Editing Kinopio-kun

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|title=Kinopio-kun
|image=[[File:KinopioKun0.jpg|250px]]
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|species=[[Toad (species)|Toad]]
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'''Kinopio-kun''' is a [[Toad (species)|Toad]] with a green-colored mushroom cap similar to that of a [[1-Up Mushroom]] and wearing a green vest, similar to the green, mustached Toads from ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' and its [[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey|remake]]. He is the mascot of [[Nintendo]]'s [[LINE]] social media account. The application is designed for users to text one another, but Nintendo has designed Kinopio-kun as a bot that will automatically respond to users, with prewritten messages. For example, if users text him the name of certain Nintendo characters, Kinopio-kun responds with his opinions on said character.<ref name="Kotaku">Kotaku (October 1, 2015). [http://kotaku.com/nintendos-new-text-bot-is-kooky-1733961272 Nintendo's New Text Bot is Kooky]. ''Kotaku''. Retrieved July 7, 2017.</ref> His speech can be characterized by frequent, sometimes ungrammatical use of です (''desu'') as a polite marker. He makes it clear that he is not [[Toad]] himself, but rather a friend of his. According to the calendar wallpaper images as well as material related to Nintendo LINE, he is friends with a [[Boo]] and a few [[small bird]]s.

A Toad resembling Kinopio-kun appears in concept art in ''[[The Art of Super Mario Odyssey]]''.<ref>https://twitter.com/VGArtAndTidbits/status/1655581750574153728</ref>

On May 21, 2021, it was announced that Nintendo is phasing Kinopio-kun out of the LINE account.<ref>AUTOMATON (May 21, 2021). [https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/20210521-162175/ 【ニュース】任天堂のLINEイメージキャラ「キノピオくん」卒業。知る人ぞ知る、可憐と狂気を持ち合わせたぶっとび宣伝キャラクター] (Japanese). ''AUTOMATON''. Retrived May 22, 2021.</ref>
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==Gallery==
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<gallery>
Kinopiokun icon.png|Kinopio-kun icon
KinopioKun2.jpg|Kinopio-kun, searching for a four leaf clover
KinopioKun3.jpg|Kinopio-kun, unboxing his [[Nintendo Switch]]
Kinopio-kun Cappy.jpg|Kinopio-kun, captured by [[Cappy]]
NL Kinopio-kun Drawing.jpg|Wallpaper featuring Kinopio-kun's drawing of himself
Kinopiokun MKT Style.jpg|Kinopio-kun in the style of ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=キノピオくん
|JpnR=Kinopio-kun
|JpnM=From「キノピオ」(''Kinopio'', [[Toad (species)|Toad]]) and「くん」(''-kun'', a Japanese naming suffix usually used for young men)
}}

==External links==
*[https://topics.nintendo.co.jp/c/article/c9fe270b-927a-11e5-acd2-0a6d14145cb1.html Topic about Kinopio-kun from Nintendo in Japan]. Accessed January 18, 2020.

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