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{{Species-infobox
|image=[[File:Nid DKC3 artwork.jpg|250px]]<br>Artwork of a yellow Nid from ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''
|image=[[Image:NidArt.png]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' ([[1996]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance)|Donkey Kong Country 3]]'' ([[Game Boy Advance|GBA]]) ([[List of games by date#2005|2005]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!|Donkey Kong Country 3]]'' ([[Game Boy Advance]]) ([[2005]])
}}
}}
'''Nids''', also known as '''Springin' Spiders''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Power'' Volume 90|date=November 1996|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=American English|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.


== History ==
'''Nids''' are large spider-like creatures encountered in the game ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble]]'' and in its [[Game Boy]] sequel ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]''. Like [[Arich]], the name "Nid" comes from the word "arachnid." According to the game's credits, Nids belong to the "[[Terrorfirma Tuff Guys]]" enemy class.
===''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'' ===
[[File:Springin Spider SNES.png|thumb|left|A Nid in Springin' Spiders]]
In ''Donkey Kong Country 3'', Nids only appear in two levels of [[Kremwood Forest]], [[Barrel Shield Bust-Up]] and [[Springin' Spiders]]. Only one Nid appears in Barrel Shield Bust-Up, while Nids appear throughout Springin' Spiders. They either hop up and down in a fixed, vertical position or in an arc pattern. Nids appear in yellow and pink variations, with the yellow ones jumping around nonstop while the pink Nids only jump while being sat on. Dixie and Kiddy are usually required to be on a Nid so that it can carry 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.


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.
[[Image: NidPA.PNG|thumb|left|A '''Nid''', as seen in [[Dixie Kong's Photo Album]].]]
Nids are only encountered in the area [[Kremwood Forest]], where they are featured prominently in the level "[[Springin' Spiders]]". Nids spend most of their time hopping either up and down in place or in arcs. [[Dixie Kong]] and [[Kiddy Kong]] can take advantage of a Nid's hopping by leaping on the plank of wood located on the spider's back. The Nid will then allow the [[Kong]]s to reach greater heights.


===''Donkey Kong Land III''===
While yellow Nids constantly hop, almost never stopping, purple Nids only start hopping when the Kongs jump on their plank. Dixie Kong and Kiddy Kong must be careful when utilizing a Nid as the arachnid can cause the Kongs to end being knocked into an enemy, like a [[Buzz]].
Nids reappear in ''Donkey Kong Land III''. Because it was released on the [[Game Boy]], Nids do not have color variants, but their behavior is shared with the pink Nids from ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''. Nids appear under the "Baddies" group in the end credits.


==Gallery==
Yellow Nids were eliminated for ''Donkey Kong Land III'', and only purple Nids remain (although because of the graphical limitations, Nids really have no true color). Other than that, the Nids' purpose has remained the same.
<gallery widths=180>
Nid DKC3 yellow.png|''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'' sprite (yellow Nid)
Nid DKC3 purple.png|''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'' sprite (pink Nid)
Nid DKC3 Photo Album.png|In [[Dixie Kong's Photo Album]]
Nid DKLIII sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Land III'' sprite
Nid DKL3c sprite.png|''Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong'' sprite
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
Nids often break [[barrel]]s, even when they are in a Kong's hands.
{{foreign names
 
==Trivia==
*The credits of ''Donkey Kong Land III'' list Nids in the "Baddies" group, although in this game, it is not possible to be harmed while utilizing Nids.
 
== Names in Other Languages ==
{{Foreignname
|Jap=ニッド
|Jap=ニッド
|JapR=Niddo
|JapR=Niddo
|JapM=Nid
|JapM=Nid
|Ita=Aracnomolla
|ItaM=Arachno-spring
}}
}}
 
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==References==
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