Editing Big Penguin

The '''Big Penguin''',<ref name=ingame>[[Big Penguin Race]]</ref><ref name=guide>{{cite|date=1996|author=Pelland, Scott, and Dan Owsen|title=''Super Mario 64'' Player's Guide|page=39|language=en|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref> also known as the '''Penguin Champ''',<ref name=guide/> '''Champion Penguin''',<ref>{{cite|author=Pelland and Owsen|title=''Super Mario 64'' Player's Guide|page=128}}</ref> or '''Racing Penguin''',<ref>{{cite|author=NintendoAUNZ|language=en-au|date=December 24, 2020|url=www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1107766546350094|title=Super Mario 3D All-Stars - Racing Penguin! Racing to the tree tomorrow morning.|publisher=Facebook|accessdate=August 16, 2022}} ({{file link|Facebook NintendoAUNZ 2020-12-24 screencap.png|Screenshot}}.)</ref> is a giant [[penguin]] in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''. He is a competitor character raced against in the [[Big Penguin Race|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 (Super Mario 64)|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 [[jump]]ing onto another section or if he takes the hidden shortcut, the Big Penguin accuses him of cheating and disqualifies him. Somehow, the Big Penguin increases in size and can easily knock the player character off the slide if he is raced against after every Power Star is collected. 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,<ref>{{cite|author=ある東大生実況者しゅん|date=April 28, 2018|url=youtu.be/X92Hze3vnmE?t=2009|title=【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|publisher=YouTube|language=ja|accessdate=June 4, 2024}}</ref> and he uses the feminine pronoun 「あたし」 ''atashi'' to refer to himself; both of these are not the case in anglophone releases.

An [[Penguin Defender|unrelated character]] also described as a "big penguin"<ref>{{cite|author=Pelland and Owsen|title=''Super Mario 64'' Player's Guide|page=89–91}}</ref> appears in [[Snowman's Land]].

==Additional names==

|Jap=ペンギン チャンピオン<ref name=ingame/>

|JapR=Pengin Chanpion

|JapM=Penguin Champion

|Jap2=スライダーのチャンピオンペンギン<ref>{{cite|author=Kazuki, Motoyama|title=[[Super Mario (Kodansha manga)|KC Deluxe]] vol. 36 - ''Super Mario 64'' part 1|page={{file link|SM64 Character Info Book.jpg|6}}}}</ref>

|Ita=Pinguino gigante<ref name=ingame/><br>Pinguino Gigante<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=88}}</ref>

==Trivia==