Crabber
| Crabber | |
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 Artwork of a cyan Crabber from Super Mario Galaxy. | |
| First appearance | Super Mario Galaxy (2007) |
| Latest appearance | Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020) |
Crabbers[1] are crab enemies from Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2. They appear to be inspired by the fiddler crab, which is known for having a claw larger than the other. 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 cyan. Red Crabbers are more numerous and aggressive than cyan ones, so they are easier to defeat, as they come closer to damage Mario. They leave Star Bits behind when defeated. Cyan 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 cyan 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 cyan Crabbers in this group.
Appearances[edit]
- marks missions where Big Gringills are completely absent.
- marks missions where Big Gringills 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 cyan Crabber from Super Mario Galaxy
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Additional names[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]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | カニーナ[2] Kanīna |
From「蟹」(kani, crab) and the Italian/Spanish diminutive suffix "-ina" | |
| カニーナ（青）[3] Kanīna (ao) |
Crabber (Blue) | ||
| カニーナ（赤）[3] Kanīna (aka) |
Crabber (Red) | ||
| Chinese | 蟹蟹[?] Xièxiè |
Repetition of「蟹」(xiè, "crab") | |
| French | Crustina[?] | From crustacé ("crustacean") and Italian/Spanish diminutive suffix -ina | |
| German | Kanina[?] | From the Japanese name | |
| Italian | Grankyo[?] | Pun on granchio ("crab") | |
| Korean | 크래비[?] Keuraebi |
From 크래브 (keuraebeu, "crab") and possibly the noun-forming suffix ~이 (-i) | |
| Spanish | Pinzón[?] | Augmentative form of pinza ("pincer") |
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.
- ^ Super Mario Galaxy internal filename (StageData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl) / Super Mario Galaxy 2 internal filename (SystemData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl); the equivalent string of "Kanina" (en_name) is「カニーナ」(jp_name)
- ^ a b Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors. (October 19, 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 and 159.
