Twintelle
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| Twintelle | |
|---|---|
| Arms character | |
 Twintelle as she appears in Arms | |
| First game | Arms (2017) |
| Created by | Kosuke Yabuki |
| Voiced by | Adeyto |
| In-universe information | |
| Nationality | French |
Twintelle (Japanese: ツインテーラ, romanized: Tsuintēra) is a character in the 2017 video game Arms by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. Unlike other playable characters in Arms, who fight using their arms, Twintelle fights using her hair. She is depicted as a femme fatale and a celebrity. The design process for her was more complicated than the others in Arms, as producer Kosuke Yabuki wished to consult Nintendo's American and European branches in an effort to represent people of different backgrounds and national origins.
She was first revealed in May 2017 Nintendo Direct, where she quickly became a fan favorite and a popular Black character in video games. Twintelle has been the subject of generally positive reception as early as her reveal, resulting in her being the subject of fan art. Yabuki was positively surprised by her popularity, which led to the designers adding her to a free demo of Arms.
Twintelle was first revealed during a May 17, 2017 Nintendo Direct.[1] She is a Black French person, and has dark brown skin and large, silver-and-pink pigtails.[2] French artist Adeyto was cast to voice her.[3] Unlike other fighters who use their arms, Twintelle fights using her hair.[4] Twintelle is depicted as a femme fatale, a confident, attractive woman,[5][6][7] and a famous, award-winning actress.[8] She, along with the rest of the cast in Arms, is regarded as a protagonist of the game by its producer.[9]
Arms producer Kosuke Yabuki described spending more time on designing Twintelle than on other characters in the game, contrasting her design which intentionally tried to be different with more straight-forward characters such as Ninjara. The initial concept only had one detail decided on, which was a character fighting with hair.[10] The design team wanted to represent different countries and backgrounds, leading them to reach out to staff at Nintendo of America and Nintendo of Europe to get ideas for a character from a different background, providing them sketches to help.[11][10] Yabuki designed her to have a muscular build.[12] He enjoyed the character, believing that characters like Twintelle were uncommon in Nintendo games, and was particularly happy to have made what he considers to be a strong female character.[12][11]