Editing Pokey (projectile)

{{about|the [[Pokey]] projectile|the [[Lakitu]] projectile referred to as "Needlenose" in ''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]''|[[Spiny Egg#Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island / Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|Spiny Egg § Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island / Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]}}
{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Needlenose SMW2.png]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' ([[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]] cameo) ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]])
|variant_of=[[Spiked Fun Guy (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island)|Spiked Fun Guy (''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'')]]
|variants=[[Pokey Pom]]
|relatives=[[Blow Hard]]<br>[[Cactus Jack]]<br>[[Pokey (heading)]]<br>[[Sanbo Flower]]<br>[[Wild Ptooie Piranha]]
|comparable=[[Marutchi]]
}}
The projectile variety of '''[[Pokey]]s''',<ref>{{cite|author=Williams, Drew|date=November 6, 2006|title=''Yoshi's Island DS'' Player's Guide|publisher=[[Nintendo Power]]|language=en-us|page=34, 59, 76, 93, 94, 124, 127, 138|isbn=1-59812-016-6}}.</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Black, Fletcher|date=December 19, 2006|title=''Yoshi's Island DS'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|language=en-us|isbn=0-7615-5576-5|page=136, 224, 227, 286, 299}}</ref> initially referred to as '''Needlenoses'''<ref name=guide>{{cite|author=Miller, Kent; Munson, Terry|date=1995|title=''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|page=[[media:SMW2 Guide 127.jpg|127]]}}</ref> or '''Needles''',<ref name=guide/> is a type of small round enemy first appearing in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''. These Pokeys are yellow or green cacti shaped like spiky balls with smiling faces, commonly thrown by certain enemies to attack a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]]. Despite their initial English name, they do not have noses.
==History==
===''Yoshi's Island'' series===
====''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' / ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''====
[[File:NeedlenoseWithCactus.png|frame|left]]
Both the green and yellow variations of Needlenoses debut in ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' and reappear in [[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|its reissue]] as common enemies. Yellow Needlenoses are spat out by [[Blow Hard]]s and [[Wild Ptooie Piranha]]s in a Yoshi's direction. When they hit a surface or a Yoshi, they pop and disappear.

Green Needlenoses are often seen bouncing on top of [[Pokey (heading)|Pokey]] cacti, dropped by [[Item Balloon|Baron von Zeppelin]]s, or thrown by [[Ukiki|Seedy Sallies]]. They are also spat out by [[Sanbo Flower]]s if a Yoshi has fewer than six [[Yoshi's Eggs|eggs]], with the unique property of briefly bouncing upon contact with the ground before falling off the screen as opposed to outright popping.

Needlenoses damage a Yoshi on contact. However, they can be defeated by eating and spitting them at other enemies, turning them into eggs, or throwing an egg at them.

====''Yoshi's Island DS''====
[[File:YIDS Needlenose.png|frame]]
Both varieties of Pokeys reappear in ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'' under their current name, reprising their role from ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''. While Blow Hards, Wild Ptooie Piranhas, and Baron von Zeppelins return, Pokey cacti are absent. Yellow Pokeys are also used by [[Priscilla the Peckish]] to attack.

====''Yoshi's New Island''====
{{multiframe|[[File:YNI Needlenose green.png]][[File:YNI Needlenose yellow.png]]|bg=black}}
Pokeys reappear in ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'' with the same purpose from previous games. Wild Ptooie Piranhas do not appear here, but green Pokeys are still found with Pokey cacti and Baron von Zeppelins.

Sanbo Flowers appear only during [[Kamek]]'s battle in [[Slime Drop Drama]], and they spit out yellow Pokeys instead of green ones as in previous games.

===''Yoshi Touch & Go''===
[[File:YT&G Needlenose.png|frame|left]]
In ''[[Yoshi Touch & Go]]'', Needlenoses appear as projectiles tossed out by [[Ukiki]]s. Needlenoses can be destroyed by throwing eggs at them.
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===''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''===
A yellow Pokey appears in the artwork used for Ukiki's [[spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''.
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==Profiles==
===''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''===
*'''[[Player's Guide]]:''' ''Nothing puts a smile on Needle's face like a chance to puncture Yoshi's party.''<ref name=guide/>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
SMW2 Yoshis Island Blow Hard.png|''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' artwork of a [[Blow Hard]] spitting a Pokey, with the Pokey erroneously colored green
Icon SMW2-YI - Welcome To Cloud World.png|''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
Welcome to Cloud World.png|''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
SMA3-Needlenose.png|''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''
SMA3-NeedlenoseYellow.png|''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''
SMA3-WelcomeToCloudWorld-Icon.png|''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''
Scene.jpg|''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''
SMA3-Japanese_Flyer.jpg|''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''
SMA3 Japan alternate flyer.jpg|''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''
18.12.13 Screen07 - Yoshi's New Island.png|''Yoshi's New Island''
Mole Tank tunnels SMKun.png|''[[Super Mario-kun]]''
</gallery>

==Naming==
===Internal names===
{{internal names
|game1=''[[Yoshi's New Island]]''
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|name1=houdaisanbo_ball
|meaning1=[[Blow Hard#Names in other languages|Blow Hard]] Ball
}}

===Names in other languages===
{{foreign names
|Jpn=サンボ<ref>{{cite|date=November 20, 1995|title=「オールカラー版　スーパーマリオヨッシーアイランド全百科」 (''All-Color Ban - Super Mario: Yossy Island All Hyakka'')|publisher=Shogakukan|language=ja|page=59}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=「スーパーマリオアドバンス3任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Super Mario Advance 3 Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|publisher=Shogakukan|language=ja|page=[[media:Advance 3 Shogakukan P16.png|16]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=「ヨッシーアイランドDS任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Yoshi's Island DS Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|publisher=Shogakukan|language=ja|page=61}}</ref>
|JpnR=Sanbo
|JpnM=[[Pokey#Names in other languages|Pokey]]; seen as a counterpart to [[Spiked Fun Guy (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island)#Names in other languages|Spiked Fun Guy]]
}}

==References==
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{{Pokeys}}
{{YI}}
{{YT&G}}
{{YIDS}}
{{YNI}}
[[Category:Pokeys]]
[[Category:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island enemies]]
[[Category:Yoshi Touch & Go enemies]]
[[Category:Yoshi's Island DS enemies]]
[[Category:Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 enemies]]
[[Category:Yoshi's New Island enemies]]