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Revision as of 10:59, 11 July 2007
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Giant Enemy Crab is an Internet meme born in the video game forums and achieved notable popularity in the gaming press and also referenced by video games developers.
The origin was in the presentation of Genji: Days of the Blade at the Sony press conference at E3 2006 when the producer Bill Ritch, showing Genji at the press conference, claimed that Genji 2's battles are based on "famous battles which actually took place in Ancient Japan". The gameplay shown directly after saying this contained a "giant enemy crab" seemingly indicating that it has a more fantasy-based premise, rather than history-based. Popular memes from the portion include "You attack its weak point for massive damage!!" and "[...]Real-time[...]weapon change[...]"(which was not a huge advancement by any means). Memes also put Kaz Hirai saying "PS3 means real change..." directly before, "Genji is an action game based on famous battles which actually took place in Ancient Japan."; the irony of this is that action games based on Japanese history are numerous (and due to the fact that, of course, there were no "Giant Enemy Crabs" in Ancient Japan). In IGN's E3 2006 wrap-up, they listed a number of Genji 2 quotes.[citation needed]
References
There have references to this meme, including:
- The Xbox 360 game Viva Pinata makes fun of the "real-time weapon change" and the "massive damage!!" [1].
- The Nintendo DS game Contact also makes a reference [2].
- Final Fantasy V Advance (for the Gameboy Advance), and the strategy guide made for it, also make a reference [3].
![[3]](http://home.comcast.net/%7Edjsyndrome916/Massive_Damage.jpg){kind=link}
- The demo version of MotorStorm features a "massive damage" reference [4]. The final version of the game featured an event called Giant Enemy Crab
- God Hand makes a reference in a level in stage 2 titled "Giant Enemy Crane", and contains a racing dog named "Massive Damage".
- In Pokemon Battle Revolution the announcer says "Massive damage!" as one of his reactions to a Pokemon's attack.
- In The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion makes a referance as the player may find a "Giant Mudcrab" in the game.
Trivia
- The creator of Genji: Days of the Blade is allergic to crabs.[5]