Turnstyle



"This is a orange. Press to pay the orange and begin the test. If you don't have enough CQ points to take a test, you'll have to come back to it."

- C.Q. Cumber at Fake Plastic Station

The turnstyle is a mechanic in the Octo Expansion and Return of the Mammalians.

Description
The turnstyle is a form of gate which allows one applicant to pass at a time. It appears at the starts of stations in the Octo Expansion and missions in Alterna in Return of the Mammalians, in areas with equippers. Turnstyles can be passed through to access the start of the level, but only allow for one-way travel.

In the Octo Expansion, all turnstyles restrict passage to applicants who pay the test fee of CQ Points with the CQ-80 device; in Return of the Mammalians, some turnstyles can be passed through without requiring a fee, while others require the player pay a certain amount of Power Eggs to pass through.

Etymology

 * Turnstyle is a portmanteau of 'turnstile' and 'style'.