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)
Subject origin	Penguin Raccoon

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

• Japanese Virtual Console manual: 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。 (They are mysterious pirate soldiers that look like tanuki or penguins. They attack by kicking spiked balls attached from their bellies.)
• English manual: This pirate is part penguin and part racoon. Watch out for its spiked stomach ball.

Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten

ポコペン (JP) / Penkoon (EN)
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	Original text (Japanese)		Translation
	種族しゅぞく	海賊かいぞく	Tribe	Pirate
	性格せいかく	ひねくれ者もの	Disposition	Sourpuss
	登場とうじょうゲーム	ランド３	Game appearances	Land 3
	お腹なかのトゲつきボールに注意ちゅうい トゲのついた大おおきなお腹なかが特徴とくちょうのタヌキ？そのお腹なかからトゲつきのボールを出だして攻撃こうげきしてくる。トゲつきボールをよけて、後うしろから体当たいあたりか、踏ふみつけで気絶きぜつさせよう。		Note the spiked ball on the belly. A tanuki with a large spiked belly? It attacks with a spiked ball protruding from its belly. Dodge the spiked balls and hit the raccoon dog from behind or stomp on it to knock it out.

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
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 Pronguino	Portmanteau of pinguino ("penguin") and procione ("raccoon"); also means "Big Penguin" Portmanteau of procione ("raccoon") and pinguino ("penguin")

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.