Nintendo Pictochat-inspired iMessage app lets you text your friends like it's 2004

Relive the early 2000s and chat using a new Nintendo DS Pictochat-inspired iMessage app.Pictochat comes to iMessageAt some point in the last month, a new iMessage app has popped up, promising to recreate the feeling of "sitting on the bus and messaging your friends via your favorite two-screened handheld." The app, aptly called Pictochat for iMessage, does just that.I wasn't quite sure what to expect when I installed Pictochat for iMessage. I mean, yes, I was a fervent user of Pictochat in the early aughts, but I still was curious how well it would work on an iPhone. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

May 7, 2025 - 18:24
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Nintendo Pictochat-inspired iMessage app lets you text your friends like it's 2004
Relive the early 2000s and chat using a new Nintendo DS Pictochat-inspired iMessage app.

Three PicoChat boxes on a gradient background. The top-left box says hello in handwriting, the middle shows a smiley face, and the bottom-right contains a small icon and question mark.
Pictochat comes to iMessage

At some point in the last month, a new iMessage app has popped up, promising to recreate the feeling of "sitting on the bus and messaging your friends via your favorite two-screened handheld." The app, aptly called Pictochat for iMessage, does just that.

I wasn't quite sure what to expect when I installed Pictochat for iMessage. I mean, yes, I was a fervent user of Pictochat in the early aughts, but I still was curious how well it would work on an iPhone.


Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums