Mogitate Chinkuru no Barairo Ruppīrando
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| Developer(s) | Vanpool |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Release date(s) |  September 2, 2006 |
| Genre(s) | RPG |
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| Platform(s) | Nintendo DS |
| Media | Nintendo DS Cartridge |
Mogitate Chinkuru no Barairo Ruppīrando (もぎたてチンクルのばら色ルッピーランド? lit. "Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rose-Colored Rupee Land") is a role-playing video game developed by Vanpool and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS handheld video game console. It stars Tingle, a character from several recent The Legend of Zelda video games.
The game was released on September 2, 2006 in Japan. There is currently no release date outside of Japan.
[edit] Overview
The game starts from the time when Tingle was just an average middle-aged man. While living out the dull days of life, he receives a divine message stating to visit "The Spring". In doing, he is confronted by a person who calls himself Rupee-ji (Old Man Rupee). Soon-to-be-Tingle learns that if he saves rupees (money) and throws them into the spring, he will be taken to the dream paradise of "Rupee Land". After agreeing to the task, he changes into "Tingle" through magic. Rupees are everything, and if you run out, you must shoulder the fate of also running out of life.
Income: The game is all about keeping the balance of your income and expenses. From the countless boring days Tingle's skills will appear! Winning battles, selling/buying various goods to/from shop owners, helping people in need of aid, and creating maps are all the tricks to master to make your wallet fat.
Expenses: With your life on the line when losing money, your expenses are as crucial as your income. But you will also suffer if you become selfish and don't use your money. To continue you must spend your rupees buying products to sell, ingredients for your kitchen, etc.
- When Tingle throws enough Rupees into "The Spring", a tower will emerge from its depths.
- Since Tingle doesn't have a good arm in fighting, he will need to bribe bodyguards for battles.
- Akin to when you are attacked by rats in The Wind Waker, taking damage will cause you to lose Rupees.
- Because of a 'curse' that comes with his Tingle appearance, Tingle will die when he runs out of Rupees.
- It costs money to talk to characters, and how much you pay them depends on how much they'll tell you. Some characters will give you precious items if you hit the right price.
Among the characters you will meet, there are: Rupeeji (Old Man Rupee), the purple blond-haired fairy Pinkuru (Pingle), who resides in a monitor in Tingle's house (which resembles the Nintendo DS) and his own dog named Donkuru (Dongle).
The game also features collectable swag, each treasure indicating a different storyline having been accomplished. The swag is all stored in Tingle's house, and finishing the game at 100% means collecting every piece of it.
[edit] English localization
Following an article of Tingle RPG in Nintendo Power, on August 2, 2006, Nintendo of America opened a survey among its members to inquire about their interest for an English version of the game.[1]
On November 12, 2006, magazines Official Nintendo Magazine have claimed the game will be released in English in the summer of 2007.[2]
The game is more generally known as Tingle RPG. Nintendo of America's localization team has translated the title into English as Freshly Picked Tingle's Rose-Colored Rupee Land. [3].
