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==''Mario is Missing!''== '''''Mario is Missing!''''' is a geography-based game for the [[IBM PC compatible|PC]], [[Apple Macintosh]], [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super NES]] and [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]]. It was developed by [[Mindscape|The Software Toolworks]] and released in 1992 for PC and SNES. In 1993, the NES version was made and developed by [[Radical Entertainment]]. All three versions were published by the [[Mindscape]]. ''Mario is Missing!'' is the first ''Mario'' game to feature only [[Luigi]] as a playable character, which did not occur again until ''[[Luigi's Mansion]]''. ===Plot=== Bowser sets up a castle in [[Antarctica]], and plans to use many hair dryers from Hafta Havit, a mail order company, to melt Antarctica's ice and flood Earth. He sends [[List of Mario series characters#Koopa Troopa|Koopa]]s to cities across Earth to steal artifacts to fund his operation. Mario, Luigi, and [[Yoshi]] travel to Bowser's castle to stop him. Luigi is hesitant to go in, so Mario goes by himself and is kidnapped by Bowser, prompting Luigi to rescue him. ===Gameplay=== Luigi progresses through the game by completing levels in Bowser's Castle; each floor is guarded by one [[Koopaling]] and contains a number of pipes which transport Luigi to a city containing Koopas. Once a floor is completed, Luigi must defeat the Koopaling guarding that floor to proceed to the next. The main gameplay consists of moving around a city in side-scrolling manner while jumping on [[Koopa Troopa]]s to collect stolen artifacts (pieces of famous landmarks). Luigi then must take these artifacts to their respective locations and correctly answer three questions about the landmark. Once an artifact is returned, the landmark is reopened. During the quest to return all three artifacts to their proper landmarks, Luigi must determine his location to receive the assistance of Yoshi by using a device called the Globulator. If Luigi takes Yoshi to the correct location, he can ride him for double the walking and running speed. Once the exit pipe is found, Luigi is returned to the castle as long as he has Yoshi with him to scare the [[Pokey]] into the pipe; otherwise he will be unable to return to the castle. He can then proceed to another town to do it again. In each city, Luigi is able to question the locals to gain clues as to his current location, the general direction of remaining Koopas, and information about the affected landmarks. He is given a map showing where information booths, people and Koopas are in the city. This game is the first one where the Weegee sprite appears (in the PC version). The developers had trouble creating the Luigi sprite and it looked like him, with his frozen stare, thus creating the Internet phenomenon.
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