Freshly Picked: Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland [import] review

Everyone's favorite map-making fairy is so money

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So Tingle is compelled to earn more money, which everyone else in the world will try to relieve him of. Most people won’t even give him the time of day until he bribes them, and if the bribe is considered insufficient then it will be pocketed anyway. It’s a harsh way of doing business.

To start earning on Tingle’s behalf, you must make maps. The world around the deeply unfriendly main town is largely uncharted, and whenever you see a significant landmark on the main game screen that doesn’t appear on the map, you simply drag the map down to the touch screen and draw a circle in the correct place.

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GenreRole Playing
DescriptionThis bizarre little adventure works a lot better than you'd think it would, considering the hero is a 35-year-old man who dresses like a forest sprite.
Platform"DS"
US censor rating""
UK censor rating"12+"
Release date1 January 1970 (US), 1 January 1970 (UK)
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