Tingle was an ordinary middle-aged man until he met Uncle Rupee, an old man with a Rupee-shaped head. Uncle Rupee offers Tingle the chance to go to a magical paradise known as Rupeeland, where nobody does any work and he will be surrounded by beautiful women and exotic food. Tingle agrees, and Uncle Rupee transforms him and makes rupees his source of life. In order to reach Rupeeland, Tingle must collect rupees and throw them into the pool near his house.