Penguin

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A Penguin, with her baby, Tuxie.

Penguins were first seen in Super Mario 64, in the level, Cool Cool Mountain. In the game, a penguin lost her baby Tuxie and puts Mario to find her. Mario finds her and is awarded with a Power Star. Also, later Mario has to race down a long icy slide, and get to the finish line before a penguin does. If Mario wins he will be awarded with a Power Star.

Also in Snowman's Land, there's a Penguin on the bridge leading to the top of the giant snowman. The Penguin can be used to sneak around the giant snowman head.

In Mario Pinball Land, Penguins appear to be in the Ice World, If Mario hits one of them, the Penguin will slip down to the icy floor waddling while sliding. If Mario hits it one more time while the Penguin is down lying on the icy floor, hitting it is worth 2000 points. While sliding, if a Penguin hits another waddling Penguin, the other Penguin slips down to the icy floor while slide as the process repeats.

Penguins also appear in a Mario Party 5 mini-game, Pushy Penguins.

The Penguins appear in the Mario Party series and Mario Kart Series. They are not to be confused with Bumptys, who are shorter and smaller.

Penguins recently appear in a Mario Strikers Charged gameplay video, and are shown to be part of the audience.

Trivia

• At the end of a Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat a bunch of Penguins are seen in the background. However these penguins look more "real life-like" than the Mario version of them.

• In Wario: Master of Disguise once of the exhibits is a Penguin. This Penguin resembles a real life version as well.