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Super Mario Maker Was Almost a Mario Paint Game

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Nintendo didn't initially plan to create Super Mario Maker, because the project started as a new Mario Paint game for Wii U.

Speaking with Time, Nintendo game designer Takashi Tezuka — who was the lead director on Super Mario World — talked about Super Mario Maker's origins. "Originally we wanted to make a Mario Paint game, using the Wii U GamePad,” he said.

“And that was where the idea originally started, but at the same time, we wanted to take the Super Mario Bros. toolset that we use to create the levels, and we wanted to move that toolset over to the Wii U GamePad to make it easier to create the levels with the touchscreen.”

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