Yes. Officially, was only available in Japan, Australia, and New Zealand via the App Store and Google Play.
The app successfully captures the distinct visual style of the original while adding modern quality-of-life upgrades. 1. The Classic Three-Color Palette
Why? Two reasons:
As of 2025, Nintendo has not announced a new Flipnote Studio for mobile. However, the spirit of the app lives on in several ways:
Before TikTok, before YouTube Shorts, there was Flipnote Studio . On the DSi, it turned 30 million kids into animators. When Nintendo announced a mobile version in 2012, the internet lost its mind. Finally, you could draw frame-by-frame animations on your iPhone and upload them directly to YouTube. No stylus required (finger drawing was... rough, but possible).
Mobile apps have democratized this further. Unlike the walled garden of the Nintendo 3DS, mobile animation apps allow for instant sharing to TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram. This has led to a renaissance of the "loop" animation style popularized by Flipnote, now adapted for the social media age.