Nintendo's wacky new mobile game takes inspiration from WarioWare
Nintendo has announced a new mobile game called Pictonico!, inspired by the WarioWare franchise. The game allows players to take photos and turn them into quirky minigames, featuring 80 different games that manipulate portraits in humorous ways. Pictonico! will be available for free on May 28 for both iOS and Android, but additional content may require payment.
- ▪Pictonico! is a free-to-download mobile game set to launch on May 28.
- ▪Players can take photos of friends and family to create wacky minigames.
- ▪The game features 80 minigames that alter portrait photographs in humorous ways.
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Gaming Nintendo Nintendo's wacky new mobile game takes inspiration from WarioWare The free-to-download Pictonico! turns photos into minigames. By Lawrence Bonk May 19, 2026 12:28 pm EST Nintendo Nintendo just announced an upcoming mobile game that should please fans of stuff like WarioWare. Pictonico! is a free-to-download title that'll be available for both iOS and Android on May 28. It looks absolutely ridiculous and definitely an example of Nintendo at its weirdest. The basic hook is that players take photos of family and friends and the game turns those pictures into wacky minigames that resemble the microgames from the WarioWare franchise. There are 80 of these games, and they all seem to mangle portrait photographs.
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