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Summary

Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom feels like a quirky text adventure trapped in an NES cartridge. The screen is a static window that shows a scene, while a line of text beneath tells you where you are. Commands are limited to the four buttons that line the edges – move, talk, give, fight – so you pick actions the same way you’d press a keyboard key. The cast is a parade of anthropomorphic produce: Sir Cucumber, octoberry, fernbirds, and even a human sister named Lisa, all popping up as you chase the villainous Minister Pumpkin through nine colorful locales. The only real way to lose is to fail the “finger wars” showdown with Pumpkin, a bizarre mini‑game that replaces traditional combat. I love how the game blends simple point‑and‑click mechanics with a charming vegetable‑filled world, and it even earned a cameo as “Princess Tomato Bomber” in Super Bomberman R.

Storyline

In Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom, the tranquil Salad Kingdom—populated by anthropomorphic foods—shatters when the royal advisor Minister Pumpkin stages a coup and kidnaps Princess Tomato, driving King Broccoli to die of grief. Before his death, King Broccoli commissions Sir Cucumber, a knight, to rescue the princess and promises him her hand in marriage if he succeeds.

Sir Cucumber sets out toward the Zucchini Mountains, aided by his sidekick Percy the baby persimmon and a resistance force led by Tomato’s younger brother, Prince Lettuce, to thwart Pumpkin and his Farmies from seizing the kingdom.