Pen Pen TriIcelon
Encyclopedia
, known simply as Pen Pen in Europe, is a video game created by one of the first Japanese companies to reveal Dreamcast development, General Entertainment
, otherwise known as LAND HO!. It was released in Japan as one of four launch titles.
. Tri-Ice-alons consist of three separate sporting styles in one game: running
, sliding, and swimming
. These three things combine to make a race where everyone competes for first place.
The player controls little penguin
-like characters called Pen Pen, in a race consisting of the three separate sporting styles. Both the sliding and swimming parts are raced by tapping and holding the action button in a rhythmic motion to maintain a smooth flowing pace. The running section is controlled simply with the analogue stick, also with the ability to jump, and charge into other competitors.
called Iced Planet, and was here that the strange alien race were first discovered. Since the closest animal on Earth they resemble is the Penguin, they were first given the name Pen Pen. The Pen Pen pretty much inhabit most of the planets surface and. It is believed they do in fact have their own language, but if so it is totally incomprehensible to humans.
It was later discovered that they come in a variety of different shapes and sizes. Other types came from other planets to visit the Iced Planet. Six types have been discovered so far.
In a world of snow, ice and water, the Pen Pen have mastered the arts of running, sliding and swimming, and always used to play about on an iced field.
These creatures saw the Pen Pen and came up with an idea, and thus, the TriIcelon was born.
This soon became the most popular sport on the Iced Planet. Pen Pens enjoy this sport everyday and never get bored of competing, but once a year they hold a grand TriIcelon race to determine the number one TriIcelon player.
SEX: Male
Sparky is an active and happy-go-lucky Pen Pen who loves speed, although he can also be a bit childish at times. However, he always likes to give his best performance when racing.
SEX: Female
Sparky's ideal rival who is a bit of a snob and very proud of herself. Tina likes to dress up and make herself look as good as possible.
SEX: Female
Ballery likes to pretend she's a cute, sweet girl that is excited by the slightest thing. However, she is actually very jealous and likes to meddle in the affairs of others.
SEX: Male
Jaw is a bit wild and an all-around bad fellow. When he gets angry, he tends to get a little rough.
SEX: Male
A very laid back guy who likes to take things nice and easy. Back is also extremely strong and when he gets angry (which isn't very often) he can be very frightening.
SEX: Male
Sneak is a joker and loves to play tricks. He is very mischievous and that can sometimes be a bad thing for himself.
SEX: Male
With no regard for his safety, this reckless guy tends to leap before he looks. Bordering on stupidity, the foolhardy Mr Bow will always dive straight into things with reckless abandon.
Mrs Cream is the mayor of the Sweets Town. She is kind and friendly.
He is a young leader in the Jungle area. He loves animals and nature.
A colourfully dressed gentleman. He is always wearing a mask to make kids smile, and no one has seen his true appearance.
He is a count from the Horror family which rules all monsters and ghosts on the Iced Planet. He is 4771 years old and loves scaring others.
awarded this game a C+. The review gave praise to the quirky characters found throughout the game and the graphics and sounds. The shortcomings of the game were the lack of many tracks to race on, and the reward of clothing for winning races.
General Entertainment
General Entertainment Co., Ltd. is a Japanese film production company and video game developer.-Games developed:*Pen Pen TriIcelon *Godzilla Generations *Alive...
, otherwise known as LAND HO!. It was released in Japan as one of four launch titles.
Gameplay
A TriIcelon is similar to the human triathlonTriathlon
A triathlon is a multi-sport event involving the completion of three continuous and sequential endurance events. While many variations of the sport exist, triathlon, in its most popular form, involves swimming, cycling, and running in immediate succession over various distances...
. Tri-Ice-alons consist of three separate sporting styles in one game: running
Running
Running is a means of terrestrial locomotion allowing humans and other animals to move rapidly on foot. It is simply defined in athletics terms as a gait in which at regular points during the running cycle both feet are off the ground...
, sliding, and swimming
Aquatic locomotion
Swimming is biologically propelled motion through a liquid medium. Swimming has evolved a number of times in a range of organisms ranging from arthropods to fish to molluscs.-Evolution of swimming:...
. These three things combine to make a race where everyone competes for first place.
The player controls little penguin
Penguin
Penguins are a group of aquatic, flightless birds living almost exclusively in the southern hemisphere, especially in Antarctica. Highly adapted for life in the water, penguins have countershaded dark and white plumage, and their wings have become flippers...
-like characters called Pen Pen, in a race consisting of the three separate sporting styles. Both the sliding and swimming parts are raced by tapping and holding the action button in a rhythmic motion to maintain a smooth flowing pace. The running section is controlled simply with the analogue stick, also with the ability to jump, and charge into other competitors.
