Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Tingle is one of the Zelda series' most iconic characters- loved and hated in equal measure. Let's examine his character- is he truly a monster, or just misunderstood?

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10:51 * This dialogue, along with the David Jr. quote about waking up on Tingle Island, exists in the game's files, and is readable in any text dump of the game. However, I failed to trigger this dialogue myself in game - I'm not sure if it's cut content, or can only be read at certain points in the game?

Sources:

Zeldawiki: https://zeldawiki.wiki/wiki/Main_Page

Interviews:

nintendoeverything.com/aonuma-on-tingles-origins-says-the-character-isnt-gay
nintendolife.com/news/2015/02/eiji_aonuma_explains_why_tingle_is_such_a_peculiar_character
nintendolife.com/news/2018/07/tingle_was_going_to_star_in_a_horror_game_until_it_got_axed_and_replaced_by_dillonrs_rolling_western
nintendolife.com/news/2013/06/nintendos_kensuke_tanabe_wants_to_make_tingle_popular_in_the_west

Gameplay footage used:

ZeldaMaster (youtube.com/c/ZeldaMasterLuke)

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