In the original The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker for the GameCube, Link was given a device called the Tingle Tuner, which allowed a player to control Tingle and help with various quests in the game. This was done by linking a Game Boy Advance to the GameCube.
Zelda producer, Eiji Aonuma, was asked why the developer decided against using the 3DS in a similar way and he responded by saying the team wanted to focus on the social aspect of Miiverse, and enable players from all corners of the world help each other. The Tingle Tuner has been replaced with the "Tingle Bottle", allowing players to write messages and pop them into a bottle and send it off, only to be picked up by another player.
The Tingle Tuner was also capable of obtaining information about a current area, and uncovering secrets. We assume there will be other ways of utilising this elsewhere.
For more details on the upcoming Wii U title, Aonuma shared his thoughts in this The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD developer session.
[source destructoid.com]
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A wasted opportunity
I would have thought the simple use of the gamepad would suffice.
I finished the game fine without it
Never used it.
I can't believe how stupid Nintendo are being, you have the gamepad in your hands at all times! That should have been used as the tingle tuner!.
What 2 and 5 said.
Why would anybody even ask that question, have they not seen a Gamepad before?
I hope Tingle's hints get used somewhere else x
Wow I'm surprised. I personally wish for more home console and portable system connection. But only if I have each of course and that shouldn't prevent going forward in gameplay if you don't.
I think it's a bad move. I did try out the Tingle Tuner back in the day, and it was a fun extra. This Miiverse nonsense needs to be dialed back. Nintendo's going nuts with it. They're exploiting their own service. How obnoxious!
3DS? I was thinking Gamepad, surely.
I think the 3DS was a way better option.
The Wii U has its own second screen called a Gamepad, it doesn't need a 3DS or Gameboy. No doubt their using the Wii U's Gamepad for those missing Tingle Tuner features.
@edcomics You get your 'fun extra' on the game itself. Plus, all of us that don't own a 3DS can get it, too. Personally, I have little interest in MiiVerse, but I see no need to bash Nintendo for making use of it.
@crazycrazydave
That was my assumption. I really enjoyed the Tingle Tuner, but I guess they had to sacrifice some things for a timely release.
"Because we couldn't be bothered."
"Imagines carefully writing a message, only for the next player to throw it back into the ocean."
I do not know a single person who found this feature useful or even used it. And to be honest, less tingle is good news to me. Also, this feature does blend in pretty well into the whole scenario, i like it quite well, even though its "just" the MiiVerse
Well, maybe if they frickin' added WiiVerse to the 3DS like they said they would...
@ Einherjar
Speed runners found Tingle Tuner useful and I'm not talking about Tingle bombs. I'm talking about healing Link during a Zombie hover.
I hate the gamepad, so I wish they would use 3DS. ( Don't wish they used Gamepad like most are saying ) And I actually like MiiVerse so the idea isn't a bad one to me. ( As an alternative controller, please have Wii U Pro Controller Nintendo )
I just thought that the gamepad was going to be used, it is a no-brainer. But well, you can't blame them for trying to give a push to Miiverse.
they could have used the game pad to do what the tingle tuner did
Well, I have no reason to buy this now, since my Gamecube seems to have the better version of the game. Thanks for saving me the money Ninty.
I used to use Tingle just to get the secret treasure chest items for his island. Otherwise, it was pretty pointless, TBH, so I see why they cut it from the game.
@SilentHunter382 true, but don't like the fact that tingle would be more... tangible in 3d
shivers
I don't understand why the Tingle Bottle is even an item. Can't you do the exact same thing by opening Miiverse directly?? And it makes sense the GamePad isn't used, because player 1 would be using it. I think not using the DS/3DS is a missed opportunity..
I was wondering why they didn't use the Nintendo 3DS as the tingle tuner yesterday so this explanation gives me some clarity.
Nintendo fans can be such cry babies... DAMN.
Back in the day, I had a Gameboy Advance and used it with the Tingle tuner, but I wanted to have that tuner on a TV in front of me. It became possible when Wii was released and I could use my Gamecube's Gameboy player to light up a small TV next to my big one while playing Wind Waker on the Wii. I'm liking the Gamepad better for this, though.
I only ever used the Tingle Tuner once, but it was really rad. I loved having a friend drop bombs on enemies for me.
I think it was really fun being able to play with a friend while exploring the awesome world of Wind Waker... I'm really disappointed that Nintendo got rid of that in order to add a forced and restricted version of the Miiverse feature.
Miiverse is finally showing it's true colors as a social network! I really want a Wii U to see how this works!
My immediate thought when they took out the Tingle Tuner was actually that they were trying to fix gameplay bugs from the original like the Zombie Hover glitch.
Terrible news for speedrunners.
I 100% finished it on game cube I don't need any hints from other players.
They should have given the ability to use 3DS download play, or the gamepad if you wish to use the Tngle Tuner. I know most people never used it, but the tingle tuner is a lot of fun to be tingle.
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