<s>
Hotel	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
is	O
a	O
puzzle	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Fantasy	O
Factory	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Philips	B-Device
Interactive	I-Device
Media	I-Device
for	O
the	O
Philips	B-Device
CD-i	I-Device
On	O
April	O
5	O
,	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
control	O
Mario	B-Application
,	O
who	O
must	O
find	O
Princess	O
Toadstool	O
by	O
going	O
through	O
seven	O
hotels	O
in	O
the	O
Mushroom	O
Kingdom	O
;	O
each	O
hotel	O
is	O
divided	O
into	O
stages	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
objective	O
is	O
to	O
close	O
all	O
doors	O
on	O
each	O
stage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hotel	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
was	O
one	O
of	O
four	O
games	O
featuring	O
Nintendo	O
characters	O
published	O
for	O
the	O
CD-i	B-Device
;	O
the	O
others	O
were	O
three	O
Legend	O
of	O
Zelda	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
Mario	B-Application
game	O
,	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
's	O
Wacky	O
Worlds	O
,	O
was	O
never	O
released	O
while	O
a	O
third	O
game	O
,	O
Mario	B-Application
Takes	O
America	O
was	O
planned	O
but	O
eventually	O
canceled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	O
licensed	O
the	O
characters	O
after	O
reneging	O
on	O
a	O
deal	O
for	O
Philips	O
to	O
create	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
's	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
add-on	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hotel	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
initially	O
received	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
;	O
critics	O
felt	O
it	O
was	O
fun	O
but	O
had	O
no	O
lasting	O
appeal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
been	O
retrospectively	O
described	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
worst	O
video	O
games	O
,	O
receiving	O
criticism	O
for	O
its	O
door-closing	O
game	O
mechanic	O
,	O
unresponsive	O
controls	O
,	O
voice	O
acting	O
,	O
and	O
full-motion	B-Application
video	I-Application
cutscenes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hotel	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
is	O
a	O
single-screen	O
puzzle	O
video	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Controlling	O
Mario	B-Application
,	O
or	O
his	O
brother	O
Luigi	O
in	O
two-player	O
mode	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
must	O
search	O
the	O
Klub	O
Koopa	O
Resort	O
for	O
Princess	O
Toadstool	O
,	O
who	O
has	O
been	O
kidnapped	O
by	O
Bowser	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mario	B-Application
can	O
step	O
on	O
most	O
enemies	O
,	O
as	O
in	O
previous	O
games	O
,	O
but	O
some	O
must	O
be	O
avoided	O
by	O
changing	O
floors	O
or	O
entering	O
an	O
open	O
door	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
features	O
various	O
power-ups	O
:	O
the	O
Super	O
Mushroom	O
allows	O
Mario	B-Application
to	O
take	O
multiple	O
hits	O
,	O
the	O
Star	O
Man	O
makes	O
him	O
temporarily	O
invincible	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Fire	O
Flower	O
allows	O
him	O
to	O
throw	O
fireballs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1989	O
,	O
Nintendo	O
and	O
Sony	O
agreed	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
CD-ROM-based	O
add-on	O
for	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
(	O
see	O
Super	B-Device
NES	I-Device
CD-ROM	I-Device
)	O
,	O
that	O
would	O
allow	O
for	O
full	B-Application
motion	I-Application
video	I-Application
(	O
FMV	B-Application
)	O
and	O
larger	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Nintendo	O
instead	O
signed	O
with	O
Philips	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
add-on	O
,	O
and	O
Sony	O
redesigned	O
their	O
console	O
as	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
part	O
of	O
dissolving	O
the	O
agreement	O
,	O
Nintendo	O
licensed	O
Philips	O
to	O
use	O
some	O
Nintendo	O
characters	O
for	O
their	O
CD-i	B-Device
console	O
,	O
resulting	O
in	O
three	O
Legend	O
of	O
Zelda	O
games	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Hotel	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
Mario	B-Application
game	O
,	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
's	O
Wacky	O
Worlds	O
,	O
was	O
canceled	O
at	O
the	O
prototype	O
stage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Stephen	O
Radosh	O
,	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
only	O
involvment	O
in	O
the	O
development	O
was	O
ensuring	O
that	O
the	O
source	O
material	O
was	O
faithful	O
to	O
the	O
Mario	B-Application
series	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hotel	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Fantasy	O
Factory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hotel	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
uses	O
FMV	B-Application
cutscenes	O
to	O
tell	O
its	O
story	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
voice	O
acting	O
,	O
Marc	O
Graue	O
provided	O
the	O
voices	O
of	O
the	O
Mario	B-Application
Brothers	O
and	O
Bowser	O
,	O
while	O
Princess	O
Peach	O
was	O
voiced	O
by	O
Jocelyn	O
Benford	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
would	O
later	O
marry	O
Michael	O
Ahn	O
,	O
who	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
producers	O
of	O
Hotel	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
,	O
jumping	O
was	O
not	O
going	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
feature	O
of	O
Hotel	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
played	O
Hotel	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
before	O
its	O
release	O
,	O
and	O
criticized	O
it	O
for	O
not	O
allowing	O
jumping	O
like	O
previous	O
Mario	B-Application
games	O
did	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hotel	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
initially	O
received	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spanish	O
magazine	O
Superjuegos	O
praised	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
simple	O
mechanics	O
,	O
and	O
recommended	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
CD-i	B-Device
owners	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hotel	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
has	O
since	O
been	O
described	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
worst	O
Mario	B-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mario	B-Application
and	O
Luigi	O
must	O
heroically	O
latch	O
all	O
the	O
doors	O
and	O
save	O
their	O
archenemy	O
from	O
having	O
his	O
hallways	O
get	O
too	O
cold.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
GamesRadar	O
described	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
craptastic	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
Eurogamer	O
as	O
"	O
little	O
more	O
than	O
a	O
really	O
rubbish	O
version	O
of	O
Elevator	B-Application
Action	I-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1UP.com	O
described	O
them	O
as	O
"	O
outright	O
terrifying	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
IGN	O
called	O
them	O
"	O
abysmal	O
"	O
,	O
resembling	O
"	O
a	O
bad	O
flip-book	O
of	O
images	O
printed	O
out	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
voice	O
acting	O
was	O
also	O
criticized	O
;	O
both	O
1UP.com	O
and	O
IGN	O
found	O
Mario	B-Application
voice	O
actor	O
Marc	O
Graue	O
's	O
performance	O
ill-fitting	O
for	O
the	O
character	O
and	O
lacking	O
the	O
playfulness	O
of	O
Mario	B-Application
's	O
current	O
voice	O
artist	O
Charles	O
Martinet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Danny	O
Cowan	O
of	O
1UP	O
wrote	O
:	O
"	O
Mario	B-Application
sounds	O
more	O
like	O
someone	O
's	O
ex-smoker	O
grandpa	O
trying	O
to	O
imitate	O
a	O
Mafia	O
hit	O
man	O
...	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
,	O
IGN	O
named	O
Hotel	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
one	O
of	O
the	O
ten	O
worst	O
Mario	B-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
