Is Tingle in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom?

The Legend of Zelda’s Tingle has always been an oddball character, a fairy-loving card dealer who often dangles from a red balloon. It was first presented in 2000, in The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask, a character created by Nintendo game designer Takaya Imamura; He should always be a madman, a man in his 30s who never wants to grow up That’s what Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma said.

Since then he has played similar and minor roles in a handful of games Majora’s maskincluding The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker, The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages, The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords AdventuresAnd The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap. Sure, Tingle has been appearing in Easter eggs ever since — as a wanted poster in The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass or a stuffed animal in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword – bBut the man himself, Tingle, hasn’t been in a major Zelda game since 2004.

Aonuma to gaming magazine EGM in 2005 that American players didn’t like Tingle very much – perhaps explaining his absence The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. Almost 20 years have passed since Tingle’s last major Zelda appearance. Could The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom be Tingle’s next stage?

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Nintendo hasn’t given any indication of Tingle’s whereabouts, but the setting surrounding Tingle as a character has changed immensely since then Majora’s mask

What, is Tingle controversial?

Tingle is now a popular Zelda character and incredible meme fodder, but it wasn’t always like this. Tingle was targeted early on for embodying several of these people’s stereotypes read as gay, and the character got a lot of hate for it. People also found him really annoying.

“You know and hate him” IGN wrote in 2012. “That wacky clown freak who’s corrupting the lands of Hyrule like poison. That hilariously happy, giggling annoyance that always shows up at the wrong time and floats away with a deceptive smile on his lying, crazy face.”

It continued: “Tingle has sadly returned to haunt the ocean-covered world The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker and his sexual orientation remained a big, dark mystery — one that even Nintendo couldn’t elucidate.”

IGN even went so far as to create a clip of Tingle getting his head shot off with a gun. Harsh!

Despite IGN’s best efforts to kill him, Tingle has since become a meme. Fans love him and many want to see him again Tears of the Kingdom. His reputation has gone from a creepy madman to a loveable one. It’s become a joke around Zelda releases – Where is Tingle?? Though missing, Nintendo continues to reference him – as a poster and plushie, but also as a playable character in Hyrule warrior. A breath of the wild The DLC pack went one step further and added a Tingle outfit that makes everyone afraid of Link. Tingle is powerful, confirmed.

What is Tingle’s story?

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Tingle first appeared in Majora’s mask, found flying over several different areas attached to a red balloon. Basically he’s a cartographer and he hangs around in mid-air so he has a good vantage point from which to draw his maps. Shoot Tingle from the air and Link can buy maps and other items from him. As usual, he’s wearing his full green bodysuit with red knickers over it, and his face is mostly nose. Of course, he’s also obsessed with fairies.

His father is there too Majora’s mask, the manager of the Swamp Tourist Center. It seems Tingle has a somewhat strained relationship with his father; Tingle’s father doesn’t really understand him and his childish ways.

His appearance in wind alarm clock is also quite remarkable: Tingle is put in prison by the townsfolk and Link has to free him. As in Oracle of the Times And majora’s mask, He’s got some stuff for Link. His next appearance in Adventures with four swords offers a little more insight into Tingle and his love of fairies, like a tale about the time he met one in the forest. Finally clean The Minish capwe learn that Tingle has siblings: Ankle, Knuckle and David Jr. (We don’t see them again in any Zelda game, but Nintendo mentions them in breath of the wild when naming four islands.)

Tingle also has some of h is own video games, which unfortunately haven’t been as successful as Zelda.

Does Tingle have its own video games?

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Yes! Tingle has its own standalone video games, Freshly picked Tingle’s Rosy Rupeeland (2006), Tingle’s Balloon Fight DS (2007) and Ripened Tingles balloon voyage of love (2009). balloon fight is pretty easy to understand – it’s a tingle version of balloon fightthe 1984 Nintendo Entertainment System arcade game. Freshly picked Tingle’s Rosy Rupeeland is basically Tingle’s origin story, centered around Tingle and his love for rupees.

Ripened Tingles balloon voyage of love It’s less about rupees and more about getting a girlfriend or two. I haven’t played any of them, so I can’t comment on the quality or content, other than what I saw it on Let’s Plays on YouTube. But from my understanding, they have a more…mature…tone than the Zelda games. Whether these helped or damaged Tingle’s image, I can’t say for sure!

Nintendo was supposedly done once a Tingle horror game with Vanpool, the studio that made it Freshly picked Tingle’s Rosy Rupeeland And Ripened Tingles balloon voyage of love.

Is Tingle in? Tears of the Kingdom?

The word on Tingle in Tears of the Kingdom is still out. The game is coming to Nintendo Switch on May 12th and you know we’ll be looking for it. After all, Nintendo’s Kensuke Tanabe Mentioned in 2013 that he knows how much US players hated Tingle; he wants to flip Tingle’s picture, he said. It’s been 10 years since that interview, and maybe 2023 is Tingle’s year.

“I know how hated the character of Tingle is in the US,” Tanabe said. “I know people can’t stand Tingle. But for me, that challenge is: could I take this character, so reviled in the West, and do it justice [do] take a complete turn and make him a beloved, fun character? The idea of ​​it really gets me going.”

He continued: “It’s like love. It’s like romance: you meet someone and you’re like, ‘Oh god, I can’t stand that person.’ And then, three weeks later, you’re madly in love — it’s that twist, that quick whip that motivates you [me] a little bit.”