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Tingle continues to tease with three creepy videos photo

Sorry guys, this post isn't about Teaching Mrs Tingle, though that has its share of creepy teases as well. No, this news story is about Tingle of The Legend of Zelda series and Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland infamy. Speaking of Freshly Picked, did you know it was never even released in the United States, despite being one of the most risky and hilarious games of 2007? As time goes on, it becomes ever more clear that Nintendo of Japan still loves making weird, semi-disturbing games, while Nintendo of America just doesn't get it. 

OK, enough pontificating from me, onto the news. The official Tingle-teaser site (for what is guessed to be a new Tingle DS game) has just updated with three new videos. They don't tell us much, but they do show for sure that Tingle will be floating around with his signature balloon, holding hands with (gasp!) a female (or hopefully, a female impersonator), and will end up on some sort of road to somewhere at some point with some... things.

Hot news, right? Honestly though, all I really want to know is that this game will be released in English. Better yet, what are the chances of Beyonce representing this one in the States? Can you imagine commercials with her in a full Tingle outfit pretending to like videogames? Hell, if that's all that happened in the entire game, it would still be worth $35. 

[Via Siliconera]


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garison's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/18/2009 23:50
garison
TIngle CAN'T be staraight. He just CANT'T!
Milestailsprowe's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/19/2009 00:54
Milestailsprowe
So the Old man is the reason why tingle wears the ugly suit?
Timstuff's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/19/2009 01:48
Timstuff
Tingle is like the friggin' Jar Jar Binks of the Zelda franchise. Why does Nintendo keep using him!?
bodybreak's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/19/2009 02:23
bodybreak
i love the whole premise of the game.
tingle is an over-weight, unsuccessful white guy with a mid-life crisis on his hands when he is suddenly swept up in this ridiculous adventure with some pretty heavy calvinist/scientology themes, where everything he does involves acquiring and hoarding money so he can achieve transcendence -- which is ultimately his sexy, scantily clad assistant.
anyone who hasn't played the first installment should definitely think about it.
Jonathan Holmes's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/19/2009 05:45
Jonathan Holmes
Bodybreak= genius.
VGFreak1225's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/19/2009 06:53
VGFreak1225
In all honesty, NOA's choice really disappoints me. But I'm more frustrated with our obsession with mainstream games. If it wasn't for the fact that American gamers need manly men and go nowhere near Tingle's quirky personality, we would have this game. Hopefully we get this one.
CocoJambo's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/19/2009 07:31
CocoJambo
To be honest the theme of the game couldn't be more American with its depressing extreme capitalism gameplay, to bad it is covered in... Tingle. I still don't believe hom much Nintendo likes this character, one that was generally hated by everyone since MM and WW. The first game was kind of "ok, that's a good joke" but another just show how seriously they take him.
Eschatos's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/19/2009 08:16
Eschatos
That man's head look like a penis.
Kvb's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/19/2009 08:32
Kvb
I will buy the game regardless, but... Please, Nintendo... Bring the pointy ears back.

Tingle IS a Legend of Zelda character, so his games should take place in Hyrule as well.
Im OK's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/19/2009 10:21
Im OK
Why, oh why, does Tingle continue to get his own games? It's bad enough that he keeps showing up in Zelda games.

Hmm, then again, maybe if he gets enough of his own games, he'll stop showing up in Zelda games, and then I can safely ignore him.

That said, I fully support this game (though not enough to actually buy it).
NihonTiger90's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/19/2009 14:03
NihonTiger90
I'm not tired of Tingle yet. Keep it coming.
countingdown7's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/17/2009 00:13
countingdown7
In 20 years Tingle will replace mario as Nintendo's mascot.
MARK MY WORDS!
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