Nintendo has surprised fans with an announcement of a bonkers new mobile title, which appears very similar to its WarioWare series.
Pictonico! will launch on iOS and Android devices on Thursday, May 28th. The game uses the player’s photos and turns them into playable minigames.
Like WarioWare’s microgames, Pictonico players must complete each bizarre task in a matter of seconds. Using photos from an existing library or taking new ones in the app itself, users interact with photographed faces by rapidly feeding them, pulling off sea creatures, unwrapping mummies, and much more.
The base game will be free and will offer a small selection of minigames. To access more, players must purchase minigames in packs, with Volume 1 priced at $5.99 and Volume 2 costing $7.99. Nintendo has stated that there will be “up to 80 mini-games in total” across all volumes.
Listings of the game on mobile platforms tease examples of other minigames to be included, in Nintendo’s words:
- 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?
Pictonico! Can be pre-registered on the Apple App Store and Google Play starting today.
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Written by Reece Heather
A veteran Zelda Universe editor and First-class journalism graduate, Reece emerged with a Nintendo 64 and a lifelong obsession after a narrow escape from Santa’s Naughty List in 1998. Outside of games, he’s reading Punisher comics, being bossed around by his cocker spaniel, and cornering innocent bystanders to rant about the importance of game preservation.
