The Official Pingu Website

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www.pingu.net (formerly hitentertainment.com/pingu) was the official Pingu website. On the first page of the entire website, the viewer could select their language by clicking on 1 of the 7 flags surrounding a snowman. The main selections were: UK, USA, Canada, France, Switzerland, Germany and Japan. Clicking on all the flags exept for the United Kingdom and Japan flags would display an intro which shows Pingu rolling into a ball landing, he then walks to the viewer. Looking at his Family he yells a Noot Noot at them, in which the intro focuses on Robby, Pingu's Father, Pingu's Mother, Pinga, and Pingi for a split second. Then focusing on Pingu, he makes a smile with his beak and the intro ends focusing away from him. The intro uses the Küchenchef theme tune used for Season 1-Season 2 High-Pitched. As of 2016, all the Pingu websites are currently in maintenance, except the Japanese one, which could mean that Mattel may bring Pingu in the City to the aforementioned countries. As of 2018, all of the Pingu websites (with the exception of the Japanese website) redirect to the Mattel website and have been closed down.

Japanese Website[]

It is the first official website of Pingu, launched in 1998.^[1] The website has had many redesigns over the years. This version focuses mainly on the "market", where Japanese users can buy Pingu merchandise. It also contains a few flashes consisting of animations. On September 5th 2017, it was redesigned to promote Pingu in the City.

Links[]

UK Website[]

At the start, you have the option to give your name or skip to the main menu, where you can watch videos, play games, shop for Pingu merchandise and find out all sorts of facts about the little penguin. Somewhere in 2018, the website has been closed down by Mattel and is now redirected to Mattel's website as there wasn't an explanation as to why Mattel got rid of both sites.

US Website[]

The main menu shows a map of Pingu's neighbourhood. Back then, you could click on any part of the estate and Pingu will show you what you can find there. Just like the UK website, this website has also been redirected to Mattel's website for the same reason and the same year.

The Sitemap[]

The Igloo[]

Focuses on Pingu and his family's Igloo. Pingu walks into his Igloo, and we can see Pinga drawing the table with her green and blue crayons with a book on the table.

Photographs[]

Located in the igloo. Shows a book with pictures containing Pingu's friends and family.

Gifts[]

Focuses on the Gift Shop. Pingu walks into the shop, and we can see the cashier penguin sleeping on the cashier section.

Screensavers[]

From the Gift Shop. There are 3 screensavers:

Pingu riding on his pogo stick
Pingu and Pinga riding on the seesaw
Pinga and Robby on their sled, Pingu, Robby, and Pinga on their sled, and Pingu's Father on his snowmobile

Wallpapers[]

Also from the Gift Shop, there are 3 wallpapers that come with many sizes:

Pingu
Pingi
Pinga

Desktop Toy[]

It is a desktop toy created by HiT Entertainment that puts Pingu on your own Desktop.

School[]

Focuses around Pingu's School. It contains Coloring Books and Coloring Pages. Coloring Books include:

Pingu, Pinga, and Robby on their sled
Pingo and Punki playing ball
Pingu's Father driving his snowmobile

Coloring Pages include:

Pingu, Pinga, and Robby playing with instruments
Pingu, Pinga, and Robby riding on the seesaw
Pingu, Pinga, and Robby having fun on the beach

Ecards (or E-cards)[]

Were formerly used to send Pingu-themed Ecards to other people. It was removed around 2013, but was still on the homepage of the website until the website was moved to play.pingu.net in 2016.

Post box[]

The post box was used to view other people's ecards. Since the removal of the Ecards section, it is unused.

News[]

It was a section on the Pingu website that lets users view news articles about Pingu. It was removed in 2008.

Play[]

Where users can play games. Pingu walks into Robby and asks him if he wants to play a game. There are 4 games in total:

The Matching Game
Jigsaws
Fish Run
Crazy Sledging

Goofs[]

In the flag page, the header originally said "Choose your language". This was fixed when the Canadian and Japanese flags were added in 2008.
In the Photographs section of the Igloo when Pingu flips the book and the page, his wing is outside the website.
Also in the Photographs section, they refer to Pingo as Pongo and Punki as Punky.
In the Pingo and Punki coloring book section, They refer to Pingo as Pingu and Punki as Punky again.
In the 12 pieces Jigsaw, they refer Pinga as Pengu.
When the website was renamed to play.pingu.net in the intro, the house was transparent.
In the screensavers section and in the boards of Crazy Sledging game, they both had the Pre-Season 5 logo.