Giant Enemy Crab
Giant Enemy Crab is an Internet meme [citation needed] created in video game forums in the year of 2006. It achieved notable popularity in the gaming press and also referenced by video game developers. [citation needed]
== History ==[citation needed] The meme originated during the demonstration [citation needed] of Genji: Days of the Blade at the Sony 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 ancient Japan".[citation needed] Almost immediately after this was spoken, the gameplay demonstrated contained a boss battle against, in his own words, a "giant enemy crab." [citation needed] Popular memes originating from the Genji demonstration included the game features described such as "You attack its weak point for massive damage" [citation needed] and "Real-time... weapon change" (neither of which were large advancements in video gaming by any means). In IGN's E3 2006 wrap-up, they listed a number of Genji 2 quotes. [1]
Another phrase that turned into an internet meme [citation needed] from this conference [citation needed] was Kaz Hirai's infamous shouting of "It's Ridge Racer! [citation needed] Riiiiidge Racer!" [citation needed], when referring to the downloadable PlayStation games from the PlayStation Network. [citation needed]
References in other games
There have been many references to this meme in other games and pop culture:
- The Playstation 3 game [citation needed] Motorstorm has a set of races under the name "Giant Enemy Crab"
- The Xbox 360 game Viva Piñata makes fun [citation needed] of the quotes "real-time weapon change" and "massive damage" [2].
- The Nintendo DS game Contact also makes a reference [3].
- Pokémon Diamond and Pearl featured Team Galactic grunts threatening to do "Massive Damage" to an important character.
- Final Fantasy V Advance (for the Gameboy Advance), and the strategy guide made for it, also make a reference [citation needed].
- The demo version of MotorStorm features a "massive damage" reference [4]. , while the final version of the game featured an event called Giant Enemy Crab. The monstrous crabs in the trailer are giant Heike crabs. [citation needed]
- God Hand makes a reference in a level in stage 2 titled "Giant Enemy Crane", and contains a racing dog named "Massive Damage".
- The PlayStation Network game Super Stardust HD finishes its credits with the message "May all your Giant Enemy Crabs belong to your weak spot for massive damage." [citation needed]
- A Giant Enemy Crab is an enemy in the game Brave Story: New Traveler.[citation needed]
- The description of one skill in Granado Espada reads as "Impales an enemy weak spot for massive damage".[citation needed]
- Virtua Fighter 5's character Brad Burns, under the screen name of Renato F. in quest mode, states as his personal quote "Weak Point Massive Damage".[citation needed]
- In Heavenly Sword, Kai interrogates an enemy commander for a password that she needs. When the commander declines, she points her repeating crossbow at his groin and says "Perhaps I'll hit your weak point...for massive damage!" at which point the commander quickly relents.[citation needed]
- In the game Monster Hunter Freedom 2 there is a quest named 'Giant enemy crab', [citation needed]where you must battle a crab-like enemy.
- In the game Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai - Another Road the description of the last challenge says "Cause massive damage!"
References
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IGN (2006-5-22). "E3 2006: Thanks for the Memories". Retrieved 2007-07-27 [citation needed].
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ Miller, Ross (2006-11-29). "Viva Pinata takes stab at Genji jokes". Retrieved 2007-07-16.
- ^ "Contact is pretty much what I expected". Retrieved 2007-07-16.
- ^ "The first 10 minutes: Demo of Motorstorm". 2006-11-23. Retrieved 2007-07-16.
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