Needle

"Hands off! Here: pointy spikes! There: pokey spikes!"

- Needle's Flavour Text

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.

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.

Transformation Sequence
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Trivia

 * Needle Kirby appears as a Trophy & Sticker in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.