Ripened Tingle's Balloon Trip of Love

Color Changing Tingle's Love Balloon Trip (いろづきチンクルの恋のバルーントリップ, Irozuki Chinkuru no Koi no Barūn Torippu) is a game for the Nintendo DS. It is the third game starring Tingle and shares its visual style with Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland. Rather than money, this game's theme are women.

Overview
Similar to Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland, the game starts with an ordinary, 35-year-old man. While he watches a sales program on television, the man learns of a book that is deemed to make its readers popular amongst the ladies. He orders the book, but he gets sucked into the world of a picture book when he opens it and transforms into Tingle. He learns that the only way to get out of the book is to dance with the princess of this world, which is the main goal of the game.

Tingle gets to know three new helpful friends in the world inspired by characters from The Wizard of Oz: Kakashi the scarecrow, Buriki the tin woman, and Lion the lion. The cheerful Kakashi is small and therefore he is able to get into small spaces, while Buriki is very intelligent and the cowardly Lion is notable for his strength. Tingle has to wisely use the abilities of his friends in order to solve the puzzles.

A central gameplay element is the romantic communication with female characters. Tingle has to find the right words during the dialogues and to give his love interests the best fitting items in order to win their favor. This can be necessary for continuing the adventure.

Like Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland, the game makes use of the stylus, such as for using items, speaking with people, and navigating menus.

Links

 * Official Japanese Website
 * Official Japanese Teaser Website
 * Interviews at Japanese Nintendo website