The Tingle for SSB4 Thread - Assist Trophy Confirmed

[FalKoopa]

Source where Tingle is despised and specifically not 'not liked'

IGN had started an anti-tingle campaign back when Twilight Princess was in development.

 

[Swamp Sensei]

IGN had started an anti-tingle campaign back when Twilight Princess was in development.

There's your proof!

 

[TheCreator]

Point taken.
On deviant art people are saying they'd boycott the damn game if he was in it.

Then again, I don't think that means that Sakurai won't include him.

 

[Swamp Sensei]

It does.

Putting in a hated character is a very bad idea. Unless Tingle grows a much bigger fanbase. I doubt we will see him.

The only reason he wasn't in TP was because of western hate. That's why we got this guy.

 

[FalKoopa]

I said it before, let him be DLC.

 

[TheCreator]

I don't believe that's why he wasn't in TP. Because we got those two cross dressing weirdos that are worse than tingle. But he has a fanbase in the east, and a small one here, so whose to say.
Also with WWHD coming, and the almost undoubtably use of the gamepad as the tingle tuner he might gain some popularity. Lol

 

[FalKoopa]

Tingle made a cameo in skyward sword, so I guess that's more hope for him.

 

[Arcadenik]

IGN had started an anti-tingle campaign back when Twilight Princess was in development.

What did you expect? Can't spell ignorant without IGN.

 

[TheCreator]

His most recent game was in '09. I think he has a chance.

 

[Swamp Sensei]

His most recent game was in '09. I think he has a chance.

That game didn't sell very well.

What makes you think that?

 

[TheCreator]

That game didn't sell very well.

What makes you think that?

Source?
And because he's essentially the yoshi of Mario, in terms of how he was spun off. Except yoshi is a lot more significant to mario than tingle is to Zelda. (just saying it before you do)

 

[Speculator]

As an owner of a copy of Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland, I can confirm that he does indeed fight. The battle system is a little bit like For the Frog the Bell Tolls in the sense that contact with an enemy kicks up a cloud of dust and you don't take part in the battle directly. Tapping on the cloud with the stylus boosts Tingle's attack and helps him win. He can also hire bodyguards in the game which help him out with fighting.

EDIT: On him being disliked in the West, I think the love the Japanese have for him is more than enough to at least balance out his chances. The game is being developed in Japan after all, and characters like Lucas and Marth/Roy were included pretty much solely with the Japanese audience in mind.

 

[TheCreator]

As an owner of a copy of Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland, I can confirm that he does indeed fight. The battle system is a little bit like For the Frog the Bell Tolls in the sense that contact with an enemy kicks up a cloud of dust and you don't take part in the battle directly. Tapping on the cloud with the stylus boosts Tingle's attack and helps him win. He can also hire bodyguards in the game which help him out with fighting.

EDIT: On him being disliked in the West, I think the love the Japanese have for him is more than enough to at least balance out his chances. The game is being developed in Japan after all, and characters like Lucas and Marth/Roy were included pretty much solely with the Japanese audience in mind.

I got the game today actually. It's pretty good. I think the contact/dust cloud thing could be his down b.

 

[Speculator]

I got the game today actually. It's pretty good. I think the contact/dust cloud thing could be his down b.

Don't be modest when asking people for reward money. You're gonna need that dosh.

 

[TheCreator]

Don't be modest when asking people for reward money. You're gonna need that dosh.

Thank you for the tip lol

 

[Scoliosis Jones]

As an owner of a copy of Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland, I can confirm that he does indeed fight. The battle system is a little bit like For the Frog the Bell Tolls in the sense that contact with an enemy kicks up a cloud of dust and you don't take part in the battle directly. Tapping on the cloud with the stylus boosts Tingle's attack and helps him win. He can also hire bodyguards in the game which help him out with fighting.

EDIT: On him being disliked in the West, I think the love the Japanese have for him is more than enough to at least balance out his chances. The game is being developed in Japan after all, and characters like Lucas and Marth/Roy were included pretty much solely with the Japanese audience in mind.

While this is true, it's a bit different for Tingle considering he isn't really a main character and his games aren't amazingly popular. He's gonna have it rough any way you slice it.

 

[FalKoopa]

While this is true, it's a bit different for Tingle considering he isn't really a main character and his games aren't amazingly popular. He's gonna have it rough any way you slice it.

He'll be a Japan exclusive, more probably.

 

[Speculator]

While this is true, it's a bit different for Tingle considering he isn't really a main character and his games aren't amazingly popular. He's gonna have it rough any way you slice it.

I agree he'll have a hard time. However, his games were pretty damn popular in Japan. He's not a main character in the main Zelda series but he is the only Zelda character to have been a main character for his own spin-off series. If there is going to be a Zelda newcomer in SSB4, I think he's a serious contender. Most of the other options are either more versions of Link or one-off appearances.

He'll be a Japan exclusive, more probably.

There's no way they would do region exclusive characters. Especially since the game will be playable online.

