Editing Penguin (enemy)

{{species infobox
|image=[[File:WL2 E PenguinA.png]]<br>Screenshot from ''Wario Land II''
|first_appearance=''[[Wario Land II]]'' ([[List of games by date#1998|1998]])
|subject_origin=[[Penguin]]
}}
'''Penguins'''<ref name=NP>{{cite|date=March 1998|title=''[[Nintendo Power]]'' Volume 106|page=65|quote=Wario battles penguins with insanity bombs, little fire-breathing dragons and plenty of obstacles in the woods. Luckily, it’s a short trip and you’ll soon be aboard the S.S. Tea Cup.|langauge=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref><ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/19980610012500/http://www.nintendo.com/gb/wario_land_ii/2.html|title=Nintendo: Wario Land II|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|accessdate=June 1, 2024}}</ref><ref>[[Talk:Wario Land II#Enemy names|E-mail response from Nintendo of America]]</ref> are enemies found in ''[[Wario Land II]]'', where they are members of the [[Black Sugar Gang]]. They look like bipedal penguins with menacing beaks and bandanas tied around their heads.

In the {{wp|Western world|Western}} version, penguins carry large black balls with handles (also called "insanity bombs"),<ref name=NP/> which they throw at [[Wario]] if he gets in their range; in the Japanese version, penguins hold on to beer mugs, and they instead try to splash alcohol on him. Despite the regional difference, [[Prima Games|Prima]] guides published after the [[Game Boy Color]] release show a screenshot of a penguin holding a beer mug.<ref>{{cite|author=Campbell, Stuart|date=May 5, 1999|title=''Game Boy Game Secrets, 1999 Edition'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide|page=11|language=en-us|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|isbn=0-7615-2085-6}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Brady, Matthew K., Nathan Beittenmiller, Debra McBride, and David Cassady|title=''Game Boy Game Secrets, 2001 Edition'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide|page=87|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|date=February 5, 2001|language=en-us|isbn=0-7615-3090-8}}</ref> In either case, if the projectile hits Wario, he becomes [[Crazy Wario|dizzy]], making it harder for the player to control him. As penguins mostly appear in areas with small platforms and many opportunities to fall down a pit, there is also always a body of [[water]] near them that can be used to cure the status ailment they evoke.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
WL2 E PenguinJ.png|A penguin intoxicates Wario with beer in the Japanese version.
Penguin WL2J sprite.png|Game Boy Color sprite (Japanese version)
Penguin WL2C sprite.png|Game Boy Color sprite (Western version)
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ペンペン<ref>{{cite|title=''Wario Land 2: Nusumareta Zaihō'' Shogakukan guide|page=102|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]}}</ref>
|JapR=Penpen
|JapM=Partial repetition of "'''pen'''guin"; shared with [[Penpen#Names in other languages|an enemy]] from [[Game Boy]] ''[[Donkey Kong (Game Boy)|Donkey Kong]]''
}}

==References==
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[[Category:Penguins]]
[[Category:Black Sugar Gang]]
[[Category:Wario Land II enemies]]