Mario Paint on NSO with Mouse Controls
Hop aboard your Nintendo Switch and dive into Mario Paint once again, now revitalized with modern accessibility!
Carlos Mendoza · 1 min read
Experience Creative Freedom with Mario Paint on NSO - USB Mouse Supported!
Mario Paint, the 1992 classic, is now playable on both the Nintendo Switch and the Nintendo Switch 2. Subscribers to Nintendo Switch Online can access this title from the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) catalog. Players can utilize Joy-Con controllers or connect a compatible USB mouse via USB to the original Nintendo Switch for an experience reminiscent of the original game. This game allows users to create digital art, animate drawings, and compose original music, encouraging creative expression.
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Game info
- Official Name
- Mario Paint
- Brief Summary
- Mario Paint is an educational game that allows anyone to create simple pictures, paint over black and white pictures, or free draw their own using the specially developed SNES Mouse. The player can also create their own piece of music using a selection of notes and themes, create greeting cards and animations, or play a game of "Gnat Attack", where they use the mouse to control a swatter to swat flies.
- Platforms
- Super Famicom, Super Nintendo Entertainment System
- Released
- July 14, 1992
- Genre
- Music, Puzzle, Simulator
- Play Modes
- Single player
- Content Rating
- E
- Languages
- English, French
- Genre
- Nintendo R&D1, Intelligent Systems
- Genre
- Nintendo, Playtronic
- Ratings
- 73/100 (63 reviews)



