumu and Ataru; Puchi, Susumu's pet dog; Holinger-Z, a drilling robot; and Usagi, Atari's pet rabbit-like alien who is locked from the start. Each character possesses their own unique abilities; for instance, Holinger-Z can sustain an extra hit, essentially doubling the player's
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said that it "comes with the usual
Japanese quirkiness and charms", praising its soundtrack for the multiple different genres and its cartoonish nature. They also liked the game's implementation of support for the GameCube controller and Wii Classic Controller, as well as its lack of "forced in"
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series, gameplay revolves around clearing each level by destroying, or "drilling", large formations of colorful blocks. Players have an oxygen meter that acts as a time limit, and constantly depletes; air is replenished by collecting air capsules, and is depleted further by destroying brown "X"
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criticized the game for its lack of gamemodes, specifically the omission of a multiplayer, which they expressed confusion towards due to it being a mainstay in the series. A similar response was made by
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received mixed reviews, being praised for its addictive gameplay and visuals and criticized for its lack of content compared to earlier entries and a lack of an online multiplayer mode.
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received "mixed or average reviews". Reviewers focused primarily on the game's lack of content compared to its predecessors, such as the lack of a multiplayer mode.
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commented on the game's fast-paced action and addictive nature, saying that the game requires the player to simultaneously look ahead and behind their character.
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was part of Namco Bandai's effort in bringing their classic franchises to digital distribution platforms, due to the concept seeing success with services such as
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sought to begin production of games exclusive to these services for the purpose of feeding into the demand. After seeing success with games such as
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labeled it as "urgently addictivey", saying it made for an easy recommendation to puzzle game fans. The simplicity of its gameplay was praised by
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the series; Anna
Hottenmeyer, a German driller and rival of Susumu; Ataru Hori, Susumu's outcast older brother; Taizo Hori, the protagonist of
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in particular claimed the large cast of unique characters gave the game variety, allowing the player to switch between different playstyles.
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said that it didn't have anything particularly unique about it, and that it lacked the high-definition visuals and amount of content as its
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Most publications agreed that the gameplay was still fun to play and had an addictive quality to it.
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agreed, but argued that some characters — specifically
Holinger-Z — were unbalanced.
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both recommended the game to those who had never previously played a
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compared the game's simplicity and addictive gameplay to that of
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is a puzzle video game. It features gameplay reminiscent of the
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859:"Mr Driller Tunnelling His Way To WiiWare and DSiWare"
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926:"How Can I Play It?: Dig Dug & Mr. Driller"
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475:According to the review aggregator website
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1041:"【400文字レビュー】これで大丈夫? Wiiウェア『ミスタードリラーワールド』"
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857:McFerran, Damien (18 February 2009).
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720:Hatfield, Daemon (25 August 2009).
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666:J Reed, Philip (26 August 2009).
1005:"WiiWare Review - Mr. Driller W"
824:Aaron, Sean (25 February 2009).
668:"Mr. Driller W Review (WiiWare)"
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263:Mr. Driller: Drill Till You Drop
1003:Lopez, Jay (1 September 2009).
959:"Mr. Driller W for Wii Reviews"
924:Parish, Jeremy (25 July 2017).
676:. Gamer Network. Archived from
1436:Video games developed in Japan
585:game before. Retrospectively,
297:. It was further shown off by
1:
1461:Video games set in the Arctic
1047:(in Japanese). Archived from
892:"Nintendo Download: 08/24/09"
772:. November 2009. p. 102.
1039:Tsuchimoto (20 March 2009).
890:IGN Staff (24 August 2009).
794:(in Japanese). No. 45.
239:Pac-Man Championship Edition
1496:Video games set on the Moon
630:
1512:
770:Official Nintendo Magazine
550:Official Nintendo Magazine
501:Official Nintendo Magazine
463:Official Nintendo Magazine
160:. The eighth entry in the
1486:Video games set in Russia
1466:Video games set in Brazil
1456:Single-player video games
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368:
365:
343:
340:
275:Mr. Driller Drill Spirits
186:Mr. Driller Drill Spirits
26:
1481:Video games set in Japan
1476:Video games set in Egypt
1471:Video games set in China
1301:Namco Classic Collection
228:Development and release
722:"Mr. Driller W Review"
317:Wii Classic Controller
269:Mr. Driller Drill Land
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180:Mr. Driller Drill Land
204:
871:on 26 September 2017
631:Misutā Dorirā Wārudo
288:Xevious Resurrection
1098:Dig Dug/Mr. Driller
1017:on 3 September 2009
565:The Powerpuff Girls
559:Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi
362:
337:
305:Drill Till You Drop
1431:Puzzle video games
1426:Bandai Namco games
1322:Arcade Game Series
1308:Classic NES Series
796:Namco Bandai Games
680:on 5 December 2018
615:Known in Japan as
596:Mr. Driller Online
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234:Namco Bandai Games
207:
205:In-game screenshot
158:Namco Bandai Games
53:Namco Bandai Games
42:Namco Bandai Games
1408:
1407:
1354:Bakutotsu Kijūtei
1329:Namcot Collection
1257:Battle Collection
936:on 26 August 2019
805:on 27 August 2019
618:Mr. Driller World
573:motion controls.
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94:February 25, 2009
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1421:2009 video games
1377:Namco Super Wars
1294:Microsoft Arcade
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1084:
1077:
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1056:
1036:
1027:
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1013:. Archived from
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175:Xbox Live Arcade
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1400:Hideo Yoshizawa
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336:Aggregate score
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1242:Compilations
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1045:Inside Games
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49:Publisher(s)
37:Developer(s)
1390:Hiroshi Ono
1370:Star Trigon
1183:Mr. Driller
1172:Mr. Driller
1145:Arrangement
1131:Arrangement
1021:12 November
736:12 November
583:Mr. Driller
366:Publication
249:Mr. Driller
163:Mr. Driller
156:service by
71:Platform(s)
63:Mr. Driller
1415:Categories
1363:Tinkle Pit
1285:Essentials
1211:Drill Land
964:Metacritic
930:Retronauts
766:Future plc
644:References
587:Retronauts
477:Metacritic
350:Metacritic
341:Aggregator
148:is a 2009
1451:Wii games
1395:Go Shiina
940:26 August
332:Reception
327:Reception
1347:Baraduke
1055:22 March
979:10 March
973:Archived
906:23 March
875:23 March
842:23 March
809:23 March
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354:71/100
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