Tingle hasn't appeared in an actual Zelda game since wind waker though
No, his last game was Minish Cap, which isn't much better.
he was in minish cap, and the dorf hasn't appeared since twilight princess
See, here's the difference:
Ganondorf is the MAIN ANTAGONIST every time he appears.
Tingle is a MINOR SIDE CHARACTER every time he appears.
The ONLY game where Tingle is a mandatory character at all is Wind Waker, and his role is miniscule at best. Tingle is NOT a major Zelda character. He's a popular recurring character who got his own spinoffs. That's it. He's NOT a major character.
Minus the Up B (Which could be very different) I still don't see how she would be anything like DK. Diddy as well if they actually try and make full use of her hair
I agree, but you have to realize that Dixie does not show that at face value. IT DOESN'T MATTER what WE think. What matters is what SAKURAI thinks. And Dixie, at face value, is just a cross between DK and Diddy. Chrom honestly reminds me of Dixie in that sense. He would be unique, but he'd just be a cross between DK and Diddy.
Dixie is another Kong. She already has this factor that makes her look like Diddy. With her base capabilities, she can replace things that DK and Diddy use with her hair. Her Up+B would be similar to DK, her Down+B could be similar to DK (pounds ground with hair), she could pick up enemies above her head with her hair... which is like DK as well.
They'd have to create new moves for her from scratch to give her an original moveset, otherwise she just attacks by using her hair in place of other attacks DK and Diddy use. I fully believe she could have an entirely 100% original moveset, but will Sakurai do that? In fact, this is a major reason why I think we still could get K. Rool and Dixie; Rool is a fully original character and Dixie is a semiclone.
Actually no he wasn't. Ganon was merged with Yuga for the final boss, but Ganon was not the main antagonist, Yuga was.
Not that it matters at all. There's a huge different between "main antagonist" throughout most of the series and "minor side character who got his own games."