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.

Artwork

Gallery

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
Playable characters Kirby • King Dedede • Meta Knight • Waddle Dee • Waddle Doo Antagonists Drawcia Bosses King Dedede • Kracko • Paint Roller • Drawcia • Drawcia Soul Levels 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
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) Levels 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
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) Levels 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 • 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 • Mechamech • 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