A decade ago, Nintendo made a big splash into the world of mobile gaming with a new Super Mario platformer directed by none other than Shigeru Miyamoto . But even though the game proved popular, it wasn't the success the company had hoped for . Over the ensuing years Nintendo has slowly retreated from smartphone gaming, with the exception of a handful of apps and some legacy games . Which is what made it so surprising this week when Nintendo launched Pictonico . It's a bizarre and playful mobile game that channels the best of WarioWare , but I have zero idea how it fits into Nintendo's current strategy. Much like WarioWare , Pictonico (which, I a … Read the full story at The Verge.