Big Penguin

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Big Penguin
Cool, Cool Mountain Star 3
Species Penguin
First appearance Super Mario 64 (1996)
Latest appearance Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020)
“I know speed when I see it, yes siree--I'm the world champion sledder, you know.”
—Big Penguin, Super Mario 64

The Big Penguin,[1][2]:39 also known as the Penguin Champ,[2] Champion Penguin,[2]:128 or Racing Penguin,[3] is a giant penguin in Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS. He is a competitor character raced against in the third mission of Cool, Cool Mountain, where he claims to be the world-champion sledder and, in the Nintendo 64 version, refers to Mario as "buddy." The Big Penguin is located inside the house at the top of the mountain. When Mario, Yoshi, Luigi, or Wario drops in through the chimney, the Big Penguin speaks to him and challenges him to a race. If the player character accepts, he has to race down the icy slide in the mountain and beat the penguin to the finish line. The penguin gives the player character a Power Star if beaten. However, if the player character takes a shortcut by jumping onto another section or if he takes the hidden shortcut, the Big Penguin accuses him of cheating and disqualifies him. After every Power Star is collected, the Big Penguin gains weight, which he attributes to not racing on his slide. He can easily knock the player character off the slide if he is raced against in his resulting enlarged state. There is no reward for winning the race again except for further praise from the Big Penguin.

In original releases, if the player loses to the Big Penguin, he makes a Koopa Troopa sound when talking instead of his own sound,[4] and he uses the feminine pronoun 「あたし」 atashi to refer to himself; neither of these is the case in anglophone releases.

An unrelated character also described as a "big penguin"[2]:89–91 appears in Snowman's Land.

Gallery[edit]

  • Mario racing alongside the Big Penguin

    Mario racing alongside the Big Penguin

Naming[edit]

Internal names[edit]

Game File Name Meaning

Super Mario 64 DS data/enemy/penguin/penguin.bmd PENGUIN_RACER Penguin Racer
PENGUIN_DEFENDER Penguin Defender (Snowman's Land)

Names in other languages[edit]

The contemporaneous name for each language is listed first. Subsequent names are listed in chronological order for each language, from oldest to newest, and have the media they are associated with in the "Notes" column.

Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese ペンギン チャンピオン
Pengin Chanpion		 Penguin Champion [5][6]
スライダーのチャンピオンペンギン
Suraidā no Chanpion Pengin		 Penguin Champion of the Slider Super Mario (Kodansha manga) [7]
Chinese (Simplified) 大企鹅
Dà Qǐ'é		 Big Penguin [5]
French Grand pingouin Big auk; pingouin is a false friend of the English "penguin," with the correct word being manchot [6]
Gros pingouin Super Mario 64 [8]
German Großer Pinguin Large Penguin [9]
Italian Pinguino gigante Giant penguin [6]
Pinguino Penguin Super Mario 64 [10]
Pinguino Gigante Giant Penguin Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia [11]
Korean 펭귄 챔피언
Penggwin Champion		 Penguin Champion [12]
Spanish Gran pingüino Big penguin [13]

Notes[edit]

  • In Super Mario Galaxy, penguins refer to Stars as gold medals; similarly, in Super Mario 64, when the Big Penguin gives Mario a Star after being beaten, he says that he cannot give Mario a gold medal.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Big Penguin Race
  2. ^ a b c d Pelland, Scott, and Dan Owsen (1996). Super Mario 64 Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (English). Page 39, 89–91, 128.
  3. ^ NintendoAUNZ (December 24, 2020). Super Mario 3D All-Stars - Racing Penguin! Racing to the tree tomorrow morning.. Facebook. Retrieved August 16, 2022. (Screenshot.)
  4. ^ ある東大生実況者しゅん (April 28, 2018). 【実況】スーパーマリオ６４を完全初見でテンションMAXプレイ. YouTube (Japanese). Retrieved June 4, 2024.[dead link]
  5. ^ a b In-game name for "Big Penguin Race" from Super Mario 64.
  6. ^ a b c In-game name for "Big Penguin Race" from Super Mario 64 DS.
  7. ^ Motoyama, Kazuki (6 Nov. 1996). Super Mario 64 1, Super Mario, vol. 36. Kodansha (Japanese). Page 6.
  8. ^ Huyghues-Lacour, Alain, and Jean-Pierre Labro, editors (1997). "Super Mario 64" in le Nintendo Magazine officiel, no. 1. Emap-Alpha (French). Page 88.
  9. ^ Kraft, John D., Thomas Görg, and Marko Hein, editors (1997). Der offizielle Nintendo 64 Spieleberater "Super Mario 64". Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 112.
  10. ^ Roberto Ferri (April 1999). Official Nintendo Magazine issue 6. Milan: Xenia Edizione S. r. L. (Italian). Page 72.
  11. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2018). "Super Mario 64" in Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Translated by Marco Amerighi. Milan: Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 88.
  12. ^ 2007. 기본코스 4 : 추워추워 마운틴. 슈퍼 마리오 64 DS (Korean). Tab 3. Archived September 22, 2008, 18:24:18 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine.
  13. ^ Guías Nintendo (2007). Big penguin race (El más rápido del hielo). Guía Super Mario 64 (European Spanish). (Archived April 18, 2024, 12:43:12 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
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