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| {{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]]}}
| | A '''Needlenose''' is a spikey green or yellow ball that certain enemies spit. They can be turned into [[Yoshi Egg|eggs]]. Needlenoses appear in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''. |
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| |image=[[File:Needlenose SMW2.png]] [[File:SMW2 Needlenose yellow.png]]
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| |first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
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| |latest_appearance=''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' ([[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]] cameo) ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]])
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| |variant_of=[[Spiked Fun Guy (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island)|Spiked Fun Guy (''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'')]]
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| |variants=[[Pokey Pom]]
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| |relatives=[[Blow Hard]]<br>[[Cactus Jack]]<br>[[Pokey (heading)]]<br>[[Sanbo Flower]]<br>[[Wild Ptooie Piranha]]
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| |comparable=[[Marutchi]]
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| }}
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| 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]].
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| ==History==
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| ===''Yoshi's Island'' series===
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| ====''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' / ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''====
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| [[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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| ====''Yoshi's Island DS''====
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| [[File:YIDS Needlenose.png|frame]]
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| 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.
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| ====''Yoshi's New Island''====
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| {{multiframe|[[File:YNI Needlenose green.png]][[File:YNI Needlenose yellow.png]]|bg=black}}
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| ===''Yoshi Touch & Go''===
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| [[File:YT&G Needlenose.png|frame|left]]
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| 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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| {{br|left}}
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| ===''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''===
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| 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==
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| ===''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''===
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| *'''[[Player's Guide]]:''' ''Nothing puts a smile on Needle's face like a chance to puncture Yoshi's party.''<ref name=guide/>
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| ==Gallery==
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| <gallery>
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| Icon SMW2-YI - Welcome To Cloud World.png|''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
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| Welcome to Cloud World.png|''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
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| SMA3-Needlenose.png|''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''
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| SMA3-NeedlenoseYellow.png|''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''
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| SMA3-WelcomeToCloudWorld-Icon.png|''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''
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| Scene.jpg|''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''
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| SMA3-Japanese_Flyer.jpg|''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''
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| SMA3 Japan alternate flyer.jpg|''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''
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| 18.12.13 Screen07 - Yoshi's New Island.png|''Yoshi's New Island''
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| Mole Tank tunnels SMKun.png|''[[Super Mario-kun]]''
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| </gallery>
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| ==Naming==
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| ===Internal names===
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| |game1=''[[Yoshi's New Island]]''
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| |file1=<tt>content0.game/romfs/houdaisanbo_ball.bch.z</tt>
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| |name1=houdaisanbo_ball
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| |meaning1=[[Blow Hard#Names in other languages|Blow Hard]] Ball
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| }}
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| ===Names in other languages===
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| {{foreign names
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| |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>
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| |JpnR=Sanbo
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| |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]]
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| }}
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| ==References==
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| <references/>
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| {{Pokeys}}
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| {{YI}}
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| {{YT&G}}
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| {{YIDS}}
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| {{YNI}}
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| [[Category:Pokeys]]
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| [[Category:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island enemies]]
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| [[Category:Yoshi Touch & Go enemies]]
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| [[Category:Yoshi's Island DS enemies]]
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| [[Category:Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 enemies]]
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