

In a later interview with Nintendo Dream, he said that the character Purlo is his reference to Tingle in Twilight Princess. In an interview with Electronic Gaming Monthly, Aonuma said that he had "found out some American people didn't like him very much" and ultimately decided not to include him in Twilight Princess as a result. He further explained that this thought process had resulted in the character being designed as "a really weird guy". And the way that he makes a map is by floating through the air so that he can see the contours of the land and draw them". He commented that "we ultimately ended up with a character here that had a little bit of humor to him that thinking of.'What sort of person would sell a map?' And, well, we decided it would be the kind of person who makes a map. He said that the character had been designed as a way for the player to access maps in Majora's Mask. The Legend of Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma explained Tingle's origins in an interview with Kotaku. According to an interview with Kensuke Tanabe, producer of Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland, character designer Imamura created Tingle in a "very relaxed manner". Tingle was created by Takaya Imamura, a game designer at Nintendo EAD. He has gone on to be the star of Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland, and its sequel Irozuki Tingle no Koi no Balloon Trip, as well as the minigame collections Tingle's Balloon Fight DS and Dekisugi Tingle Pack. First appearing in Majora's Mask, he has since appeared in several installments. Tingle is a recurring character in The Legend of Zelda series.
