Pen Pen TriIcelon (ペンペントライアイスロン, Pen Pen ToraiAisuron), 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 Team Land Ho! It was released in Japan as one of four launch titles, as well as all other regions.
A TriIcelon is similar to the real-world triathlon. TriIcelons 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 TriIcelons take place in four courses: Sweets, Jungle, Toys, and Horror.
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. The playable characters include the Pen Pens Sparky and Tina, the Pen Hippo Ballery, the Pen Shark Jaw, the Pen Walrus Back, the Pen Octopus Sneak, the Pen Dog Mr. Bow, and the unknown-species Hanamizu.
Storyedit
The Pen Pen are said to live on a small world 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 planet's surface. It is believed they do, in fact, have their own language, but if so, it is totally incomprehensible to humans.[2]
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. The PenPen characters later made a cameo appearance on several posters in Blue Stinger's Christmas mall area.
The game received mixed reviews according to video game review aggregatorGameRankings.[3] Adam Pavlacka of NextGen said of the game, "If you regularly play games with a group, pick it up – otherwise make it a rental."[16] In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 25 out of 40.[7]
Referencesedit
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^Helgeson, Matt (October 1999). . Game Informer. No. 78. FuncoLand. Archived from the original on May 31, 2000. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
^Weitzner, Jason "Fury" (November 1999). "Pen Pen TriIcelon". GameFan. Vol. 7, no. 11. Shinno Media. p. 72. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
^Mylonas, Eric "ECM"; Rodriguez, Tyrone "Cerberus"; Ngo, George "Eggo" (November 1999). "Pen Pen TriIcelon". GameFan. Vol. 7, no. 11. Shinno Media. p. 18. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
^The D-Pad Destroyer (1999). . GamePro. IDG Entertainment. Archived from the original on February 20, 2005. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
^Dr. Moo (September 1999). "Pen Pen Tri-Icelon (Japan) Review". GameRevolution. CraveOnline. from the original on October 2, 2015. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
^Gerstmann, Jeff (December 11, 1998). "Pen Pen TriIcelon Review". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. from the original on July 22, 2014. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
^Bowen, Kevin (September 10, 1999). . PlanetDreamcast. IGN Entertainment. Archived from the original on January 24, 2009. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
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Pen Pen TriIcelon ペンペントライアイスロン Pen Pen ToraiAisuron 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 Team Land Ho It was released in Japan as one of four launch titles as well as all other regions Pen Pen TrilcelonEuropean boxartDeveloper s Team Land Ho General EntertainmentPublisher s JP General EntertainmentNA Infogrames North AmericaEU Infogrames MultimediaPlatform s DreamcastReleaseJP November 27 1998NA September 9 1999 1 EU October 14 1999Genre s RacingMode s Single player multiplayer Contents 1 Gameplay 2 Story 3 Reception 4 References 5 External linksGameplay editA TriIcelon is similar to the real world triathlon TriIcelons 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 TriIcelons take place in four courses Sweets Jungle Toys and Horror 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 The playable characters include the Pen Pens Sparky and Tina the Pen Hippo Ballery the Pen Shark Jaw the Pen Walrus Back the Pen Octopus Sneak the Pen Dog Mr Bow and the unknown species Hanamizu Story editThe Pen Pen are said to live on a small world 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 planet s surface It is believed they do in fact have their own language but if so it is totally incomprehensible to humans 2 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 The PenPen characters later made a cameo appearance on several posters in Blue Stinger s Christmas mall area Reception editReceptionAggregate scoreAggregatorScoreGameRankings64 3 Review scoresPublicationScoreAllGame nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 4 Edge5 10 5 Electronic Gaming Monthly5 5 10 6 Famitsu25 40 7 Game Informer4 10 8 GameFan J W 80 9 60 10 GamePro nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 11 GameRevolutionC 12 GameSpot6 10 13 GameSpy3 5 10 14 IGN6 6 10 15 Next Generation nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 16 The game received mixed reviews according to video game review aggregator GameRankings 3 Adam Pavlacka of NextGen said of the game If you regularly play games with a group pick it up otherwise make it a rental 16 In Japan Famitsu gave it a score of 25 out of 40 7 References edit INA Press Release 2001 08 04 Archived from the original on 2001 08 04 Retrieved 2023 04 08 From Issue 36 of Sega Saturn Magazine a b Pen Pen TriIcelon for Dreamcast GameRankings CBS Interactive Archived from the original on May 5 2019 Marriott Scott Alan PenPen TriIcelon Review AllGame All Media Network Archived from the original on November 14 2014 Retrieved November 7 2015 Edge staff January 1999 PenPen TriIcelon Import Edge No 67 Future Publishing p 87 Retrieved October 23 2020 Pen Pen TriIcelon Electronic Gaming Monthly No 123 Ziff Davis October 1999 p 220 a b ペンペン トライアイスロン ドリームキャスト Famitsu in Japanese Enterbrain Retrieved October 23 2020 Helgeson Matt October 1999 Pen Pen Tri Icelon Game Informer No 78 FuncoLand Archived from the original on May 31 2000 Retrieved November 7 2015 Weitzner Jason Fury November 1999 Pen Pen TriIcelon GameFan Vol 7 no 11 Shinno Media p 72 Retrieved October 23 2020 Mylonas Eric ECM Rodriguez Tyrone Cerberus Ngo George Eggo November 1999 Pen Pen TriIcelon GameFan Vol 7 no 11 Shinno Media p 18 Retrieved October 23 2020 The D Pad Destroyer 1999 Pen Pen Tri Icelon sic Review for Dreamcast on GamePro com GamePro IDG Entertainment Archived from the original on February 20 2005 Retrieved November 7 2015 Dr Moo September 1999 Pen Pen Tri Icelon Japan Review GameRevolution CraveOnline Archived from the original on October 2 2015 Retrieved October 22 2020 Gerstmann Jeff December 11 1998 Pen Pen TriIcelon Review GameSpot CBS Interactive Archived from the original on July 22 2014 Retrieved November 7 2015 Bowen Kevin September 10 1999 PenPen TriIceLon sic PlanetDreamcast IGN Entertainment Archived from the original on January 24 2009 Retrieved November 7 2015 Gantayat Anoop September 8 1999 Pen Pen Tri Icelon IGN Ziff Davis Archived from the original on January 24 2016 Retrieved November 7 2015 a b Pavlacka Adam December 1999 Pen Pen TriIceLon sic NextGen No 60 Imagine Media p 104 Retrieved October 22 2020 External links editPen Pen TriIcelon at MobyGames Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pen Pen TriIcelon amp oldid 1184108560, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
