Editing Spindel

{{species infobox
|image=[[File:SpindelSM64DS.png|150px]]<br>Model from ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
|variant_of=[[Grindel]]
|relatives=[[Rhomp]]
}}
A '''Spindel'''<ref>{{cite|author=Pelland, Scott, and Dan Owsen|date=1996|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|title=''Super Mario 64'' Player's Guide|page=12}}</ref> is a type of [[Grindel]] that appears in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''. It is a cylindrical creature made of stone that continuously rolls over the same stretch of territory. Its name comes from "spindle," which is the part of a spinning wheel that holds the yarn that is being spun. A Spindel also resembles a giant cylinder with a thread of yarn spun around it but with a face. A lone Spindel appears exclusively in the [[Shifting Sand Land#Inside the pyramid|pyramid]] of [[Shifting Sand Land]], where it can be found rolling back and forth in one section of the pyramid. There is a safe spot where [[Mario]], [[Yoshi]], [[Luigi]], and [[Wario]] can hide to avoid being squished, though if one of them does get squished, he loses three wedges from his [[Health Meter#Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS|Power Meter]].

A Spindel appears in volume 16 of the ''[[Super Mario-kun]]'' manga. It tries squashing Mario and the [[Bob-omb Buddy]] accompanying him, but it fails and crashes.

Enemies with similar functions to Spindels, called [[Rhomp]]s, appear in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
SpindelSM64.png|Model from ''[[Super Mario 64]]''
Spindelscreenshot.png|Screenshot from ''Super Mario 64''
Spindel SM64DS.png|Screenshot from ''Super Mario 64 DS''
SpindelSuperMario-Kun.png|A Spindel in the pyramid in ''Super Mario-kun''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ドングル
|JapR=Donguru
|JapM=Portmanteau of「ドン」(''don'', onomatopoeia for colliding) and「グルグル」(''guru-guru'', onomatopoeia for spinning); also follows the format of「ドンカク」(''Donkaku'', "[[Grindel]]")
|Ger=Walzen-Walter<ref>{{cite|author=Kraft, John D., Thomas Görg, and Marko Hein, editors|title=''Der offizielle Nintendo 64 Spieleberater "Super Mario 64"''|language=de|location=Großostheim|publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of Europe GmbH]]|date=1997|page=9}}</ref>
|GerM=From ''walzen'' ("to roll") and the male given name "Walter"
|Ita=Spindel<ref>{{cite|date=2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=978-8893674362|page=86}}</ref>
}}

==References==
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