Nintendo has announced Pictonico!, a fun and innovative mobile game that turns your photos into rapid-fire comedy microgames. It’s essentially tapping into TikTok culture's need for quick-fire seconds of fun before swiping for more. In some ways, it feels like Nintendo’s most interesting thing in a while, and also one of the most old-fashioned Nintendo games. With that in mind, the other reaction is, why on earth isn’t this a WarioWare game?
Nintendo is going for the same scrappy energy as the classic WarioWare series – it’s quick-fire nonsense, basic in design, where split-second reactions prove fun. It's the kind of casual game Nintendo used to make all the time during the DS and Wii eras. In fact, these kinds of games were all the rage at one point, from WarioWare to Bishi Bashi Special and even the recently resurrected Point Black, via the excellent G’AIM’E console.
