Nintendo's New 'Pictonico' iOS Game Turns Your Photos Into Minigames
Nintendo has announced a new mobile game called Pictonico, launching on May 28. The game allows players to turn their photos into various minigames, featuring 80 different challenges. It will be free to try, with additional content available for purchase.
- ▪Pictonico transforms photos into minigames similar to those in WarioWare.
- ▪The game includes 80 minigames that increase in difficulty as players progress.
- ▪Photos used in the game remain on the device and are not sent to Nintendo's servers.
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Nintendo's New 'Pictonico' iOS Game Turns Your Photos Into MinigamesTuesday May 19, 2026 1:25 pm PDT by Juli CloverNintendo 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 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.
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