well, it's a little hard to describe, but basically, the story is: Tingle (though that's not his name yet) is sitting in his house, when a voice tells him that if he throws lots of Rupees into the pond near his house, he will be allowed to go to a paradise called
RUPEELAND. The whole game revolves around Rupees: you need them to enter dungeons, to buy items, to win the game, even just to chat! plus, if you run out of Rupees, you die!
You even defeat
{Final Boss} by shooting him with Rupees!
The game has all the typical Zelda stuff (Dungeons, a big overworld, etc), but it also has some new things (bodyguards, the ability to cook, and the method of battling.)
The battles are especially different: Tingle fights on his own in a cartoony smoke cloud, and your only interaction is tapping the cloud to speed up the battle.
The game also lets you collect things called Rupee Goods, and if you collect them all, you get to see a different ending!
In RUPEELAND, you will eat only the finest food. Work? Study? In RUPEELAND those words mean nothing! Beautiful women await you in RUPEELAND! So tell me: does RUPEELAND sound like a place you want to go?
That quote basically describes Tingle's motivation.
