Tingle Stage Roster

TINGLE STAGE ROSTER

Well, that didn't take long. Here's the roster for the three Tingle-based stages. If this were real, which one would you play on first, I guess?

Picture Book

PICTURE BOOK

Ripened Tingle’s Balloon Trip of Love is an oddity among the Zelda series, as is most of his spinoffs. It takes place entirely inside a magical book more or less recreating the story of The Wizard of Oz.

I think the book is the most important thing to represent here. The stage will take place inside an illustration, with the words of the story lining the outside, sorta the way the Game & Watch and Game Boy line Flat Zone and Dreamland (3DS). Occasionally the page will flip over, cycling the stage through familiar locations in the game, including the farm where the story starts, the dark forest with the chasm the heroes struggle to cross, the train they take to the capitol, and the princess’s castle itself.

Potential theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaAUL8I1Y2E

Tingle Roster

TINGLE ROSTER

And here's our short little roster for all characters originating from the Tingle spinoff series. It's not much, but it's enough. If this were a real roster from a real game, who ya mainin'? Are ya mainin'?

Majiyo

MAJIYO

As Tingle and his friends approach the capitol city, they are observed through a spyglass by a mysterious woman, later revealed to be the person who sold Tingle the magic book in the first place.

This is Majiyo, the game’s Wicked Witch of the West. She rules a neighboring kingdom, and sells Tingle the book in order to harvest a chemical called Feropon from him, a chemical only produced when a man deludes himself into believing a woman out of his league could fall in love with him, perceiving Tingle to be her perfect target.

As a fighter, Majiyo will have powerful magical attacks and will also rely heavily on trickery to get her way. Her moveset will pull mainly from her final battle, as well as her other actions throughout the game.

Likelihood rating: Never gonna happen.

Segare

SEGARE

Along their way to the game’s Emerald City stand-in, Tingle and his three companions encounter regular run-ins with a dashing prince-looking character who sees them as a threat to his chances with the kingdom’s princess and sabotages their journey on multiple occasions.

This is Segare, later revealed to be the son of the game’s villain Majiyo, our Wicked Witch of the West stand-in, in on her plans from the beginning and part of the scheme to kidnap the princess.

As a fighter, Segare will be your standard swordsman, with the skill, agility, and power that will normally come with that. His moveset will pull from his multiple appearances in the game and his few boss battles.

Likelihood rating: Never gonna happen.

Tingle's Troupe

TINGLE'S TROUPE

Tingle saw a few more spinoffs, first in a remake of Balloon Fight, the second another adventure game with much less combat or even that much rupee management. It’s mostly just kind of a point-and-click game. The story is basically a remake of The Wizard of Oz, with Tingle getting sucked into a magic book and having to go on an adventure with a scarecrow, a robot lady, and a lion as companions.

These are Kakashi, Buriki, and Lion, Tingle’s companions for the game. Though individually, none of the three have quite enough to warrant a moveset, all together they just manage to squeak through.

As opposed to other amalgam characters like the Koopalings, Tingle’s three companions will not be color swaps, but will instead move as a trio, each of their moves bringing one of the three characters forward depending on which the move pulls from.

Likelihood rating: Never gonna happen.

Yamori

YAMORI

Besides Aba, Tingle will have a number of supporting characters he can hire on as bodyguards, basically characters who will follow him around and get into the fight clouds with him. Some will be pretty basic, but a few will be a bit more prominent.

Among these is Yamori, a ninja who bears a striking resemblance to a certain Ryu Hayabusa. He will be a prominent bodyguard throughout Rosy Rupeeland, but will return in Balloon Trip of Love as a recurring minigame, hiding out on certain maps and requiring Tingle to find him by shooting him with a slingshot.

As a fighter, Yamori will be heavily speed and stealth-based, with moves letting him sneak around the stage and pulled from both of his game appearances.

Likelihood rating: Never gonna happen.

Captain Stalfos

CAPTAIN STALFOS

As Link explores Subrosia, he might come across the House of the Pirates, where a number of Stalfos pirates dwell. Turns out, they’d been stranded there for centuries, and if you talk to their captain, you just might fight a surprising connection to Queen Ambi of Oracle of Ages.

This special type of “Pirate Stalfos” is a trope that would recur again and again throughout the series, either as allies or bosses, including Cap’n, the long lost lover of Queen Ambi from the Oracles games, as well as Captain Stalfos from Tingle’s Rosy Rupeeland and LD-002G Scervo from Skyward Sword.

This fighter will be an amalgam of all three of these characters, possibly with their names applied depending on the color swaps, and their stats will be similar to your standard Stalfos. Their moveset will pull from all three versions of this character and their Stalchild pirate minions.

