Needle
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| Needle | |
| In Games | Kirby's Adventure, Kirby's Dream Course, Kirby's Dream Land 2, Kirby's Block Ball, Kirby's Dream Land 3, Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land, Kirby Air Ride, Kirby Canvas Curse, Super Smash Bros. Brawl (As Trophy) |
| Type | Melee |
| Appearance | Pink helmet with spikes on it. It may have a red visor. Kirby turns Yellow |
| Properties | None |
| Other Powers | Sticks to surfaces |
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| Regular Enemies | Needlous, Togezo, Tick, Boten, Punc, Pichikuri, Spikey, Ghost Knight, Kacti, Changer |
| Mini-bosses | Captain Stitch |
| Helper | None |
Everywhere! On the side, back, front, head, toe, brain, heart, pointy spikes!!"
—'Needle's taunt, Kirby's Dream Land
Needle is one of Kirby's Copy abilities.
It is a defensive ability, much like Spark or Freeze. With it, Kirby covers his body in hundreds of retractable and perilous pin points. The ability impales any enemy that draws near, so in most cases Kirby can only be harmed by projectiles. In Kirby: Canvas Curse, Needle Kirby's body is not only spiky enough to heavily damage enemies, but also sticky enough to grip tightly to walls and other such surfaces. This idea of clinging to walls was inspired by the Needle ability in Kirby 64, which could also cling to walls.
With this ability, Kirby is most often portrayed with yellow skin and a pinkish-red helmet covered in spikes. His spikes are either pink or a bright metallic gold.
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[edit] Attacks and Features
| Attack Name | Controls | Description | Element |
|---|---|---|---|
| Needle | B/Tap with Stylus | Multiple pointy spikes come out of Kirby, jabbing any nearby enemies. The spikes mostly cover Kirby's top and sides, but in some games if used in midair it will also cover his bottom. In some games Kirby can keep the spikes out for as long as he wants. The only downside is that in most games Kirby cannot move while the spikes are out. | None |
[edit] Animal Friends
| Animal Friend | Controls | Description | Element |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rick | B | The hair on Rick's back sticks out, like a porcupine. This attack only protects Rick from behind, so he needs to turn around to get an enemy facing his front. | None |
| Coo | B | Kirby sticks his pins straight down. Coo can still move slightly. In the sequel Kirby makes one giant needle. | None |
| Kine | B | Kine pokes out many spikes from his body. This move is almost the same as Kirby's alone. | None |
| Gooey | B | Gooey's attack acts exactly as Kirby's. | None |
| Nago | B | Nago spins his partner who shoots a blitz of spikes quickly, launching at slightly varied angles. | None |
| Chuchu | B | Chuchu launches five needles out from herself, two going left/right, one straight up, and two covering the angles inbetween. | None |
| Pitch | B | Pitch flies straight forward until the button is realeased, sharp beak outstretched the whole time. | None |
[edit] Kirby: Right Back At Ya!
Needle undergoes it's greatest change in this version. It retains the look from Nightmare in Dream Land, with the helmet and yellow skin, and orange feet(Light yellow skin yellow cheeks and marigold feet), but Kirby no longer turns into one giant spike ball(Spinnig like one giant spike ball in the episode Flower Power). Instead, Needle is changed into a long-distance ability.
Kirby can launch the needles off the top of the helmet like tiny missiles, which he can then control. The needles 'grow back', but not always, leaving him defenseless at times.
[edit] Transformation Sequence
[edit] Other Quotes
"Hands off! Pointy spikes! Pointy spikes!
Everywhere! On the side, back, front, head, toe, brain, heart, pointy spikes!!"
—'Needle's taunt, Kirby's Dream Land"
—Needle's Flavour Text, Kirby: Nightmare in Dreamland
[edit] Trivia
- Needle Kirby appears as a Trophy & Sticker in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. The sticker uses his design from Kirby 64.
- It's hard to tell, but the icon for Needle shows Kirby around some cacti.
[edit] Artwork
 Kirby Canvas Curse |
