Players who own a Nintendo DS will be familiar with PictoChat. Whether it was the novelty when you first started it or the fun of chatting and painting with friends late at night, this simple chat room software was once all the rage. And now, in 2025, PictoChat is back — thanks to Overkill, of course.
DS Classic Chat Room is now available on iOS
Although this return is not an official version, it is titled 「PicoChat for iMessage」 ’s new app allows you to relive the chat room experience on DS with friends in Apple Messages. It is important to emphasize that this application does notNoIt is an official Nintendo product, and its App Store description also clearly states: “This app has no connection with Nintendo.”
This app is developed by an independent developer Idrees Hassan Created to perfectly recreate the atmosphere of a classic DS chat room. You can type text, doodle on the tiny rectangular canvas, and even use little pixel-style emojis to give your message a more 2004 feel.
A nostalgic trip to the DS era
Do you still remember the time when you took out your DS on the bus and texted your friends through PictoChat? In order to recreate this feeling, developers specially created “PicoChat for iMessage”. This appfreeandOpen source, interested players may wish to download and try it out and provide feedback to the developers.
Of course, the experience of this app is still limited by the screen size, and inputting long text is not convenient (miss you, DS stylus). But as a nostalgic app, its cuteness will definitely make old players smile.
By the way, the NDS is already a “nostalgic” device. After all, the original version of this handheld console just celebrated its 20th anniversary in November last year. Twenty years have passed since I first experienced PictoChat that year… Time flies so fast that people can’t help but sigh.
source:apple store