Tingle



Tingle is a thirty-five-year-old man who thinks he is a Fairy and first made his appearance in Majora's Mask. He wears green tights accented with red, and appears in various Legend of Zelda games to help out - usually in bizarre ways.

Majora's Mask
Tingle's debut portrayed him as the eccentric, estranged son of the Southern Swamp Pictograph contest operator - obsessed with his dream of becoming a fairy. Suspended by a balloon in the air, he uses his vantage point to plot maps of Termina, which Link is able to purchase.

The Wind Waker
In this game, Tingle is called upon using an item called the Tingle Tuner to give Link various forms of help, such as the odd-but-fun hovering power-up called the Tingle Balloon. Tingle also translates Triforce Charts for Link so Link can find the Triforce Shards.

The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures
In this game, he is seen more of a nuisance than ever. This is also the first time we see his true fascination of rupees. Throughout this entire game, anytime you come in eye contact with a huge rupee outside of dungeons, he will try to steal it as his own and keep it, unless you can shoot him down first. His look is similar to the Tingle in TWW.

The Minish Cap
Tingle and his brothers Ankle, Knuckle, and David Jr. fuse Kinstones with Link and tell him how many Kinstone fusions he has left to complete.

Tingle's Rupee Land
In the second half of 2006, Tingle's first starring game was released for the Nintendo DS in Japan as "Mogitate Tingle no Bara Iro Rupee Land" (translated as "Fresh Tingle's Rose Colored Rupee Land"). The game explains the story behind Tingle: why he is the way he is, why he loves rupees, and so on.

In the game, you must pay characters in order to do specific tasks. If you pay too little, they will refuse to help - but if you pay too much then you risk running out of rupees very quickly. The game includes some dungeon exploring and fighting, but the fighting takes place in a "cartoon cloud".

So far, there is no word on an international release for the title, but Nintendo of America is running a survey to see whether or not gamers in other countries are interested in the game.

Twilight Princess
Many fans were relieved when they heard that Tingle did not appear in Twilight Princess, many others dissapionted. But it has been stated that Purlo, the guy who rans the STAR CIRCUS minigame, is a direct reference to Tingle. Aonuma has said that Purlo is what Tingle would look like if he was a realistic character.