Crabber
| Crabber | |
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.png) Artwork of a Blue Crabber from Super Mario Galaxy. | |
| First appearance | Super Mario Galaxy (2007) |
| Latest appearance | Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2025) |
Crabbers[1] are crab enemies from Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2. Their body shape is reminiscent of the king crab. Mario can defeat a Crabber by spinning at its rear; however, since Crabbers always try to face Mario, he has to run around it until the Crabber cannot keep up, or spin in its face or jump on it, forcing the Crabber to stop and defend itself with its pincer and allowing Mario to spin at its exposed backside to defeat it.
Crabbers come in two colors: red and blue. Red Crabbers are more numerous and aggressive than blue ones, so they are easier to defeat, as they come closer to damage Mario. They leave Star Bits behind when defeated. Blue Crabbers are harder to defeat as they retreat much quicker when Mario or Luigi is near them. They leave a 1-Up Mushroom behind when defeated.
History[edit]
Super Mario Galaxy[edit]
In Super Mario Galaxy, Crabbers can be found in certain galaxies containing sand. They walk sideways and try to defend their rear by facing the player when close. There is always a single Blue Crabber in any given group of Crabbers.
Appearances[edit]
marks missions where they are completely absent.
marks missions where they are loaded and may be visible, but cannot be encountered directly.
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Super Mario Galaxy 2[edit]
Crabbers reappear in Super Mario Galaxy 2. Yoshi can lick up Red Crabbers to spit out their big pincer in the same manner as a Spiny Egg or Bullet Bill. The pincer acts as a boomerang, as it flies out for some distance, then returns. The pincers are unable to destroy glass cases.
Several Crabbers also appear in a Prankster Comet mission of Boulder Bowl Galaxy, named Rolling Crabber Romp; as the planet this is on is made of hollow metal, they cannot burrow here. There are also three Blue Crabbers in this group.
Appearances[edit]
- marks missions where Crabbers are completely absent.
- marks missions where Crabbers are loaded and may be visible but cannot be encountered directly.
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| World 2 | Boulder Bowl Galaxy | |
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| World 4 | Starshine Beach Galaxy |  |
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| World 6 | Battle Belt Galaxy | |
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| World 2 | Boulder Bowl Galaxy | |
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| World 6 | Battle Belt Galaxy | |
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Gallery[edit]
In-game model of a Red Crabber from Super Mario Galaxy
Data-rendered model of a Red Crabber from Super Mario Galaxy
Data-rendered model of a Blue Crabber from Super Mario Galaxy
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Naming[edit]
Internal names[edit]
| Game | File | Name | Meaning
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| Super Mario Galaxy Super Mario Galaxy 2 |
ObjectData/Kanina.arc | Kanina | Kanina; applied to the blue Crabber |
| SystemData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl | KaninaRed | Transliteration of below | |
| Super Mario Galaxy 2 | StageData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl SystemData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl |
カニーナレッド (Kanīna Reddo) | Crabber Red |
Names in other languages[edit]
The contemporaneous name for each language is listed first. Subsequent names are listed in chronological order for each language, from oldest to newest, and have the media with which they are associated in the "notes" column. Names exclusive to localizations of the Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia are not prioritized due to concerns about circular reporting, and are only listed first for their respective languages if they are the only ones available.
Crabber[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | カニーナ[2][3][4] Kanīna |
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| Chinese (traditional) | 蟹蟹[5] Xièxiè (Mandarin) Háaihháaih (Cantonese) |
Repetition of「蟹」(xiè, "crab") | |
| French | Crustina[5][6][7] | From crustacé ("crustacean") and the diminutive suffix -ina | |
| German | Kanina[8][9] | Romanization of the Japanese name | |
| Italian | Grankyo[10][11] | Corruption of granchio ("crab") | |
| Korean | 크래비[5] Keuraebi |
From "크래브" (keuraebeu, "crab") and possibly the noun-forming suffix "~이" (-i) | |
| Spanish | Pinzón[5][12] | Augmentative form of pinza ("pincer") |
Red Crabber[edit]
"Red Crabber" or "Crabber (Red)" refers to a specific type of Crabber that is offensive and drops coins when defeated.
