Mario Paint

Mario Paint
Developer	Nintendo EAD
Publisher	Nintendo
System	Super NES
Release Date	US May 5, 1992 JP July 14, 1992 EU December 10, 1992
Gallery	GH Gallery

Released for the Super NES in 1992, Mario Paint was the first game to make use of the SNES mouse add-on. In fact, the game came packaged with the mouse and the mousepad.

Gameplay

The game's main mode was a drawing board where they player could make various works of art using the SNES mouse, similar to computer paint programs. There were also a variety of other modes where players could compose music or create customized stamps.

Gnat Attack

Gnat Attack was a special minigame included in the game and was closer to a standard video game experience then the rest of Mario Paint. In Gnat Attack, the player controlled a hand holding a flyswatter. The object of the game was to eliminate all of the onscreen insects and their giant mechanical leader, Watinga.

Legacy

Mario Paint has been cited as an inspiration for several later games focused around content creation and customization such as WarioWare: D.I.Y. and Super Mario Maker.

Sequels

In Japan, it was followed up by the Mario Artist series of games made for the short-lived Nintendo 64 Disk Drive.

Ports/Remakes

• In 1997, it was released through Satellaview as BS Mario Paint in Japan. This version was modified to be playable with a normal Super NES controller instead of requiring the mouse.
• Gnat Attack appeared as an unlockable minigame in the 2001 Gameboy Advance game WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! under the name of Fly Swatter, and the minigame was also hidden in the Wii U version of Super Mario Maker. Wario Ware: Touched! also featured Wario Paint, which was a Wario-themed version of the game.