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| image = Tingle.png
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| caption = Artwork of Tingle in ''[[Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland]]''
| caption = Tingle in ''[[Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland]]''
| series = Tingle series and [[The Legend of Zelda]]
| series = Tingle series and [[The Legend of Zelda]]
| firstgame = ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask]]'' (2000)
| firstgame = ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask]]'' (2000)

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This article is about the video game character. For other characters, see Tingle.
Tingle
Tingle series and The Legend of Zelda character
File:Tingle.png
Tingle in Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland
First gameThe Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (2000)
Created byTakaya Imamura
Voiced by

Tingle[a] is a recurring character in The Legend of Zelda series. First appearing in Majora's Mask, he has since appeared in several installments. He has gone on to be the star of Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland,[3] and its sequel Irozuki Tingle no Koi no Balloon Trip, as well as the minigame collections Tingle's Balloon Fight DS and Dekisugi Tingle Pack.

Concept and creation

Tingle was created by Takaya Imamura for The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, a game designer at Nintendo EAD, doing so in a "very relaxed manner."[4][5] He is a 35-year-old man who is obsessed with the "forest fairies" known as the Kokiri and dresses up in a green costume.[6] The Legend of Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma explained that Tingle had been designed as a way for the player to access maps in Majora's Mask. He wanted such a character to have humor to them, and wanted him to be the one to make the maps as well as sell them. He further explained that this thought process had resulted in the character becoming a "a really weird guy".[7] Aonuma compares Tingle not wanting to grow up and wearing green to Peter Pan, also noting that he is not gay.[7] He is also known for his catchphrase: "Tingle, Tingle! Kooloo-Limpah!" Chinkuru, Chinkuru! Kururinpa! (チンクル、チンクル! クルリンパー！). The word "kururinpa" is used by Japanese people when they spin their finger around and point to someone, indicating that they may be a crazy person.[8]

Appearances

The Legend of Zelda series

Tingle made his debut in the Nintendo 64 game Majora's Mask. Throughout Link's adventure, Tingle helps Link navigate Termina by selling him maps of various areas. His father operates the pictograph contest at the Woodfall Swamp, and is ashamed by his son's antics.

He reappears in Oracle of Ages, giving Link a chart that he needs to cross the sea. He also gives Link upgrades to the Seed Satchel.

Tingle's first appearance in The Wind Waker is in a prison cell on Windfall Island. When freed, Tingle gives Link the Tingle Tuner, a device that can be used if the player connects a Game Boy Advance to the GameCube via the GameCube – Game Boy Advance link cable. This allows a second player to control Tingle and assist Link. However, in the Wii U remake, Tingle gives Link the Tingle Bottle, which can be used to post on Miiverse, instead of the Tingle Tuner. Tingle also gives the player a map to Tingle Island, and can be found for the rest of the game on this island, near the top of Tingle Tower. According to the Tingle Tuner, Tingle is merely a native of a different island with a Tingle-centric legend, that he tries to emulate. He deciphers the charts needed to haul the Triforce Shards from the ocean floor. This game also introduced his brothers, Ankle and Knuckle, who are twins, and David Jr., who is not related but was saved by Tingle after his ship was sucked into a cyclone.

He appears in the GameCube game Four Swords Adventures. If a player leaves a good deal of Force Gems lying around for too long, Tingle will eventually float towards them on his balloon to steal them. There is also a trap in this game that causes Tingle to lead an army of lookalikes and steal the gems directly from the Links.

Tingle, Ankle, Knuckle, and David Jr. are able to fuse Kinstones with Link in the Game Boy Advance game The Minish Cap. When all four have fused Kinstones with Link, a passage will open on the Castle Grounds that gives him the Magic Boomerang. Once Link has done every Kinstone fusion, Tingle will award Link with the Tingle statue.

In Phantom Hourglass, Tingle makes a small appearance in Mercay Island's bar, as a poster on the wall. In Spirit Tracks, a small Tingle figurine is in Hyrule Castle Town's shop and Linebeck III's shop. In Skyward Sword, a Tingle doll can be seen in Zelda's room at the Knight Academy.

In Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom Link is able to collect and wear a Tingle outfit, which gives him a night speed bonus and makes other characters afraid of Link. [9][10]

Tingle series

Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland and Irozuki Tingle no Koi no Balloon Trip

Tingle's first starring role was in the spin-off title game known as Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland for the Nintendo DS. It tells the story of Tingle as a simple, 35-year-old man who ended up becoming a Tingle after meeting a character known as Uncle Rupee, who encourages him to obtain wealth by any means necessary. In its sequel Irozuki Tingle no Koi no Balloon Trip, a regular man is sucked into a magical book and turned into Tingle, and has to establish relationships with women in order to escape.

Tingle's Balloon Fight DS and Dekisugi Tingle Pack

Tingle's Balloon Fight DS is a rebranded and updated version of Balloon Fight, while Dekisugi Tingle Pack (lit. "Too Much Tingle Pack") is a DSiWare application that includes several different minigames, including a fortune-teller, calculator, timer, coin-flipper and dancing game.

