Classic Mario Game Added to Nintendo Switch Online

Oh man, so get this. Nintendo just dropped some news out of nowhere, and I’m still trying to wrap my head around it. So, they’re bringing Mario Paint to the Nintendo Switch Online service. Yeah, that old Super Nintendo game you might have forgotten about? It’s now on the Super Nintendo channel. If you don’t have the Switch 2, you’ll probably need some gadget to make it work. Oh, by the way, this service isn’t free, but it’s loaded with a bunch of retro games. So there’s that.

What gets me, though, is that this is the first Super Nintendo game they’ve added since March 2025—right? Crazy. And the first big Mario game from the 16-bit days in ages. Lately, they’ve been doing this whole thing with N64 and GameCube re-releases. I guess those get more love? But hey, here comes a classic Mario title sneaking in, waving its little digital hand.

Anyway—or, wait, hang on, where’s my brain at? Oh, right! The game’s stuck on Super Nintendo for ages. Blame the mouse it needed back then, I guess. But now, the new Switch 2 controller is like a magic wand—turns into a mouse. Wild, right? For the old Switch, some USB mouse thing works, too. So don’t panic if you’re not on the latest gadget wagon.

So then, bam! Trailer drops, spilling deets about using the new mouse thing on Switch 2. “Mario Paint” doesn’t just let you paint; it’s also got a music thing that lets you mix sounds from Nintendo shenanigans. Save your little tunes with this suspend points feature. Fancy, huh? And now the tunes can boogie on the Nintendo Music app.

Okay, real talk—Mario Paint might not be everyone’s fave, but folks who’ve used it have been making music and art forever. Do you know about that time someone remade the Succession theme with it? Anyway, with it being so much easier to get your hands on now, I really hope it sparks more creativity and not just nostalgia. Fingers crossed!