Aonuma: Tingle is a Really Weird Guy

By Jorge Ba-oh 18.02.2015 5

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Where did good ol' Tingle come from? Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma recalls the birth of a map lover.

First seen in The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask back in 2000, the quirky chap sold Link maps in exchange for hard-earned dosh. Speaking to Kotaku this week, Aonuma said that Tingle spawned from a need to buy maps from someone - "What sort of person would sell a map?" Not just sell them, but actually make them.

This concept then saw Tingle attached to a balloon, his means of drawing the world, flogging his crudely penned work to a wandering hero.

Aonuma felt that such a character would have to be a "really weird person" and so the team went off to make a "really weird guy."

As for his sexual orientation, Aonuma replied - "He's not gay. He's just an odd person."

Would you like to see Tingle featured in more Legend of Zelda or spin-off games?

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Luna Eriksson is offline. Luna Eriksson 18.02.2015#1

Yes! More Tingle to the people! That guy always supplies many lulz whenever he appears. Smilie

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RudyC3 is offline. RudyC3 19.02.2015#2

Yeah he certainly isn't gay from the look of things in the two spinoff games Smilie.

Speaking of which, there's an ongoing translation project for the second DS game, Ripened Tingle's Balloon Trip of Love.

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SirLink is offline. SirLink 19.02.2015#3

RudyC3 said:
Yeah he certainly isn't gay from the look of things in the two spinoff games Smilie.

Speaking of which, there's an ongoing translation project for the second DS game, Ripened Tingle's Balloon Trip of Love.

Oh really? Tempted to check it out when it's finished since I liked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland quite a lot.

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Marzeee is offline. Marzeee 19.02.2015#4

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RudyC3 is offline. RudyC3 19.02.2015#5

SirLink said:
Oh really? Tempted to check it out when it's finished since I liked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland quite a lot.

Look it up on Google (with something like Tingle DS translation) because I think posting the link here will get me automatically banned, cause I think it's hosted on a domain that's in our auto-ban list XD (blogspot).

I own both Tingle games but was waiting for such a project was launched and finished before I play it. It's more of a point & click humorous adventure game, the second one.

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