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[[File:WL_Penkoon.jpg|200px|thumb|A '''Penkoon'''.]]
[[File:WL_Penkoon.jpg|200px|thumb|A '''Penkoon'''.]]
[[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''.]]
'''Penkoons'''<ref name=Penkoon>"''This pirate is part penguin and part racoon<!--SIC-->. Watch out for its spiked stomach ball.''" - ''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; also, they cannot be harmed by charged head on by the [[Dash Attack]] due to the spikes on their stomach.
'''Penkoons'''<ref name=Penkoon>"''This pirate is part penguin and part racoon<!--SIC-->. Watch out for its spiked stomach ball.''" - ''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]].


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

Revision as of 14:47, October 23, 2017

Artwork of Penkoon from KC Deluxe Vol. 24: Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 Part 1
A Penkoon as depicted in KC Deluxe.

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 Dash Attack.

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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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

  1. ^ a b "This pirate is part penguin and part racoon. Watch out for its spiked stomach ball." - Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 English instruction booklet, page 19.
  2. ^ 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.