A Nintendo art creation tool, brilliant for kids and playful minds. Includes minigames like the famous fly swatter.
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Category
Application1 player3+
Description
Creative drawing and music composition application using the Super NES mouse. Published by Nintendo, released in Europe in 1992. Pixel art drawing with the SNES mouse, stamp and pen for illustrations, simplified music composition tool and skill mini-games. Nintendo creative application with the SNES mouse.
Mario Paint review
4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
MAX
Music
★★★★★
"Legendary"
1/5
Story
★★★★★
"Anecdotal"
Turning the player into a composer, the software makes music creation a game, with a playful editor and its main theme turned cult. The joy of tinkering with your own melodies, using wacky sound effects, is unique of its kind. This creative, joyful approach has inspired generations of amateur musicians.
Gameplay
"Sloppy"
Fun
"From the very first seconds"
More than a game, a creative workshop with the mouse: drawing, animating, composing your own music and playing with zany tools unleashes limitless creativity. The famous fly-swatting mini-game adds a dose of hilarious arcade. The fun springs from this playful freedom and the joy of tinkering. Inventive, accessible and surprisingly rich, a timeless creative escape.
The PAL release of Nintendo's creative software bundled with the SNES Mouse, which shapes its collector appeal: value sits in the complete pack, grey mouse, mat and cardboard box together. The loose cartridge trades easily, but a sealed copy or a CIB with the accessories intact takes real hunting. A genuine oddity in the Nintendo library, more software tool than game, sought for its emblematic place in the short-lived mouse era.
Is Mario Paint still worth playing in 2026?
A creative tool sold with the SNES mouse, inviting you to draw, animate little scenes and compose music in a playful, accessible interface. More than a game, it is an expression workshop whose music composer became a cult favourite, an endless source of shared creations even today. The fly-swatting mini-app adds an arcade touch. A delightful curio for fans of retro creative tools and Nintendo's legacy, best tried with the mouse.
