{"id":679252,"date":"2026-05-19T08:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T08:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/679252\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T08:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T08:24:08","slug":"nintendo-reveals-new-mobile-game-pictonico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/679252\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo reveals new mobile game Pictonico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pictonico.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img width=\"656\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Pictonico-656x355.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-image size-post-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"Pictonico\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nintendo is releasing a brand new mobile game titled Pictonico, the company just revealed. It will be available on May 28, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Pictonico is a mini-game experience centered around using photos. You can use your own face (or friends as well) across 80 different challenges. It\u2019s already drawing comparisons to Face Raiders on Nintendo 3DS.<\/p>\n<p>The game is free to start. A few mini-games will be available for free, but you\u2019ll need to make a purchase to unlock the full set. Volume 1 costs $5.99 while Volume 2 is priced at $7.99.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the official overview from Nintendo:<\/p>\n<p>Sure, it\u2019s kind of silly\u2026 But there\u2019s no telling what will happen next!<\/p>\n<p>Here come your school\u2019s sports stars\u2026strutting down the red carpet!Your boss is hungry and needs your help!Try to wash away those embarrassing high-school memories.Son won\u2019t quiet down? Zip his mouth!Two old friends reconnect while skydiving!Grandpa dressed like a ballerina? Can\u2019t miss this photo op.Mom\u2019s angry\u2026 But that nose hair must be plucked!Dad\u2019s 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?<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>The first trailer can be found below.<\/p>\n<p>Announcement Trailer<\/p>\n<p>This is the most recent Nintendo game on mobile not tied to an existing franchise since Dragalia Lost in 2018. That title <a href=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/dragalia-lost-ending-service-in-november\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">shut down back in 2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Related<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nintendo is releasing a brand new mobile game titled Pictonico, the company just revealed. It will be available&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":679253,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49,48,61],"class_list":["post-679252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=679252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/679253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=679252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=679252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=679252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}