Any widely acclaimed Legend of Zelda movie can never star Link and Zelda. Their story has enough to it, but both characters have taken various different shapes in the minds of players. Instead, to succceed and to capture the essence of any Zelda game, the movie's focus would have to be a side character. Maybe Anju, or Malon, or Marin and Tarin.
Thankfully, Rosy Rupeeland shares this trait with the mainstream Zelda series.
The "get enough rupees to never have to work again" story leaves Tingle's character largely untouched by development. We learn more about him since he stars in the game (and by it's nature as a spinoff, we already know much of his character), but secondary characters are given much more depth.
Take for example the town's guard. He does little, but buys a lost button and medicinal potions for his wife from Tingle, and fights a fierce phantom for her sake. In the latter event, Tingle is reduced to a spectator and sidekick.
Ultimately, this kind of character development in the place of plot development works as well in Rosy Rupeeland as it does in other Zelda titles. Characters add colour to the world the plot builds, after all.
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