WTP Review: Docomodake BOING

Docomodake BOING! is an action game for the Nintendo DS with a heavy emphasis on solving puzzles. In the game, you play as a mushroom named Papa Docomodake, who is searching for the rest of his family across several different towns. In each town, you’ll face eight unique stages, each of which requires you to split Papa Docomodake into several smaller versions of himself that can be manipulated with the stylus.

Mini Docomodakes can be placed atop each other to fill in platform gaps, linked together to create ladders and stairs, placed on switches to open new areas, and launched at enemies, among other abilities. Each set of stages tends to be slightly more complex than the last, and while the game is not particularly challenging for skilled players, it does require some puzzle solving skills. For example, you may need to drag a mini Docomodake to a switch while standing in a particular area, or leave some of your minis in a certain place while you explore elsewhere in the stage. On the touch screen at all times are two icons: one that lets you freely look around the entire level, and another that tells you how to perform all of the available moves and abilities in the game.