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?
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.
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.
He's the Scrappy Doo of Zelda.This comparison hits the nail on the head.
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?
Sakurai gets it. Aonuma doesn't.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.
Real hardcore Zelda fans love Tingle. End of story.
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.
With at least 65% of Zelda fans despising Tingle, including him would be a DISservice to them.
