Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland

The following article is not part of the Zelda canon and should not be taken as such.

Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland^[1] is an action-adventure game for the Nintendo DS that was originally released in Japan on September 2, 2006. The first entry in the Tingle series of spin-off games, it received a European release roughly a year later but was never released in North America, possibly because of Tingle's poorer reception in the west and potentially due to having more sexual themes than most Nintendo-published games. There was an official poll on whether the game should be released in North America, indicating that it was potentially considered at some point.^[2] Its sequel, Ripened Tingle's Balloon Trip of Love, was released only in Japan.

Game Information

Story

The story starts when Tingle, first appearing as an ordinary, middle-aged man, is offered a life in a paradise called Rupeeland. Tingle is guided by Uncle Rupee, who tells him to gather many Rupees and toss them into the Western Pool in order to gain access to Rupeeland. Pinkle, a Fairy that communicates to Tingle via a computer that resembles a Nintendo DS (as well as the Tingle Tuner) also helps him along his journey. As Tingle explores, he will find numerous treasures, which include collecting ingredients for concoctions such as Potions and meals that can be sold to the locals in nearby Port Town. Tingle hires bodyguards throughout the game to aid him in combat.

Development

Development for Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland started for the Game Boy Advance in 2003 after planner Jun Tsuda proposed a game about a character that would wander half asleep, which failed to impress Nintendo. It was until producer Kensuke Tanabe proposed an RPG where everything could be solved using money that it got approved. Another proposed idea by the game's planner was Tingle capturing people inside his house and force them to do various jobs while wearing Tingle clothes. The eventual transition to the Nintendo DS and constant change of supervisors considerably extended development time.

To market the game, director Taro Kudo proposed to sell the game for 5,000 Rupees using Club Nintendo points. It was also contemplated to split the game into versions, akin to Pokémon.^[3]

Speedrun Records

Main article: Speedrun Records

Category	Runner	Time	Date
Any%	dynomation4	3h 50m 46s	July 28, 2019
100%	dynomation4	6h 43m 17s	July 29, 2018
Pinkle%	—	—	—

Nomenclature

Names in Other Regions
Language		Name	Meaning
	English^{UKUnited Kingdom}	Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland
	Japanese	もぎたてチンクルのばら色ルッピーランド (Mogitate Chinkuru no Bara Iro Ruppī Rando)	Freshly-Picked Tinkle's Rose-Colored Rupee Land
	French^EUEuropean	Tout nouveau tout beau Tingle voit la vie en rose à Rubis Land
	German	Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland
	Italian	Tingle sboccia tra le rose di Rupilandia	Tingle Blooms Among the Roses of Rupeeland
	Spanish^EUEuropean	Tingle el pimpollo y el vergel de Rupialandia	Tingle the Rosebud and the Garden of Rupeeland

Other Names

These names, though from official English sources, are not used by Zelda Wiki as they contradict a name or names from a higher-priority source.

Name	Tingle's Rose-Colored Rupee Land^[4]
Applies to	Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland
Source	Nintendo Power August 2006
Superseded by	Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland

Name	Applies to	Source	Superseded by
Tingle's Rose-Colored Rupee Land^[4]	Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland	Nintendo Power August 2006	Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland

Gallery

Box Art

Japanese box art
European box art

Game Icon

Illustrations

Logos

English logo
Japanese logo

Video Gallery

Japanese Ad

European Ad

External Links

References

↑ "Tingle, known from his appearances in the Legend of Zelda series, gets his own game with Freshly Picked - Tingle’s Rosy Rupeeland." — RawmeatCowboy, Nintendo of Europe official Wii, DS release schedule (Tingle finally heads to Europe!) , GoNintendo, published June 21, 2007.
↑ Nintendo Power Survey: Tingle
↑ Nintendo Online Magazine Number 98 (web archive), Nintendo.co.jp, published August 2006, retrieved April 14, 2025.
↑ Nintendo Power no. 206, Nintendo of America, August 2006, pg. 18