Needlous

Needlous is an enemy in the Kirby series, debuting in Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land. It yields the Needle ability when inhaled.

Physical Appearance[]

Needlous is a small little larva-like enemy with yellow and dark brown (black in artworks) stripes running along its small, slug-like body. Its body has eight sharp pointy spikes along its back. It has small, beady black eyes. When curled up to a ball, four of its spikes will be present.

Games[]

Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land[]

Needlous replaces Togezo from Kirby's Adventure. On a regular basis, it moves around slowly, but will occasionally curl up into a ball and roll vigorously at high speed when approached.

Kirby: Canvas Curse[]

Needlous acts the same as before; it appears in Stages 1 and 2 of Wonder Lilane, Frozen Fantasy, and Mad Mechanism.

Kirby's Return to Dream Land, Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition, and Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe[]

Needlous's black stripes are now more of a brown color. Needlous also appears in the New Challenge Stages in Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition; it appears in the Smash Combat Chamber and Magolor Race EX.

Kirby and the Forgotten Land[]

Needlous retains its behavior from the 2D games. However, a Needlous that strikes a wall mid-roll will bounce off and change direction.

Etymology[]

Needlous's name is a portmanteau of "needle," referencing its spiky body; and "louse," referencing its appearance. Alternatively, the name's ending may simply be the -ous suffix that is used to change a noun to an adjective describing something that possesses that noun.

Trivia[]

Needlous is most likely based on the Lophocampa maculata species, commonly known as the Spotted Tussock Moth Caterpillar.
Needlous's tactic of rolling around as a spiky ball later appears as one of Needle's moves in Kirby's Return to Dream Land.

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Sprites and Models[]

Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land

Playable characters	Green Kirby • Kirby • Meta Knight • Red Kirby • Yellow Kirby
Allies	Green Kirby • Red Kirby • Yellow Kirby
Antagonists	King Dedede • Nightmare
Bosses (ordered)	Whispy Woods • Paint Roller • Mr. Shine & Mr. Bright • Kracko • Heavy Mole • Meta Knight • King Dedede • Nightmare
Mid-Bosses	Bonkers • Bugzzy • Fire Lion • Grand Wheelie • Meta-Knights (Axe Knight / Javelin Knight / Mace Knight / Trident Knight) • Mr. Frosty • Mr. Tick Tock • Phan Phan • Poppy Bros. Sr.
Levels	Vegetable Valley • Ice Cream Island • Butter Building • Grape Garden • Yogurt Yard • Orange Ocean • Rainbow Resort • Fountain of Dreams
Subgames	Goal Game • Boss Endurance • Bomb Rally • Kirby's Air Grind • Meta Knightmare • Samurai Kirby • Arena (Story Mode only)
Enemies	Blade Knight • Blipper • Bomber • Gip • Bronto Burt • Broom Hatter • Bubbles • Bugzzy Jr. • Cappy • Chilly • Coner • Cool Spook • Drill Ball • Explosive Coconut • Flamer • Glunk • Gordo • Hot Head • Kabu • Laser Ball • Noddy • Parasol • Parasol Waddle Dee • Pengy • Poppy Bros. Jr. • Rocky • Scarfy • Shotzo • Sir Kibble • Slippy • Sparky • Squishy • Starman • Sword Knight • Needlous • Twister • Twizzy • UFO • Waddle Dee • Waddle Doo • Walky • Wheelie
Copy Abilities	Backdrop • Ball • Beam • Burning • Crash • Cutter • Fire • Freeze • Hammer • Hi-Jump • Ice • Laser • Light • Mike • Needle • Parasol • Sleep • Spark • Star Rod • Stone • Sword • Throw • Tornado • UFO • Wheel
Items	Star Rod • Warp Star
Common	Environment • 1UP • Apple • Chicken • Food • Invincibility Candy • Maxim Tomato • Energy Drink • Star Block

