Crossovers with Pushmo
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| First installment | Pushmo (2011) |
| Latest installment | Stretchmo (2015) |
Pushmo, known as Pullblox in Europe and Australia and Hikuosu in Japan, is a series of games developed by Intelligent Systems and released by Nintendo on the Nintendo eShop for the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U. The series stars Mallo as he rescues characters that become stuck within block-shaped structures by pushing or pulling blocks.
All games in the series feature multiple puzzles relating to the Super Mario franchise. A Mystery Mushroom costume of Mallo appears in Super Mario Maker, while a microgame based on the series is included in WarioWare Gold.
Overview[edit]
The series revolves around solving puzzles made of blocky structures, which have different names depending on the game: "Pushmo" in Pushmo and Pushmo World, "Crashmo" in Crashmo, and "Stretchmo" in Stretchmo. The player can solve these puzzles by pushing and pulling or stretching the blocks to create platforms to climb the structures, most of the time for the purpose of rescuing a character. All games are set in different parks, named after the type of puzzle.
Prominent crossover elements[edit]
Characters[edit]
Mallo[edit]
Mallo is the main playable character of the Pushmo series. He is a round creature based on sumo wrestlers who wears red clothing. He is often tasked in the series to rescue characters who become stuck within the puzzles. In Pushmo and Pushmo World, he helps Papa Blox, the creator of the Pushmos, in rescuing children stuck in Pushmos in Pushmo Park. In Crashmo, he rescues Poppy's (Papa Blox's grandniece) birds from Crashmos in Crashmo Park. In the Mallo's Playtime Plaza mode of Stretchmo, he rescues children again, this time from the Strechmos of Stretchmo Park.
Mallo appears in the Super Mario franchise as a Mystery Mushroom costume in Super Mario Maker. He has also appeared in the Super Smash Bros. series as a trophy and spirit.
History in the Super Mario franchise[edit]
Super Mario Maker[edit]
A Mystery Mushroom costume of Mallo was added to Super Mario Maker in the version 1.40 update. It is unlocked by clearing 100 Mario Challenge on the Super Expert difficulty. All of the costume's sound effects are taken from Pushmo.
WarioWare Gold[edit]
- Main article: Pushmo
WarioWare Gold includes a microgame based on Pushmo, simply entitled Pushmo, which has Mallo climb to the Goal Flag of a randomly selected Pushmo without being able to pull or push blocks on his own.
History in the Pushmo series[edit]
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Pushmo[edit]
Pushmo features 21 puzzles relating to the Super Mario franchise. All of these are in the "Nintendo Murals" section of the game, apart from Challenge 43. Challenge 43 is available from the "Murals 1" section.
- Challenge No. 43 - Mario (1) (Mario's head from Donkey Kong)
- Challenge No. 145 - Goomba (An 8-bit Goomba from Super Mario Bros.)
- Challenge No. 146 - Spiny (An 8-bit Spiny from Super Mario Bros.)
- Challenge No. 147 - Lakitu (An 8-bit Lakitu from Super Mario Bros.)
- Challenge No. 148 - Donkey Kong Jr. (A sprite of Donkey Kong Jr. from his titular game)
- Challenge No. 149 - Koopa Troopa (An 8-bit green Koopa Troopa from Super Mario Bros.)
- Challenge No. 151 - Cheep Cheep (An 8-bit Cheep Cheep from Super Mario Bros.)
- Challenge No. 152 - Bullet Bill (An 8-bit Bullet Bill from Super Mario Bros.)
- Challenge No. 155 - Buzzy Beetle (An 8-bit Buzzy Beetle from Super Mario Bros.)
- Challenge No. 157 - Mario (2) ((Super Mario's jumping sprite from Super Mario Bros.)
- Challenge No. 158 - Piranha Plant (An 8-bit Piranha Plant from Super Mario Bros.)
- Challenge No. 162 - Mario (3) (Small Mario's standing sprite from Super Mario Bros. with a purple background)
- Challenge No. 200 - Princess Peach (Princess Peach's sprite from Super Mario Bros.)
- Challenge No. 201 - Koopa Paratroopa (An 8-bit green Koopa Paratroopa from Super Mario Bros.)
- Challenge No. 208 - Blooper (An 8-bit Blooper from Super Mario Bros.)
- Challenge No. 209 - Luigi (Small Luigi's jumping sprite from Super Mario Bros.)
