History YMMV / MarioPaint

* OnceOriginalNowCommon: Given how many professional level art programs exist now and have a lot of ease of access features to them, it can be hard to see the appeal of ''Mario Paint'' these days, as it's fairly limited even by the time it came out. (Microsoft had its own version of MS Paint as far back as 1985) What most people don't understand, however, is how much rarer it was for a family to own a computer at the time. For many in the early 90s, ''Mario Paint'' was their first time ever experiencing a digital art program.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Given how many professional level art programs exist now and have a lot of ease of access features to them, it can be hard to see the appeal of ''Mario Paint'' these days, as it's fairly limited even by the time it came out. (Microsoft had its own version of MS Paint as far back as 1985) What most people don't understand, however, is how much rarer it was for a family to own a computer at the time. For many in the early 90s, ''Mario Paint'' was their first time ever experiencing a digital art program.

* SelfImposedChallenge: As mentioned above in SugarWiki/AwesomeArt, many artist take it as a challenge to make high-quality art in the limitations of the program.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeArt:
** The ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'' intro [[https://vimeo.com/278716978 entirely painstakingly animated in Mario Paint by hand]].
** Some artist take it as a challenge to try and make high quality art in the Mario Paint program. [[https://mariopaintart.tumblr.com/image/72858788989 Some of]] [[https://www.reddit.com/r/Mario/comments/lr2f1j/figured_out_how_to_get_my_drawing_tablet_working/ the results]] [[https://www.tumblr.com/jetix/701338412556435456/2020-06-19?source=share really show]] what talented people are capable of doing even with limited hardware/software.

** The ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'' intro [[https://vimeo.com/278716978 entirely painstakingly animated in Mario Paint by hand]]

* SelfImposedChallenge: As mentioned above in SugarWiki/AwesomeArt, many artist take it as a challenge to make high quality art in the limitations of the program.

%%* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=As-V14W8H2E&feature=related The main background music.]]
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyOPK7FmiJ8 Gnat Attack 1]].

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Given how many professional level art programs exist now and have a lot of ease of access features to them, it can be hard to see the appeal of Mario Paint these days, as it's fairly limited even by the time it came out. (Microsoft had it's own version of MS Paint as far back as 1985.) What most people don't understand however is how much rarer it was for a family to own a computer at the time. For many in the early 90s, Mario Paint was their first time ever experiencing a digital art program.

* VindicatedByHistory: Despite being constantly acclaimed and selling well enough to warrant a sequel in the form of the ''Mario Artist'' series on the 64DD, the game was generally remembered as a weird little one-off experiment of Nintendo's done to appeal to educationally-minded parents. Since the 2000's, however, it's gone on to be regarded as a landmark title that laid the groundwork for later entry-level digital art and audio workstations, helped by the sudden popularity of its music sequencer and the vocal praise given to the game by digital artists who credited it as inspiring them to take up careers in art.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeArt: The ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'' intro [[https://vimeo.com/278716978 entirely painstakingly animated in Mario Paint by hand]]

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The exercise scene. After the title screen, the game plays a short, black-and-white animation of sit-ups and a handstand, while the crowd cheers. Music/BrentalFloss used this scene in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl5wZwgSHZg a video]] with the comment, "Seriously, wtf was this about? Seriously."

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIGB5mmx_lk "Mysterious"]] bears a striking resemblance to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uaz_AZcjH6c "Light in Darkness"]] by Music/YellowMagicOrchestra.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIGB5mmx_lk "Mysterious"]] bears a striking resemblance to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uaz_AZcjH6c "Light in Darkness"]] by Music/YellowMagicOrchestra.

* CultClassic: Although it didn't sell well when it was released, it has become popular now, especially due to its fly-swatting game and Website/YouTube videos of songs made in Mario Paint.

* SidetrackedByTheGoldSaucer: The fly-swatting minigame, especially considering half of the main trope page is about it. In later years, the music composing section became this in spades, to the point where finding footage of anything besides it on Website/YouTube is a challenge.

* EarWorm:
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=As-V14W8H2E&feature=related The main background music.]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyOPK7FmiJ8 Gnat Attack 1]].

* SidetrackedByTheGoldenSaucer: The fly-swatting minigame, especially considering half of the main trope page is about it. In later years, the music composing section became this in spades, to the point where finding footage of anything besides it on Website/YouTube is a challenge.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=As-V14W8H2E&feature=related the main background music.]]

* EarWorm: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=As-V14W8H2E&feature=related the main background music.]]

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyOPK7FmiJ8 Gnat Attack 1]].

* EarWorm: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=As-V14W8H2E&feature=related the main background music.]]

* CultClassic: Although it didn't sell well when it was released, it has become popular now, especially due to its fly-swatting game and YouTube videos of songs made in Mario Paint.