Mario no Photopi

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Mario no Photopi
Mario no Photopi box art.
Developer(s) Tokyo Electron
Publisher(s) Tokyo Electron
Release date(s) Japan December 04, 1998
Genre(s) Creativity
Mode(s) Single player
Platform(s) Nintendo 64
Input SmartMedia card x2, Standard controller
The specialised game cartridge featuring 2 SmartMedia card slots.
The specialised game cartridge featuring 2 SmartMedia card slots.

Mario no Photopi "Mario's Photo Pictures" a combination of the words Photoghraphs and pictures. Japanese pronuncation "Mario no Foto pii" is a creativity game released for the Nintendo 64 in 1998 only in Japan. The game's cartridge had two SmartMedia card slots in the top to import digital photos and other graphics. Pictures created in the game could be saved to the memory card, would work with any digital printing display located in many malls and large scale stores, and the cards could even be sent away like any other film processing.

It was released only in Japan - and even there it is widely unheard of, making it a very popular game amongst collectors. Collectors like it even more, as it is the only game to use the Smart Media-ready cartridge. The unique cartridge has a Model Number of NUS-023. To date it is known to have had three Smart Media cards that were specialy made for it, in connection with Video Game themes;

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