Editing Pokey (projectile)

{{about|the [[Pokey]] projectile|the [[Lakitu]] projectile also referred to as "Needlenose"|[[Spiny Egg#Yoshi platforming games|Spiny Egg § Yoshi platforming games]]}}
{{Species-infobox
|title=Needlenose
|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]])
|parent_species=[[Pokey]]
|derived_species=[[Cactus Jack]]<br>[[Pokey Pom]]
|related=[[Marucchi]]<br>[[Pokey (heading)]]<br>[[Spiked Fun Guy (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island)|Spiked Fun Guy]]}}
'''Needlenoses'''<ref name=guide>Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson. ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide. [[media:SMW2 Guide 127.jpg|Page 127]].</ref>, also known as '''Needles'''<ref name=guide/> or '''Pokeys'''<ref>Williams, Drew. ''Yoshi's Island DS'' Player's Guide. Pages 34, 59, 76, 93, 94, 124, 127, 138.</ref><ref>Black, Fletcher. ''Yoshi's Island DS'' PRIMA Official Game Guide. Pages 136, 224, 227, 286, 299.</ref>, are small, round enemies first appearing in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''. They are a type of yellow or green [[Pokey]] shaped like a spiky ball with a smiling face, commonly used as projectiles by certain enemies to attack [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]].

==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 ''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]'' as common enemies. Yellow Needlenoses are spat out by [[Blow Hard]]s and [[Wild Ptooie Piranha]]s in Yoshi's direction. When they hit a surface or Yoshi himself, they will 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 Yoshi has less than six eggs, with the unique property of simply falling off the screen and not coming into contact with any surface.

Needlenoses will damage Yoshi on contact. However, they can be defeated by eating and spitting them at other enemies, turning them into [[Yoshi's Egg|egg]]s, or throwing an egg at them.

====''Yoshi Touch & Go''====
[[File:YT&G Needlenose.png|frame|left]]
In ''[[Yoshi Touch & Go]]'', Needlenoses appear as projectiles tossed out by [[Ukiki]]s. They can be destroyed by throwing eggs at them.

====''Yoshi's Island DS''====
Both varities of Needlenoses reappear in ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'', reprising their role from ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''. While Blow Hards, Wild Ptooie Piranhas, and Braon von Zeppelins return, Pokey cacti are absent. Yellow Needlenoses are also used by [[Priscilla the Peckish]] to attack.

====''Yoshi's New Island''====
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Needlenoses reappear in ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'' with the same purpose from previous games. Wild Ptooie Piranhas do not appear here, but green Needlenoses are still found with Pokey cacti and Baron von Zeppelins.

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

===''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''===
A yellow Needlenose appears in the artwork used for [[Ukiki]]'s [[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''.
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==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=サンボ<ref name=Shogakukan>「<span class="explain" title="ちい">小</span>さくてもサボテン。ふむとイタい<span class="explain" title="め">目</span>にあうぞ！<span class="explain" title="ふうせん">風船</span>にぶら<span class="explain" title="さ">下</span>がって<span class="explain" title="で">出</span>てきたり、<span class="explain" title="はち">鉢</span>に<span class="explain" title="の">乗</span>って<span class="explain" title="で">出</span>てくることもある。」 ("''A rather small cactus. You'll be sorry if you step on it! It sometimes hangs from a balloon or rides in a pot.''") - 「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''), [[media:Advance 3 Shogakukan P16.png|page 16]].</ref><ref>[https://imgur.com/KOKf3De ''Yoshi's Island DS'' Nintendo Dream Book, page 15.]</ref>
|JapR=Sanbo
|JapM=[[Pokey]]; same as [[Spiked Fun Guy (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island)|Spiked Fun Guy]].<ref name=Shogakukan/>
}}
==References==
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[[Category:Pokeys]]
[[Category:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Enemies]]
[[Category:Yoshi's Island DS Enemies]]
[[Category:Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 Enemies]]
[[Category:Yoshi's New Island Enemies]]