Oh come all ye Tingle
Joyful and Ting-tastic
For the last few weeks Danny, aka the husband, has been engrossed with the game Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker. I can’t say I’m a big fan of this game, but maybe it’s just because the music is slightly irritating. The only videogame music I ever really liked was the sound the sega dreamcast made when it was in standby mode. I would hear the soft ocean sounds and it would put me right to sleep.
Anyway, Tingle is a character in the Wind Waker game. Danny described him as a fat little fairy (really, he is a fairy) who sails around. He probably does more than that, but I quit listening. Tingle is kind of a bizarre character, but he is not always in the game. You have to encounter him during your travels.
Tonight, I was sitting upstairs playing on the computer when Danny called out “You wanna see Tingle?” I whipped around in my chair so fast I scared the cats. I then ran down to the living room and got to see the magnificent Tingle. It was kind of a letdown. I’m sure Tingle is cool, but I need to watch him do something except wiggle around and ask Link for more treasure maps or whatever.
After checking on Wikipedia, it looks as if Tingle is much more popular in Japan than in the US and he has appeared in several Zelda games. Next year, he gets his own game titled Mogitate Tingle no Barairo Rupee Land which roughly translates to Tingle’s Freshly-Picked Rose-Colored Rupee Land. Now THAT’S a game I could get into.