Penkoon

Not to be confused with Pengoon.

Penkoon
Artwork from Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3
First appearance	Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (1994)

Penkoons 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 Body Slam.

Profiles and statistics

Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3

• Instruction booklet description:
  • English:
    This pirate is part penguin and part racoon. Watch out for its spiked stomach ball.
  • Other languages:
    • Italian:
      Questo pirata è in parte pinguino ed in parte procione. Sta attento al suo stomaco prominente ed appuntito!

• Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console manual description:
  • English:
    This pirate is part penguin, part racoon. Watch out for its spiked stomach!
  • Other languages:
    • Japanese:
      タヌキやペンギンに見える、謎の海賊兵です。お腹のトゲ付きボールを蹴って攻撃してきます。
      (Translation: They are mysterious pirate soldiers that look like tanuki or penguins. They attack by kicking spiked balls attached from their bellies.)
    • Italian:
      Un pirata parte pinguino, parte procione. Attenzione all'aculeo sul suo stomaco!

Gallery

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  Sprite from Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3

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  A Penkoon as depicted in KC Deluxe

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ポコペン Pokopen	Possibly a portmanteau of「ぽんぽこ」(ponpoko, onomatopoeia for the sound a tanuki's belly makes) and「ペンギン」(pengin, penguin)
German	Penkoon[?]	-
Italian	Pinguone	Portmanteau of pinguino ("penguin") and procione ("raccoon"); also could mean "Big penguin", from pinguino ("penguin") and the augmentative suffix -one	Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 instruction booklet
	Pronguino	Portmanteau of procione ("raccoon") and pinguino ("penguin")	Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 Virtual Console e-manual

Trivia

• In the manual, their resemblance to both a tanuki and a penguin is noted, but their species remains a mystery. In the English version, they are instead described as "part penguin and part racoon," likely since the latter is more familiar to Western audiences than tanukis.