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A lot of people dislike Tingle due to homophobic and queerphobic reasons. You have to remember, Tingle got the most of his criticism and hate in the 2000s. They were a very different time. Gaming was very "dude bro" back then. Even though Tingle is probably straight (he literally goes on a quest to find women lol), he acts in non-heteronormative ways. He "acted gay" and "like a pedo." Those were some of the more common complaints back then. I know I heard it back then. Tingle's hatred was also mostly a Western thing. He was fairly popular in Japan and got several spin-offs.People just really dislike his Wind Waker incarnation, especially for the Triforce map section and maybe Four Swords Adventure where he stole your Force Gems. Hardly anyone has any issue with his Majora's Mask incarnation, who is just a map maker selling maps to help his father(and his maps are much much more cheaper compared to the close-to-400 Rupee amount for each Triforce map in Wind Waker).
Though Aonuma himself not liking Tingle doesn't help his chances. But really, make his next appearance more like his MM incarnation and most people would be fine with him.
TIngle being annoying in Wind Waker and FSA didn't help. But notice that Tingle's hate isn't nearly as strong anymore. As society and media have gotten more progressive, they've been more accepting of Tingle's quirks and don't associate his campiness with terrible stereotypes anymore. Tingle would be much more accepted now. And I find it sad he isn't used anymore.
Regardless, Tingle's hatred was so intense back then that Nintendo essentially got bullied into locking him away. It's actually a little surprising that he got into Hyrule Warriors. And even then he isn't plot relevant in Legends even when the other DLC characters got something. Nintendo overcorrected and essentially smothered Tingle to prevent fan outrage. It's the same kind of situation that put Star Fox into consistent retreads of 64. It's the same kind of situation that forced Pokemon into pushing Gen 1 mons constantly after Black and White. It's the same kind of situation that pushed Sonic into sticking to the Genesis aesthetic for multiple games in a row. Fans having complaints and developers overcorrecting or missing the mark.
TLDR: TIngle will probably never have a major role again because people were dumb and hated the funny little guy.
Bring back Tingle.
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