Likelihood rating: Never gonna happen.

Tingle Series Roster

SUPER SMASH BROS. UNIVERSE

TINGLE SERIES

And now, although it will be a small roster, I don't feel comfortable just lumping this group in with the regular Zelda rosters, so, I guess it's our Yoshi roster: the Tingle roster.

1. Tingle

2. Pinkle

3. Tingle's Troupe

4. Aba

5. Yamori

6. Uncle Rupee

7. Majiyo

8. Segare

9. Oinker

And, I'd say, just remove Tingle from the 3D Zelda roster and there you go. We now have four rosters to work with.

Thanks for reading! Next up, we cover the remakes, re-releases, and ports of the Zelda series.

Character Sheet: Segare

SEGARE

Now, let's cover a small batch of new characters from the obscure side of the Zelda series, most if not all hailing from the Tingle series such as Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland and Ripened Tingle's Balloon Trip of Love. They may not be household names, but they made their case enough for me to accept them in. They are:

1. Pinkle

2. Tingle's Troupe

3. Aba

4. Yamori

5. Uncle Rupee

6. Majiyo

7. Segare

8. Oinker

Next up, we have an original character to the Wizard of Oz setup in the form of Segare. Originally presenting as a handsome prince vying to win the hand of the princess before we do, he acts as a recurring boss throughout the game, actively sabotaging us on our path here and there. In the end, he is revealed to be Majiyo's son, who was antagonizing us to help us believe we were a serious threat against his chances.

Across the game, he is shown to wield a sword and ride a goat, and can also leap really high. He pulls off multiple forms of sabotage and vandalism, such as felling a tree in our path, knocking out a bridge, and disguising himself as a juggler. In his final battle against us, he pilots a giant mech that uses rocket launchers as projectiles and launches itself off of ramp, trying to force you back toward a spiked wall.

Here's the moveset I came up with:

Standard B: Sabotage

He will burst forward with a strong slash from his sword, striking right through a tree and causing it to fall forward.

Side B: Ramp Leap

His goat will appear and he will charge forward, launching off the end of a ramp and coming down hard a few feet away.

Up B: Princely Jump

He will leap really high in the air, then come back down with a pose.

Down B: Spiked Wall

He will thrust an opponent hard, knocking them back into a spiked wall that will appear behind them and do even more damage.

Final Smash: Segare Mech

He will land on the stage in his Mech, hopping around on its feet and stomping fighters while also launching several missiles.

Entrance: He will jump out of a bush as if to surprise someone.

Taunts: Up, he will brush his hair back arrogantly. Side, he will hold out a picture of the princess and look at it lovingly. Down, he will get down on one knee and bow to his opponent.

Thanks for reading! Next up, we will finish off with Tingle's Moblins!

Character Sheet: Majiyo

MAJIYO

Now, let's cover a small batch of new characters from the obscure side of the Zelda series, most if not all hailing from the Tingle series such as Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland and Ripened Tingle's Balloon Trip of Love. They may not be household names, but they made their case enough for me to accept them in. They are:

1. Pinkle

2. Tingle's Troupe

3. Aba

4. Yamori

5. Uncle Rupee

6. Majiyo

7. Segare

8. Oinker

Now, let's cover the main villain of Ripened Tingle's Balloon Trip of Love. The game starts with Tingle receiving a book from a strange merchant, which soon sucks him in and forces him to re-enact the book's story, a cheap knockoff of Wizard of Oz. This merchant is revealed to be Majiyo, the game's villain and stand-in for the Wicked Witch of the West. She wishes to gain more power by absorbing "feropon," an element released by someone with delusions of a person out of their league falling in love with them, and she had picked Tingle as the perfect candidate. I . . . have nothing to say about that plot point, except maybe a Nelson Muntz "Ha Ha!"

In her boss battle, she could float around with a ring of orbs around her. From those orbs, she could summon bees that fly forward as projectiles, worms that charge forward, and a giant snake form with frogs popping up from her back and leaping at Tingle to try and drain him. She can also shapeshift into disguises, teleport with magic, and become a giant outside of battle. Her final form takes the shape of a giant head with six hands floating around it.

Here's the moveset I came up with:

Standard B: Majiyo Wasp

She will summon a wasp to fly forward as a strong projectile.

Side B: Majiyo Worm

She will summon her giant worm to charge full-body across the stage, knocking aside any in its way.

Up B: Orb Float

Her ring of orbs will surround her and she will start floating upwards, with the player able to control her trajectory. I prefer that to a basic teleport anyway..