Story
The Pen Pen are said to live on a small worldPlanet
A planet is a celestial body orbiting a star or stellar remnant that is massive enough to be rounded by its own gravity, is not massive enough to cause thermonuclear fusion, and has cleared its neighbouring region of planetesimals.The term planet is ancient, with ties to history, science,...
called Iced Planet, and was here that the strange alien race were first discovered. Since the closest animal on Earth they resemble is the Penguin, they were first given the name Pen Pen. The Pen Pen pretty much inhabit most of the planets surface and. It is believed they do in fact have their own language, but if so it is totally incomprehensible to humans.
It was later discovered that they come in a variety of different shapes and sizes. Other types came from other planets to visit the Iced Planet. Six types have been discovered so far.
In a world of snow, ice and water, the Pen Pen have mastered the arts of running, sliding and swimming, and always used to play about on an iced field.
These creatures saw the Pen Pen and came up with an idea, and thus, the TriIcelon was born.
This soon became the most popular sport on the Iced Planet. Pen Pens enjoy this sport everyday and never get bored of competing, but once a year they hold a grand TriIcelon race to determine the number one TriIcelon player.
Sparky
TYPE: Pen PenSEX: Male
Sparky is an active and happy-go-lucky Pen Pen who loves speed, although he can also be a bit childish at times. However, he always likes to give his best performance when racing.
Tina
TYPE: Pen PenSEX: Female
Sparky's ideal rival who is a bit of a snob and very proud of herself. Tina likes to dress up and make herself look as good as possible.
Ballery
TYPE: Pen HippoHippopotamus
The hippopotamus , or hippo, from the ancient Greek for "river horse" , is a large, mostly herbivorous mammal in sub-Saharan Africa, and one of only two extant species in the family Hippopotamidae After the elephant and rhinoceros, the hippopotamus is the third largest land mammal and the heaviest...
SEX: Female
Ballery likes to pretend she's a cute, sweet girl that is excited by the slightest thing. However, she is actually very jealous and likes to meddle in the affairs of others.
Jaw
TYPE: Pen SharkShark
Sharks are a type of fish with a full cartilaginous skeleton and a highly streamlined body. The earliest known sharks date from more than 420 million years ago....
SEX: Male
Jaw is a bit wild and an all-around bad fellow. When he gets angry, he tends to get a little rough.
Back
TYPE: Pen WalrusWalrus
The walrus is a large flippered marine mammal with a discontinuous circumpolar distribution in the Arctic Ocean and sub-Arctic seas of the Northern Hemisphere. The walrus is the only living species in the Odobenidae family and Odobenus genus. It is subdivided into three subspecies: the Atlantic...
SEX: Male
A very laid back guy who likes to take things nice and easy. Back is also extremely strong and when he gets angry (which isn't very often) he can be very frightening.
Sneak
TYPE: Pen OctopusOctopus
The octopus is a cephalopod mollusc of the order Octopoda. Octopuses have two eyes and four pairs of arms, and like other cephalopods they are bilaterally symmetric. An octopus has a hard beak, with its mouth at the center point of the arms...
SEX: Male
Sneak is a joker and loves to play tricks. He is very mischievous and that can sometimes be a bad thing for himself.
Mr Bow
TYPE: Pen DogDog
The domestic dog is a domesticated form of the gray wolf, a member of the Canidae family of the order Carnivora. The term is used for both feral and pet varieties. The dog may have been the first animal to be domesticated, and has been the most widely kept working, hunting, and companion animal in...
SEX: Male
With no regard for his safety, this reckless guy tends to leap before he looks. Bordering on stupidity, the foolhardy Mr Bow will always dive straight into things with reckless abandon.
Sweets
Owner: Mrs CreamMrs Cream is the mayor of the Sweets Town. She is kind and friendly.
Jungle
Owner: Unga PogoHe is a young leader in the Jungle area. He loves animals and nature.
Toys
Owner: Bambi MaskA colourfully dressed gentleman. He is always wearing a mask to make kids smile, and no one has seen his true appearance.
Horrors
Owner: Horror ManHe is a count from the Horror family which rules all monsters and ghosts on the Iced Planet. He is 4771 years old and loves scaring others.
Reception
Game RevolutionGame Revolution
Game Revolution or GR is a gaming website created in 1996. Based in Berkeley, California, the site includes reviews, previews, a gaming download area, cheats, and a merchandise store, as well as webcomics, screenshots, and videos...
awarded this game a C+. The review gave praise to the quirky characters found throughout the game and the graphics and sounds. The shortcomings of the game were the lack of many tracks to race on, and the reward of clothing for winning races.