Prominent video game developers have cited "Mario Paint" as an inspiration. Masahito Hatakeyama, one of the designers of 2009's "WarioWare D.I.Y." for Nintendo DS, cites "Mario Paint"s drawing and music creation tools as inspiration for the drawing and music creation tools in "D.I.Y.", while several staff members of the development team cited it as the game that taught them the joy of developing video games. "WarioWare D.I.Y." allows players to record notes via the DS microphone, and apply noises and animals sounds to them, similar to "Mario Paint"'s music creation. "WarioWare D.I.Y." uses a paint program based upon the idea of "Mario Paint" when the player makes a comic or graphics for their custom microgame. When "Mario Paint" is entered as the name for a microgame or comic, the "Mario Paint" theme will play. Some of "Mario Paint"s sound effects and musical instruments appear in this game.