Mario Paint

MARIO PAINT

Mario Paint is a surprisingly popular game for the SNES entirely built around letting players use their creativity in several different ways. The game has four different modes: Art Mode, which lets players draw whatever they want; Pixel Mode, which gives players a grid that they can then use to make pixel art; Music Mode, with several images like Mario's face and Mushrooms and Fire Flowers and such that can be placed as notes, each representing a different instrument; and Animation Mode, which lets players create short little animations.

Outside of the four creative modes, there are two other features of note: the title screen and the minigame Gnat Attack. Gnat Attack is a minigame where the player controls a disembodied hand holding a flyswatter as a number of insects buzz around the screen. Most Smash players should recognize it as an assist trophy in Ultimate. The title screen is unique in that it is interactive, with each letter of the title causing a different effect: M shrinks Mario, A will fall, R will open an eye and make noise, I will invert the screen's colors, O explodes, P changed the screen to a grassy field, A will cause Yoshi to run across the screen, I causes all text on the screen to shake, N will cause the credits to roll, and T will let the player draw with a rainbow crayon.

Not much to say here, but it's fun to talk about. Here's what we've got so far:

Characters:

Mario: hammer, bombs, drop drum, golden hammer, pink (enemy), blue (block), yellow (metal plate), green (brick), Kanbank

Luigi: same

Princess Peach

Bowser

Foreman Spike: push, best option for a gimmick character, see all above

Koopa Troopa

Eggplant Man: run around

Gotchawrench: run around

Onigiri

Onnanoko

Oyazi

Dogu

Stages:

Wrecking Crew

High Rise Building

Mario Paint

Items:

Hammers

Bombs

Drums

Blocks

Thanks for reading! Next up, let's cover Mario Clash!