Online gaming publication CVG recently wrote an informative article titled “23 things you should know about the Nintendo 3DS” and included in the feature is some very interesting information regarding a Wi-Fi based messaging system for the Nintendo 3DS.
What’s the ‘friend list’?
It shows any friend (yes) with whom you’ve exchanged your friend code. This can be done locally with a button press (which takes a second) or by typing in codes you’ve swapped elsewhere. When mates play online you’ll see their Mii playing a tiny 3DS (this won’t work for old DS games). You’ll also be able to use Wi-Fi messaging.
And what is Wi-Fi messaging?
Sad news: PictoChat is dead. Good news: it’s been replaced with a true online chat forum. Messaging gives you the same doodling/writing capabilities as those in PictoChat, only this time you communicate with online friends. Now you’ll be able to tell your mates exactly what you thought of that Mario Kart blue shell on the finish line.

Why the picture of Pinocchio for this article?
Was bored of using 3DS images so figured I choose something completely random as it’s a Friday : )
haha gotcha. I just thought it was your way of calling them liars or something : P
thats what I thought too lol
Good point, why not a 3DS?
Ahahahahahhaa…. Good answer about the picture SICKR, ahahaha.
About the article… It s a good new don’t it? Im pretty excited about 3DS… however, i’m afraid it will take a while until i got mine… u.u ( -$$$) TT~TT
I really like this. Its really good news to even have a friendlist haha.
Pictochat was always dead.
Nintendo 3DS messaging system is gonna be awesome. People also read my blog for some exciting news about Mobile technology
I subscribe to NGamer and let me tell you, they often get things wrong. But then again, we can still be hopeful…
sweet. Pictochat was only useful when in class :P
Yes! That will be awesome to have on the 3DS! :D
cool info, only a day or two to go!
Hopefully Nintendo releases it before the end of the month, not the end of Spring / Autumn!
I’m not holding my breath though!
I LOVE DICKS.
Good for you
good for you, but this is for nintendo fans, not gay people
@hades! Right you tell em
thnx, but i didn’t really mean to be mean to gays because one of my freinds is gay, but this isn’t the place for this kind of stuff, it’s for nintendo.
I approve of this.
I APPROVE OF THIS SO MUCH
thats really all there is to say on the matter