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Nintendo’s newest WarioWare is a weirdo smartphone app

May 28, 2026 Andrew Webster

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Promotional art for the Nintendo game Pictonico.

A decade ago, Nintendo made a big splash into the world of mobile gaming with a new Super Mario platformer directed by none other than Shigeru Miyamoto. But even though the game proved popular, it wasn't the success the company had hoped for. Over the ensuing years Nintendo has slowly retreated from smartphone gaming, with the exception of a handful of apps and some legacy games. Which is what made it so surprising this week when Nintendo launched Pictonico. It's a bizarre and playful mobile game that channels the best of WarioWare, but I have zero idea how it fits into Nintendo's current strategy.

Much like WarioWare, Pictonico (which, I a …

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