Europe gets early admission to Rupeeland

by JC Fletcher { Aug 1st 2007 at 3:40PM }

We reported that Tingle's Rosey Rupeeland would be released in Europe on the 19th of September. Apparently, Tingle has drawn a really good map from Japan to Nintendo of Europe, because the game is actually coming out on the 13th. Kooloo-limpah!

Why are we so excited? Well, you see, many people who live in Europe speak and read English natively, much like we do. Therefore, when Japanese video game companies release a game for European audiences, they feel compelled to include English text. Roleplaying games, like this one, have a lot of text. It really works best for us when text is in a language we read.

NCSX is taking preorders for the European release now for $49.90. We'd be breaking pots and cutting grass looking for Rupees, but we remembered that American businesses actually use the dollar, which is acquired through work. Fun fact!

Tags: europe, ncsx, rpg, tingle, tinglesroseyrupeeland

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Your Lost Socks @ Aug 1st 2007 3:59PM

Thank goodness. I was about to just import it, start guessing and break everything until I figured out how to work the thing.

FinalFan3 @ Aug 1st 2007 5:49PM

Erm... the only country that speaks English natively in Europe is the U.K. The most spoken language is actually German.

Dante @ Aug 1st 2007 7:19PM

"Many people read it natively" - not all.

But usually releases are multilingual, I got the British version of PoP-Two Thrones and the French/Dutch version of Killer 7 for Gamecube recently, because I missed both games before, and both featured at least German subtitles (PoP was dubbed). I usually buy my DS games via Play-Asia, because I don't care for German texts, if the cheapest and (and even more important) fastest way is not buying in Germany.
(Hell, I couldn't stand waiting for Phoenix Wright 3 until a European release, just 3 weeks (+shipping) to go ;-) )

But this time the US has to wait, at least the Tingle addicts - is there really anyone liking that guy??