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | あかカニーナ[13] Aka Kanīna |
Red Crabber | |
| カニーナ（赤）[2][3][4] Kanīna (Aka) |
Crabber (Red) | ||
| French | Crustina (rouge)[7] | Crabber (red) | |
| German | Rote Kanina[8] | Red Crabber | |
| Kanina (rot)[9] | Crabber (red) | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia | |
| Italian | Grankyo Rosso[11][14] | Red Crabber | |
| Spanish | Pinzón roja[12] | Red Crabber |
Blue Crabber[edit]
"Blue Crabber" or "Crabber (Blue)" refers to a specific type of Crabber that is evasive and drops 1-Up Mushrooms when defeated.
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | あおカニーナ[13] Ao Kanīna |
Blue Crabber | |
| カニーナ（青）[2][3][4] Kanīna (Ao) |
Crabber (Blue) | ||
| French | Crustina (bleu)[7] | Crabber (blue) | |
| German | Blaue Kanina[8] | Blue Crabber | |
| Kanina (blau)[9] | Crabber (blue) | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia | |
| Italian | Grankyo Blu[11][14] | Blue Crabber | |
| Spanish | Pinzón azul[12] | Blue Crabber |
References[edit]
- ^ Browne, Catherine (May 23, 2010). Super Mario Galaxy 2: PRIMA Official Game Guide. Roseville: Random House Inc. ISBN 978-0-30746-907-6. Page 26.
- ^ a b c Watanabe, Takashi, Noriko Oketani, Geasen Ueno, Kiyotaka Iwaya, Tatsuhiko Mizutani, Kensaku Tanaka, Mizuho Nitta, Junko Fukuda, and Kunio Takayama, editors (2007). 『スーパーマリオギャラクシー: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-227115-9. Page 409.
- ^ a b c Tachibana, Tadashi, Isamu Horie, Shinji Kutsuzawa, Itaru Nakatani, Seishiro Fuwa, Kimihara Hongo, and Toshimune Suzuki (2010). 『スーパーマリオギャラクシー2 任天堂ゲーム攻略本』. Tokyo: ambit (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-8399-3630-3. Page 18.
- ^ a b c Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). 『スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 127, 159.
- ^ a b c d In-game name for "Rolling Crabber Romp" from Super Mario Galaxy 2.
- ^ Browne, Catherine (2010). Super Mario Galaxy 2 Prima le Guide Officiel. Translated by Yellow Media. Ligugé: Prima Games (French). ISBN 978-2-952-67394-5. Page 28.
- ^ a b c Ardaillon, Joanna, and Victoria Juillard-Huberty, editors (2018). Super Mario Encyclopedia. Translated by Fabien Nabhan. Toulon: Soleil Productions (French). ISBN 978-2-3020-7004-2. Page 127, 159.
- ^ a b c Browne, Catherine (2010). Super Mario Galaxy 2 Das offizielle Lösungsbuch. Translated by Andreas Kasprzak. Lübbecke: Grinning Cat Productions, Prima Games (German). ISBN 402-0-628-08787-6. Page 26.
- ^ a b c Scholz, Sabine, and Benjamin Spinrath, editors (2017). "Super Mario Galaxy" in Super Mario Encyclopedia - Die ersten 30 Jahre : 1985-2015. Translated by Yamada Hirofumi. Hamburg: Tokyopop (German). ISBN 978-3-8420-3653-6. Page 127.
- ^ In-game of "Rolling Crabber Romp" in Super Mario Galaxy 2.
- ^ a b c Browne, Catherine (2010). Super Mario Galaxy 2 Guida Strategica Ufficiale (Multiplayer.it Edizioni). Translated by Christian La Via Colli, Francesca Noto, and Virgina Petrarca. Terni: Multiplayer Edizioni, Prima Games (Italian). ISBN 9788863551198. Page 26.
- ^ a b c Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2017). "Super Mario Galaxy" in Enciclopedia Super Mario Bros. 30ª Aniversario. Translated by Gemma Tarrés. Barcelona: Editorial Planeta, S.A. (European Spanish). ISBN 978-84-9146-223-1. Page 127.
- ^ a b スーパーマリオギャラクシ | ヒストリー | マリオポータル. Nintendo (Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2025.
- ^ a b Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2018). Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Translated by Marco Amerighi. Milan: Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 127, 159.
