According to the manual, two parts of "Mario Paint" are meant to familiarize the user with the SNES mouse: the title screen, where users can click on each of the logo text for "surprise" to occur and a fly-swatting mini-game named "Gnat Attack", where the player swats 100 insects before fighting a boss named King Watinga. The mini-game lasts three levels, and after they are completed, the game starts over with the enemies swarming in and attacking at faster speed. Content creation features of the program include a drawing board, "Animation Land," a music composition feature, and a coloring book. Collages can be saved at a time in the program to be loaded at later usage of the software or recorded to VCR. In the coloring book, the user can color-in and edit four pre-made black-and-white drawings, including one featuring Yoshi and Mario, another featuring various animals, a greeting card, and a underwater scene.