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((Short description|1998 video game))
((more citations needed|date=February 2020))
((Infobox video game
| collapsible = 
| state = 
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| title = Mario no Photopi
| image = Mario no Photopi video game box art.jpeg
| alt = 
| caption = 
| developer = [[Nintendo|Nintendo Co., Ltd.]], [[Tokyo Electron]], [[Fujifilm|Fuji Photo Film Co.]], Ltd.<ref name="MnP news"/> Datt Japan, Inc.<ref name="MnP at Nintendo"/>
| publisher = Tokyo Electron, Hagiwara Syscom Co., Ltd.<ref name="MnP at Nintendo"/>
| series = ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]''
| engine = 
| platforms = [[Nintendo 64]]
| released = ((vgrelease|JP|December 2, 1998))
| genre = [[Educational game|Creativity]]
| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single player]]
| director = 
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))
((nihongo|'''''Mario no Photopi'''''|マリオのふぉとぴー|Mario no Fotopī|lead=yes)) is a [[Educational game|educational]] [[video game]] released for the [[Nintendo 64]] in 1998 in Japan.<ref name="MnP at Nintendo">((cite web | title=Mario no Photopi | publisher=Nintendo Co, Ltd. | url=http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n01/n64/software/photopi/index.html | language=Japanese | accessdate=October 30, 2017))</ref> With a variety of photo retouching and image composition functions, [[SmartMedia]] storage card slots, and planned [[64DD]] floppy disk compatibility, the game was intended to supplant Japan's small growing market for personal computers.<ref name="MnP news"/>

==Gameplay==
Gameplay consists of puzzles that the system constructs from images, encouraging [[user-generated content]]. The player can compose a unique image using the included ''Mario'' series clip art, borders, fonts, and other graphics. The composition's layout can become a postcard, name card, poster, or a TV slideshow series.<ref name="MnP at Nintendo"/>

To facilitate such compositions, the user can optionally exchange [[Exif]] images with any other [[SmartMedia]] device via the two card slots on the top of the game cartridge. Images can be imported from a personal computer or camera and retouched into the game's compositions. Completed compositions can be exported to a personal computer, or [[Fujifilm|Fuji]] printing kiosk such as at a shopping mall.<ref name="MnP news"/><ref name="MnP at Nintendo"/><ref name="MnP at Vice"/> Four optional SmartMedia cards were produced separately and specifically intended for use with the game, preloaded with [[video game]] themed graphics files: ''[[Sylvanian Families]]'', ''[[Bomberman (series)#Main characters|Bomberman]]'', ''[[Yoshi]]'',<ref name="SMBE">((cite book | title=Super Mario Bros Encyclopedia | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BLN1DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT243 | date=2018 | isbn=9781506708072 | publisher=Dark Horse Books | accessdate=February 19, 2020))</ref>((rp|242)) and ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]''. In 2017, a hobbyist modified the game to remove the severely limiting requirement of the now obsolete and deteriorated [[SmartMedia]] cards.<ref name="MnP at Vice"/>

==Development==
[[File:N64-SMC.jpg|thumb|left|The [[SmartMedia]] storage cards used to store photos for the game]]
The game's development was a joint effort supervised by [[Nintendo]] which contributed some character graphics, the prominent computer memory manufacturer Hagiwara Syscom for the game software,<ref name="MnP at Nintendo"/><ref name="Kumio Yamada"/> electronics makers Datt Japan<ref name="MnP at Nintendo"/> and [[Tokyo Electron]] for integrating the [[SmartMedia]] slot into Nintendo's [[Nintendo 64 Game Pak|Game Pak]] cartridge design, and printer maker [[Fujifilm|Fuji Photo Film Co.]], Ltd.<ref name="MnP news"/>

On December 2, 1997, ''Mario no Photopi'' was preannounced with optional compatibility with the [[64DD]] floppy drive<ref name="MnP news"/> at a time when the drive was expected to launch in March 1998.<ref name="Donkey Kong 64 Jumps to DD">((cite web | title=Donkey Kong 64 Jumps to DD | website=IGN | first=Chris | last=Johnston | date=June 23, 1997 | url=http://www.gamespot.com/articles/donkey-kong-64-jumps-to-dd/1100-2466865/ | accessdate=January 11, 2015))</ref> Compared to a [[SmartMedia]] card's then-typical 2MB,<ref name="MnP at Vice"/> the 64MB floppy disk was intended to hold a user's entire photo album and therefore further supplant the Japanese user's need to buy a less desirable personal computer and printer.<ref name="MnP news">((cite web | date=December 2, 1997 | title=Mario no Photopi | publisher=Nintendo Co., Ltd. | url=http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n10/news/971202.html | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19980205081520/http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n10/news/971202.html | archivedate=February 5, 1998 | accessdate=October 30, 2017))</ref> The 64DD's drastic launch delays forced the removal of all 64DD functionality from the game. From September 30 to October 3, 1998, the game was publicly demonstrated at Hagiwara Syscom's booth at World PC Expo '98.<ref name="Kumio Yamada">((cite web | language=Japanese | first=Kumio | last=Yamada | work=PC Watch | title=山田久美夫のWORLD PC EXPO98 デジタルフォトレポート | url=https://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/article/981006/expo98_e.htm | date=October 3, 1998 | accessdate=February 20, 2020))</ref>

==Release==
The game was released on December 2, 1998 with a suggested price of ((JPY|9800)).<ref name="MnP at Nintendo"/> As a nonstandard cartridge uniquely containing the only SmartMedia interface to the Nintendo 64 platform,<ref name="MnP at Vice">((cite web | work=Vice | first=Jason | last=Johnson | date=October 5, 2017 | url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8x8bjv/this-forgotten-nintendo-64-game-is-one-part-photoshop-one-part-mario-paint | title=This Forgotten Nintendo 64 Game Is One Part Photoshop, One Part 'Mario Paint' | accessdate=February 19, 2020))</ref> the cartridge has a model number of NUS-023.

==Reception==
At the World PC Expo '98 prerelease demonstration, Kumio Yamada of PC Watch expressed mistrust of the product's file format in favor of an open standard like [[JPEG]]. He praised the convenience of the gamepad driven user interface for image slideshows and management, and he especially  enjoyed editing custom photos with Nintendo's characters.<ref name="Kumio Yamada"/>

In 2017, Jason Johnson of ''[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]'' retrospectively called the game "one part [[Adobe Photoshop|Photoshop]], one part ''[[Mario Paint]]''". He said its obscurity makes it "a piece of Nintendo lore" and "something of a holy grail among collectors".<ref name="MnP at Vice"/>

==See also==
((Portal | Video games|1990s))
* ''[[Mario Paint]]''
* ''[[Mario Artist]]''
* [[Game Boy Camera]]

==References==
((reflist))

((Mario puzzle games))

[[Category:1998 video games]]
[[Category:Nintendo 64-only games]]
[[Category:Nintendo 64 games]]
[[Category:Japan-exclusive video games]]
[[Category:Single-player video games]]
[[Category:Mario puzzle games]]
[[Category:Video games developed in Japan]]

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