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[[File:Penkoon KC Mario Artwork.png|thumb|left|A Penkoon as depicted in ''KC Deluxe'']]
{{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}}
{{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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==Profiles and statistics==
===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
'''<big>ポコペン</big><br>
'''<span class="explain"title="しゅぞく">種族</span>''' 海賊<br>
'''<span class="explain"title="せいかく">性格</span>''' ひねくれ者<br>
'''<span class="explain"title="とうじょう">登場</span>ゲーム''' ランド3<br>
'''<big>お腹のトゲつきボールに注意</big></b><br>
トゲのついた大きなお腹が特徴のタヌキ?そのお腹からトゲつきのボールを出して攻撃してくる。トゲつきボールをよけて、後ろから体当たりか、踏みつけで気絶させよう。<ref name=Daijiten>「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''), [https://i.imgur.com/aBaG8Dg.jpeg page 205].</ref>
 
'''''<big>Penkoon</big>'''''<br>
''Tribe: Pirate''<br>
''Disposition: Sourpuss''<br>
''Game appearances: Land 3''<br>
'''''<big>Note the spiked ball on the belly.</big>'''''<br>
''A tanuki with a large spiked belly? It attacks with a spiked ball protruding from its belly. Dodge the spiked balls and hit the raccoon dog from behind or stomp on it to knock it out.''
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
Penkoon.png|Sprite
Penkoon KC Mario Artwork.png|A Penkoon as depicted in ''KC Deluxe''
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==

Revision as of 09:31, May 2, 2022

Not to be confused with Pengoon.
Penkoon
A Penkoon, as seen in Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 artwork.
First appearance Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (1994)
Comparable

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.

Profiles and statistics

Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten

ポコペン
種族 海賊
性格 ひねくれ者
登場ゲーム ランド3
お腹のトゲつきボールに注意
トゲのついた大きなお腹が特徴のタヌキ?そのお腹からトゲつきのボールを出して攻撃してくる。トゲつきボールをよけて、後ろから体当たりか、踏みつけで気絶させよう。[2]

Penkoon
Tribe: Pirate
Disposition: Sourpuss
Game appearances: Land 3
Note the spiked ball on the belly.
A tanuki with a large spiked belly? It attacks with a spiked ball protruding from its belly. Dodge the spiked balls and hit the raccoon dog from behind or stomp on it to knock it out.

Gallery

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ポコペン[3]
Pokopen
Derived from「ぽこぽこ」(pokopoko, onomatopoeia for the sound a raccoon's belly makes) and「ペンギン」(pengin, penguin)

German Penkoon
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Italian Pinguone[4]
Pronguino[5]
Big Penguin
From procione (raccoon) and pinguino (penguin)

Trivia

  • In the Japanese manual, their resemblance to both a tanuki and a penguin is noted, but their species remains a mystery.[3] In the English version, they are instead described as "part penguin and part racoon."[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 English instruction booklet, page 19.
  2. ^ 「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten), page 205.
  3. ^ a b 「タヌキ?ペンギン?海賊兵。おのトゲきボールをって攻撃してくる。」 (Tanuki? Penguin? A mystery among pirate men. It attacks by kicking a spiked ball from its stomach.) - Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land Japanese instruction booklet, page 20.
  4. ^ European Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 Instruction Booklet, page 117
  5. ^ Italian Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 Electronic manual, section 15