Mario Paint
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| 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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
In Japan, it was followed up by the Mario Artist series of games made for the short-lived Nintendo 64 Disk Drive.
Ports/Remakes[edit]
- 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.