I’ve never really shared this before, but my love for “Peanuts” truly borders on the fanatical. I wouldn’t hesitate to say I have one of the greatest private collections of Snoopy merchandise and memorabilia in the world. So that’s cool.

But Pingu is special for being the first thing that made my brother and me feel like it was safe to go public with our bad penguin selves. This was way before that glut of penguin movies forced penguins into the mainstream. Pingu was hillarious stop-motion animation that just totally rocked our world. Don’t get the picture? Take a gander at “Pingu Looks After the Egg.”

To conclude, I’m kinda sorry that these games won’t make it to American shores — hence the post title. But you never know! The European market gets all kinds of stuff you wouldn’t expect to see. But I’m just happy that these properties are getting games at all.

To be fair, he’s already shared several. I submit to you the following supa-cool Japanese gift-os, after the jump.

Red graciously picked up these two rhythm games – Taiko no Tatsujin & Ouendan 2 – for Pink Penguin and me.

Plus, since Red knows I have a massive “Peanuts” collection, he found for me a Nintendo DS sock and matching game carriers. Wow! But he really surprised me with the next gift…

After Red pointed out that my existing DS couldn’t fit into the sock, he presented me with a modded Nintendo DS Lite! I think you can guess whose is whose.

These are cool gifts and all, but I’m most glad that I have Red Penguin back. No lie! I ruburu him.