And every dungeon has a satisfying moment where you need to rethink your approach up to that point and try a new angle.ĭon’t worry, I’m not talking about puzzles verging into The Witness territory-nor indeed on the level of some of the trickier shrines in Breath of the Wild-but I was pleasantly surprised by the mileage Turnip Boy gets out of a small collection of puzzle mechanics. While one dungeon has you exploring the many uses of your watering can, the next will add bombs to the mix before asking you to combine both items to progress. Working in tandem with the key items you unlock, each puzzle type builds on the previous one as the scope of your acquired abilities expands, so does the complexity of the puzzles. The puzzles are the highlight of each dungeon.
Turnip Boy’s questing takes place across a small overworld composed of barely a handful of regions, each of which culminates in a compact Zelda-style dungeon where you solve a new type of puzzle before facing off against a boss. You don’t want too many obstacles weighing down the whimsy. These sidequests are mostly simple affairs, requiring little more than the ability to remember where to find the particular character who needed that thing, but the lightness here works to their benefit. Every vegetable or fruit character Turnip Boy meets is caught in the midst of one comical mishap or another, and eager to reward you with some nonsensical item for helping them out. Mayor Onion is not alone in his penchant for silliness, though. Really? That’s why you needed a laser pointer? You’ve got to be kidding me.
But rather than leaving you annoyed at having to run some pointless errands, each new task only compounds the absurdity in amusing new ways. His demands are ludicrous from the get-go and seemingly untethered from your ultimate goal. With Turnip Boy’s fiscal failure exposed in the opening scene, the town mayor channels Tom Nook by setting a quest that will allow you to pay off your debt and eventually inherit the family home.
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