Editing Needlous

{{Infobox-Enemy
|image=[[File:Needlous KCC artwork.png|200px]]
|caption=Artwork of '''Needlous''' from ''[[Kirby: Canvas Curse]]''.
|game1=''[[Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land]]'' (2002)
|lastgame=''[[Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe]]'' (2023)
|game=<small>''[[Kirby: Canvas Curse]]''<br>''[[Kirby's Return to Dream Land]]''<br>''[[Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition]]'' ([[New Challenge Stages]])<br>''[[Kirby: Triple Deluxe]]'' ([[Keychain]])<br>''[[Kirby and the Forgotten Land]]''</small>
|copy ability=[[Needle]]
|similar=[[Togezo]], [[Punc]]}}
'''Needlous''' is an [[enemy]] that debuted in ''[[Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land]]'', as the replacement for [[Togezo]] from ''[[Kirby's Adventure]]'', and later appeared in ''[[Kirby: Canvas Curse]]'', ''[[Kirby's Return to Dream Land]]'', the [[New Challenge Stages]] of ''[[Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition]]'' and ''[[Kirby and the Forgotten Land]]''. In all games in which it appeared, Needlous gives out the [[Needle]] [[Copy Ability]] when it is inhaled and swallowed by [[Kirby]].

== Characteristics ==
Needlous has a caterpillar-like body with yellow and black stripes, similar in some respect to [[Capiller]]. It has eight spikes coming out from various places at the top of its body, three on each side of its waist, and two on its back. Needlous attacks by curling itself in a ball and rolling toward Kirby. When it is not attacking, it only moves slowly across the ground.

== Game appearances ==
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!colspan=3|Needlous' video game appearances &nbsp;
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!Game
!Role
!Notes
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|''[[Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land]]''
|Enemy
|Replaces [[Togezo]].
|-
|''[[Kirby: Canvas Curse]]''
|Enemy
|
|-
|''[[Kirby's Return to Dream Land]]''
|Enemy
|This is Needlous' first 3D appearance.
|-
|''[[Kirby's Dream Collection: Special Edition]]''
|Enemy
|Appears in [[New Challenge Stages]].
|-
|''[[Kirby: Triple Deluxe]]''
|Reference
|Appears as a [[keychain]].
|-
|''[[Kirby and the Forgotten Land]]''
|Enemy
|
|}
=== ''Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land'' ===
[[File:KNiDL Needlous sprite.png]] Needlous makes its debut appearance in this title, replacing all instances of [[Togezo]] from ''[[Kirby's Adventure]]'', though acting much the same as the creature it replaced.

==== Locations ====
Needlous can be found in the following levels and stages:
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" border=1 cellpadding=2
!colspan=8|Needlous locations in ''Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land'' &nbsp;
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!Stage
![[Vegetable Valley]]
![[Ice Cream Island]]
![[Butter Building]]
![[Grape Garden]]
![[Yogurt Yard]]
![[Orange Ocean]]
![[Rainbow Resort]]
|-
|Stage 1
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|{{Y}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|-
|Stage 2
|{{N}}
|{{Y}}
|{{Y}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|-
|Stage 3
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|{{Y}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|-
|Stage 4
|{{Y}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|-
|Stage 5
|N/A
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|{{Y}}
|{{N}}
|-
|Stage 6
|N/A
|N/A
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|}

=== ''Kirby: Canvas Curse'' ===
[[File:KCC Needlous sprite.png]] Needlous returns in ''[[Kirby: Canvas Curse]]'', otherwise being unchanged.

==== Locations ====
In ''Kirby: Canvas Curse'', Needlous appears in the following locations:

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" border=1 cellpadding=2
!colspan=7|Needlous locations in ''Kirby: Canvas Curse'' &nbsp;
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!Reddy Land
!Arange Gorge
!Iello Adventure
!Neo Greo
!Bloo Hills
!Omarine Zone
!Wonder Lilane
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|{{center|{{N}}}}
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|{{center|{{Y}}<br>[[Frozen Fantasy]]<br>[[Mad Mechanism]]}}
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=== ''Kirby's Return to Dream Land'' / ''Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe'' & ''Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition'' ===
[[File:KRtDL Needlous.jpg|thumb|Needlous in ''Kirby's Return to Dream Land''.]]
Needlous returns in 3D, otherwise being unchanged.

====Locations====
In ''Kirby's Return to Dream Land'' Needlous can be found in the following levels and stages:
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" border=1 cellpadding=2
!colspan=9|Needlous locations in ''Kirby's Return to Dream Land'' &nbsp;
|-
!Stage
!Stage 1
!Stage 2
!Stage 3
!Stage 4
!Stage 5
|-
![[Cookie Country]]
|{{N}}
|{{Y}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|-
![[Raisin Ruins]]
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|-
![[Onion Ocean]]
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|{{Y}}
|N/A
|-
![[White Wafers]]
|{{Y}}
|{{N}}
|{{Y}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|-
![[Nutty Noon]]
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|{{Y}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|-
![[Egg Engines]]
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|-
![[Dangerous Dinner]]
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|N/A
|N/A
|}

In ''Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition'', Needlous appears in [[New Challenge Stages]], with its only appearances being in the [[Smash Combat Chamber]] and [[Magolor Race EX]] stages.

