A new iOS app replicates the classic PictoChat messaging service found on Nintendo DS consoles. Despite being unofficial, PicoChat for iMessage includes pixel emojis and features reminiscent of ...

PicoChat lovingly recreates the look and feel of PictoChat, a local messaging app that shipped with the Nintendo DS beginning in 2004 and later with the DS Lite and DSi. PictoChat used a short-range ...

Nintendo debuted PictoChat alongside the original Nintendo DS in 2004 as more of a curiosity than a play at messaging dominance. The app required both messengers to connect their handhelds over ...

The app generates a PictoChat-themed image of your message you can send to others, giving them a similar experience without installing the app. A weekly newsletter by David Pierce designed to tell ...

Anyone who owned a DS in the mid-2000s will likely have fond memories of PictoChat. Whether it was a one-off blast on launch day, or endless hours at a sleepover, Nintendo's little messaging ...

iMessage already includes built-in drawing via Digital Touch, but PicoChat recreates the distinct aesthetic and interaction style of PictoChat. PictoChat was a built-in messaging application ...