Crab
- This article is about the generic species. For other instances of the name, see Crab (disambiguation).
| Crab | |||
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 A crab in Super Mario 3D World | |||
| First appearance | Golf: Japan Course (1987) | ||
| Latest appearance | Mario & Luigi: Brothership (2024) | ||
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Crabs in the Super Mario franchise are crustaceans portrayed either in the same way as their real-life counterparts or as enemies.
HistoryEdit
Golf: Japan CourseEdit
In Golf: Japan Course, a smiling crab that greatly resembles a Sidestepper appears on the save menu.
Donkey Kong Country television seriesEdit
In the Donkey Kong Country television series episode "Get a Life, Don't Save One," Dixie Kong owns a pet crab named Crabby. It is never actually seen on-screen, but it causes large amounts of havoc in the episode regardless.
Mario Kart seriesEdit
Crabs in Mario Kart 64 are obstacles on Koopa Troopa Beach, where they walk left and right, occasionally stopping to rapidly clack their claws, and can make drivers spin out on contact.
In later installments, they are redesigned to more resemble Sidesteppers with visible mouths and upwards-pointing eyestalks; starting in Mario Kart DS, they have the features of Sidesteppers while keeping their green eyes, yellow-tipped claws, and behavior and animations, and this new design is explicitly given to Sidesteppers in Paper Mario: The Origami King. Despite this, they are always referred to as カニ (Kani, crab) within the context of the Mario Kart series in Japan rather than the more specialized names used for Sidesteppers in other contemporary games. The English translations vary on whether they are called crabs or Sidesteppers, with Mario Kart DS referring to them as "crabs" and Mario Kart World calling them "Sidesteppers."
Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Advance)Edit
Crabs in the Game Boy Advance version of Donkey Kong Country are interactive creatures in the Funky's Fishing minigame, where a crab appears randomly and scurries across the bottom of the water rather quickly. Multiple crabs can appear in one go, and catching them usually gives enough points for an automatic level up. When playing Funky's Fishing in the main game mode, only one crab can appear, and catching it has no effect on the score; however, if the crab is caught successfully, Funky Kong will give Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong a Photograph after the minigame ends. The crab does not appear again afterward.
Mario & Luigi seriesEdit
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga / Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's MinionsEdit
Crabs in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga live in Oho Oasis, where they can be jumped on or hammered to bury them halfway into the sand, but they get back up if Mario and Luigi leave and reenter wherever they are located. One of the bosses is a crab, Hermie III.
Mario & Luigi: Dream TeamEdit
Hermit crabs in Mario & Luigi: Dream Team are the main focus of the Mole Hunt game, where they must be dug up using the Mole Mario technique.
Mario & Luigi: BrothershipEdit
During the introduction of Mario & Luigi: Brothership, crabs resembling fiddler crabs with the same coloration as Sidesteppers are found on the beach of the island Mario lands on after being transported to Concordia. While Mario is unconscious, one crab snaps at Mario's nose, causing him to wake up in pain.
Yoshi's Crafted WorldEdit
Yoshi's Crafted World has various crab crafts found in the levels Many Fish in the Sea and Slip-Slide Isle. While the big ones in the ocean floor are made from plastic cups, cut paper and plastic straws, the small ones by the icy sea are made of marker caps, clothespins and pipecleaners. All of these crab crafts appear to have googly eyes.
Super Mario seriesEdit
Super Mario 3D World / Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's FuryEdit
Tiny crabs in Super Mario 3D World and Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury are minor interactive elements. Two of them first appear in a sandy portion in Super Bell Hill, where they are stationary at first, but they begin to run in a certain direction when approached until they jump into the sand.
Super Mario OdysseyEdit
- Main article: Small animal
Small crabs in Super Mario Odyssey appear as wildlife in the Lake Kingdom, the Seaside Kingdom, and the Mushroom Kingdom. In the Lake and Mushroom Kingdoms, they are pink, and in the Seaside Kingdom, they are yellow. Like the other small animals, they will flee if Mario approaches them, and following them for an extended period of time causes them to burrow into the sand, often leaving behind a coin.
A pink crab from the Lake Kingdom
Two yellow crabs from the Seaside Kingdom
GalleryEdit
Mario Kart 64
Mario Kart 64
Names in other languagesEdit
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | カニ[1] Kani |
Crab | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 螃蟹[2] Pángxiè |
Crab | |
| French | Crabe[?] | Crab | |
| German | Krabbe[?] | Crab | |
| Italian | Granchio[?] | Crab; shared with Sidestepper | |
| Spanish | Cangrejo[?] | Crab |
NotesEdit
- In Super Mario Sunshine, one of the islands neighboring Isle Delfino, seen in the opening cinematic, is shaped like a crab. Additionally, a crab is visible in one piece of artwork for the game.
ReferencesEdit
- ^ 1996. マリオカート64 (Mario Kāto Rokujūyon) instruction booklet. Nintendo (Japanese). Page 27.
- ^ iQue (2003). 马力欧卡丁车 (Mǎlì'ōu Kǎdīngchē) instruction booklet. iQue (Simplified Chinese). Page 27.