Mario Paint: Difference between revisions

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|image=[[File:MarioPaintBox.jpg|250px]]

|publisher=[[Nintendo]]

|designer=[[Hirofumi Matsuoka]]

==Title screen==

[[File:mariopainttitle.png|left|thumb|The title screen of ''Mario Paint''.]]

The title screen is notable for being highly interactive - each letter causes a different effect on the game title screen.

*'''M''' - Shrinks [[Mario]]. If clicked again, returns him to normal size. Similar to the effects of getting hit or gaining a Super Mushroom.

*'''R''' - An eye will appear on the R, and it makes a baby noise, and crawls off and back on screen. It makes the noise again. If the noise is played backwards, it sounds like a voice saying, "Nintendo", and slowing it down makes it sound like the original voice saying it.<ref>https://twitter.com/MarioBrothBlog/status/1570064316287840258</ref>

*'''I''' - Causes all black and white colors on screen to invert, including those on Mario. Also causes the title music to become distorted.

*'''P''' - Replaces the title setting with a green field with trees, cars, animals, UFOs, shooting stars, and other moving objects, most of which make a sound when clicked. Clicking P again returns the title to normal. The music changes during this sequence, to a slower version of BGM 1 from the main game.

*'''A''' - [[Yoshi]] runs across the screen, along with drum sound effects while he's visible.

===Music mode===

[[File:mariopaintmusicmode.png|thumb|Music mode]]

====Instruments====

*[[Super Mushroom]] - {{wp|Drum}}

*[[Fire Flower]] - {{wp|Trumpet}}

*[[Super Star]] - {{wp|Xylophone}}

*[[Baby Yoshi]] - Yoshi sound effect from ''[[Super Mario World]]''

*Ship - Different drum

*Heart - {{wp|Bass guitar}}

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{{main|Gnat Attack}}

[[File:Gnat Attack.png|170px|thumb|Gnat Attack]]

===Other features===

[[File:Mario Paint - No Save Data.png|170px|thumb|left|Attempting to view saved work on an empty file.]]

*'''Mouse Speed''' - Choose between Slow, Medium, and Fast.

*'''Save/Load/Coloring Book''' - The game can save one canvas at any given time, and it can be brought back up using the Load option. These sequences are accompanied by the image of a robot processing data with techno music. Coloring Book has four default black and white saved canvases that can be quickly loaded onto the screen.

*'''Frame''' - Simply gets rid of the upper and lower menu option icons, and replaces them with a black frame. Clicking the option again goes back to normal mode.

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==Reception==

''Mario Paint'' was rated the 162nd best game made on a Nintendo System in ''[[Nintendo Power]]'''s Top 200 Games list.

Instead of being delivered in Flash format like the rest of the series, the first episode of {{wp|Homestar Runner}} was animated using ''Mario Paint''. A primitive introduction video made with ''Mario Paint'' can be found in the museum of the site. A later short in the series, ''Strong Bad is a Bad Guy'', was made using ''Mario Paint''.

*'''Mario Paint BS Ban''' ('''マリオペイントＢＳ版''') is a version of ''Mario Paint'' which had joypad support. For this release of the game, a ''Mario Paint'' contest was held, in which contestants of exceptional ''Mario Paint'' artistic skill made artwork pieces.<ref>[http://www.ncn-t.net/yulil/satella/drama/vol1.htm info on the entries of the ''Mario Paint'' contest, in Japanese]</ref> This contest was held in November 1997.<ref>[http://www.f3.dion.ne.jp/%7Ekameb/satella/st_kbn/st_kbn7b.htm Satellaview History Museum lists events from November 1997, including the "Mario Paint Contest"]</ref>

*'''Mario Paint Yuushou Naizou Ban''' ('''マリオペイント優勝内蔵版''') is similar to ''Mario Paint BS Ban'', but it also has a hidden picture - identified as "Dreaming of the Moon" ('''「月を夢見て」''') by Mizota Hiroko ('''溝田 祐子''') from the ''Mario Paint'' contest - which can be found by using the "Load" option in "Save/Load/Coloring Book".

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==References in later games==

*''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'': An arranged medley of songs from ''Mario Paint'' can be played on the [[Miiverse (stage)|Miiverse]] stage in this game.

*''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'': Multiple [[Crazy Cap]] costumes are based off of Mario's appearance in some pieces of ''Mario Paint'' artwork.

*''[[WarioWare: Get It Together!]]'': If a crew member has the Baby Face special skin applied, the baby noise from ''Mario Paint'' plays while its face appears whenever they talk.

==Names in other languages==

==Trivia==

*Upon starting the game, a short cartoon will play. This cartoon involves [[Baker (Mario Paint)|two primitively drawn characters]], one of which is doing situps while the other holds his feet. The cartoon is almost entirely white save for the outlines of the characters, and takes place in an iris shot in an otherwise black background. During the cartoon, chanting can be heard, after which the chanters say "Mario Paint!" and an unseen audience yells "Whoa!" as the situp man does a handstand. On other times that the game is running, the audio will instead be cheering, accompanied at the end by a little fanfare.

*The game ''[[Mario Artist: Paint Studio]]'' was a direct sequel to ''Mario Paint'' at some point during production, titled ''Mario Paint 64''. The game was later reworked into being the first title of its own [[Mario Artist (series)|series]].

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