Down B: Feropon Frog

She will summon up one of the frogs from her snake move, which will hop forward and latch onto the nearest player, draining them of health AKA Feropon.

Final Smash: Final Form

She will turn into her giant head form, with her six hands swarming around her, swiping at players and producing cards from which Majiyos emerge and attack.

Entrance: She will teleport in wearing her merchant disguise and throw it off.

Taunts: She will hold up a card with the princess trapped inside. Side, she will flip through the book and look interested. Down, she will suck up some feropon and look refreshed.

Thanks for reading! Next up, we have Majiyo's son Segare!

Character Sheet: Yamori

YAMORI

Now, let's cover a small batch of new characters from the obscure side of the Zelda series, most if not all hailing from the Tingle series such as Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland and Ripened Tingle's Balloon Trip of Love. They may not be household names, but they made their case enough for me to accept them in. They are:

1. Pinkle

2. Tingle's Troupe

3. Aba

4. Yamori

5. Uncle Rupee

6. Majiyo

7. Segare

8. Oinker

Today let's cover Yamori, a supporting character appearing in both Rosy Rupeeland and Balloon Trip of Love. He functions as a sort of minigame in both, hiding out in random locations until Tingle finds him, rewarding him and then escaping. He can also be recruited as a bodyguard in the first game. He doesn't have too much to work with, but more than enough. He attacks with a ninja blade, hides and uses disguises to conceal his location, leaps high into the air, flies using a kite, and drops smoke bombs.

Here's the moveset I came up with:

Standard B: Blade Flurry

He will leap into a slight fight cloud, but less distinct than some of the others, slashing multiple times with his blade.

Side B: Smoke Bomb

He will drop a smoke bomb right in front of himself, creating a cloud on the stage and obscuring the fight around the area.

Up B: Kite Leap

He will leap high into the air then produce his kite to swoop downwards.

Down B: Hide

He will pull up a disguise patterned to look like the stage he is on, blending in with his surroundings. He can break from it with any attack, or he can stay there indefinitely until struck by an opponent.

Final Smash: Hidden Slash

He will slash an opponent and send them into the air. He will then perform several strikes similar to other ninja characters like Sheik and Greninja.

Entrance: He will poke his head up out of a patch of grass with a snorkel in his mouth.

Taunts: Up, he will perform a standard ninja pose. Side, he will look around as if suddenly exposed. Down, he will tuck down behind grass and poke his head out.

Thanks for reading! Next up, the main villain of the first Tingle game!

Character Sheet: Tingle's Troupe

TINGLE'S TROUPE

Now, let's cover a small batch of new characters from the obscure side of the Zelda series, most if not all hailing from the Tingle series such as Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland and Ripened Tingle's Balloon Trip of Love. They may not be household names, but they made their case enough for me to accept them in. They are:

1. Pinkle

2. Tingle's Troupe

3. Aba

4. Yamori

5. Uncle Rupee

6. Majiyo

7. Segare

8. Oinker

Next up, let's cover Kakashi, Buriki, and Lion, Tingle's companions from Ripened Tingle's Balloon Trip of Love. Balloon Trip of Love is basically just Wizard of Oz but with Tingle, and the three companions are the game's adaptation of the scarecrow, tin man, and cowardly lion, with such differences as Buriki is a female alien robot. Separately, they didn't have quite enough to work with, but as a three-person group, I think we've got it made.

Together, they can crawl and pick up random items. Kakashi can be thrown himself and be carried away by crows. Buriki can scan, connect to electronics, and use electrical attacks. And Lion has a lot of strength, able to lift heavy objects like bells, fallen trees, and large vegetables. Outside of that, several game specific abilities coming with Tingle include his slingshot, his scary face, and the train worked on by Azusa. I think that's plenty, don't you.

Here's the moveset I came up with:

Standard B: Kakashi Throw

Kakashi will let himself be picked up by his companions and get thrown as a light projectile.

Side B: Buriki Zap

Buriki will zap enemies with a jolt of electricity, holding them in place for just a moment and letting the trio add on more attacks.

Up B: Fearless Crows

A group of crows will fly down, grab Kakashi, and carry him off, Buriki and Lion holding onto his feet and trying to save him. After a while, the crows will let go and the three will fall.

Down B: Lift the Bell

Lion will strain to lift a giant bell, launching it into the air so that it comes down hard a short distance in front of the trio.

Final Smash: Azusa Liner

The trio will jump out of the way as a train conducted by an excited Azusa comes barreling across the stage, slamming into any in its way.

Entrance: All three will pop out of the book from the game.

