The Where and When?

At long last -- the shovel is within my reach! But, not using a guide, I low-balled Duke the pelvic-thrusting construction worker, and wound up shovel-less. For now.

Of course, such a situation could only arise in a game like Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland (or maybe Captain Rainbow). What's really curious about this game, once you get past the construction worker obviously inspired by the Village People, is that the enemies you face can be weird mash-ups. In Lon Lon Meadow, for instance, there are cows that have grey alien-looking heads on them. And where there are mushrooms that take root when you look at them and become nothing more than toadstools.

At any rate, the reference to Lon Lon Ranch is a good sign, though, since it's still just a meadow, could this game be placed before Hyrule is as advanced as it is in Ocarina of Time? Or, since it stars Tingle, is this game taking place in Termina?

Hopefully by the game's end such questions can be answered, or, at the least, the game can be placed on the Zelda timeline. That could be truly wild.