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[[File:Penkoon KC Mario Artwork.png|thumb|left|A Penkoon as depicted in ''KC Deluxe'']] | [[File:Penkoon KC Mario Artwork.png|thumb|left|A Penkoon as depicted in ''KC Deluxe'']] | ||
{{quote2|This pirate is part penguin and part racoon | {{quote2|This pirate is part penguin and part racoon. Watch out for its spiked stomach ball.|''[[Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land]]'' instruction booklet, page 19}} | ||
'''Penkoons'''<ref name=Penkoon> ''Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3'' English instruction booklet, page 19.</ref> are bulky soldiers that patrol areas in ''[[Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3]]''. When [[Wario]] comes too close to them, they make the spiked ball in their stomachs pop out. Despite their horned helmets, Wario can harm them by jumping on them; however, due to the spikes on their stomach, they cannot be harmed by charging head on by the [[Dash Attack|Body Slam]]. | '''Penkoons'''<ref name=Penkoon> ''Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3'' English instruction booklet, page 19.</ref> are bulky soldiers that patrol areas in ''[[Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3]]''. When [[Wario]] comes too close to them, they make the spiked ball in their stomachs pop out. Despite their horned helmets, Wario can harm them by jumping on them; however, due to the spikes on their stomach, they cannot be harmed by charging head on by the [[Dash Attack|Body Slam]]. | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*In the Japanese manual, their resemblance to both a tanuki and a [[penguin]] is noted, but their species remains a mystery.<ref name=Pokopen/> In the English version, they are instead described as "part penguin and part racoon." | *In the Japanese manual, their resemblance to both a tanuki and a [[penguin]] is noted, but their species remains a mystery.<ref name=Pokopen/> In the English version, they are instead described as "part penguin and part racoon."<ref name=Penkoon/> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 09:03, January 20, 2021
- Not to be confused with Pengoon.
Template:Quote2 Penkoons[1] are bulky soldiers that patrol areas in Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3. When Wario comes too close to them, they make the spiked ball in their stomachs pop out. Despite their horned helmets, Wario can harm them by jumping on them; however, due to the spikes on their stomach, they cannot be harmed by charging head on by the Body Slam.
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ポコペン[2] Pokopen |
Derived from the sound a tanuki of myth makes and a penguin. |
| German | Penkoon |
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| Italian | Pronguino |
Pro-enguin |
Trivia
- In the Japanese manual, their resemblance to both a tanuki and a penguin is noted, but their species remains a mystery.[2] In the English version, they are instead described as "part penguin and part racoon."[1]
References
| Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Characters | Wario • Brown Sugar Pirates • Mario | ||
| Bosses | Spiked Koopa • Minotaur • Penguin • Devil's Head • Bobo • Ghost • Captain Syrup • Genie | ||
| Worlds | Rice Beach • Mt. Teapot • Sherbet Land • Stove Canyon • SS Tea Cup • Parsley Woods • Syrup Castle | ||
| Power-ups | Bull Pot • Dragon Pot • Garlic Pot • Jet Pot • Star | ||
| Collectibles | ? Block • 1 Gold Coin • 10 Gold Coin • 100 Coin • 3-Up Heart • Heart • Key • Treasure | ||
| Enemies and obstacles | Batto Shuruken • Bee Fly • Big • Bō • Bucket Head • Chicken Duck • D.D. • Demon Bat • Dropper • Floater • Gaugau • Goboten • Guragura • Harisu • Helmut • Knight • Konotako • Kōmori Missile • Lance • Maizō • Mine • Muncher • Paidan • Pecan • Penkoon • Pikkarikun • Pinwheel • Piranha Plant • Pirate Goom • Pouncer • Skewer • Sparky • Spiked ball • Togemaru • Ukiwani • Wanderin' Goom • Watch • White puff • Yadorā • Yarikuri Obake | ||
| Miscellaneous | Gallery • Glitches • Media • Pre-release and unused content • Staff | ||
