[5][6][7] The logo of the 2010 Sukma Games is an image of a mousedeer, the state animal of Malacca.

The colours of Red, Yellow, Blue and White represents Malacca, the host state of the games.

The mascot's name Tuah also means luck in Malay, which represents the luckiness of Malacca as the host of the 2010 Sukma Games.

It is said the mousedeer is the state animal of Malacca, an extant species are found in forests in Southeast Asia.

According to Malay folktale, it is an animal that eliminates Parameswara's hunting dog down the river of Malacca nearby the tree where he shed while just fled from Palembang, Srivijaya after the Srivijaya Kingdom's fall.