Mario Paint

"Even better than Paint for Windows!"

Mario Paint is a SNES game (well, sort of a game) in which you can create paint pieces and music with everybody's favourite little Nintendo plumber. Even though it's over a decade old now, it's totally much more fun to play around with than most other painting programs. It's simple, fun, easy and there's a decent amount of stuff to do. So what's bad to say about a game of this type?

Gameplay: 10/10

The gameplay of Mario Paint simply just blew me away from the instant I started composing pieces on it. You get an official mouse and mouse mat along with the game that you plug into your SNES and you can start working. There is a lot of stuff you can do in Mario Paint. You can make pieces with the paint program with several drawing tools, colours, stamps or text lettering styles. You can make anything you want, it's all up to your imagination. And this is why it's so fun. It lasts a very long time and the fun will never go away. You can also play on a program where you make and compose your own music with several instruments related to the Mario World in terms of pictures, and sound very accurate on a music scale. Mario plays your songs for you once you are ready to hear them! And there's also a cool little mini-game in which you swat flies using the mouse. They're all fun to play around with. As Delboy said, ''Everyone's a winner, petit de journee''.

The fact that an official mouse for the game comes with the packaging also makes controlling a lot better. You can't control the game with a SNES controller, so thanks to the little beauty with a rounded body and two buttons, you can make smooth controlling and it works just like a computer mouse. It's pretty powerful, and I was impressed with the quality of how well the mouse worked. Like Microsoft Paint, it's easy to understand and control.

There is a whole range of things you can do with this game, and like I stated before, the only boundary of Mario Paint is your imagination. There are lots of things for you to create and play with if you are a very innovative person, I am sure you will love this game. You can save your pictures and music to the cartridge if you really love them that much for later uses, or create your own animation frames to go within pictures! It's so fun, it's incredible. This is easily one of the most fun SNES games ever in terms of gameplay.

Audio/Video: 10/10

All the graphics in the game look terrific. Little icons found in the Mario world are seen here and they are very well drawn. The bigger pictures you can colour in look greatly drawn, and the range of colours you can pick to make your pictures look are in a good variety so you can make your drawings look as colourful or as dull as you want.

There is also some terrific music to hear within Mario Paint. You can hear some themes that have been pre-created onto the cartridge, or you can make your own up, as I've already stated. The instruments you can collaborate can sound brilliant together if you know what you're making, and it's all in your mind what music you wish to hear. Another great feature of Mario Paint.

Good Things/Pros

-- It's all up to you what you want to create. Be imaginative!

Bad Things/Cons

-- Er...

Overall: 10/10

This game is just pure fun. I can't say it enough. Mario Paint is addictive, and it's a lot better than many paint programs you can find. It shows the creative power of the SNES, and the only limit to this game is your imagination. There are great graphics and lots of fun stuff to do in this very creative and artistic game. You can make pictures, animations, music or play the little mini-game for some great lasting fun. Nintendo makes another new game format for Mario to appear in, and yet again, it's brilliant!

Reviewer's Score: 10/10, Originally Posted: 04/04/04