Nostalgic Nintendo DS PictoChat Revived as PicoChat iMessage App

Developer Idrees Hassan recreates the beloved PictoChat experience for iPhone users, offering a retro-inspired drawing and messaging app available for free on the App Store.

• PicoChat is an iMessage app that mimics the iconic PictoChat from the Nintendo DS, allowing users to draw and handwrite messages on their iPhones.
• The app includes features such as undo options, saving favorite drawings, pixelated emojis, and customizable names and color schemes.
• PicoChat's design closely resembles the original PictoChat interface, including a small keyboard and a stylus simulation for drawing with your finger.
• Originally launched in 2004, PictoChat on the Nintendo DS was a short-range messaging app that fostered creativity and nostalgia for a generation of users.
• PicoChat is available for free on the App Store, inviting both Nintendo DS fans and new users to enjoy its retro-inspired functionality within iMessage.

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