Penguin Suit

The Penguin Suit is an item in the game, New Super Mario Bros. Wii; as its name suggests, it is a suit that resembles a penguin. It allows the player to turn into their Penguin form, that has a blue or black body with short, colored trousers. The suit lets the player throw ice-like snowballs at enemies, freezing them; this not only prevents them from hurting the player, but the frozen enemies can also be used as platforms. Unlike Ice Mario's power in this same game, the ice around the frozen enemy break after a time, which makes weak enemies turn into Coins, but for enemies such as the Piranha Plant, nothing will happen. The Penguin Suit lets the player swim more efficiently underwater, and even slide on ice and water without sinking, breaking any blocks they collide with. It debuts in world 3. Penguin Mario can only hurl one frost bolt, while Ice Mario can hurl multitudes of frost bolts.

Trivia

 * The Penguin Suit seems to mimic the shell dash function of the Blue Shell from New Super Mario Bros. in that both items allow the wearer to slide along the ground at faster speeds than running.
 * The design for The Penguin Suit is obviously a reference to the suits in the game Super Mario Bros. 3, appearing as a whole costume.
 * The Penguin Suit is also quite similar to the Tanooki Suit in Super Mario Bros. 3, when inspected from the fact that Penguin Mario is basically an upgraded version of Ice Mario, in a similar fashion that Tanooki Mario is to Raccoon Mario.