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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]]}}
{{Species-infobox
{{species infobox
|title=Needlenose
|image=[[File:Needlenose SMW2.png]] [[File:SMW2 Needlenose yellow.png]]
|image=[[Image:Needlenose_SMW2.png]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
|sub_species=[[Cactus Jack]]
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' ([[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]] cameo) ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]])
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' ([[1995]])
|variant_of=[[Spiked Fun Guy (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island)|Spiked Fun Guy (''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'')]]
|species_origin=[[Pokey]]
|variants=[[Pokey Pom]]
|latest_appearance=''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'' ([[2006]])
|relatives=[[Blow Hard]]<br>[[Cactus Jack]]<br>[[Pokey (heading)]]<br>[[Sanbo Flower]]<br>[[Wild Ptooie Piranha]]
|comparable=[[Marutchi]]
}}
}}
'''Needlenoses''' are a type of [[Pokey]] that certain enemies spit. They take the shape of a yellow or green spiky ball. They can be turned into [[Yoshi Egg|egg]]s. Needlenoses appear in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', ''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]'', ''[[Yoshi Touch & Go]]'', and ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]''.
The projectile variety of '''[[Pokey]]s''',<ref>{{cite|author=Williams, Drew|title=''Yoshi's Island DS'' Player's Guide|publisher=[[Nintendo Power]]|date=November 6, 2006|language=en-us|page=34, 59, 76, 93, 94, 124, 127, 138|isbn=1-59812-016-6}}.</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Black, Fletcher|title=''Yoshi's Island DS'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|date=December 19, 2006|language=en-us|page=136, 224, 227, 286, 299|isbn=0-7615-5576-5}}</ref> initially referred to as '''Needlenoses'''<ref name=guide>{{cite|author=Miller, Kent; Munson, Terry|title=''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide|language=en-us|date=1995|publisher=Nintendo of America|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]].


Yellow Needlenoses, when spat at a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]], will pop. Green Needlenoses will bounce. They can be spat from [[Priscilla the Peckish]], a [[Blow Hard]] and its relatives, or a [[Wild Ptooie Piranha]]. A Needlenose will also sometimes bounce on top of a Cactus. If Yoshi defeats or eats the Needlenose, the Cactus will frown and lay down. However, it will reproduce another Needlenose shortly after. Needlenoses have a sub-species called [[Cactus Jack]]s. Also, they can be spit out by some [[Egg-Plants]] if Yoshi has less than six eggs with him.
==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.


==Trivia==
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.
*In a ''[[Nintendo Power]]'' issue featuring information about ''Yoshi's Island DS'', they are called Pokeys. In Japan, they are considered a type of Pokey, although this was lost in translation.
 
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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}}
====''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'' / ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''===
*'''[[Player's Guide]]:''' ''Nothing puts a smile on Needle's face like a chance to puncture Yoshi's party.''<ref name=guide/>
*'''Shogakukan guide ([[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|Game Boy Advance version]]):''' {{ruby|小|ちい}}さくてもサボテン。ふむとイタい{{ruby|目|め}}にあうぞ!{{ruby|風船|ふうせん}}にぶら{{ruby|下|さ}}がって{{ruby|出|で}}てきたり、{{ruby|鉢|はち}}に{{ruby|乗|の}}って{{ruby|出|で}}てくることもある。<ref name=Advance/> (''A rather small cactus. You'll be sorry if you step on it! It sometimes hangs from a balloon or rides in a pot.'')
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
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>
 
==Additional names==
===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
|Jap=サンボ<ref name=Advance>{{cite|language=Japanese|publisher=Shogakukan|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'')|page=[[media:Advance 3 Shogakukan P16.png|16]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite|language=Japanese|publisher=Shogakukan|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'')|page=61}}</ref>
|JapR=Sanbo
|JapM=[[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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[[Category:Explosives]]

Latest revision as of 15:43, December 9, 2024

This article is about the Pokey projectile. For the Lakitu projectile referred to as "Needlenose" in Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3, see Spiny Egg § Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island / Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3.
Pokey
Sprite of a green Needlenose in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Sprite of a yellow Needlenose in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
First appearance Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995)
Latest appearance Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (spirit cameo) (2018)
Variant of Spiked Fun Guy (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island)
Variants
Relatives
Comparable

The projectile variety of Pokeys,[1][2] initially referred to as Needlenoses[3] or Needles,[3] 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.

History[edit]

Yoshi's Island series[edit]

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island / Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3[edit]

A Needlenose bouncing on a Pokey.

Both the green and yellow variations of Needlenoses debut in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and reappear in its reissue as common enemies. Yellow Needlenoses are spat out by Blow Hards and Wild Ptooie Piranhas 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 cacti, dropped by Baron von Zeppelins, or thrown by Seedy Sallies. They are also spat out by Sanbo Flowers if a Yoshi has fewer than six 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[edit]

Pokeys in the game Yoshi's Island DS.

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[edit]

A green Pokey from Yoshi's New IslandA yellow Pokey from Yoshi's New Island

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[edit]

Needlenose from Yoshi Touch & Go

In Yoshi Touch & Go, Needlenoses appear as projectiles tossed out by Ukikis. Needlenoses can be destroyed by throwing eggs at them.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

A yellow Pokey appears in the artwork used for Ukiki's spirit in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Profiles[edit]

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island / Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3[edit]

  • Player's Guide: Nothing puts a smile on Needle's face like a chance to puncture Yoshi's party.[3]
  • Shogakukan guide (Game Boy Advance version): ちいさくてもサボテン。ふむとイタいにあうぞ!風船ふうせんにぶらがっててきたり、はちっててくることもある。[4] (A rather small cactus. You'll be sorry if you step on it! It sometimes hangs from a balloon or rides in a pot.)

Gallery[edit]

Additional names[edit]

Internal names[edit]

Game File Name Meaning

Yoshi's New Island content0.game/romfs/houdaisanbo_ball.bch.z houdaisanbo_ball Blow Hard Ball

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese サンボ[4][5]
Sanbo
Pokey; seen as a counterpart to Spiked Fun Guy

References[edit]

  1. ^ Williams, Drew (November 6, 2006). Yoshi's Island DS Player's Guide. Nintendo Power (American English). ISBN 1-59812-016-6. Page 34, 59, 76, 93, 94, 124, 127, 138..
  2. ^ Black, Fletcher (December 19, 2006). Yoshi's Island DS PRIMA Official Game Guide. ISBN 0-7615-5576-5. Page 136, 224, 227, 286, 299.
  3. ^ a b c Miller, Kent; Munson, Terry (1995). Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 127.
  4. ^ a b 「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). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 16.
  5. ^ 「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). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 61.