List of messaging applications for Nintendo game consoles
| Type | LAN messenger |
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| Launch date | |
| Last updated | March 22, 2012 (details) |
| Platform |
Nintendo DS Nintendo DS Lite Nintendo DSi Nintendo DSi XL Nintendo 3DS Homebrew |
| Developer | Nintendo |
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| Type | Email Client |
| Launch date | 2006 |
| Last updated | November 6, 2012 (details) |
| Platform | Wii |
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| Developer |
Nintendo Europe R&D NST Vidyo |
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| Type | Online chat |
| Launch date | |
| Last updated | November 18, 2012 (details) |
| Platform | Wii U |
Ever since the introduction of the Nintendo DS in 2004, which is Nintendo's first gaming console to have wireless communication as a standard, Nintendo introduced a variety of instant messaging applications to suit each gaming console they released ever since. The following is a list of the messaging applications that was developed for Nintendo's consoles.
PictoChat (ピクトチャット PikutoChatto) is a communication utility that comes pre-installed on the Nintendo DS, Nintendo DS Lite and Nintendo DSi consoles. Up to sixteen people can paint and/or text chat with each other using it, connected wirelessly through a LAN-only, system-to-system wireless connection. It allows for simple input of keyboard text and written text/drawings. PictoChat received an Excellence Prize for Entertainment at the 2004 Japan Media Arts Festival.
The Nintendo DS touch screen is used to type in letters with an on-screen keyboard or to draw and send pictures. Messages sent from the DS or DS Lite appear in black, while DSi systems feature an additional "rainbow" pen (see the last paragraph of functions). The keyboard provides enough Latin and kana glyphs to write in all languages supported by the system: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, and Japanese, plus Hungarian, Finnish, Portuguese and Dutch.The pictochat system can only send messages in a radius of 10 meters.
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