Nintendo has announced Pictonico, a new mobile game coming to iOS and Android devices later this month on May 28, and it’s a WarioWare-esque minigame compilation that uses your photos as characters.
To play the game, you’ll either snap a fresh photo of someone or find one in your camera roll, and they’ll become the star of one of the feature minigames – including ones where you can manipulate their faces, dress them up like an infant, put them in a red carpet fashion show or… make them secretly muscular?
It’s kind of an odd one, and although I’m certain it’s designed to be a fun and collaborative distraction I do get some odd vibes from this (Japanese-language) trailer, almost like the kind of bullying I would’ve someone who’s not me would’ve been subjected to at school:
Pictonico will be “free-to-start,” with some free demo versions of some of the minigames included, but players who want to experience the game properly will need to fork out for one or both paid content packs to get proper access to the games. Volume 1 is priced at AUD $9.49 / USD and Volume 2 is priced slightly higher at AUD $12.99 / USD $, but it’s unclear which games or how many each pack includes.
Here’s the official description of the game via Nintendo:
Pictonico coming May 28, 2026
Turn your photos into minigames!
Sure, it’s kind of silly… But there’s no telling what will happen next!・ Here come your school’s sports stars…strutting down the red carpet!
・ Your boss is hungry and needs your help!
・ Try to wash away those embarrassing high-school memories.
・ Son won’t quiet down? Zip his mouth!
・ Two old friends reconnect while skydiving!
・ Grandpa dressed like a ballerina? Can’t miss this photo op.
・ Mom’s angry… But that nose hair must be plucked!
・ Dad’s making that face again. Wait, is that a facial mask?
・ Best friend turned final boss?! Evasive maneuvers!
・ That calm, collected teacher was all muscle this whole time?You can try a few minigames for free, or purchase volumes to unlock up to 80 minigames in total, ranging from easy to pretty tricky.
Get ready to laugh out loud when you look back at old photos!You can even take photos with friends on the spot and use them right away.
*This game is free-to-start.
*Purchase of a game volume is required for gameplay, but you can play a demo of some minigames for free.
*A constant online connection is not required, but temporary network access may be needed for the following operations, which may incur data charges:
・ First launch
・ Purchasing game volumes
*Your photos are not sent to Nintendo.
What do you think? Wholesome fun, or asking for trouble? Let us know in the comments or on our social pages!