As much as Tingle divides The Legend of Zelda fanbase, the stories he continues to provide the Nintendo community are priceless. During a chat with Kotaku about Dillon's Dead-Heat Breakers, Nintendo producer Kensuke Tanabe revealed the quirky fairy hopeful - starting out in Majora’s Mask - was going to be the star of a horror game way back in 2010.
Looking back eight years ago, we were developing a horror game with Vanpool that starred Tingle as the main character, but that project was canceled due to a variety of reasons.
Nintendo kept in contact with the Tokyo-based studio who had previously worked on Freshly-Picked Tingle’s Rosy Rupeeland for DS. This led to the development of a prototype game where the main character rolled about and was controlled by a “slingshot” control method using a stylus and touchscreen.
Tanabe explained this was how the character Dillon was created:
We had some discussion and came up with the setting and the main character through the association of Rolling => Armadillo => Texas => Western, and Vanpool also liked that idea. And so, a new IP, ‘Dillon’ was born.
If it wasn’t for the cancellation of Tingle’s horror game, we may have never got Dillon’s series on the 3DS. Are you glad to hear this, or would you have preferred a horror game starring Tingle? Tell us below.
[source kotaku.com.au]
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Every game he's in is a horror game!
Didn't they release a Tingle horror game? tingle's rosy rupeeland kept me up at night.
What could have been
It'll spawn a horror-themed Zelda spinoff series called Spine Tinglers.
Or even better yet, crossovers:
The Tingling
Resident Tingle
Silent Tingle
Project Tingle
The Tingle Within
Tingle Shock
Tingling Light
Dillon's Rolling Western was kinda cool but damn, this could have been greatness.
Tingle is my hero.
Anything Tingle is in is a horror game when he's around.
Wait a second, back up a moment.
There was going to be a Tingle HORROR game made by Nintendo?!
I need this in my life.
Please let Dillon be a fighter in Smash...I mean with his new look and boost engines he could be really cool!
Possibly the single most bizarre headline I've ever read.
I`m pretty sure Tingle will become Japanese folklore.
Mothers will tell their children "If you don't behave, Tingle will come and get you." ( I know that would've scared me to death if I knew Tingle )
Didn't they already release Majora's Mask?
Aw but I really want a Tingle horror game, they could had make it took place after Majora's Mask in the darker timeline where the moon crush everyone and had Tingle as the ghost of the Link that died.
I had to remind myself it wasn't April 1st at that headline.
You guys better make that damn tingle horror game, or at least give my boi a game for the west.
The 2 Tingle games for DS were amazing. Way better than Dillon’s games.
Im so sad this will never see the light of day. To be honest, even if you hate the character, the games have that bizarre Nintendo spark like WarioWare. Creative although terrifying, memorable and fun.
I would take the Tingle horror game anyday
No sight of the morning coming, we’ve been left on our own. Like a Tingle in the dark...
Would have loved to see that happen. By the way: If you played Tingle's balloon trip of love (I played a bit so far, thanks to the rom and a English patch) you know that there is a horror chapter in there. Some scary stuff going on, in a funny way of course!
Never have my dreams been so expertly raised and dashed in one sentence...
I am one of the rare Tingle fans (trust me, all 5 of us actually exist) and this... sounds glorious. Heck, one of the only two games I ever imported was Tingle’s Rosy Rupeeland... I loved the humor, the gameplay itself was sorta grindy though.
Nonetheless... this would either work really well or not at all. It’d be tricky to pull off, Tingle’s eccentricities would either be just unnerving enough for a horror title... or too odd that it pulls the player out of the immersion required for horror. ...unless this is like just gruesome horror which might be a bit much... unfortunately, it could be the best game ever and due to the poor reception the kooky little reincarnated fairy receives, it could easily be passed over.
I see the reason people are so offput by him. But I find him charming, like he’s a 35 year old loser that is just trying his darnedest to be... something? I can only dream of matching that enthusiasm!
