When comparing Pushmo vs Pokémon Picross, the Slant community recommends Pushmo for most people. In the question“What are the best puzzle games for the Nintendo DS/2DS/3DS?” Pushmo is ranked 3rd while Pokémon Picross is ranked 4th. The most important reason people chose Pushmo is:
Pushmo contains 252 puzzles, and new ones can be obtained from other players.
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Pros
Pro Lots of puzzles
Pushmo contains 252 puzzles, and new ones can be obtained from other players.
Pro Share and create new puzzles
The game includes a puzzle creator that generates a QR code for sharing with others.
Pro Innovative gameplay
Pushmo creates a very unique puzzle experience by having you push, pull, and slide blocks in and out of 3D space to climb to the top of the board.
Pro Alt-world levels add an extra twist to the standard picross rules
Alt-world levels are alternative versions of puzzles you've already completed with hints changed to combine the hints of 2 rows or columns adding a new dimension to how you solve the puzzles which can be interesting to players who have already mastered the standard picross rules.
Pro Pokemon puzzle abilities add an extra layer of strategy to the puzzles
Pro Missions add additional challenges to the puzzles
Pro Tons of puzzles
There are 759 puzzles that take anywhere from a few minutes to over half an hour to complete in the game giving you plenty of content to keep you occupied for a long time.
Pro Free to start model has a price cap
Once you have made about $30 worth of purchases of in game currency, the currency becomes free limiting how much the game can cost. This allows you to try the game for free and only put in as much money as you want for how many puzzles you end up playing, while still limiting the total cost to that of an average 3DS game.
Cons
Con No in game sharing option
There's no leader board or browser for user created puzzles, meaning you have to resort to other means to find them.
Con Very few music options
There are only a couple background songs which get boring quickly compared to how much content is in the game