 

[TheCreator]

I don't know why westerners dislike him in the first place.
It's those damn rednecks, isn't it?

 

[FalKoopa]

His bizarre-ness seems out of place in a Zelda game. Honestly, even I don't dislike him really.

 

[Speculator]

His bizarre-ness seems out of place in a Zelda game.

It's probably this. I think in Majora's Mask he was designed to be deliberately unsettling to go with the generally creepy theme of that game, and for some reason he really took off with Japanese audiences and was made more campy and lighthearted for his future appearances. I think the Tingle hate squad has cooled down considerably since then.

 

[TheCreator]

I'm going to make a move set soon.

 

[TheCreator]

Just got around to it. Whipped it up kinda quickly. But itd work.
Tingle Moveset
Neutral B - Rupee Throw
Throws a rupee as a projectile. Has trajectory and can be charged to go further. Color is random, but only for decoration.*
B<> - Noggin Bonk
Brings down his abnormally shaped and sized head in front of him for an attack similar to Olimar's.
B^ - Tingle Balloon*
Blows up his signature red balloon, after it's blown he can jump 4 times and each time it gets deflated more.*
Bv - Plumet
Tingle dives downward with his head first.*
A - headbutt, kick, punch
A<> - Tingle Roll
Does a front flip. Damage is caused if touched, weird range because of his head.*
A^ - Rupee Scatter
Tosses a wave of rupees upward of various colors, press twice to do it again consecutively, waves may have different amounts of rupees, however this doesn't affect hit boxes.
Av - Whoops.*
Tingle falls over. Doesn't cause self harm, because self harm sucks. Damages anybody standing in the ground close to him, and knocks them on their butts.*
Grabs:*
A dust cloud appears as tingle is attacking an opponent that he has grabbed.*
If thrown, he'll roll backwards and throw them, with decent knockback, and throw rupees at them sort of like mewtwo does.*

Shield: Covers his eyes*
Taunt 1: Tingle, Tingle, Koolooh-Limpah!
Taunt 2: Makes the grin he does after throwing Rupees in the pond in FP:TRRL
Taunt 3: Tingle accidentally drops a rupee and ecstatically picks it back up.*
Entrance: Flies in by balloon.*
Weight: 1/5, same as Olimar
Height: 1/5, a tiny bit taller than Olimar
Speed: 3/5, a bit slower than Fox
Fall speed: Slightly floaty*

 

[FalKoopa]

I like the moveset.
I trying to imagine how his grounded downB would work. Maybe make it his down aerial?

 

[TheCreator]

I like the moveset.
I trying to imagine how his grounded downB would work. Maybe make it his down aerial?

Yeah, I was clueless when it came to aerials. But I also didn't know what to make his down b. Possibly pull out a bomb?

 

[FalKoopa]

I have an idea for the forward aerial: Hit with his paintbrush.

 

[TheCreator]

Lol, possibly. Or just bash them with a rolled up map.

 

[Speculator]

Just got around to it. Whipped it up kinda quickly. But itd work.
[COLLAPSE="Tingle Moveset"]Neutral B - Rupee Throw
Throws a rupee as a projectile. Has trajectory and can be charged to go further. Color is random, but only for decoration.*
B<> - Noggin Bonk
Brings down his abnormally shaped and sized head in front of him for an attack similar to Olimar's.
B^ - Tingle Balloon*
Blows up his signature red balloon, after it's blown he can jump 4 times and each time it gets deflated more.*
Bv - Plumet
Tingle dives downward with his head first.*
A - headbutt, kick, punch
A<> - Tingle Roll
Does a front flip. Damage is caused if touched, weird range because of his head.*
A^ - Rupee Scatter
Tosses a wave of rupees upward of various colors, press twice to do it again consecutively, waves may have different amounts of rupees, however this doesn't affect hit boxes.
Av - Whoops.*
Tingle falls over. Doesn't cause self harm, because self harm sucks. Damages anybody standing in the ground close to him, and knocks them on their butts.*
Grabs:*
A dust cloud appears as tingle is attacking an opponent that he has grabbed.*
If thrown, he'll roll backwards and throw them, with decent knockback, and throw rupees at them sort of like mewtwo does.*

Shield: Covers his eyes*
Taunt 1: Tingle, Tingle, Koolooh-Limpah!
Taunt 2: Makes the grin he does after throwing Rupees in the pond in FP:TRRL
Taunt 3: Tingle accidentally drops a rupee and ecstatically picks it back up.*
Entrance: Flies in by balloon.*
Weight: 1/5, same as Olimar
Height: 1/5, a tiny bit taller than Olimar
Speed: 3/5, a bit slower than Fox
Fall speed: Slightly floaty*

[/COLLAPSE]

Very nice. I read somewhere an idea for his recovery being inflating his balloon and shooting straight upwards and going into a glide that I quite liked; since he flies straight up in Majora's Mask, and glides with his balloon to get around in Rosy Rupeeland it takes some nice inspiration from the games.

