Author Topic: Hyrule Warriors Almost Featured Playable Tingle (Read 10075 times)

alexosborn · « **on:** January 05, 2015, 08:01:51 AM »

The silly little elf almost got his time in the spotlight.... Almost.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/39329/hyrule-warriors-almost-featured-playable-tingle

Tingle, the odd little elf who has appeared in a number of Zelda games, was considered for inclusion in Hyrule Warriors as a playable character.

"Actually, Tingle was a character we kind of considered and sort of went back and forth on," Koei Tecmo producer Yosuke Hayashi explained. "We really wanted to include him but Mr. Aonuma suggested that it might be good to include some other character."

Do you think it was a wise choice not to include Tingle? Would you like to see him have a role in the upcoming Zelda game for Wii U?

marvel_moviefan_2012 · « **Reply #1 on:** January 05, 2015, 05:02:47 PM »

Absolutely not, I don't get the Tingle obsession the guy is worthless and I hope he is not in the next Zelda game or any other games ever again for that matter.

xcwarrior · « **Reply #2 on:** January 05, 2015, 05:44:50 PM »

With this news, Aonuma surpassed Miyamoto as the greatest video game designer of all time.

Quote from: marvel_moviefan_2012 on January 05, 2015, 05:02:47 PM

Absolutely not, I don't get the Tingle obsession the guy is worthless and I hope he is not in the next Zelda game or any other games ever again for that matter.

Amen man, can't be spoken any better.

Soren · « **Reply #3 on:** January 05, 2015, 06:05:56 PM »

Sakurai gets it. Aonuma doesn't.

Real hardcore Zelda fans love Tingle. End of story.

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #4 on:** January 05, 2015, 06:15:53 PM »

The kind of Zelda fanservice-fest that Hyrule Warriors was really should have had him in it. I don't mind if they don't put him in the more serious mainline games, but he was a perfect fit for this game.

MagicCow64 · « **Reply #5 on:** January 05, 2015, 06:22:34 PM »

Yeah, Christ, I am pretty borderline on ever trying this game, but Tingle might have swayed me. I was also sad he wasn't in Skyward Sword, as I wanted proto-Tingle to be part of the creation myth of the series. I mean, he has his own spin-off game as a playable character! Can't say that about stupid insect girl from Twilight Princess.

Ian Sane · « **Reply #6 on:** January 05, 2015, 06:34:14 PM »

I had no beef with Tingle in Majora's Mask. I wouldn't say I liked the character but he just seemed to fit in fine with rest of the characters in the game. But I never expected him to show up again in any other game. Nintendo treated him like some breakout character but it would have made as much sense to make the Deku King or the baby Goron or any mook from MM into a recurring character. Tingle didn't stand out, he was just there and his prominent role in Wind Waker seemed quite random. I don't like him because he feels very much like an bit character arbitrarily given a fairly prominent role that no one was asking for. He's the Scrappy Doo of Zelda.

But I would have included him in Hyrule Warriors. The game is full of references to the series and he shows up in enough games that I would expect to see him.

Enner · « **Reply #7 on:** January 05, 2015, 06:34:47 PM »

This means Skull Kid and Fierce Deity Link are a lock for the Majora's Mask content for Hyrule Warriors!

motang · « **Reply #8 on:** January 05, 2015, 06:35:59 PM »

Well they could have put him in!

Triforce Hermit · « **Reply #9 on:** January 05, 2015, 06:39:58 PM »

Quote from: Ian Sane on January 05, 2015, 06:34:14 PM

I had no beef with Tingle in Majora's Mask. I wouldn't say I liked the character but he just seemed to fit in fine with rest of the characters in the game. But I never expected him to show up again in any other game.

That is my thought on it.

Tingle would have worked as a guide or UI narrator. Something along those lines. As a playable character, I'm going to side with Aonuma.

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #10 on:** January 05, 2015, 06:42:34 PM »

The weird thing with this is Nintendo saw fit to make not one, but two games entirely about his character. That's two more than they've made F-Zero or Star Fox games in that time span. What caused the change of heart?

kokumaker · « **Reply #11 on:** January 05, 2015, 07:33:54 PM »

I can barely stand Tingle. He's annoying as hell. But most other Zelda fans adore him for some inexplicable reason, so really, it would've made sense to include him in Hyrule Warriors. I'm surprised that they decided again him. I was still fully expecting him to show up in some future DLC (most likely the Majora's Mask Pack).

