Mario Artist (series)

Mario Artist is a series of four Japan-exclusive games for the Nintendo 64DD, serving as spiritual successors to Mario Paint. Originally, eight games in total were announced, but half of them were canceled due to the failure of the 64DD.

Canceled games

 * Mario Artist: Game Maker
 * Mario Artist: Graphical Message Maker
 * Mario Artist: Sound Maker
 * Mario Artist: Video Jockey Maker

Additionally, Mario Artist: Paint Studio was originally going to feature a minigame similar to Gnat Attack, but it was removed in the final product.

Legacy
Though the Mario Artist series, as well as the Nintendo 64DD as a whole, were seen as a failure, many concepts utilized within were later revisited and worked upon by Nintendo. Nintendo designer Yamashita Takayuki attributes his work on Mario Artist: Talent Studio, namely its avatar creation tool, as having been foundational to his eventual work on the Miis introduced in the Nintendo Wii. Some of these ideas were also implemented into . The Sound Bomber mode to Mario Artist: Polygon Studio is a direct precursor to the WarioWare series, inspiring the games and series as a whole. All minigames featured within Mario Artist: Polygon Studio were implemented into microgames in WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!.

Mario can unlock an outfit in Super Mario Odyssey, based on his appearances from the Mario Artist series and Mario Paint. In Mario Kart Tour, Luigi (Painter) is partially based on Mario's appearance in this series.

Names in other languages
Mario Artist (serie)