Spiny

Spiny Artwork of Spiny from Kirby's Adventure Details First game Kirby's Adventure (1993) Latest game Kirby's Dream Course (1994) Copy Ability Needle Similar entities Spikey, Punc, Togezo, Needlous

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Spiny^{[Japanese title]} is a spiky shell-wearing enemy that has made only a few appearances in the Kirby series, first appearing in Kirby's Adventure and making its most recent appearance in Kirby's Dream Course. It is a small black creature with stubby pink feet and glowing eyes which wears a pink shell on its head covered in spikes. Kirby can obtain the Needle Copy Ability by inhaling and swallowing it.

Game appearances[edit]

Kirby's Adventure[edit]

In-game sprite from Kirby's Adventure.

Spinys debut in Kirby's Adventure, where they are shown with pink shells and feet, white spikes and bright yellow eyes in their artwork, but usually use a pale orange palette in the game. They are first encountered behind the fourth door of Vegetable Valley, making periodic appearances throughout the rest of the game.

Spiny starts out by slowly walking left and right, but is able to curl up into a prickly ball, bouncing into the air as it does so and proceeding to roll back and forth on top of the platform it is on at a high speed. After a short time, Spiny reverts to its initial state and form of movement.

In the game's remake, Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land, Spinys are among the three types of enemies to have been replaced with a different one, the others being Bounder and Rolling Turtle. In Spiny's case, it has been replaced by Needlous, which acts the same, but greatly differs in appearance, and is the main provider of the Needle ability in the series since.

Locations[edit]

Spiny can be found in the following levels and stages:

Spiny locations in Kirby's Adventure
Stage	Vegetable Valley	Ice Cream Island	Butter Building	Grape Garden	Yogurt Yard	Orange Ocean	Rainbow Resort
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
Stage 5	N/A
Stage 6	N/A	N/A

Kirby's Dream Course[edit]

In-game sprite from Kirby's Dream Course.

In Kirby's Dream Course, Spiny reappears as one of the enemy types that Kirby may need to destroy in order to complete a Hole. Here, it is portrayed with a red shell, yellow spikes and blue feet. Like most other enemies in the game, Spinys can neither move nor harm Kirby, simply acting as a ground-based, stationary target instead that turns into a star when touched by Kirby. Defeating them automatically grants Kirby the Needle ability.

Locations[edit]

In Kirby's Dream Course, Spiny can be found in the following courses and holes:

Spiny locations in Kirby's Dream Course (Main Game)
1P Mode
Course	Course 1	Course 2	Course 3	Course 4	Course 5	Course 6	Course 7	Course 8
Hole 1
Hole 2
Hole 3
Hole 4
Hole 5
Hole 6
Hole 7
Hole 8
2P Mode
Course	Whispy Woods Course		Mr. Shine & Mr. Bright Course		Kracko Course		Gordo Course
Hole 1
Hole 2
Hole 3
Hole 4
Hole 5
Hole 6
Hole 7
Hole 8

Spiny locations in Kirby's Dream Course (Extra Game)
1P Mode
Course	Course 1	Course 2	Course 3	Course 4	Course 5	Course 6	Course 7	Course 8
Hole 1
Hole 2
Hole 3
Hole 4
Hole 5
Hole 6
Hole 7
Hole 8
2P Mode
Course	Whispy Woods Course		Mr. Shine & Mr. Bright Course		Kracko Course		Gordo Course
Hole 1
Hole 2
Hole 3
Hole 4
Hole 5
Hole 6
Hole 7
Hole 8

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