@ShadJV hello No.2
@ShadJV @fafonio hey, we’re 3!
I love tingle...but I love Dillon too. I wish they'd do more with him and his Western setting. I hope a big adventure style game on the Switch is in the works. Dillon could be massive but he's kinda relegated to weird experiemental 3DS titles at the moment :/
I am so pissed, Tingle is the best character.
Tingle would probably not fit in a horror game, in my opinion.
I'd love a sequel to Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland. It's a great game.
@ShadJV Am I #4?
@ShadJV I’m #5!! We’re all here!!
@Tyranexx Eternal Tingle...
Tingle’s Mansion
Nightmare on Tingle Island
Tingle Trap
Sewer Tingle
Tinglehouse
@JHDK And you’re mine
@MattFox I probably wouldn’t do that. Depends on how much I was paid
@JayJ Yes. Yes he is.
Well that wasn't a headline I expected to read today.
I would have prefered the Tingle Horror Game.
Vanpool made the best DS game by far with Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland. It was so much better than Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks.
@Tyranexx you forgot about A Tingle in the Dark
I don't know if ESRB would even be able to rate a game of such horrific imagery. It would have to be one of those AO18 rated games.
@Tyranexx "The Tingle Within" Thank you, now I'm picturing Tingle as a chest-buster from Alien. Thank you very much for that.
Horror game please
I'd like to nominate this article for 'craziest headline of 2018'
I swear I don't know why Tingle gets so much air time. I think he should stay the joke, 30-something year old, fairy wannabe character he was intended to be, and just play off of that. Everything doesn't need to be spun off of everything ALL the time.
Slightly off-topic, I'm surprised Dillon hasn't made it into SSBU... Or will he...?
@Tingle_The_Great You would do that because you're evil, not because of money.
This is why real gamers play Playstation. u__u smh, Nintendo.
@HobbitGamer @Asaki @clvr @fafonio yo my peeps!
@NEStalgia Sooo...
Tingle
Tingles
Tingle 3
Tingle: Resurrection
Tingletheus
Tingle Covenent
Tingle vs Tingle!
No matter who wins, we lose
@Tingle_The_Great I was waiting for tou ti make my day.
You haven’t disappointed 👌🏻
#34 in particular has to be one of the funniest comments I’ve ever read 😂
@HobbitGamer Nono, Tingle vs. Predator. G.O.T.Y.! G.O.A.T.!
Don't forget:
The Last of Tingle
Left 4 Tingle
State of Tingle
Tinglespace
House of the Tingle
Tingle Rising
Tingleborne
@NEStalgia I’d beat everyone
@MattFox I’m not evil! Just misunderstood. And perhaps a little bit nefarious.
@clvr I didn’t know I had fans. I thought the general consensus was that I was a creepy weirdo. Thanks!
@ShadJV I'm not a loser...……..right?
@Tingle_The_Great
@NEStalgia Oh yea! That was a fun time wasn’t it? I got copious amounts of money, you got to sail around aimlessly for hours on end.........good times........
@Tingle_The_Great nope, you’ve proved your greatness! Don’t listen to the naysayers!
@HobbitGamer: I'm not sure if the world is ready for Tingle Trap.
@MysteriousMudkip: Another fun contemplation!
@NEStalgia: Your mind went further south than mine on that one. I was mostly contemplating cover redesigns and how some of those games would function with Tingle. The Tingle Within more made me think of someone going slowly insane while having to deal with Tingle....Hallucinations, random Kooloo Limpahs, images of maps and dancing fairy-men....
@Tyranexx You know....the image of the Tingle chest-buster doesn't seem so bad, now, after all!
Maybe Tingle can switch genres to walking simulators, and we can get the multi-award winning:
Tingle is Strange
@NEStalgia: I'm happy to supply the nightmares.
@Tingle_The_Great of course you have! The world’s an unfair place, but not to this degree lol
I even have a copy of your Rosy Rupeeland to show my love!
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