Mario Artist Polygon Studio is the fourth title of theMario Artist suite, featuring a 3D model editor, a full open-world mode, and a minigame consisting of a number of "microgames" that increase in difficulty and speed over time.

While the 64DD was a flop, taking a number of planned games down with it (Mario Artist Sound Maker had been announced, but was cancelled when Randnet announced a new "Maker Series" withSound Maker,Game Maker,Graphical Message Maker, andVideo Jockey Maker) and resulting inPolygon Studio being the last release for the ill-fated add-on,a certain greedy mustachioed man would later steal the aforementioned minigame wholesale andmake bank.

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Found at0xAB5120 alongside roads, the 64DD logo, and the Nintendo logo.

Found at0xAB6D20 is a tiny version of the oldPolygon Studio logo.Mario Artist Paint Studio once useda similar logo.

PrereleaseSuper Mario 64 Assets

The models sampled fromSuper Mario 64 strangely all seem to be based on earlier versions of the character models from said game.

Mario

SM64 Mario	SM64 Medium-Poly Mario	Polygon Studio Mario

The Mario model interestingly appears to be based on Mario's medium-poly model fromSM64, which features less polygons in the body than the main model.

EarlySM64 Medium-Poly Luigi From Leak	Polygon Studio Mario

Additionally, it may be based on an earlier version of Mario's medium-poly model, due to the head having similar topology with the head of an early version of Luigi's medium-poly model (found in the July 2020 Gigaleak).

Yoshi

SM64 Yoshi	EarlySM64 Yoshi From Leak	Polygon Studio Yoshi

The Yoshi model is almost identical tothe one found in the July 2020 Gigaleak. The most notable difference compared to the finalSM64 model are the fully modeled soles on the shoes. For thePolygon Studio version, it appears they added a few more polygons to better define the spikes on the back of his head.

Koopa

SM64 Koopa	EarlySM64 Koopa	Polygon Studio Koopa

The Koopa model appears to be using the early model parts of theSM64 Koopa, which can be foundin the final data of that game. The most notable difference to the finalSM64 model is the slightly taller shell.

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