Tingle

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Official art of Tingle from Majora's Mask.

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. His catchphrase is the supposedly magical word Kooloo-Limpa.

Appearances

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. There are also many side quests involving one that gets you the "Used Tingle Tuner". Tingle also translates Triforce Charts for Link so Link can find the Triforce Shards, at a price of 498 rupees.

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 force gems. Throughout this entire game, anytime you come in eye contact with a huge force gem 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

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Tingle is annoying

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 "Tingle's Freshly-Picked 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.

(Note: In this game, it is revealed that a man promised to to turn Tingle into a fairy if he gathers enough Ruppes. Also,if Tingle Runs out of Rupees, he dies.)

Twilight Princess

Many fans were relieved when they heard that Tingle did not appear in Twilight Princess, and many others were disappointed. But it has been stated that Purlo, the guy who runs 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.

Super Smash Bros. Melee

In this Game Tingle only makes a cameo appearance in the Termina beach level. As with MM you can burst his balloon

Gallery

• Tingle as he appears in The Wind Waker

  Tingle as he appears in The Wind Waker

• Tingle in his own spinoff game

  Tingle in his own spinoff game

• Tingle in The Four Swords

  Tingle in The Four Swords

• Tingle in Oracle of Ages

  Tingle in Oracle of Ages

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• Tingles Smash Bros Trophy

  Tingles Smash Bros Trophy

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  Tingles cameo in Super Smash Bros. Melee

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