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-'''Giant Enemy Crab''' is an [[Internet meme]] created in [[video game culture|video game forums]] in 2006. It achieved notable popularity in the gaming press and was also referenced by [[video game developer]]s.
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-== History ==
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-The meme originated during the demonstration of ''[[Genji: Days of the Blade]]'' at the [[Sony]] [[Electronic Entertainment Expo|E3]] 2006 press conference. The producer Bill Ritch claimed that ''Genji 2''{{'}}s epic battles were based on "famous battles which actually took place in [[Genpei War|ancient Japan]]." Almost immediately after this was spoken, the gameplay footage demonstrated contained a [[Boss (video games)|boss battle]] against, in his own words, a "giant enemy [[crab]]." Popular memes originating from the ''Genji'' demonstration included the game features described such as "you attack its weak point for massive damage" and "real-time...weapon change," despite neither of these being at all new to video gaming, being staples of classic 1980s games such as ''[[Metroid]]''. In [[IGN]]'s E3 2006 wrap-up, they listed a number of ''Genji 2'' quotes.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uk.xbox360.ign.com/articles/709/709629p1.html  |title= E3 2006: Thanks for the Memories  |date= 2006-05-22  |accessdate= 2007-07-27  |last= IGN}}</ref>
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-== References in other games ==
-There have been many references to this meme in other games and pop culture:
-*In the [[PlayStation 3 ]] game, ''[[Heavenly Sword]]'', Kai considers "hitting your weak point for massive damage" in order to extract a password from an [[Non-player character|NPC]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tmr7NyBIBSc#t=2m28s |title= Cutscene from Fireworks level of Heavenly Sword |date= 2007-11-04 |accessdate= 2010-09-08 |last= Kim |first= Kim}}</ref>
-*The [[PlayStation Portable]] game ''[[Monster Hunter Freedom Unite]]'' has a mission called "The Giant Enemy Crab" in which players hunt and slay a giant crab monster called the Daimyo Hermitaur.
-* The [[Xbox 360]] game ''[[Viva Piñata]]'' pokes fun at the quotes "real-time weapon change" and "massive damage."<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.joystiq.com/2006/11/29/viva-pinata-takes-stab-at-genji-jokes/ |title= Viva Pinata takes stab at Genji jokes |date= 2006-11-29 |accessdate= 2007-07-16 |last= Miller |first= Ross}}</ref>
-* In the Nintendo DS game  ''[[Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia]]'', the boss named Brachyura is described as a "Giant Enemy Crab" <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0VbmJThXIQ |title= Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia #11- Boss- GIANT ENEMY CRAB BATTLE and Lighthouse |date= 2008-10-22 |accessdate= 2010-10-27}}</ref>
-*The [[PlayStation 2]] cult game ''[[God Hand]]'' features a stage named Giant Enemy Crane in which the player fights two autonomous [[Crane (machine)|cranes]].
-* The demo version of ''[[MotorStorm]]'' features a "massive damage" reference.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.gamersyde.com/news_3826_en.html |title= The first 10 minutes: Demo of Motorstorm |date= 2006-11-23 |accessdate= 2007-07-16}}</ref> Also, one of the races is titled "Giant Enemy Crab".
-* In a trailer for the PlayStation 3 game, ''[[LittleBigPlanet]]'', Giant Enemy Crabs can be seen in one of the levels.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.tomkiss.net/games/little-big-planet-now-with-giant-enemy-crabs/ |title= Little Big Planet: Now with GIANT ENEMY CRABS |date= 2008-07-23 |accessdate= 2008-07-23 |last= Kiss |first= Tom}}</ref>
-* In the ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' expansion, ''[[Wrath of the Lich King]]'', a quest in Dragonblight called "The Bait"<ref>[http://www.wowhead.com/quest=12016 The Bait - Quest - World of Warcraft<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> involves killing a Giant Enemy Crab.
-* The Nintendo DS game ''[[Scribblenauts]]'' allows the player to summon an enormous crab by typing in the phrase "giant enemy crab", "ancient japanese history" or "massive damage."<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.kotaku.com.au/2009/07/scribblenauts-in-action-with-giant-crab-eyeball/ |title= Scribblenauts In Action With Giant Crab, Eyeball |date= 2009-07-25 |accessdate= 2009-11-17|author= Brian Crecente}}</ref>
-*In [[RuneScape]], if the player talks to a giant pet crab while wearing a crab claw or crab helmet, it will say that it has no weak point and that you can't hit it for massive damage.
-*In the online game [[League of Legends]], the champion Urgot has a purchasable skin named "Giant Enemy Crabgot."
-*In the PlayStation Portable game ''[[The 3rd Birthday]]'', a mission objective states "Hit [the enemy's] weak spot for massive damage."
-*In the Nintendo DS games [[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl]], a member of the villainous Team Galactic threatens "causing massive damage to [[Professor Rowan]]'s assistant".
-*In [[No Time To Explain]], the first and major enemy the hero faces is a Giant Enemy Crab coming from the future.
-*In [[Guild Wars]], one of the monthly environmental effects for Player versus Player gameplay was named "Massive Damage"
-*In [[Borderlands]], the final and most difficult boss battle in the last expansion, Secret Armory of General Knoxx, is against Crawmerax the Invincible--a giant crablike creature which can only be damaged by critical hits to weak points in its armored shell.
-== References ==
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