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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 showed 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 ''[[DC Universe Online]]'', one of the achievements that can be earned by players involves dealing a large amount of damage to enemy players in Player Versus Player matches, the achievement is titled "Attack the Weak Point For Massive Damage".
-*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
-*In the [[PlayStation 3]] and [[Xbox 360]] game [[Borderlands]], there is a boss named Crawmerax the Invincible. It is a giant crab that can only take damage from shots to its "critical hit points."
-* 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 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|''Pokémon Diamond'' and ''Pearl'']] and ''[[Pokémon Platinum]]'', a member of the villainous Team Galactic threatens "causing massive damage to [[Professor Rowan]]'s assistant".
-**Also, in their Nintendo Wii counterpart, [[Pokémon Battle Revolution]], [[Rodger Parsons|the announcer]] says, "Guillotine does massive damage!" if that move (which has 30% accuracy and instantly KO's the opponent) hits. Some of the Pokémon that can learn the move are based on crabs.
-*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 [[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion]] there are measly enemies known as Mudcrabs. There is a cave known as Green Mead cave where a giant version of one of these creatures exist (the only one in the game), but it is still simply named "Mudcrab."
-* In [[Sanctum (2011 video game)|Sanctum]] there is an achievement for 5000 weak spot hits titled "Giant Enemy Crab".<ref>{{cite web |url= http://sanctum.wikia.com/wiki/Achievements |title= Sanctum Achievements |accessdate= 2011-11-16}}</ref>
-*In the Nintendo Wii game [[Mega Man 10]], a Giant Enemy Crab robot known as [[Crab Puncher]] is the boss of the second wily stage, Using the weapon Commando Bomb in the area where Crab Puncher fires it bubbles, creates massive damage in it's weak point which are it's eyes on the sides of the blast radius from the bomb.
-== References ==
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