Mario Paint is an art creation game developed by Nintendo Research & Development 1 and Intelligent Systems. Mario Paint is more of an art program than a video game, it has a graphics editor, an animation program, a composing DAW, and even a point-and-click game on top of it all. The “games” were designed around the SNES Mouse an alternate controller that was packaged and sold with it. The resources included in the game are either ripped from Super Mario World or fit that specific style of Mario.
The game sold very well and is considered one of the best-selling SNES games. The game was released to positive reviews. It was praised for its features and innovation but it was criticized for its limitations completely stifling its potential as creative software.
The Premise Of Mario Paint
Mario Paint‘s gameplay depends on what you’re interested in. There’s a fly-swatting mini-game called Gnat Attack that helps players become accustomed to the SNES mouse. You have to swat 100 insects before fighting a boss and upon beating the mini-game’s three levels it restarts with faster insects. In the game’s coloring book program, you can color and edit pre-made drawings. In the drawing board program, you can choose from 15 colors and 75 patterns to draw original paintings. You can combine this with the Animation Land program to create four-, six-, and/or nine-frame animations. The music composer allows you to write music pieces either in common time or triple time. There are 15 instruments to choose from and the pieces you make can be played in Animation Land and the coloring book.
The Main Characters Of Mario Paint
Mario Paint is not a traditional video game so it doesn’t have characters like the other Mario games would.
The Other Titles In The Series
The Mario franchise has over 250 games in its franchise, here is a list of the mainline games:
- Super Mario Bros. (1985)
- Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels/Super Mario Bros. 2 (1986)
- Super Mario Bros. 2/Super Mario USA (1988)
- Super Mario Land (1989)
- Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988, 1990)
- Super Mario World (1990, 1991)
- Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (1992)
- Super Mario 64 (1996)
- Super Mario Sunshine (2002)
- New Super Mario Bros. (2006)
- Super Mario Galaxy (2007)
- New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009)
- Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2010)
- Super Mario 3D Land (2011)
- New Super Mario Bros. 2 (2012)
- New Super Mario Bros. U (2012)
- Super Mario 3D World (2013)
- Super Mario Maker (2015)
- Super Mario Odyssey (2017)
- Super Mario Run (2016)
- Super Mario Maker 2 (2019)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder (2023)
Mario Paint Cheats
Rotate stamps option
When you’re on the title screen, click on the “N” in “Mario Paint” and the credits should start rolling. When you see “PROGRAMMER: NORIAKI TERAMOTO” appear, hold down the right-click button and left-click on the “N” to stop the credits. Now, when you click on Mario to start the game, four 90 degree rotation options for stamps are available in addition to the normal flip options.
Unlock Right Clicking
View the credits by clicking on the “N” in “Mario Paint”. When you see “PROGRAMMER: NORIAKI TERAMOTO” appear, hold down the right-click button and left-click on the “N” to stop the credits. This allows you to use the right-mouse button until you reset.
Game Genie Cheats
The following cheats require the third-party hardware, Game Genie to work. If you are emulating Mario Paint with an emulator that supports cheat codes, then these codes should still work.
Fly Swatter Game Invisibility Codes
- CBCF-0769
- 62C4-0DA9
- EECF-07A9
Fly Swatter Game Unlimited Lives
A2C3-6409
Fly Swatter Game All Icons In Bug Swat
CBC4-A400
Action Pro Replay Cheats
Similar to the Game Genie Codes, these codes require the Action Pro Replay to work. These codes should still work if using an emulator that supports cheats.
Fly Swatter Game Invisibility Codes
- 7F0040FF
Fly Swatter Game Unlimited Lives
7F001801
Fly Swatter Game All Icons In Bug Swat
7F00120F
Secrets
| Unlocked Secret | How To Unlock |
|---|---|
| Alternate Music | Click on the letter I or O in the word Mario. |
| Change Mario’s Size | Click on the letter M in the word Mario Paint. |
| Color Title Screen | Click on the letter T in the word Paint. |
| Hidden Sounds | Click on the letter P in the word Mario Paint. |
| Hit Mario | Click on the letter A in the word Mario Paint. |
| Living Undoing Dog | Click on the grid iconand wait. After a while,the undo icon will come to life and will walk around.If you move the mouse,it will run back and turn into an icon. |
| Secret Developer’s song | When Mario turns and faces away from the screen on the title screen, quickly click on him (he turns away fast). If you do this correctly there’ll be a chanting song as you enter the game. |
| Shake the Screen | Click on the letter I in the word Paint. |
| View Credits | Click on the letter N in the word Paint. |
| Walking R | Click on the letter R in the word Mario Paint. |
| Yoshi Cameo | Click on the letter A in the word Paint. |