Nintendo Reveals New Pictonico! Game, Launches on iOS and Android Next Week
The game uses phone photos in more than 80 minigames and offers only a demo until players buy volumes.
- Nintendo announced a new mobile game called Pictonico via the Nintendo Today app, marking an unexpected return to the mobile gaming sector.
- Back in 2020, reports suggested Nintendo lost interest in mobile gaming, with only Fire Emblem Heroes consistently successful and few releases besides Pikmin Bloom in 2021; the Company now sees new opportunities.
- Intelligent Systems, the studio behind WarioWare, is co-developing Pictonico as a minigame collection where players' photos appear in the games, featuring upwards of 80 minigames.
- Offered as free-to-start, Pictonico recalls camera-based games like WarioWare Snapped and Face Raiders, though full collection access requires purchase at unannounced pricing.
- Pictonico launches May 30, though Nintendo clarified that Pokémon TCG Pocket is handled by The Pokémon Company, not Nintendo itself, as a separate mobile venture.
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Nintendo's New 'Pictonico' iOS Game Turns Your Photos Into Minigames
Nintendo today announced a new mobile game called Pictonico, which is set to launch on Thursday, May 28. Pictonico turns photos into minigames like those you see in WarioWare. The app's website features players taking photos of themselves and their friends, with the app altering the photos in different ways. In one example, the person's mouth opens up widely to chomp on corn with a tap, and in another, a person is bundled up with a mummy and the…
Nintendo reveals new Pictonico! game, launches on iOS and Android next week
While some of the big Switch 2 game leaks have now come true, there are still some major rumors still up in the air. One Nintendo game that did not leak ahead of time is the quirky new Pictonico! that was just revealed and is now set for release next week. more…
Nintendo releases "Pictonico" a mobile game that integrates personal photos directly into gameplay.
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