Other appearances

Tingle appears in Super Smash Bros. Melee as part of the Termina Bay stage, as well as an Assist Trophy in Brawl and Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U. In those games, he threw out a large amount of items that could quickly be grabbed by all of the fighters. However, he would sometimes just float away, not doing anything. He also appears as a trophy in those games, the former based on Majora's Mask and the latter two based on The Wind Waker.

Tingle appears as an additional playable character in Hyrule Warriors via the Majora's Mask DLC pack.[11]

Tingle also appears in Super Mario Maker as one of the unlockable "Mystery Mushroom" outfits.

Impact and reception

Outside of Japan, Tingle received an overwhelmingly negative reception, compared to notoriously criticized Star Wars character Jar Jar Binks by GamesRadar+.[12] The editors at IGN did not like Tingle, in part because his role in The Wind Waker was an integral part of "tedious fetch quests", a sentiment shared by PALGN writer Matt Keller, who felt he was the weakest element of the game.[13][14] When development for Twilight Princess began, IGN staff hoped that game directors Shigeru Miyamoto and Eiji Aonuma would not include the character, saying "we're not going to stand for him in another Zelda game".[13] Fan distaste for Tingle ultimately led to his exclusion from Twilight Princess, though the character Purlo was meant as a reference to Tingle, with the idea of him representing how a realistic Tingle would work.[15][16] Commenting on the negative reception, Kensuke Tanabe expressed interest in making another Tingle game, hoping that he could turn him into a beloved character among western fans.[17] Writer Kyle Hilliard, however, despite finding him strange, regarded him as one of the most endearing characters in The Wind Waker.[18] Due to Tingle's continued absence as a character in the Zelda series, he is a common gamers' meme and in-joke, with the question of "Where's Tingle?" being a recurring joke around the time of Zelda title releases.[19]

Notes

  1. ^ Japanese: チンクル, Hepburn: Chinkuru, also romanized as Tincle and Chinkle in Japanese materials.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ "Nintendo's official "Welcome to Tincle's House" site". Retrieved 2008-02-25.
  2. ^ "Nintendo's official Four Swords Adventures Website". Retrieved 2016-02-23.
  3. ^ "Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland microsite". Nintendo of Europe. Retrieved 2007-10-05.
  4. ^ 『いろづきチンクルの恋のバルーントリップ』開発スタッフインタビュー 2時限目 キャラクターのお話 [Ripening Tingle's Balloon Trip of Love development staff interview, second part: Character talk] (in Japanese). Nintendo Online Magazine. August 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-31.
  5. ^ "Interview: Tingle (DS)". Nintendo of Europe. 2007-09-06. Archived from the original on 2012-09-04. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
  6. ^ Aonuma, Eiji; Himekawa, Akira (April 14, 2020). The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia. Dark Horse Comics. ISBN 1506721389.
  7. ^ a b Totilo, Stephen (18 February 2015). "Nintendo Explains Where Tingle Came From". Kotaku. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
  8. ^ Maher, Cian (2021-01-27). "The Genius Of Tingle, Nintendo's Most Underappreciated Character". TheGamer. Retrieved 2023-04-26.
  9. ^ Fillari, Alessandro (5 July 2017). "Where To Find Tingle's Outfit - Zelda Breath Of The Wild DLC". GameSpot. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  10. ^ Bellingham, Hope (2023-05-30). "Zelda Tears of the Kingdom NPCs either fear Tingle or want to fight him". gamesradar. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
  11. ^ Nunneley-Jackson, Stephany (2015-01-17). "Here's what is included in the Majora's Mask DLC for Hyrule Warriors". VG247. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  12. ^ Joe McNeilly (March 25, 2010). "5 reasons to hate Zelda". GamesRadar. Archived from the original on June 15, 2011. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
  13. ^ a b "IGNcube's 2004 "Die, Tingle, Die! Die!" Campaign". IGN. 2004-06-09. Retrieved 2007-11-30.
  14. ^ "Freshly Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland Review". PALGN. 2007-10-07. Archived from the original on 2012-07-15. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
  15. ^ Electronic Gaming Monthly, June 2005, Ziff-Davis
  16. ^ ニンドリドットコム～青沼英二さんロングインタビュー～ [Nindori.com ~Eiji Aonuma long interview~] (in Japanese). Nintendo Dream. Archived from the original on 2007-02-02. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
  17. ^ Valdes, Giancarlo (2013-06-17). "Nintendo producer imagines what Metroid and Tingle could look like on Wii U". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2015-01-15.
  18. ^ Hilliard, Kyle (October 15, 2017). Big Book of Zelda: The Unofficial Guide to Breath of the Wild and The Legend of Zelda. Triumph Books. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
  19. ^ Carpenter, Nicole (2023-04-25). "Is Tingle in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom?". Polygon. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
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