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|latest_appearance=''Donkey Kong Country 3'' ([[Game Boy Advance|GBA]]) ([[List of games by date#2005|2005]])

'''Nids''', also known as '''Springin' Spiders''',<ref>''Nintendo Power'' volume 90, page 32.</ref> are large jumping spiders encountered in the hollow tree stages of ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' and in its [[Game Boy]] sequel ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]''. They act as bouncing platforms and have a plank of wood on them for [[Dixie Kong|Dixie]] and [[Kiddy Kong|Kiddy]] to sit on. Like [[Arich]], Nid's name is derived from "arachnid", a real world class in which spiders belong in.

 

Nids are categorized under the "[[Terrorfirma Tuff Guys]]" enemy class in [[Dixie Kong's Photo Album]]. Despite this classification, Nids do not injure the [[Kong]]s and are closer in behavior to [[Animal Friend]]s.

In ''Donkey Kong Country 3'', Nids only appear in two levels, [[Barrel Shield Bust-Up]] and [[Springin' Spiders]], both of which are in the world [[Kremwood Forest]]. Only one Nid appears in the former level, while Nids are the main feature of the latter. They either hop up and down in a fixed, vertical position or in an arc pattern.

Dixie and Kiddy are usually required to jump on a Nid because it to bounces them up to a higher part of the level. Nids sometimes assist the Kongs with reaching a [[Bonus Area]]. Nids can sometimes injure the Kongs indirectly by bouncing them into a [[Buzz (enemy)|Buzz]]. The Kongs can carry a [[Barrel]] on a Nid, but it usually breaks, even if they hold on to it.

 

There are two color variants of Nids, and both have slightly different behavior: the yellow Nids jump around nonstop while the pink Nids only jump when the Kongs sit on them.