Turn iMessage into the Nintendo DS’ PictoChat. Idrees Hassan has created a free iOS app called PicoChat that recreates the Nintendo DS’ messaging experience in iMessage, as spotted by Overkill .

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 ...

Nintendo debuted PictoChat alongside the original Nintendo DS in 2004 as more of a curiosity than a play at messaging ...

The Nintendo DS is long gone, but there’s always nostalgia ... It lets you draw or handwrite messages to other people using Apple’s messaging platform. “Remember sitting on the bus and ...

PictoChat was a built-in messaging application preloaded on the Nintendo DS, Nintendo DS Lite, and Nintendo DSi. It allowed users to communicate using text and drawings over a local wireless ...

The patent, filed in the U.S. in February 2025, describes a proximity-based voice chat system, meaning voice communication would be tied to a player's in-game location. A Long-Requested Feature for ...

The Nintendo DS' stylus-based messaging app PictoChat wasn't the first place I instant-messaged (that would be my friend's AIM account) but it was absolutely the least overwhelming and most pleasant ...