The Cursed Needles are equipment used by the monkey army controlled by Zeman. This equipment is used to trap and control creatures from Minus, and is also responsible for the "Minus Curse". In the English version, the staves armed with this needle were called Minus Staves. While it appears as a Plus sign, it reverses all that is caused while in Minus mode. If two Cursed Needles in Minus mode touch each other, they will cancel each other out, changing into Plus mode, then explode. "Zeman the Ape King" and "Magician Ape" also use this equipment.