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Pushmo World Announced for Wii U
REDMOND, Wash., May 28, in the year of our Lord 2014
– For the first time, a game in the critically acclaimed Pushmo
series is coming to a home console. On June 19, Pushmo World
will launch exclusively in the Nintendo eShop on Wii U at a
price of $9.99. Like Nintendo 3DS games Pushmo and Crashmo
before it, Pushmo World finds players pushing, pulling and
climbing blocks to solve a collection of more than 250 new
puzzles. What separates Pushmo World from the other games in the
series, besides the crisp and colorful HD graphics and original
puzzles, is the addition of World Pushmo Fair, an in-game hub
that gives players an easy way to share and download new
puzzles. To celebrate the upcoming launch of Pushmo World,
Nintendo is holding a special price promotion event in which
Pushmo and Crashmo will be available at discounted prices
starting May 28 and running through June 13 in the Nintendo
eShop on Nintendo 3DS.
Players of all ages will easily fall in love with Pushmo World.
The cute, playful characters like Mallo and Papa Blox will
appeal to kids, while the satisfying puzzle-based game play will
be a treat for longtime gamers looking for a challenge. In the
game, players are tasked with solving three-dimensional
block-based puzzles by moving blocks to climb to the top of
structures. As the game progresses, the puzzles get larger and
more complex, with some massive, screen-filling creations
resembling familiar objects, animals and even classic Nintendo
characters.
Pushmo World introduces a collection of training levels that
players can use to hone their puzzle-climbing skills. The game
also features a time-rewind option that lets players undo
mistakes. This forgiving feature rewards players for being smart
thinkers, rather than forcing them to restart a complex puzzle
for making a hasty move. Being stumped won't stop the fun: If
players are stuck on a particularly tough puzzle, they can skip
ahead to the next one.
In addition to the numerous puzzles included in the game, Pushmo
World features almost endless replay value by letting players
create their own puzzles using a selection of tools in Pushmo
Studio. Once completed and solved by the creator, the puzzles
created in Pushmo Studio can be shared using multiple options:
Players can use the built-in QR Code generator to create QR Code
patterns for each puzzle they create, or they can send their
custom puzzles to the World Pushmo Fair, where players from all
around the world with broadband Internet access can play and
rate them. Players can also browse the fair to play and collect
puzzles created by other players around the world.
World Pushmo Fair is the main hub of Pushmo World and serves as
an interface to the Pushmo World Miiverse community. Players
will even find new puzzles created by the game's developers in
World Pushmo Fair. If players find a puzzle they love, they can
leave feedback and even give it a friendly "Yeah!" in Miiverse
via World Pushmo Fair. With an intuitive interface, World Pushmo
Fair is an easy way for all players to find and share a
near-endless amount of fun puzzles.
"Pushmo and Crashmo are two of the most well-received games ever
released exclusively in the Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS,"
said Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of America's executive vice
president of Sales & Marketing. "Pushmo World makes it easy for
players to create and share their own puzzles, and it's a joy to
experience Mallo's colorful world in HD for the first time."
From May 28 at 9 a.m. PT through June 13 at 8:59 a.m. PT, Pushmo
and Crashmo are available at up to 33 percent off in the
Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS. Pushmo is available at a price
of $4.69 and Crashmo is available at a price of $5.99.