=== ''Kirby: Triple Deluxe'' ===
Needlous makes a cameo in ''[[Kirby: Triple Deluxe]]'', appearing as a [[keychain]], using its sprite from ''Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land''.

===''Kirby and the Forgotten Land''===
[[File:KatFL Needlous rolling screenshot.png|thumb|200px|Needlous using its roll attack in ''Kirby and the Forgotten Land''.]]
Needlous returns as an enemy in ''[[Kirby and the Forgotten Land]]''. When Kirby approaches, Needlous rolls up into a ball and starts rolling around very quickly. It can either roll in a circular pattern or roll straight, bouncing off of walls in a mirror-like trajectory. Needlous once again grants [[Needle]] when swallowed.

==== Locations ====
In ''Kirby and the Forgotten Land'', Needlous appears in the following stages:
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" border=1 cellpadding=2
!colspan=8|Needlous locations in ''Kirby and the Forgotten Land'' &nbsp;
|-
!Stage
!Appearance?
!Stage
!Appearance?
!Stage
!Appearance?
!Stage
!Appearance?
|-
|[[Point of Arrival]]
|{{N}}
|[[The Tropical Terror]]
|{{N}}
|[[An Unexpected Beast King]]
|{{N}}
|[[The Beast Pack's Final Stand]]
|{{Y}}
|-
|[[Downtown Grassland]]
|{{N}}
|[[Welcome to Wondaria]]
|{{Y}}
|[[The Wastes Where Life Began]]
|{{Y}}
|[[In the Presence of the King]]
|{{N}}
|-
|[[Through the Tunnel]]
|{{N}}
|[[Circuit Speedway]]
|{{Y}}
|[[Searching the Oasis]]
|{{N}}
|[[Lab Discovera]]
|{{N}}
|-
|[[Rocky Rollin' Road]]
|{{N}}
|[[Invasion at the House of Horrors]]
|{{Y}}
|[[Alivel Mall (Staff Side)]]
|{{Y}}
|[[Forgo Plains]]
|{{Y}}
|-
|[[A Trip to Alivel Mall]]
|{{Y}}
|[[The Wondaria Dream Parade]]
|{{Y}}
|[[Moonlight Canyon]]
|{{N}}
|[[Forgo Bay]]
|{{Y}}
|-
|[[The Brawl at the Mall]]
|{{N}}
|[[Danger under the Big Top]]
|{{N}}
|[[Collector in the Sleepless Valley]]
|{{N}}
|[[Forgo Park]]
|{{N}}
|-
|[[Abandoned Beach]]
|{{Y}}
|[[Northeast Frost Street]]
|{{N}}
|[[Enter the Fiery Forbidden Lands]]
|{{Y}}
|[[Forgo Horns]]
|{{Y}}
|-
|[[Concrete Isles]]
|{{N}}
|[[Metro on Ice]]
|{{Y}}
|[[Conquer the Inferno Road]]
|{{N}}
|[[Forgo Wasteland]]
|{{Y}}
|-
|[[Scale the Cement Summit]]
|{{Y}}
|[[Windy, Freezing Seas]]
|{{Y}}
|[[Burning, Churning Power Plant]]
|{{Y}}
|[[Forgo Zone]]
|{{Y}}
|-
|[[Fast-Flowing Waterworks]]
|{{Y}}
|[[The Battle of Blizzard Bridge]]
|{{Y}}
|[[Gathering of the Beast Council]]
|{{N}}
|[[Forgo Land]]
|{{N}}
|}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
KNiDL Needlous artwork.jpg|Artwork from ''Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land''
KRTDL Needlous model.png|Model from ''Kirby's Return to Dream Land''
KRTDL Needlous ball model.png|Model of Needlous curled up into a ball from ''Kirby's Return to Dream Land''
Keychain Needlous.png|[[Keychain]] from ''Kirby: Triple Deluxe''
KatFL Needlous screenshot.png|Screenshot from ''Kirby and the Forgotten Land''
KatFL Needlous figure.png|[[Figure]] from ''Kirby and the Forgotten Land''
KRtDLD Needlous screenshot.png|Screenshot from ''Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{Names
|ja=ニードラス
|jaR=Nīdorasu
|jaM=From "needle" and "-ous" (a suffix used for changing a noun to an adjective), and/or possibly "louse"
|zh=针虫
|zhR=Zhēnchóng
|zhM=Needle Bug
|fr=Épinon
|frM=From "épine" (spine) with diminutive "-on"
|de=Nadiline
|deM=From "Nadel" (pin) with "-ine" (a suffix used for forming feminine nouns)
|it=Agus
|itM=Latin form of "ago" (needle)
|esA=Picox
|esAM=From "pico" (needle)
|esE=Pintxo
|esEM=A homophone of "pincho" (needle)
|ko=니들러스
|koR=Nideulleoseu
|koM=Needlous
|nl=Prikkerrups
|nlM=From "prikken" (to prick) and "rups" (caterpillar)
}}

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[[Category:Creatures that yield Needle when swallowed]]
[[Category:Enemies in Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land]]
[[Category:Enemies in Kirby: Canvas Curse]]
[[Category:Enemies in Kirby's Return to Dream Land]]
[[Category:Enemies in New Challenge Stages]]
[[Category:Enemies in Kirby and the Forgotten Land]]
[[Category:Enemies in Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe]]