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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.

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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 goal is to unwrap the mummy.


There are 80 minigames to play through, at normal, high-speed, and danger zone speeds that make gameplay more challenging. As players progress through the levels, the game will get more difficult. Pictonico can use photos from the Photo Library, or photos taken with the iPhone's camera from the game interface. Nintendo says that photos remain on device and are not sent to its servers.

Pictonico was co-developed with Intelligent Systems, which is the studio that created the WarioWare game series.

According to Nintendo, the game is free to try, with three minigames available at no cost. Unlocking the "Volume 1" games costs $7.99, while a "Volume 2" series is available for $5.99.

Pictonico is available for pre-order from the App Store. [Direct Link]

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robertosh Avatar
17 weeks ago
Very weird game. Do they need fresh human pictures to train AI or what?
Score: 13 Votes (Like | Disagree)
koifish22 Avatar
17 weeks ago

Yet another personal data-extractive app... Nintendo is really trying to get into that market with things like Pokemon SLEEP. 👎


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Score: 10 Votes (Like | Disagree)
17 weeks ago

I am not the target market as I am actually a long time gamer and not someone with brainrot. I felt as excited as watching MS promoting the future of Xbox some time ago.
When did we become so jaded? Had this been a 3DS game people would be all over it. Switch the platform to mobile and suddenly it’s the end of the world.

The world needs more games, and certainly more mobile games like this. Inventive and hilarious!
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)
17 weeks ago

I agree. But “3DS”?? What year do you think we’re currently living in?
😂
I guess what I'm saying is that gaming in general has become less creative as time has gone on. The 3DS was the last 'crazy' console with all sorts of neat ideas.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Trusteft Avatar
17 weeks ago
I am not the target market as I am actually a long time gamer and not someone with brainrot. I felt as excited as watching MS promoting the future of Xbox some time ago.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
macduke Avatar
17 weeks ago
NINTENDO: Make more Switch 2 games! And I’m not talking about the third release of Star Fox 64 29 years later and it’s creepy reskin. Or remasters of Galaxy. Where the hell is the new 3D Mario?? It has been 9 years since Odyssey.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)