The rumor section in the latest issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly says that Nintendo will not work on a new Zelda game right away, but instead will give Tingle a shot to star in his own Wii adventure. Supposedly, Nintendo is inspired by the fairy-wannabe’s DS RPG selling well in Japan (it’s sold 87% of its total shipment). Keep in mind EGM’s rumors tend to be fairly hit or miss, so this could be total crap. Given the likelihood that Twilight Princess will mount up massive sales figures, I’d be surprised to see Nintendo put the next Zelda on hold, but perhaps they could simultaneously work on both.
If this is true, I hope Tingle’s Wii game doesn’t use the same realistic graphics as Twilight Princess just as I hope Tingle is absent from Twilight Princess. Tingle is already scary enough without realistic art direction. And heck, we already have these guys above in Twilight Princess.
Kooloo-Limpah!
Tingle is just the spinoff Nintendo needs. He's goofy and irrecognisable enough to have his own irreverant game series, similar to Wario (with the advantage of not having a name like Gink). Let us hope for much Tingle in the future.
As annoying and…flambouyant as he is, Tingle could probably do pretty well on his own. He's an interesting character to some unusual extent.But he overcharches. x_x
Tingle, in my opinion, is one of those characters that we just love to hate. He is so recognizable that if Nintendo does decide to give him his own game, it will sell.
I agree with Matthew. Tingle in realistic graphics is freaking disturbing. I hope they use the windwalker engine and art for this game.