{"id":1943035,"date":"2026-05-19T09:48:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T06:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1943035"},"modified":"2026-05-19T09:48:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T06:48:53","slug":"nintendo-has-just-announced-wario-ware-like-game-pictonico-for-mobile-phones-and-it-looks-absolutely-bonkers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1943035","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo has just announced Wario Ware-like game Pictonico! for mobile phones, and it looks absolutely bonkers"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/pictonico\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Pictonico!<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Nintendo has just announced Wario Ware-like game Pictonico! for mobile phones, and it looks absolutely bonkers<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Friendly chaos.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Pictonico_trailer.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Pictonico! trailer screenshot of a minigame\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"Pictonico_trailer.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Nintendo<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/fran-j-ruiz-author.png?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"fran-j-ruiz-author.png\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/fran-ruiz\">Fran Ruiz<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-05-19T09:48:53+00:00\">May 19, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/nintendo-pictonico-announcement?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          9 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"037e66fe-d880-4d12-ba22-b36798566c63\" data-name=\"Pictonico!\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Pictonico!\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Pictonico!\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Pictonico!\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Pictonico!\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Pictonico!\" title=\"Follow Pictonico!\"><br \/>\n  Follow Pictonico!<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Nintendo sure loves its surprise announcements, and the latest feels especially chaotic even if the game reveal is rather bite-sized. Pictonico! appears to be heavily inspired by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/warioware-move-it\">Wario Ware<\/a> and launches next week on mobile phones.<\/p>\n<p>Described (via <a href=\"https:\/\/pictonico.nintendo.com\/en-gb\/index.html\">the official site<\/a>) as a free-to-start game with &#8220;purchases of game volumes&#8221; that add to the collection of minigames, Pictonico! looks a lot like Wario Ware and other off-beat Nintendo games; it&#8217;s easily explained by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/warioware-director-goro-abe-leaves-nintendo-but-not-game-development\">Intelligent Systems<\/a>&#8216; involvement as co-developer.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"\u3042\u306a\u305f\u306e\u5199\u771f\u304c\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u306b\u306a\u308b\u300ePictonico!\u300f\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Pl-Y_BMRL_w?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/Pl-Y_BMRL_w\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">\u3042\u306a\u305f\u306e\u5199\u771f\u304c\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u306b\u306a\u308b\u300ePictonico!\u300f<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Pictonico! Reveal Trailer<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Pl-Y_BMRL_w\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Pictonico! releases on 28th May, hitting both iOS and Android devices on the same day with a free &#8220;demo version&#8221; that includes three different minigames. It&#8217;s essentially a small taste of the whole package that you can buy in chunks, though the pricing of those DLC packs hasn&#8217;t been revealed yet.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>For the most part, Pictonico! appears to use photos taken with your phone&#8217;s camera (old and new) to create wacky minigames through the use of filters and interactive mechanics. While it clearly isn&#8217;t a major release from Nintendo, it&#8217;s fun to see the company toy with such ideas on a smaller scale. It also genuinely looks like a great bit of fun for parties and meetups.<\/p>\n<p>In the age of people being (rightfully) concerned about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-helps-train-gps-ai-for-niantic-spatial\">sending their data and personal pictures to tech companies<\/a>, Nintendo was thinking a step ahead and has underlined it&#8217;s not receiving the users&#8217; photos <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.nintendo.zana\">via the app&#8217;s store pages<\/a>. In fact, <a href=\"https:\/\/faq.f.nintendo.com\/hc\/en-gb\/articles\/55972134802329-Can-I-play-Pictonico-offline\">as confirmed by the official FAQ<\/a>, a connection is only required for the first launch, changing language settings, and purchasing and downloading new game volumes.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Nintendo sure loves its surprise announcements, and the latest feels especially chaotic even if the game reveal is rather bite-sized. Pictonico! appears to be heavily inspired by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/warioware-move-it\">Wario Ware<\/a> and launches next week on mobile phones.<\/p>\n<p>Described (via <a href=\"https:\/\/pictonico.nintendo.com\/en-gb\/index.html\">the official site<\/a>) as a free-to-start game with &#8220;purchases of game volumes&#8221; that add to the collection of minigames, Pictonico! looks a lot like Wario Ware and other off-beat Nintendo games; it&#8217;s easily explained by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/warioware-director-goro-abe-leaves-nintendo-but-not-game-development\">Intelligent Systems<\/a>&#8216; involvement as co-developer.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"\u3042\u306a\u305f\u306e\u5199\u771f\u304c\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u306b\u306a\u308b\u300ePictonico!\u300f\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Pl-Y_BMRL_w?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/Pl-Y_BMRL_w\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">\u3042\u306a\u305f\u306e\u5199\u771f\u304c\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u306b\u306a\u308b\u300ePictonico!\u300f<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Pictonico! Reveal Trailer<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Pl-Y_BMRL_w\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Pictonico! releases on 28th May, hitting both iOS and Android devices on the same day with a free &#8220;demo version&#8221; that includes three different minigames. It&#8217;s essentially a small taste of the whole package that you can buy in chunks, though the pricing of those DLC packs hasn&#8217;t been revealed yet.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>For the most part, Pictonico! appears to use photos taken with your phone&#8217;s camera (old and new) to create wacky minigames through the use of filters and interactive mechanics. While it clearly isn&#8217;t a major release from Nintendo, it&#8217;s fun to see the company toy with such ideas on a smaller scale. It also genuinely looks like a great bit of fun for parties and meetups.<\/p>\n<p>In the age of people being (rightfully) concerned about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-go-helps-train-gps-ai-for-niantic-spatial\">sending their data and personal pictures to tech companies<\/a>, Nintendo was thinking a step ahead and has underlined it&#8217;s not receiving the users&#8217; photos <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.nintendo.zana\">via the app&#8217;s store pages<\/a>. In fact, <a href=\"https:\/\/faq.f.nintendo.com\/hc\/en-gb\/articles\/55972134802329-Can-I-play-Pictonico-offline\">as confirmed by the official FAQ<\/a>, a connection is only required for the first launch, changing language settings, and purchasing and downloading new game volumes.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Pictonico! 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