Ah, Tingle, the character in the Legend of Zelda series that you either love or hate. Nintendo has given him his own game. It was released in Japan last year as Mogitate: Tingle no Bara Iro Rupee Land.
Just this month, the game was released as Freshly-Picked: Tingle’s Rosy Rupeeland in Europe. I’m amazed that the game actually got released outside of Japan. I played the Japanese version and then played it all over again in English (to actually understand what’s going on since I can’t read Japanese).
I think anyone remotely interested in this game has probably already seen the “Duke” video of the construction worker fixing the bridge, if you haven’t, just search on YouTube for Tingle RPG and it’ll be one of those.
Here’s a brand new video of what happens when you manage to collect all of the rupee treasures in the game (video contains spoilers [reveals bad guy’s name and Pinkle’s true identity]):
WARNING, video may not be suitable for children… after all, the game is rated 12+ in Europe.
After seeing that scene, I think the chances of this game ever being released in North America are slim to none. Which is kind of a shame because the gameplay was truly unique.
Overall, I think the game was interesting. I just love all of these quirky types of games… haha. It might be annoying for some people with the whole negotiation of rupees in the game. If you get it wrong, your rupees will still be taken from you anyway, so for a lot of people, it’ll be a reset and start over type of game. But if you can get past that, it’s a really unique game and really explains a lot about Tingle… why he likes both rupees and fairies.