Taunts: Up, Buriki and Lion will toss Kakashi into the air. Side, Buriki will scan her companions and tilt her head to the side. Down, Lion will crouch with feat and his companions will comfort him.

Thanks for reading! Next up, the person who taught Tingle how to fight in his original game.

Ripened Tingle's Balloon Trip of Love

RIPENED TINGLE'S BALLOON TRIP OF LOVE

Despite what the title may tell you, there is basically little to no balloon-based gameplay. Really, it's just a point-and-click game with some money management aspects that doubles as a dating simulator. At the end of the day, it's just The Wizard of Oz starring Tingle, and follows Tingle as he gets sucked into a magic book where he has to make his way through a mystical land, accompanied by three companions, and win the love of the kingdom's princess. I . . . don't get it.

Anyway, Tingle is our main character, and his gameplay is, again, pretty basic, though at times he can use various touchable items, such as a baseball, a slingshot, rope, and a train car. He can also make scary faces, and uses balloons to travel between book chapters in cutscenes. Tingle's main companions are: Kakashi, a small scarecrow who can crawl, pick things up, get thrown by other players, and get carried away by crows; Buriki, an alien robot who can scan things, connect to electricity, and trip into things; and Lion, a very strong lion who can lift bells, knock trees over, and pick vegetables. Not quite enough on their own, but . . . together?

As for our NPCs, Barkle returns, but still doesn't do much. Your main potential love interests that you can woo are: Sensei, a caring village girl; Azusa, a train enthusiast; Iona, a seed saleswoman; Liar, a strange creature that only speaks in lies; and the Princess herself. I would also like to call attention to Yamori, a ninja who appeared in both story-based Tingle games. In the first, you could hire him out as a bodyguard where he wielded a ninja blade. Here, you can find him hiding in multiple locations and taking various disguises, and will reward you when you find him. He can also leap really high, attach himself to a kite, and throw smoke bombs. There . . . might be something there.

And now for our villains. We first meet Segare, a dashing prince who competes against us to win the hand of the princess. He is seen wielding a sword and riding a horse, leaping high, piloting a giant mech equipped with rocket launchers and a ramp, causing all manner of sabotage and vandalism, and pulling up a spiked wall to block Tingle in. He turns out to be the son of Majiyo, the witch that gave Tingle the book in the first place, who wants to collect energy called Feropon, given off by a man deluding himself into believing he has a chance with someone way out of his league, and picks Tingle as the perfect target. (Not gonna lie, I kinda snickered). She can shapeshift, teleport, become gigantic, float, send out bee, worm, and snake creatures to attack, and she takes on a final form in her boss fight.

The story mostly takes place inside a giant book, with letters all around Winnie the Pooh-style, and you work your way through a pretty generic Wizard of Oz-style landscape, complete with a farm, a forest, a train station, and a castle.

And I think we've just about covered it. Here's what we've got so far:

Characters:

Tingle: fight cloud, money management, fireworks, make maps, fly with balloons, drop bombs, cook, shovel, bat, stretch and leap, rupee blast, baseball, slingshot, rope, train car, scary face

Pinkle: potential echo fighter or gimmick rep

Tingle's companions (Kakashi, Buriki, and Lion): crawl, pick things up, get thrown, carried by crows, scan, connect to electricity, trip, lift bell, knock tree over, pick vegetables, slingshot, scary face, seeds, train car?

Sensei, Azusa, Iona, Liar, and Princess

Aba: potential gimmick rep

Teddy Todo/other bodyguards

Yamori: ninja blade, hide, disguise, leap, kite, smoke bombs

Uncle Rupee: sofa, lightning, table shields, cats, grand form, green cloud, giant head, bodyguards with rupee guns

Segare: sword, horse, leap, giant mech, rocket launchers, ramp, sabotage, vandalism, spiked wall

Majiyo: shapeshift, teleport, become gigantic, float, bee, worm, snake, final form

Oinker: bombs, swords, shields, lances, spells, rolling around on balls, sword spin, rage circle, more Oinkers, meteors, float, slash, waves of magic

Captain Stalfos: fireball, swords

Bosses:

Death Bug

Bana Bana

Dora Dora

Baron

Stages:

Tingle's Room

Port Town

Western Pool

Hero's Shrine

Pirate Hideaway

Deku Temple

Insect Cavern

Desma's Labyrinth

Captain Stalfos's Ship

Cape Treasure

Deku Forest

Gooey Swamp

Mount Desma

Fairy Garden

Auros Ruins

Balloon Fight

Book

Emerald City

Thanks for reading! Next up, we have one single Tingle to mingle with: the Too Much Tingle Pack.