As for Tingle in The Windwaker versus Majora’s Mask… I think that something I did end up liking about Majora’s Mask after I got through that fuckterrible prologue was the pretty much unique three day mechanic and the bleak and futile tone. On I think three out of four boss fights I ended up with the Day Three countdown going and winning with only a minute or two left.

But I think what ties Tingle into both is that while Termina is a doomed world facing imminent destruction The Great Sea is a destroyed world with its inhabitants left clinging to what little they have telling tales of the Hero of Time who they wish will someday return to save them. So it’s more of an After the End perpetual state of misery (in colorful cell shaded prettiness) instead of a doomed sort of way.

But in either case I still hate the shit out of Tingle. I’d say I liked him better in Majora’s Mask, but that’s only because I could make the bastard fall thirty feet by popping the balloon lifting him, but that was mostly because I hoped the fall would kill him. He’s so creepy that I’ll assume a Google search with ‘”Have a seat” Tingle’ would yield some funny Photoshop work.