- Challenge No. 210 - Raccoon Mario (Raccoon Mario’s flying sprite from Super Mario Bros. 3)
- Challenge No. 211 - Boo (An 8-bit Goomba from Super Mario Bros. 3)
- Challenge No. 213 - Bowser (Bowser's standing sprite from Super Mario Bros.)
- Challenge No. 214 - Hammer Bro (An 8-bit Hammer Bro from Super Mario Bros. about to throw a hammer)
- Challenge No. 215 - Thwomp (An 8-bit Goomba from Super Mario Bros. 3)
Crashmo[edit]
Crashmo features two puzzles relating to the Super Mario franchise, far fewer than its predecessor. All of these puzzles are available from the "Picture Challenges" section.
- Challenge No. 88 - Buzzy Beetle
- Challenge No. 89 - Piranha Plant
Pushmo World[edit]
Pushmo World features 11 Super Mario-related puzzles, with ten appearing in the "Nintendo Murals" section and one being a bonus stage.
- Challenge No. 91 - Goomba
- Challenge No. 92 - Koopa Troopa
- Challenge No. 93 - Piranha Plant
- Challenge No. 94 - Cheep Cheep
- Challenge No. 95 - Lakitu
- Challenge No. 96 - Spiny
- Challenge No. 97 - Buzzy Beetle
- Challenge No. 98 - Bullet Bill
- Challenge No. 99 - Bowser
- Challenge No. 100 - Princess Peach
- Bonus Stage 22 - Mario
Stretchmo[edit]
Stretchmo features 25 different Super Mario-related puzzles, the most in the series.
- Puzzle 1 - Mario 1 (Super Mario Bros.)
- Puzzle 4 - Stanley (Donkey Kong 3)
- Puzzle 6 - Fireball (Donkey Kong)
- Puzzle 10 - Sun (Super Mario Bros. 3)
- Puzzle 13 - Piranha Plant 1 (Super Mario Bros. 3)
- Puzzle 14 - Donkey Kong Jr. (Donkey Kong Jr.)
- Puzzle 16 - Mario 2 (Wrecking Crew)
- Puzzle 17 - Toad (3D) (Super Mario Bros.)
- Puzzle 18 - ? Block (Super Mario Bros.)
- Puzzle 20 - Chain Chomp (Super Mario Bros. 3)
- Puzzle 21 - Goomba (3D) (Super Mario Bros.)
- Puzzle 22 - Koopa Troopa (Super Mario Bros.)
- Puzzle 23 - Piranha Plant 2 (Super Mario Bros.)
- Puzzle 24 - Cheep Cheep (Super Mario Bros.)
- Puzzle 25 - Lakitu (Super Mario Bros.)
- Puzzle 26 - Spiny (Super Mario Bros.)
- Puzzle 27 - Blooper (Super Mario Bros.)
- Puzzle 28 - Buzzy Beetle (Super Mario Bros.)
- Puzzle 29 - Hammer Bro (3D) (Super Mario Bros.)
- Puzzle 30 - Bowser (Super Mario Bros.)
- Puzzle 41 - Boo (Super Mario Bros. 3)
- Puzzle 44 - Mario 3 (Donkey Kong)
- Puzzle 45 - Princess Peach (Super Mario Bros.)
- Puzzle 46 - Mario (3D) (Super Mario Bros.)
- Puzzle 47 - Virus (Dr. Mario)
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Super Smash Bros. series[edit]
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS[edit]
A trophy of Mallo appears in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS. It can be purchased from the trophy shop for 2500 Gold or 100 Play Coins.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]
A spirit of Mallo appears in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. He is an ace-class Grab spirit who increases a fighter's weight when equipped. His Spirit Battle consists in a fight against Jigglypuff in Paper Mario with sudden Final Smash enabled. He can also be purchased from the shop for 6000 Gold.
The music track "Welcome Center" from Stretchmo is included in the game and playable on stages in the "Other" and "Super Smash Bros." categories.
Nintendo Badge Arcade[edit]
In addition to badges based on Super Mario and other Nintendo franchises, Nintendo Badge Arcade also offered five Pushmo sets of badges for a limited time.
External links[edit]
- Official Pushmo website (archived)
- Official Crashmo website (archived)
- Official Pushmo World website (archived)
- Official Stretchmo website (archived)
