Editing Mario Artist: Polygon Studio

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|image=[[File:Mario Artist Polygon Studio.jpg|250px]]
|developer=[[Nintendo Research & Development 1|Nintendo R&D 1]]<ref>http://archive.videogamesdaily.com/features/ncl_nintendo_wwiv_apr06_p2.asp</ref><br>Nichimen Graphics
|publisher=[[Nintendo]]
|release={{flag list|Japan|August 31, 2000<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), et al.|date=October 19, 2015|location=Tokyo|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja|title=『スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』(''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8|page=244}}</ref>}} 
|genre=Creative
|modes=Single player, multiplayer
|platforms=[[Nintendo 64DD]]
|format={{format|64dd=1}}
|input={{input|n64mouse=1}}
}}
'''''Mario Artist: Polygon Studio''''' (マリオアーティスト　ポリゴンスタジオ) is the fourth and final game released in the ''[[Mario Artist (series)|Mario Artist]]'' series and overall ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' franchise on the [[Nintendo 64DD]], released in Japan on August 31, 2000. 

The game allows players to construct and render 3D polygons, then texture them, and paint them. The player can also assemble models from pre-made or player-made parts and use them to explore a 3D world called the [[Experimental World]] and find newer, more effective parts. Along with this, two minigames are included: Sound Bomber, a simple predecessor to the [[WarioWare (series)|''WarioWare'']] series, and Go-Go-Park, in which the player "winds up" their model and tries to get them to stop at a certain distance before a cliff, serving as a predecessor to the minigame [[Chicken Race (minigame)|Chicken Race]] in ''[[WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!]]'' Both minigames have three tiers of difficulty.
==Microgames==
<gallery>
MAPS Microgame.png|ROULETTE
Jump microgame MAPoS.png|JUMP
RocketMicrogameMAPS.png|SHOOT
MAPSBaseball.png|BASEBALL
WeirdHandMicrogameMAPS.png|MAZE
TetrisMAPS.png|BLOCK
HandMicrogameMAPS.png|FLIES
SpeedyMicrogameMAPS.png|RACE
</gallery>

==Gallery==
===Artwork===
<gallery>
PolygonStudioArt.jpg|Cover art
Polygonstudio.jpg|[[Mario]] artwork
</gallery>

===Screenshots===
<gallery>
Thumbs 06MA.JPG|Pre-release
MAPS Polygonedit.png|Editing a face polygon in ''Mario Artist: Polygon Studio''.
MAPoS Title Screen.png|Title screen
MAPS_StartingTerminal.png|The Starting Terminal in the Experimental World
MAPS Polygonecia.png|The entrance to Polygonesia
MAPS dino foot.png|Collecting a new part in the Experimental World
MAPS egg.png|A [[flying egg]] pursuing the player
MAPS tube.png|A [[tube creature]] in the overworld
</gallery>

===Miscellaneous===
<gallery>
NSW99 MA Demonstration Photo 1.gif|A photo of the [[Mario Artist (series)|''Mario Artist'' series]] demonstration event in Nintendo Space World '99, which the game was demonstrated
</gallery>

==References to other games==
*''[[Mario Paint]]'': The "baby face" from this game can be seen floating in the background of the model creation menu, and will make its signature noise when clicked on. As with all other ''Mario Artist'' titles, a dog's head serves as the "Undo" icon, a reference to [[Undodog]]. When starting up the game, there is a chance that a scene of two figures doing aerobics will play, just like in this game. The [[Baker (Mario Paint)|Baker]] brothers leaving behind messages for the player in the Experimental World are eventually revealed to be these same two figures, and they can both be collected and used as blocks by the player.
*''[[Super Mario 64]]'': Untextured versions of [[Mario]] and [[Yoshi|Yoshi's]] models from this game can be loaded in the Polygon Editor. A part called the [[Power Star]] can be found in the Experimental World mode, which makes all Power Block parts perform like their most superior counterparts.
*''[[wikirby:Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards|Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards]]'': An untextured version of [[wikirby:Kirby|Kirby]]'s model from this game can be found in the Polygon Editor.

==References in later games==
*''[[WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!]]'': The concept of microgames originated from ''Polygon Studio's'' Sound Bomber mode. The introduction stage taking place inside a boombox is a direct reference to Sound Bomber. Additionally, all of the Sound Bomber microgames appear in this game, under different names and with different graphics and controls:
**JUMP appears as [[Crazy Cars]].
**BLOCK appears as [[Diamond Dig]].
**SHOOT appears as [[Repellion]].
**ROULETTE appears as [[Wario Whirled]].
**BASEBALL appears as [[Batter Up (WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!)|Batter Up]].
**FLIES appears as [[Mario Paint: Fly Swatter]].
**RACE appears as [[Hectic Highway]] and [[Racing 112]].
**MAZE appears as [[Maze Daze]].

==Staff==
{{main|List of Mario Artist: Polygon Studio staff}}

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmW9Ipc2FhA Playthrough of the game]
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