Thursday, November 4, 2010

Freshly Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland



Yes I am talking about Tingle the character who first appeared in Legend of Zelda Majora's Mask he has obtained his own game series.  Which He has four games which I will list off later. Which i have played on a emulator and I'm going to say that this game is amazing you start the game as a normal 35 year old who is laying down and suddenly hears a voice says come down to the spring west of your house. Curious The 35 year old man goes to the spring and sees a rather normal looking middle aged man known as uncle rupee. Uncle Rupee offers the 35 year old a life in Rupeeland! Only if he continues to feed the western pool. And if enough rupees are fed it will take him to the magical land Rupeeland.

Setting: of the Game takes place on three continents split into eleven islands, each island has a different theme and sometimes contains a dungeon on the island or a central puzzle that the player/gamer has to complete in order to move on. One of my favorite parts is helping the pirates with their bug infestation which you get awarded a recipe you can use.

Recipe: Yes you can make things in this game which can be sold for rupees as well as make some bombs which you can sell or use on some of the island dungeons to blow up certain walls which can open up secrets. there are a total of 30 recipes i the game and each one can be sold for a different price as well you can make your own  recipes using the ingredients from the enemies that you have slain.

Dungeons:  by going through and completing a dungeon and slain the boss will, not only does the player  receive what are typically the biggest Rupee rewards by beating the boss they also receive one of five elemental based gems. The player must have beat all the dungeons to to get to the final location.    

Maps as well within the game the player will receive an incomplete map which you will have to fill in to complete it. By circling with the stylus areas that are not shown on the map, the player/gamer can then show the map to an old woman in the nearby port town and receive a fixed sum of money. By selling the completed map, however, the player loses access to the map until they buy it back from the woman.

Combat: Even Though completing dungeons can be linked to that in The Legend of Zelda series,  Instead of having a large amount of direct input into the battles, within Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland the player simply engages an enemy, at which point both Tingle and the enemy character turn into a ball of dust as they fight. Then the player/gamer can either tap the screen to rally support for Tingle, or use the D pad  (A, B, Y and X for left-handed people) to move the fight around the screen.
Although Tingle's Rupee count depletes as he fights with an enemy, successfully defeating one results in receiving Rupees and rare items. By engaging multiple enemies in battles, by moving the dust cloud over them, although Tingle loses more Rupees early on in the battle, the amount of rewards multiply.
Furthermore, to assist Tingle in battles, the player can acquire bodyguards as support/extra characters to help him in combat and dungeons. These bodyguards are found in "Bodyguard Salons", and there are thirty of these characters overall, who must be bargained/bribed with for them to help you. These characters come in small, medium and large sizes, such description reflecting their strength and power parameters.

I give the storyline a perfect 10/10, music was really good even though some parts of the game have no music and  instead environment sounds like birds chirping. 

I won't spoil much anymore but i approve this and say you should buy this game.
here are some songs from the game that are epic ....

I give this game a Seal of Approval and you should too! If you want go and Import that game!

The four tingle games are:

 Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland

Tingle's Balloon Fight 

"Ripening Tingle's Balloon Trip of Love", which is a sequel to Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland.

"Too Much Tingle Pack" is a DSiWare application, that includes several different minigames. Including a fortune-teller, calculator, timer, coin-flipper and dancing game.