 

[TheCreator]

Very nice. I read somewhere an idea for his recovery being inflating his balloon and shooting straight upwards and going into a glide that I quite liked; since he flies straight up in Majora's Mask, and glides with his balloon to get around in Rosy Rupeeland it takes some nice inspiration from the games.

I like that idea as well.

 

[FalKoopa]

Felt like reviving this thread. :3

 

[Gallowglass]

Now I'm not going to argue his chances of getting in. I believe he's the next in-line of Zelda character despite how much I dislike him. In the US he certainly isn't liked. I personally find him creepy which is okay since Zelda games has a lot of them. I just don't see what is it about Tingle that makes him stand out.

Here is some proof that he isn't well liked back in the Brawl days.
[collapse=Anti-tingle art]

[/collapse]

 

[FalKoopa]

I personally find him creepy which is okay since Zelda games has a lot of them. I just don't see what is it about Tingle that makes him stand out.

What makes him stand out? It's that creepiness, of course.

 

[Oasis_S]

Don't forget the homoeroticism.

 

[Gallowglass]

I would rather see other creepy characters then Tingle. Dampe the gravedigger, Maple, or even the Happy Mask Salesman (who is another one that creeps the hell out of me) would make for an interesting spinoff games.

@Oasis_S: But Tingle isn't gay. He has a girlfriend name Pinkle.

 

[TheCreator]

But they took the creepyness that tingle had and developed it into a full character with a full game. They kindof chose that role for him alone to be the Zelda spinoff character.

 

[Swamp Sensei]

I would rather see other creepy characters then Tingle. Dampe the gravedigger, Maple, or even the Happy Mask Salesman (who is another one that creeps the hell out of me) would make for an interesting spinoff games.

@Oasis_S: But Tingle isn't gay. He has a girlfriend name Pinkle.

Oh. She's more than a girlfriend.

Spoiler

It's implied that she gives him a little "service" after he saves her

Tingle isn't gay. He just attracts everyone.

 

[Oasis_S]

You can be homoerotic without being homosexual.

 

[Yomi's Biggest Fan]

His bizarre-ness seems out of place in a Zelda game. Honestly, even I don't dislike him really.

At least he somewhat lightened up the mood in the dark Majora's Mask.

 

[CalumG]

I'm sure somebody's already mentioned the idea earlier in the thread, but...

It has been said that Sakurai and the Smash team considered Balloon Fighter for Melee but couldn't justify a good enough moveset for him. Therefore, why not kill two birds with one stone by having Tingle, but at the same time, the Balloons being a core mechanic of his gameplay? He'd have some typical moves like throwing Rupees and pummelling people (a la Rosy Rupeeland), a 'random' move like his Assist Trophy function in Brawl (or G&W's Judgement) and instead of having a recovery move, he'd have a move allowing you to pump up balloons - you can have up to a certain amount at a time but they can be destroyed like Pikmin. For each balloon you have, Tingle gets an extra jump (quite decent jumps too), and the ability to glide when he has a full set (three or four perhaps?).

 

[Arcadenik]

I'd rather see Tingle without a move to inflate balloons. Why can't he just float with his balloon every time you press a jump button like you do with Kirby and Jigglypuff? His balloon could automatically inflate and then puff repeatedly whenever you tap a jump button. He might not even need a recovery move like Jigglypuff.

B: Tingle Shield
Tingle uses fairy magic to cast a magic barrier similar to Zelda's Nayru's Love spell. This barrier is shaped like a Rupee. The color of the barrier determines the amount of damage the counter attack will deal. This is loosely based on the Tingle Shield magic via the Tingle Tuner from The Wind Waker.

Green = 1% + tripping (very common, reinforces Tingle's annoyance )
Blue = 5% (common)
Yellow = 10% (common)
Red = 20% (rare)
Purple = 50% + one-hit KO (very rare)

Side B: Bodyguard
Tingle throws a Rupee and it transforms into a bodyguard in a puff of smoke. The bodyguard rushes in toward an opponent. They engage in a fight that is obscured by a dust cloud. The dust cloud vanishes but the bodyguard is gone. The bodyguards are from Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland.

Up B: Tingle Bomb
Tingle throws a bomb overhead similar to Yoshi's Egg Throw. That's pretty much it except the hitboxes of Tingle's bombs are like Link's bombs instead of Yoshi's eggs. This is loosely based on Tingle's bomb attacks in Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland.

Down B: Rupee Like
This is Tingle's trap move. Tingle drops a Rupee where it does nothing. When an opponent gets close to the Rupee, it transforms into a Like Like in a puff of smoke. The Like Like grabs the opponent just like the Like Likes do in Melee's Adventure Mode. This enemy is from Four Swords games.

Final Smash: Kooloo-Limpah!
Tingle flies around with his balloon. He rapidly fires Rupees like a machine gun all over the stage. This is reminiscent of Diddy Kong's Final Smash. This is based on the final boss fight in Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland.