Clutter Needle

Clutter Needle Artwork of Clutter Needle Kirby for Kirby and the Forgotten Land. Details Based on Needle Blueprint location Scale the Cement Summit Cost ×500 and ×2 Starting Power-up Cost ×1000 and ×2 No. Power-ups 3 Power(s) Lob projectiles while rolling Starting Power 2.5 Rapid-Fire 2 Similar to Crystal Needle Needle-Needle

“

Pointy, spiky clutter all rolled up into a ball? It's needles upon needles! What a powerful weapon! Roll forward, then release to send sharp clutter flying out around you. OUCH!

”

— Figure description from Kirby and the Forgotten Land

Clutter Needle is an Evolved Copy Ability based on Needle that appears in Kirby and the Forgotten Land. With it, Kirby can drop spiky projectiles as he rolls which will deal additional damage to enemies.

Clutter Needle's hat features a variety of different pointy items set on it, including the following:

• A potted saguaro cactus
• A corkscrew
• A castle tower
• A red up arrow
• A conical sea snail shell
• A bamboo seed
• A rocket ship
• A bee stinger

A few different variants of these items appear on Kirby as he is rolling.

The blueprint for Clutter Needle can be found in the stage Scale the Cement Summit, where it appears underneath a Bomb Block barrier partway up the first tower. Clutter Needle is required to play the Treasure Road stage Roll Up and Throw! Clutter Needle Trial.

Moveset

All names are conjectural.

Clutter Needle moveset
Move	Button execution	Description
Needle Attack	Hold B	Kirby extends spikes all around his body. This will drop 1-2 springs, screws, or seashells, which can deal damage. When this move is released, it will drop 4-5 of these objects.
Needle Dash	B in midair	Kirby spins and dashes in the direction the L-Stick is tilted, which then transitions into Needle Ball. This will drop 1-2 objects.
Needle Ball	Move during Needle Attack or Needle Dash	Kirby rolls around like a ball and is able to catch enemies and objects with his spikes. As Kirby rolls, he gradually slows down, however catching enemies and objects also briefly speeds him up.
Needle Jump	A during Needle Ball	Kirby jumps while in ball form, allowing him to clear small ledges or hit high-up enemies.
Roll Up and Throw	Release B after Needle Ball	Kirby tosses any enemies or objects stuck to his spikes ahead of him.

Flavor text

Image	Game	Flavor text
	Kirby and the Forgotten Land	Figure description: Pointy, spiky clutter all rolled up into a ball? It's needles upon needles! What a powerful weapon! Roll forward, then release to send sharp clutter flying out around you. OUCH! Weapons-Shop Waddle Dee: With the Needle ability, you can extend your roll a bit by picking up enemies and blocks as you go. Let go of B to throw stuck objects and enemies in front of you as powerful projectiles! The Needle ability will also let you roll through strong winds. It's so versatile!

Trivia

• This ability is reminiscent of the Needle-Needle Power Combo from Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, which also involves lots of different pointy objects attached to Kirby.
• In the parameter file for Blueprint hints, Clutter Needle is referred to as "BalloonfishNeedle" rather than its usual internal name "JunkNeedle" for one of the values, indicating that maybe in early development, it was instead based on a pufferfish.

Gallery

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  Figure of Clutter Needle

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  Treasure Road artwork

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  Clutter Needle Kirby traversing Windy, Freezing Seas

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  Clutter Needle Kirby grabbing enemies as he rolls in Roll Up and Throw! Clutter Needle Trial

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ジャンクニードル Janku Nīdoru	Junk Needle
Traditional Chinese	廢品針 Fèipǐn Zhēn	Junk Needle
Simplified Chinese	废品针 Fèipǐn Zhēn
Dutch	Zooiprikker	Mess poking
French	Aiguille méli-mélo	Mish-mash needle
German	Krimskrams-Igel	Bits and pieces-Hedgehog
Italian	Spino pasticcio	Messy needle
Korean	정크 니들 Jungkeu Nideul	Junk Needle
Spanish	Erizo cachivaches	Junk hedgehog