Kirby: Canvas Curse

Levels
Playable characters	Kirby • King Dedede • Meta Knight • Waddle Dee • Waddle Doo
Antagonists	Drawcia
Bosses	King Dedede • Kracko • Paint Roller • Drawcia • Drawcia Soul
	Reddy Land:	Plant Plain • Tiny Town • Ravine Road
	Arange Gorge:	Ghost Grounds • Growth Grasses • Mag Mount
	Iello Adventure:	Rift Ruin • Contrast Cave • Silver Submarine
	Neo Greo:	Machine Mansion • Dreamy Darkness • Paletto Polis
	Bloo Hills:	Cold Course • Dungeon Dome • Canvas Canyon
	Omarine Zone:	Collapse Castle • Volatile Volcano • Silent Seabed
	Wonder Lilane:	Frozen Fantasy • Mad Mechanism • Spectacle Space
	The World of Drawcia:	The World of Drawcia
Subgames	Goal Game • Block Attack • Cart Run • Paint Panic • Rainbow Run
Enemies	Bang-Bang • Blado • Blipper • Bloon • Bobo • Bomber • Bouncy • Bronto Burt • Cappy • Chilly • Como • Flame Shotzo • Flamer • Fluff Waddle Dee • Gaveela • Glunk • Gordo • Kabu • Needlous • Pacto • Painting • Para Matter • Rocky • Shotzo • Snoppy • Soarar • Sparky • Spear Waddle Dee • Squishy • Thudd • Tick • Topper • Twister • Waddle Dee • Waddle Doo • Wheelie
Copy Abilities	Balloon • Beam • Burning • Crash • Freeze • Missile • Needle • Spark • Stone • Tornado • Wheel
Items	Medal • Power Paintbrush • Star • Vitality
Common	Environment • 1UP • Apple • Chicken • Food • Invincibility Candy • Maxim Tomato • Energy Drink • Star Block

Kirby's Return to Dream Land

Levels
Playable characters	Kirby • Yellow Kirby • Green Kirby • Blue Kirby • Meta Knight • King Dedede • Waddle Dee
Allies	King Dedede • Landia • Magolor • Meta Knight • Waddle Dee
Antagonists	Landia • Magolor • Master Crown • Magolor Soul
Bosses (ordered)	Whispy Woods (EX) • Mr. Dooter (EX) • Fatty Puffer (EX) • Goriath (EX) • Grand Doomer (EX) • Metal General (EX) • HR-D3 • Landia (EX) • Lor (EX) & Magolor • Magolor (EX) • Magolor Soul • Galacta Knight • Waddle Tank (Scope Shot) • Mecha Kawasaki (Scope Shot) • Robo Dedede (Scope Shot)
Mid-Bosses	Bonkers (EX) • Dubior (EX) • Gigant Edge (EX) • Kibble Blade (EX) • King Doo (EX) • Moundo (EX) • Sphere Doomer (EX) • Super Bonkers (EX) • Water Galboros (EX)
	Planet Popstar	Lor Starcutter • Cookie Country • Raisin Ruins • Onion Ocean • White Wafers • Nutty Noon
	Halcandra	Lor Starcutter • Egg Engines • Dangerous Dinner • Another Dimension
Subgames	Goal Game • Ninja Dojo • Scope Shot • The Arena • The True Arena • Challenge Stages
Enemies	Armor Dee • Babut • Barbar • Barracu • Blade Knight • Blipper • Bomb Robot • Bouncy • Bouncy Sis • Bowby • Bronto Burt • Broom Hatter • Bulby • Cappy • Cerulean • Chilly • Clayn • Coldtzo • Como • Craby • Darpa • Degout • Deaper • Dippa • Doomer • Dupa • Elec • Flamer • Foley • Galbo • Gemra • Giant Flotzo • Gigatzo • Glunk • Gordo • Hot Head • Hunter Scarfy • Iron Barbar • Juckle • Kabu • Key Dee • Knuckle Joe • Lanzer • Leafan • Merman Statue • Moai Block • Moonja • Mopoo • Mumbies • Needlous • Nruff • Noddy • Owgulf • Pacto • Pierce • Pluid • Poppy Bros. Jr. • Puppet Dee • Rocky • Scarfy • Searches • Sheld • Shotzo • Sir Kibble • Snowl • Sparky • Starman • Strike Box • Squishy • Super Blade Knight • Super Hot Head • Super Waddle Doo • Super Chilly • Swordory • Tick • Totenga • Twister • Volttzo • Waddle Dee • Waddle Doo • Walf • Walky • Wapod • Water Galbo • Whippy
Copy Abilities	Beam • Bomb • Crash • Cutter • Fighter • Fire • Hammer • Hi-Jump • Ice • Leaf • Mike • Needle • Ninja • Parasol • Sleep • Spark • Spear • Stone • Sword • Tornado • Water • Whip • Wing
Super Abilities	Flare Beam • Grand Hammer • Monster Flame • Snow Bowl • Ultra Sword
Items	Balloon Bomb • Candle • Crackler • Energy Sphere • Food • Invisibility Stone • Lock Key • Maxim Tomato • Maxim Tomato Box • Part Sphere • Prism Shield • Stomper Boot

Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition

Characters	Kirby • (Bandana) Waddle Dee • King Dedede • Magolor • Meta Knight
Bosses	Magolor
Mid-Bosses	Bonkers • Dubior • Gigant Edge • Kibble Blade • King Doo • Moundo • Whispy Woods • Water Galboros
Levels	Happiness Hall • Apricot Atrium • Last Land
Enemies	Armor Dee • Big Gordo • Big Waddle Dee • Blade Knight • Blipper • Bouncy • Bouncy Sis • Bowby • Bronto Burt • Broom Hatter • Cappy • Cerulean • Chilly • Coldtzo • Como • Degout • Dubior Jr. • Elec • Flamer • Foley • Galbo • Gemra • Gigatzo • Golden Waddle Dee • Gordo • Hot Head • Juckle • Kabu • Knuckle Joe • Lanzer • Leafan • Moonja • Mumbies • Nruff • Noddy • Owgulf • Parasol • Parasol Waddle Dee • Pierce • Poppy Bros. Jr. • Puppet Dee • Rocky • Scarfy • Searches • Sheld • Shotzo • Sir Kibble • Snowl • Sparky • Swordory • Volttzo • Waddle Dee • Waddle Doo • Water Galbo • Whippy
Copy Abilities	Sword • Parasol • Spark • Whip • Fighter • Wing • Smash
Items	Food • Switch

Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe

Levels
Playable characters	Kirby • Yellow Kirby • Green Kirby • Blue Kirby • Meta Knight • King Dedede • Bandana Waddle Dee • Magolor • Yellow Magolor • Blue Magolor • Green Magolor
Allies	Bandana Waddle Dee • King Dedede • Landia • Magolor • Meta Knight
Antagonists	Landia • Magolor • Master Crown • Magolor Soul
Bosses (ordered)	Whispy Woods (EX) • Mr. Dooter (EX) • Fatty Puffer (EX) • Goriath (EX) • Grand Doomer (EX) • Metal General (EX) • HR-D3 • Landia (EX) • Lor (EX) & Magolor • Magolor (EX) • Magolor Soul • Galacta Knight • Electricky Dooter • Fiery Puffer • Hydriath • Rampaging Doomers • Crowned Doomer • Master Crown
Mid-Bosses	Bonkers (EX) • Dubior (EX) • Gigant Edge (EX) • Kibble Blade (EX) • King Doo (EX) • Moundo (EX) • Sphere Doomer (EX) • Super Bonkers (EX) • Water Galboros (EX)
	Planet Popstar	Lor Starcutter • Cookie Country • Raisin Ruins • Onion Ocean • White Wafers • Nutty Noon
	Halcandra	Lor Starcutter • Egg Engines • Dangerous Dinner • Another Dimension
Subgames	Bomb Rally • Booming Blasters • Checkerboard Chase • Crackity Hack • Egg Catcher • Goal Game • Kirby on the Draw • Magolor's Tome Trackers • Ninja Dojo • Samurai Kirby • Samurai Kirby 100 • Smash Ride • The Arena • The True Arena • Challenge Stages
Enemies	Armor Dee • Armoroid • Babut • Barbar • Barracu • Blade Knight • Blipper • Bomb Robot • Bouncy • Bouncy Sis • Bowby • Bronto Burt • Broom Hatter • Bulby • Cappy • Cerulean • Chilly • Clayn • Coldtzo • Como • Craby • Darpa • Degout • Deaper • Dippa • Doomer • Donpuffle • Dupa • Elec • Flamer • Foley • Galbo • Gemra • Giant Flotzo • Gigatzo • Glunk • Gordo • Hot Head • Hunter Scarfy • Iron Barbar • Juckle • Kabu • Key Dee • Knuckle Joe • Lanzer • Leafan • Merman Statue • Moai Block • Moonja • Mopoo • Mumbies • Needlous • Nruff • Noddy • Owgulf • Pacto • Pierce • Pluid • Poppy Bros. Jr. • Puppet Dee • Rocky • Sandran • Scarfy • Searches • Sheld • Shotzo • Sir Kibble • Snowl • Sparky • Starman • Strike Box • Squishy • Super Blade Knight • Super Hot Head • Super Waddle Doo • Super Chilly • Swordory • Tick • Totenga • Twister • Volttzo • Waddle Dee • Waddle Doo • Walf • Walky • Wapod • Water Galbo • Whippy
Copy Abilities	Beam • Bomb • Crash • Cutter • Festival • Fighter • Fire • Hammer • Hi-Jump • Ice • Leaf • Mecha • Mike • Needle • Ninja • Parasol • Sand • Sleep • Spark • Spear • Stone • Sword • Tornado • Water • Whip • Wing
Super Abilities	Flare Beam • Grand Hammer • Monster Flame • Snow Bowl • Ultra Sword
Items	Balloon Bomb • Candle • Crackler • Dress-Up Mask • Energy Capsule • Energy Drink • Energy Sphere • Food • Fruit Fragment • Gem Apple Seed • Hidden Magolor • Invisibility Stone • Lock Key • Magic point • Maxim Tomato • Maxim Tomato Box • Part Sphere • Potion • Prism Shield • Random Copy Essence • Souvenir item • Stamp Ticket • Stomper Boot