Long live Mario Paint!
Ok, I think I’ve established that I’m an art geek in previous blogs, right? Right. I got to wondering the other day why Nintendo hadn’t released a painting game for the Wii yet. Given the Wii’s motion sensing controls, I thought a paintbrush controller and painting game would be pretty full of awesome.
Think Bob Ross meets Mario. “Let’s paint a happy little tree here next to the smiling mushroom…” *dab dab dab*
That reminded me of the old-school Mario Paint game (SNES) that also let you create little tunes. Well, lo-n-behold, Mario Paint is still alive and kickin’! Leave it to creative musical minds to recreate today’s greatest hits [/end casey casem voice] in Mario Paint bleeps and bloops! Needless to say, I couldn’t stop laughing when I heard some of them. I mean, I like me some Fiddy, but In Da’ Club Mario-style? Ha! Coldplay’s Clocks a’la Nintendo anyone? Too funny.
Goes to show how some games are timeless. Sure, the midi-sound tunes can’t compete with Guitar Hero or Rock Band, but you have to give Mario Paint Maestros credit. The game is nearly 20 years old!
Ah, Mario Paint. I think I still have it…and the mouse. I wonder if my sister’s awesome disco tune/animation is still saved on the cart? It would be a shame if that little masterpiece was lost forever.
I remember using Mario Paint for a class presentation in high school. A friend and I spent literally all day animating a car running into a brick wall and a stick-figure dude flying through the windshield covered in airbrushed blood splatters (to remind folks to wear their seat belts). To transfer it to video tape, we set up a camcorder in front of her parent’s big screen TV. It was brilliant.
Mario Paint! I loved Mario Paint! I even liked the game where you practiced using a mouse by swatting at flies, which is a little strange. Chimpancrazy, I am very impressed with your animating abilities…I never had the patience to do something like that!
Hey!, thanks for the good “live Mario Paint! at Prima Games Author Blog” post. Would it be possible, that i can write a story about this post in our local newspaper? I would be really happy if i can do this and i will give you a link from a german blog too. Please answer. Greetings Goldpreise
Yeah, that’s fine by me. Have at it! I’d love to see what you write.
Cheers!