Definitely penguin pets!
by Zach Yonzon 
Jun 4th 2008 at 5:00PM
Who doesn't love penguins? Well, definitely not us over here at WoW Insider. During one Insider show, we clamored for penguins to be the special pet to be included in the Wrath of the Lich King Collector's Edition. We know they haven't even announced a Collector's Edition yet, but since they've released one for most of their games -- they did it for both World of Warcraft and The Burning Crusade -- there's a good chance they'll be announcing one soon.At any rate, fans of birds in tuxedos should rejoice. Tipster Josh led us to a collation of images (um, caveat clickor, as they say in Latin) that were apparently data-mined from the Wrath of the Lich King Alpha client. In it, we saw some blue dragonkin presumably from the Nexus using the same models with slightly different armor (ho-hum); some Undead versions of the Nerubians (Stratholme, anyone?) and the oversized Vrykul (interesting...); first looks at the Alliance and Horde siege machines (I want TOYS!); and -- you guessed it -- penguin pets (wahoo!). We have no idea how players will be able to get them, or even if they're obtainable as pets, but the spark of hope for pet lovers everywhere remains aflicker!
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Expansions, Wrath of the Lich King, Rumors
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
woez Jun 4th 2008 5:13PM
Too bad those penguin designs kinda suck.
Like the way mounts are made epic by throwing some tacky jewels and feathers all over them.
Just a straightforward penguin would have been nice, like the panda pet.
Oh well, no big loss I suppose.
ninjasuperspy Jun 4th 2008 5:15PM
So my newly minted Deathknight will have access to a penguin to go with his Netherwhelp and Diablo... Too bad he'll be rocking the White Kitten at all times.
JohnC Jun 4th 2008 5:21PM
please say penguins are tameable, thats a 3 sec head start for any hunter against an opponent, they'll just be standing there agaw at the penguin until it mutilates them alive.....mwahhahaa (slightly scary huh:P)
Ametrine Jun 4th 2008 5:21PM
I'm still hoping for a Frostwyrm Whelpling instead.
Heilig Jun 5th 2008 10:27AM
Already in the patch files.
Sirg Jun 4th 2008 5:23PM
I think the cartoonish trend Blizzard is adopting for this expansion is a bit exagerrated for some models. The penguin is anything but a penguin.
Any news on the (white) seal polymorph from Warcraft 2?
Stoneblade Jun 4th 2008 5:28PM
"It needn't be a little penguin.... It can be the biggest penguin you've ever seen! An ELECTRIC penguin....Twenty feet high, with long green tentacles that sting people, and you can stab it in the wings and the blood can go spurting PSSSSSSSHHH in slow motion."
CvijaFaQ Jun 4th 2008 8:25PM
Mad? Mad because I dared to dream of my own race of atomic monsters, atomic supermen with octagonal shaped bodies that suck blood....
Linkage Jun 4th 2008 5:33PM
So the people who think that moonkins look like chickens think the penguins pictured don't look like penguins?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macaroni_penguin
woez Jun 4th 2008 5:47PM
the WoW penguins look almost exactly like those photos, only crossed with a dumpy little chicken.
And moonkins are just awesome no matter what they look like.
Ilnara Jun 4th 2008 5:50PM
How about Red Wing bird instead?
/stupid Penguins.
Niekon Jun 4th 2008 6:19PM
awww... what's wrong? Still bitter about the OT loss? :P
Niekon Jun 4th 2008 6:24PM
and just to show there's no hard feelings, here I am with my new penguin pet
http://niekon.distinctworlds.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=15&pos=42
schm0 Jun 4th 2008 11:35PM
Well, I'm a bit bitter for not winning at home.
But nothing drives home a true winner like taking the Stanley Cup in someone else's house.
Go Wings!
Petre Jun 4th 2008 6:23PM
Looks much more like a puffin to me. I doubt that these are the pets the expansion will ship with.
Wulf Jun 4th 2008 6:26PM
I MUST have one!!!!
And an Frost Wyrmling for my DK. How else are people going to take me seriously?
Unagieater Jun 4th 2008 6:43PM
Just want to point out that this is also on wikidot.
http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/6282/frostwyrmpetyv8.png
Maybe that's the collectors pet a the penguin is rep/drop/something? It would make sense last expansion was a netherwhelp.
AZShizzle Jun 5th 2008 3:18AM
Yeah, I would think that the frostwyrm whelp is going to be the pet for the same reasons. Plus, it's cuuute. :D
Indivar Jun 4th 2008 6:53PM
Those penguin designs are AWESOME. I may have to get the collector's edition just for that.
Joe P Jun 4th 2008 6:54PM
They're so adorable! I must have one!