New Tingle game and new Tingle 'game' revealed

by JC Fletcher { Jun 24th 2009 at 10:40AM }

The mysterious Tingle game that Nintendo's been teasing was revealed last night -- when it was released. Dekisugi Tingle Pack is a DSiWare download that is actually not a game, but a set of little tools and apps, all starring Link's "pal."

The included utilities are a fortune-telling program (hence the fortune teller on the website), a calculator, a little dancing Tingle image that dances in front of your photos, a timer, and a coin-flipping minigame.

But don't get upset about the secret Tingle project being a 500-point non-game and not a real game, because the latest issue of Famitsu reveals another Tingle DS game, this time more in the style of Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland. The new game, called Irobuki Tingle no Ai no Balloon Trip (Color-changing Tingle's Balloon Trip of Love) features the green-suited adventurer searching for, yes, love. The teaser site offers a fake news report, a fake dating show, and some Flipnote Studio Tingle animations, all in celebration of this new game.

Gallery: Dekisugi Tingle Pack (DSiWare)

[Dekisugi Tingle Pack screens via GAME Watch]

Tags: dekisugi-tingle-pack, dsiware, irobuki-tingle-no-ai-no-balloon-trip, minigames, rpg, tingle

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Bowser Rogozhin: Death of a Ladies Man @ Jun 24th 2009 10:59AM

"But don't get upset about the secret Tingle project being a 500-point nongame"

It's too late. I'm upset and everyone must know...

...in all seriousness, this is simply silly. Not the announcement of more DSi software which will most certainly be a raging disappointment, but the fact there was a reasonably big build up, hype and coverage, over what turned out to be just an application. Not even a game, just an app. These companies need to prioritise what deserves countdowns and what doesn't. Metal Gear: Peace Walker? Okay. Tingle Pack? It's not deserved.

RupeeClock @ Jun 24th 2009 11:47AM

Someone doesn't know how to take a joke.
A joke that wasn't even directed at the american market...

JC Fletcher @ Jun 24th 2009 12:17PM

So the fact that it's teasing two Tingle games, one of which is a cart, doesn't quell your rage?

Phenylketonurics @ Jun 24th 2009 12:36PM

Reasonably big build-up, hype, and coverage? In all seriousness, I didn't think this game was "hyped" much at all. I find it slightly disturbing that anyone would expect much out of a bloody Tingle-title for the DS anyway.

But hey, western standards are quite high. Quite high indeed.