Stratos · « **Reply #12 on:** January 05, 2015, 08:12:56 PM »

I half suspected Tingle was a creepier Tom Bombadil who was secretly a creator of the universe or some other powerful being. His magic words just begged to be some key to a killer spell... "KALOO-LIMPAH!"

rlse9 · « **Reply #13 on:** January 05, 2015, 09:08:04 PM »

Quote from: Ian Sane on January 05, 2015, 06:34:14 PM

He's the Scrappy Doo of Zelda.

This comparison hits the nail on the head.

StrawHousePig · « **Reply #14 on:** January 06, 2015, 12:52:59 AM »

Bite your tongues, heathens!

Tingle, with your middle-aged gut, cosplay fetishism, gin blossomed countenance, and... flamboyant gesticulations, you are without a doubt the funniest MF in the Zelda universe. Please keep making the non-believers as uncomfortable as you can. Kooloo-Limpah!

To compare the mighty Tingle with the likes of Scrappy Doo is like comparing Santa Claus to Annoying Orange. g_f

ShyGuy · « **Reply #15 on:** January 06, 2015, 01:00:33 AM »

I would trade Lana for Tingle. Bad playing, annoying blue-haired cliche for the rosy cheeked merchant prince of the fairies? Yes.

UncleBob · « **Reply #16 on:** January 06, 2015, 01:07:47 AM »

Quote from: NWR_insanolord on January 05, 2015, 06:42:34 PM

The weird thing with this is Nintendo saw fit to make not one, but two games entirely about his character. That's two more than they've made F-Zero or Star Fox games in that time span. What caused the change of heart?

Three Tingle games. Learn to Triforce.

Shaymin · « **Reply #17 on:** January 06, 2015, 08:32:29 AM »

Now that we know Tingle's not in the game, I may need to move this up my GOTY list. That's a bit of silver-medal winning news.

Nile Boogie Returns · « **Reply #18 on:** January 06, 2015, 10:52:17 AM »

Should have been playable in this and SMASH!

Phil · « **Reply #19 on:** January 06, 2015, 11:28:31 AM »

I'd love to see a sequel to Hyrule Warriors with A Link to the Past, A Link Between Worlds, and other games in the series featured prominently.

Bman87301 · « **Reply #20 on:** January 06, 2015, 11:34:33 AM »

Quote from: Soren on January 05, 2015, 06:05:56 PM

Sakurai gets it. Aonuma doesn't.

Real hardcore Zelda fans love Tingle. End of story.

I'm not sure what world you're living in since Sakurai didn't make Tingle playable in SSB either-- clearly, they BOTH get it. He may be beloved by some, but Tingle is absolutely despised by North American Zelda fans which are probably at least 65% of the fan base. They know they'd be needlessly alienating a lot more than they'd be appeasing, so they made the right choice.

Phil · « **Reply #21 on:** January 06, 2015, 11:39:05 AM »

I think Soren meant that Tingle was actually in Smash while he wasn't in HW at all.

Soren · « **Reply #22 on:** January 06, 2015, 12:20:35 PM »

I'm saying had Sakurai been directing Hyrule Warriors he would have made Tingle playable and given him a badass move set because why the hell not? This is a spinoff game meant to pile on as much fan service as possible. I'm almost certain 154% of the fanbase agrees with me.

stevey · « **Reply #23 on:** January 07, 2015, 06:01:17 PM »

Malon >>> Tingle

They've wasted so much potential

Bman87301 · « **Reply #24 on:** January 11, 2015, 05:59:49 PM »

Quote from: Soren on January 06, 2015, 12:20:35 PM

I'm saying had Sakurai been directing Hyrule Warriors he would have made Tingle playable and given him a badass move set because why the hell not? This is a spinoff game meant to pile on as much fan service as possible. I'm almost certain 154% of the fanbase agrees with me.

If Sakurai didn't make him playable in SSB, I don't know why you'd assume he'd make him playable in HW. And yes, HW was meant to pile on as much fan service as possible... to ZELDA fans. With at least 65% of Zelda fans despising Tingle, including him would be a DISservice to them. There's a reason Nintendo stopped putting him in Zelda games and gave him his own stand-alone franchise instead-- he's too divisive to Zelda fans in general, and Nintendo recognizes it. He's never going to appear in a new Zelda game again (unless it's something minor like the Tingle doll in Skyward Sword), you'd better learn to accept that.

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Author Topic: Hyrule Warriors Almost Featured Playable Tingle (Read 10075 times)