Mario Artist – Talent Studio is a game available for the Nintendo 64 platform where the user is given the ability to shape and modernize custom 3D characters. Functions such as character's hair, skin, eye color, attire, physical aspects, and size are adjustable and are notably more intricate in comparison to subsequent Nintendo Miis. Characters can be incorporated into dynamic animations and films, with a capacity to control happenings via the Z-trigger. The incorporation of external visual content via the Capture Cartridge is also viable.
In Mario Artist: Talent Studio, the player can create their own characters in 3D, customizing features such as hair, skin, and eye color, voice, clothes, facial features, and body size and type. The process is similar to Nintendo's later Miis, but much more detailed. The characters can then be inserted into movies and animations. Events during these movies can be controlled by pressing the Z-trigger. Images from external video can be imported using the Capture Cartridge.