leprechaunlink727
Smash Ace
Note: I know that there was already a Tingle support thread, because i posted on it. But I couldn't find it on the search.
Aaaah Tingle. No other character attracts flaming so vicious (Cept' maybe R!dl3y).
If you don't know who this weirdo is, get informed here for an unbias opinion
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tingle
Or for how he fits into the Zelda universe, go here
http://www.zeldawiki.org/Tingle
Tingle is horribly unpopular in America. I'm not sure why, I always kind of liked him. He's clearly meant to be a comic relief character, and is much less "gay" than most Zelda npcs. It's just quirkiness is something American gamers don't like, or something.
I like Tingle, but if you don't, it's time to face the facts.
1. Besides Link (confirmed), Zelda (confirmed), and Ganondorf (all but confirmed), Tingle has been in more Zelda games than any other character.
2. He has his own spin-off game Tingle's Freshly Picked Rose-Colored Rupeeland (or something like that), which was never released in America, presumably due to our hatred of him. He also had a club nintendo exclusive remake of Balloon fight, featuring Tingle instead of Balloon Fighter.
3. He has moveset potential, contrary to popular belief. His phony magic spells, bombs, and his trademark balloon. He also had many attacls in his own game.
4. His competition in the Zelda newcomer department is Midna and Wind waker Link. Had Zamus been a seperate character from Samus, I could see WW Link happening, but now i think Sakurai is trying to avoid having one "character" take up multiple spots on the roster. Midna is pretty cool, but not quite as much as the fanboys make her seem. Just because she was the sidekick in the most recent game in the series doesn't mean she has any chance at all. I understand that she would add to the female population, but Tingle is very err... feminine too. I also see her inclusion in the game possibly spoiling parts of Twilight princess for people who haven't played it yet. This wasn't a problem with Shiek, because at Melee's release, OoT had been out for over three years, and already had a sequel.
5. Eiji Aonuma, the man currently in charge of the Zelda series, once said in an interview that Tingle was his favorite Zelda character. In another interview, Aonuma sid that he has been closely collaborating with Sakurai on zelda designs for Brawl. Would his favorite character not come up at all?
6.Tingle is wildly popular in Japan, which is why he has two of his own games. i'm certain that a playable appearance in Smashbros. would increase his popularity stateside. He would be te epitome of WTF? character.
Arguments against Tingle
1. I don't like him. He's "gay".
Too bad. Some people do like him, and he's had more game appearances than any other secondary Zelda character. people who use "gay" in the 12 year old way are ignorant too. In his spin-off, Tingle even had a hot fairy girlfiend named Pingle, so he's not a homosexual either (yet).
2. Tingle was deconfirmed! His trophy is the WW version!
Nope. This does not deconfirm him as a playable character. In Melee, fox and Falco's classic trophies used their N64 models, even though their playable models were updated. Tingle has also used that design in every game since Wind Waker, so the cell-shaded model could very well be playable. It would be admittedly weird to have only one cell-shaded Zelda character, so in this case, both he and WW Link might be playable.
I'm not saying that Tingle is guaranteed playable, although I think he will definetly be at least an assist trophy. I'm just proving that he probably is the most likely Zelda newcomer. WW Link has a good chance if Sakurai decides to have "two links", as he was on the poll, but I would be very upset if Midna, a "now or never character" as they say, got in over our rupee obsessed, middle aged, wannabe fairy.
LET THE FLAMING BEGIN! (Please keep it to a minimum though. i think I'm right here.
Aaaah Tingle. No other character attracts flaming so vicious (Cept' maybe R!dl3y).
If you don't know who this weirdo is, get informed here for an unbias opinion
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tingle
Or for how he fits into the Zelda universe, go here
http://www.zeldawiki.org/Tingle
Tingle is horribly unpopular in America. I'm not sure why, I always kind of liked him. He's clearly meant to be a comic relief character, and is much less "gay" than most Zelda npcs. It's just quirkiness is something American gamers don't like, or something.
I like Tingle, but if you don't, it's time to face the facts.
1. Besides Link (confirmed), Zelda (confirmed), and Ganondorf (all but confirmed), Tingle has been in more Zelda games than any other character.
2. He has his own spin-off game Tingle's Freshly Picked Rose-Colored Rupeeland (or something like that), which was never released in America, presumably due to our hatred of him. He also had a club nintendo exclusive remake of Balloon fight, featuring Tingle instead of Balloon Fighter.
3. He has moveset potential, contrary to popular belief. His phony magic spells, bombs, and his trademark balloon. He also had many attacls in his own game.
4. His competition in the Zelda newcomer department is Midna and Wind waker Link. Had Zamus been a seperate character from Samus, I could see WW Link happening, but now i think Sakurai is trying to avoid having one "character" take up multiple spots on the roster. Midna is pretty cool, but not quite as much as the fanboys make her seem. Just because she was the sidekick in the most recent game in the series doesn't mean she has any chance at all. I understand that she would add to the female population, but Tingle is very err... feminine too. I also see her inclusion in the game possibly spoiling parts of Twilight princess for people who haven't played it yet. This wasn't a problem with Shiek, because at Melee's release, OoT had been out for over three years, and already had a sequel.
5. Eiji Aonuma, the man currently in charge of the Zelda series, once said in an interview that Tingle was his favorite Zelda character. In another interview, Aonuma sid that he has been closely collaborating with Sakurai on zelda designs for Brawl. Would his favorite character not come up at all?
6.Tingle is wildly popular in Japan, which is why he has two of his own games. i'm certain that a playable appearance in Smashbros. would increase his popularity stateside. He would be te epitome of WTF? character.
Arguments against Tingle
1. I don't like him. He's "gay".
Too bad. Some people do like him, and he's had more game appearances than any other secondary Zelda character. people who use "gay" in the 12 year old way are ignorant too. In his spin-off, Tingle even had a hot fairy girlfiend named Pingle, so he's not a homosexual either (yet).
2. Tingle was deconfirmed! His trophy is the WW version!
Nope. This does not deconfirm him as a playable character. In Melee, fox and Falco's classic trophies used their N64 models, even though their playable models were updated. Tingle has also used that design in every game since Wind Waker, so the cell-shaded model could very well be playable. It would be admittedly weird to have only one cell-shaded Zelda character, so in this case, both he and WW Link might be playable.
I'm not saying that Tingle is guaranteed playable, although I think he will definetly be at least an assist trophy. I'm just proving that he probably is the most likely Zelda newcomer. WW Link has a good chance if Sakurai decides to have "two links", as he was on the poll, but I would be very upset if Midna, a "now or never character" as they say, got in over our rupee obsessed, middle aged, wannabe fairy.
LET THE FLAMING BEGIN! (Please keep it to a minimum though. i think I'm right here.
