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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Europe gets distinctly Tinglier this September]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/21/europe-gets-distinctly-tinglier-this-september/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/21/europe-gets-distinctly-tinglier-this-september/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/21/europe-gets-distinctly-tinglier-this-september/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/news/" rel="tag">News</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/imports/" rel="tag">Imports</a></p><div align="center"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="middle" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2007/06/tingle062107.jpg" /><br /></div>
Everyone's favorite fairy hanger-on (and <em><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/04/25/introducing-tingles-balloon-fight/">Balloon Fight</a> </em>remake star) is headed to Europe. Nintendo announced that <em><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2006/09/05/tingles-weird-wired-ride/">Freshly Picked: Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland</a> </em>will be released on September 19th. Since they're doing the localization anyway, maybe we can expect a US release for this? We want to visit Rosy Rupeeland too! It's basically a <em>Zelda</em> game. Why <em>wouldn't</em> Nintendo release this worldwide?<br /><br />Check the link for the full list of upcoming Euro DS releases. We regret to inform you that most of them are <em>not Tingle games.</em><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/21/europe-gets-distinctly-tinglier-this-september/">Europe gets distinctly Tinglier this September</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:40:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://gaygamer.net/2007/06/lucky_europeans_get_tingle_rpg.html>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/21/europe-gets-distinctly-tinglier-this-september/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/923371/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/21/europe-gets-distinctly-tinglier-this-september/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>ds</category><category>europe</category><category>freshly-picked</category><category>nintendo</category><category>nintendo ds</category><category>NintendoDs</category><category>rpg</category><category>rupee</category><category>tingle</category><category>tingle rpg</category><category>TingleRpg</category><category>zelda</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[JC Fletcher]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:40:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tingle freshly picked for the US?]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2007/02/07/tingle-freshly-picked-for-the-us/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2007/02/07/tingle-freshly-picked-for-the-us/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2007/02/07/tingle-freshly-picked-for-the-us/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/news/" rel="tag">News</a></p><a href="http://gonintendo.com/?p=12831"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="middle" alt=""  src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2007/02/tingle_rpg_boxart-0207.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Since <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/01/04/tingle-going-to-europe/">last month</a>, we've been waiting for any hint or crumb that the Tingle RPG would be released in the US, and now it seems that we're a few steps closer to an official announcement. Apparently the latest <em>EGM</em> has Tingle listed for a release stateside later this year. However you feel about the tubby fairy, we can probably all agree the game's reception in the US will be interesting.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/02/07/tingle-freshly-picked-for-the-us/">Tingle freshly picked for the US?</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 18:45:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://gonintendo.com/?p=12831>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/02/07/tingle-freshly-picked-for-the-us/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/750061/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/02/07/tingle-freshly-picked-for-the-us/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>DS</category><category>Nintendo</category><category>RPG</category><category>rupee</category><category>Tingle</category><category>Vanpool</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alisha Karabinus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2007 18:45:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tingle's weird Wired ride]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2006/09/05/tingles-weird-wired-ride/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2006/09/05/tingles-weird-wired-ride/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2006/09/05/tingles-weird-wired-ride/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/reviews/" rel="tag">Reviews</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/fan-stuff/" rel="tag">Fan stuff</a></p><a href="http://blog.wired.com/games/"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="middle" alt="" id="vimage_1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2006/09/tingle_color_0903.jpg" /></a> <br />Let's face it, Tingle isn't exactly a normal guy. So when he gets his very own game, it's only fitting that someone step up with a review to match the man-fairy. Wired's Chris Kohler took up the challenge with his recent impressions of <em>Tingle's Freshly-Picked Rose-Colored Rupee Land</em> -- or is it <em>Freshly-Pickled</em> -- whatever, that Tingle RPG. <br /><br />The thrust of which is that you, as brightly-colored Tingle, need to collect a veritable peck of rupees in order to climb that stairway to Rupee Land, a heaven filled with good food, good times, and good women.<br /><br />Yeah, <em>Tingle</em>. With the <em>women</em>. <br /><br />But all questions of beards aside (though Tingle's is mighty fine), Kohler offers a nice breakdown of the game and a lot of jokes at our sassily dressed hero's expense. But beware of spoilers, as he's pretty blunt about how things go in the first dungeon. <br /><br /><em>Mogitate Tingle no Barairo Rupee Land</em> is now out in Japan. We wonder if importing it would make the game any more or less strange.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2006/09/05/tingles-weird-wired-ride/">Tingle's weird Wired ride</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Tue, 05 Sep 2006 07:57:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://blog.wired.com/games/>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2006/09/05/tingles-weird-wired-ride/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/662990/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2006/09/05/tingles-weird-wired-ride/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>Nintendo</category><category>RPG</category><category>rupee</category><category>Tingle</category><category>Wired</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alisha Karabinus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 Sep 2006 07:57:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft targets Indian market with steep price tag]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2006/05/23/microsoft-targets-indian-market-with-steep-price-tag/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2006/05/23/microsoft-targets-indian-market-with-steep-price-tag/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2006/05/23/microsoft-targets-indian-market-with-steep-price-tag/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/culture/" rel="tag">Culture</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/xbox360/" rel="tag">Microsoft Xbox 360</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/business/" rel="tag">Business</a></p><a href="http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=17205"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" alt="Xbox 360 (India)" src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/2006/05/360-goes-to-india.jpg" /></a>Microsoft has announced plans to launch the Xbox 360 in India by October. By being the first "second-generation" console available in the country, corporate global sales VP Mitch Koch declared, "[Microsoft is] going to capture 100 percent market share." Did we mention that the Xbox 360 core system is going to retail for 19,990 rupees? That's $440! <em>Ouch.<br /><br /></em>The plan is to lure consumers with a World Cup tie-in incentive. That is, on June 9, the day the World Cup kicks off, Microsoft will begin offering 10% discounts to those who pre-order the console. According to Microsoft's analysis, India's gaming market is poised to explode. Currently, there are about 1.6 million citizens that spend more than two hours per day gaming.<br /><br />The initial launch will target India's major cities, but the Xbox 360 will eventually be available throughout the entire country at over 1,200 retail locations.<br /><br />[Thanks, <a href="http://www.shindakun.net/" target="_blank">steve</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2006/05/23/microsoft-targets-indian-market-with-steep-price-tag/">Microsoft targets Indian market with steep price tag</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Tue, 23 May 2006 13:55:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=17205>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2006/05/23/microsoft-targets-indian-market-with-steep-price-tag/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/621000/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2006/05/23/microsoft-targets-indian-market-with-steep-price-tag/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>ccore sytem</category><category>CcoreSytem</category><category>console</category><category>India</category><category>June 9</category><category>June9</category><category>launch</category><category>rupee</category><category>World Cup</category><category>WorldCup</category><category>Xbox-360</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[James Ransom-Wiley]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 23 May 2006 13:55:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>