History VideoGame / MarioPaint

The software isn't really a game so much as an art tool: there's making images using brushes, stamps, and patterns; creating animations; creating music (which could be used in the animations); loading pre-defined images to color or edit in any other manner; and creating custom stamps. ''Mario Paint'' also had a well-known minigame called "Coffee Break" (also referred to as "Gnat Attack" in the manual), in which you had to swat flies to progress through the level, going on forever until you lost all of your lives from getting hit by the flies. This minigame would later be featured in ''VideoGame/WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!''.

This game has a few {{Spiritual Successor}}s, such as the '' VideoGame/MarioArtist'' series for the Platform/{{Nintendo 64}} Disk Drive, ''[[VideoGame/WarioWare WarioWare D.I.Y.]]'' for the Platform/NintendoDS, and ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker'' for the Platform/WiiU and Platform/Nintendo3DS.

* InteractiveStartUp: The game opens on Mario running across a BlankWhiteVoid with the title in a simple black font, an unusual lack of colour for [[Franchise/SuperMario the franchise]]. Clicking on each letter activates various gags, from shrinking Mario and powering him back up, dropping the letter A on his head, inverting the colours and sending the music into UncommonTime, and briefly summoning Yoshi, to the letter P drawing out a whole clickable scene using the in-game stamps (clicking the icons makes sounds, though not the same as the instruments for the game's music tool), playing the [[MiniGameCredits in-game credits]], and letting you paint the screen with a rainbow-checkerboard fill.
* {{Jumpscare}}: The Undodog's loud sneezes that randomly happen if you choose the silent option in the background music menu (though [[AllThereInTheManual the manual warns you]] that the Undodog does suffer from allergies).

* SpiritualSuccessor:
** ''Mario Artist: Paint Studio'', a [[NoExportForYou Japanese-only]] game for the 64DD, which also came with a mouse peripheral.
** ''VideoGame/WarioWare D.I.Y.'' is a GameMaker app for DS in the style of ''Mario Paint'' that also includes a music composer and a canvas mode.
** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker'' is a GameMaker for the Wii U and 3DS that's directly inspired by ''Mario Paint'', down to the user interface.

* OneUp: Occasionally a hand will float down from the top of the screen, which will give you an extra life if swatted.

''Mario Paint'' was released in 1992 for the UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem. It was the first game to use the SNES Mouse peripheral, and came bundled with it.

This game has a few {{Spiritual Successor}}s, such as the '' VideoGame/MarioArtist'' series for the UsefulNotes/{{Nintendo 64}} Disk Drive, ''[[VideoGame/WarioWare WarioWare D.I.Y.]]'' for the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS, and ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker'' for the UsefulNotes/WiiU and UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS.

->"When I was eight, dude,\\

it came with a mouse ''and'' a mousepad!"\\

--> Music/{{Brentalfloss}}, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl5wZwgSHZg Mario Paint WITH LYRICS]]

This game has a few {{Spiritual Successor}}s, such as the ''Mario Artist'' series for the UsefulNotes/{{Nintendo 64}} Disk Drive, ''[[VideoGame/WarioWare WarioWare D.I.Y.]]'' for the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS, and ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker'' for the UsefulNotes/WiiU and UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS.

This game has a few {{Spiritual Successor}}s, such as the ''Mario Artist'' series for the UsefulNotes/{{Nintendo 64}} Disk Drive, ''[=WarioWare D.I.Y.=]'' for the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS, and ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker'' for the UsefulNotes/WiiU and UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS.

-->"When I was eight, dude,\\

---> Music/{{Brentalfloss}}, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl5wZwgSHZg Mario Paint WITH LYRICS]]

* ThemedCursor: The cursor is Mario's {{white glove}}.
* WhiteGlove: Mario's glove serves as a cursor.

* ThemedCursor[=/=]WhiteGloves: The cursor is Mario's white glove.

It is worth noting that the first animated ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' cartoon was animated using ''Mario Paint''. [[note]] They went back to using ''Mario Paint'' for the toon 'Strong Bad is a Bad Guy' and for short clips on Twitter since 2018. They attempted it for the site's 20th anniversary short film in 2016, but stopped after realizing how tough it was with just animating one character.[[/note]]

It is worth noting that the first animated ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' cartoon was animated using ''Mario Paint''. [[note]] They went back to using ''Mario Paint'' for the toon 'Strong Bad is a Bad Guy' and attempted it for the sites' 20th anniversary, but stopped after realizing how tough it was with just animating one character. [[/note]]

-->"When I was eight, dude,"
-->I couldn't wait, dude,
-->to play this great new game called Mario Paint!
-->A title I wish every house had,
-->it came with a mouse ''and'' a mousepad!
-->(...It was a big deal back then.)

-->"When I was eight, dude,"\
I couldn't wait, dude,\
to play this great new game called Mario Paint!\
A title I wish every house had,\
it came with a mouse ''and'' a mousepad!\
(...It was a big deal back then.)

it came with a mouse ''and'' a mousepad! (...It was a big deal back then.)

It is worth noting that the first animated ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' cartoon was animated using Mario Paint. [[note]] They went back to using Mario Paint for the toon 'Strong Bad is a Bad Guy' and attempted it for the sites' 20th anniversary, but stopped after realizing how tough it was with just animating one character. [[/note]]

This game has a few {{Spiritual Successor}}s, such as the ''Mario Artist'' series for the UsefulNotes/{{Nintendo 64}} Disk Drive, [=WarioWare D.I.Y.=] for the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS, and ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker'' for the UsefulNotes/WiiU and UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS.

* FanRemake: The music maker aspect of the program picked up a few PC/Mac remakes, most notably Mario Paint Composer and Advanced Mario Sequencer.

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* EasterEgg: On the title screen, clicking certain letters would cause certain things to happen, such as clicking the letter "P" to make grass, trees, and a bunch of other objects appear; or clicking the letter "O" to hear Kazumi Totaka's secret song. The Super Stars that also fly across the screen occasionally also contain one, if you're fast enough to click one.

It is worth noting that the first animated ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' cartoon was animated using Mario Paint.

This game has a few {{Spiritual Successor}}s, such as the ''Mario Artist'' series for the UsefulNotes/{{Nintendo 64}} Disk Drive, [=WarioWare D.I.Y.=] for the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS, and ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker'' for the UsefulNotes/WiiU.

** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker'' is a GameMaker for the Wii U that's directly inspired by ''Mario Paint'', down to the user interface.