Pushmo 2011

Is it still worth playing?

Intelligent Systems' downloadable puzzle game for the Nintendo 3DS, known as Pullblox in PAL regions, in which you rescue children trapped in giant structures of blocks. You control Mallo, a round red sumo wrestling creature, and push and pull the blocks of each Pushmo up to three steps to create steps and platforms that reach the child. Mallo can only move a block while standing in front of it, or beside it with a platform to stand on. If you get stuck you can reset the puzzle or rewind, and a hard level can be skipped and visited later. Later levels add manholes that let Mallo travel inside the structure. It includes over 250 levels and a studio for making your own, shared through QR codes. With a rewind and a skip option, a spatial puzzle never turns into a wall, which makes it comfortable to pick up now.