Mario Paint
Mario Paint is a 1992 art creation video game developed by Nintendo Research & Development 1 (R&D1) and Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Mario Paint consists of a raster graphics editor, an animation program, a music composer, and a point and click minigame, all of which are designed to be used with the Super NES Mouse peripheral, which the game was packaged and sold with. Per its name, the game is Mario-themed, and features sprites and sound effects that are taken from or in the vein of Super Mario World.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA, read 5 September 2026.
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- Released
- 1992
- Developer
- Nintendo Research & Development 1
- Platforms
- 1 systems
- Critics
- Not scored
- Steam Deck
- Unknown
- Download
- Not stated
The record
| First released | 14 July 1992 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Nintendo Research & Development 1 |
| Publisher | Nintendo |
| Platforms | Super Nintendo Entertainment System |
| Genres | non-game, video game art |
Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q1809250, seeded 30 August 2026.
How long is Mario Paint? How long to beat it
Total play time for Mario Paint is about 36.8 hours to do everything, and around 9.1 hours to reach the end of the main story. These are player-submitted times from HowLongToBeat, not our own, shown with the number of players behind each.
| How you play | Hours | Players logged |
|---|---|---|
| Just the main story: straight through the critical path | 9.1h | 14 |
| Main + the extras: story plus the side content most people do | 18.4h | 4 |
| Completionist: everything: 100% the game | 36.8h | 3 |
Source: HowLongToBeat community submissions, read 2026-10-19.
Where Mario Paint sits on the grid
The grid places every game in the catalogue on measured axes rather than on an opinion. This is where Mario Paint lands on each map it has the data for, with the share of the catalogue it beats on each axis.
- Year
- 47ahead of 5% of the catalogue
- Reach
- 30ahead of 72% of the catalogue
Percentiles are against the games that carry a reading on that axis, not the whole catalogue: counting a game with no figure as a zero would flatter everything that has one. How the grid works.
What readers say about Mario Paint
Reviews written by people who have played it. These are separate from the GamingPickz Score and are never averaged into it: that score comes from thousands of Steam reviews with a sample-size correction, and a handful of unverified ratings would distort it rather than improve it.
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Common questions about Mario Paint
What platforms is Mario Paint on?
Mario Paint is available on Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It first released in 1992.
Who made Mario Paint?
Mario Paint was developed by Nintendo Research & Development 1 and published by Nintendo.
How long does it take to beat Mario Paint?
about 9.1 hours for the main story, 18.4 hours with the main extras, 36.8 hours to complete everything, from HowLongToBeat's player-submitted times. These are community medians, so your own run may be shorter or longer.