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Famitsu has an ad for what appears to be a new Tingle game for the DS. It’s assumed that this is a sequel to his 2007 RPG, Freshly-Picked Tingle’s Rosy Rupeeland, which was only released in Japan and Europe.

Anyone care to speculate?

More Tingle info, (a lot more):

Tingle, known as Tincle in Japan, is a fictional video game character of The Legend of Zelda series, first appearing in Majora’s Mask in 2000. Since then, he has appeared in each installment of the series up through The Minish Cap, except for Oracle of Seasons and Four Swords. Since then, he has not made in-person appearances in the main The Legend of Zelda series, due primarily to the evident unpopularity of the character among Zelda fans in the United States. Instead, he has gone on to star in his own video games for the Nintendo DS: Freshly-Picked Tingle’s Rosy Rupeeland, currently released in Japan and Europe, and Tingle’s Balloon Fight DS, exclusive to Japan.

Creation and conception
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According to an interview with Kensuke Tanabe, producer of Freshly-Picked Tingle’s Rosy Rupeeland, Tingle was created in a “very relaxed manner” by a character designer at Nintendo EAD. The same person was also in charge of the character design of the games F-Zero and Star Fox.

Characteristics
Tingle is a short, paunchy 35-year-old man who is completely obsessed with “forest fairies” and dresses up in a green costume, slightly resembling that of the main character, Link. In Majora’s Mask, he wears tight red shorts and a necklace with a clock that is permanently stuck at four o’clock. Tingle is normally seen floating around on his red balloon, drawing and selling maps for his father, who runs the Southern Swamp pictograph contest and sees Tingle as “a fool”. He is also known for his catchphrase: “Tingle, Tingle, Kooloo-Limpah!”. Tingle appears to have a fixation for Rupees and other similar collectibles, such as Force Gems in Four Swords Adventures and Kinstones in The Minish Cap. In Majora’s Mask, Tingle can be found around Termina selling maps, and in The Wind Waker, he translates Triforce Maps for a high price, among other things. Tingle’s fixation for Rupees is explained in the Nintendo DS game Freshly-Picked Tingle’s Rosy Rupeeland, where it is stated that Tingle needs Rupees to live, as a result of a curse placed on him by Uncle Rupee.

Tingle’s siblings
Ankle is Tingle’s younger brother and Knuckle’s twin. In The Wind Waker, he is found turning the grinding wheel at Tingle Tower with David Jr.. The reason he does so much work is to support his brother, Knuckle. He also has a love of gardening. He also appears in Four Swords Adventures and later in The Minish Cap, where he fuses Kinstones behind Lon Lon Ranch. His outfit is faded purple.

Knuckle is Ankle’s twin and the one who built Tingle Tower. In The Wind Waker, he is largely a side-quest character, requiring use of the Tingle Tuner to find. By doing so, Link can gain the Hand-Me-Down Tuner which provides additional options. He also appears in Four Swords Adventures and later in The Minish Cap, where he fuses Kinstones in Trilby Highlands. His outfit is light blue.

David Jr., although similar in appearance to Tingle and his brothers, is from Windfall Island and is unrelated to Tingle. After getting shipwrecked on Tingle Island, he was forced by Tingle to work turning the wheel. Unenthusiastic about his role, he does it anyway, although he is prone to complaining. He also appears in Four Swords Adventures and The Minish Cap, the latter in which he fuses Kinstones in Lake Hylia. When reading his inscription in the Nintendo Gallery, it implies that his father was the one who made the ghost ship chart, but died immediately after doing so. His outfit is white.

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