| Pushmo World | |
|---|---|
 Pushmo World's official logo | |
| Developer(s) | Intelligent Systems Nintendo SPD |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Director(s) | Taku Sugioka Misuzu Yoshida |
| Producer(s) | Toshio Sengoku Naoki Nakano Hiroyuki Yamada |
| Artist(s) | Narumi Kubota |
| Composer(s) | Shoh Murakami |
| Platform(s) | Wii U |
| Release | June 19, 2014 |
| Genre(s) | Puzzle |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Pushmo World, known asPullblox World in Europe and Australia and asHikuosu World[a] in Japan, is apuzzle game developed byIntelligent Systems and published byNintendo for theWii Uvideo game console. The game is the sequel toPushmo andCrashmo, and was released worldwide on June 19, 2014. A sequel,Stretchmo for the Nintendo 3DS, was released in 2015.
Mallo and children come back at the Pushmo Park for its re-opening and Papy Blox and his dog Brutus wait for them. However, similar to the first time, children are trapped within the Pushmos; they witness Brutus jumping on the "reset switches" (switches that reset the Pushmo) across all the park. Again, Mallo set across the new Pushmo Park to rescue children; when done, Brutus explains that he loves this gadget and did not want to cause the mess. Mallo later leaves with the children. The next day, Papa Blox presents to Mallo the Bonus Pushmo.
The player, as the round cat Mallo, rescues children from atop three-dimensional, colored block puzzles called Pushmos. The player approaches a block, holds down a button, and either pulls or pushes the blocks to climb the tower. There are 250levels.[1]
The game includes a puzzle editor (Pushmo Studio) wherein players can build their own puzzles and share them viaQR code or an in-game World Pushmo Fair, aMiiverse online service.[1]
The Pushmo Fair was discontinued with Miiverse on November 7, 2017,[2] however QR code sharing is still possible.
The game was first announced May 28, 2014 for Wii U.[3][4] It was created as a sequel toPushmo on the Nintendo 3DS.
The game is exclusive to the Wii U.[1]
| Aggregator | Score |
|---|---|
| Metacritic | 80/100[5] |
| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| Destructoid | 8/10[6] |
| Edge | 8/10[7] |
| Electronic Gaming Monthly | 9/10[8] |
| Eurogamer | 8/10[9] |
| Game Informer | 7.75/10[10] |
| GameRevolution | 7/10[11] |
| GameSpot | 7/10[12] |
| GameTrailers | 7.6/10[13] |
| IGN | 7.5/10[14] |
| Joystiq |   [15] |
| Official Nintendo Magazine | 85%[16] |
| Polygon | 9/10[1] |
| USgamer | 4.5/5[17] |
| VentureBeat | 75/100[18] |
| Digital Spy | [19] |
| National Post | 8/10[20] |
Pushmo World received "favorable" reviews according to thereview aggregation websiteMetacritic.[5]
Polygon's Dave Tach was new to the series, but quickly liked it. He particularly appreciated the puzzles' pacing in that he felt like he continually made positive progress and never felt hopelessly stuck. Tach said the game was not customized for the home console, but did not need to be.[1]