Editing Sidestepper

|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]'' ([[List of games by date#2021|2021]])

|comparable=[[Crab]]<br>[[Crabble]]

'''Sidesteppers''', also known as '''Crabs''',<ref>''Super Mario Bros. 3'' English instruction booklet, page 24.</ref><ref>''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'' instruction booklet, page 39.</ref><ref>''Mario Kart DS'' Mission Mode: 4-2</ref> are irritable [[crab]]s that scuttle about. First appearing in ''[[Mario Bros. (game)|Mario Bros.]]'', they typically appear in roles that call back to that game, and otherwise typically make simple cameos. They also occasionally appear in the ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'' series, taking the role that generic crabs have in ''[[Mario Kart 64]]''.

|footer=Sidesteppers as they appear in various different versions of ''Mario Bros.''

 

[[File:Sidestepper Perfect.png|thumb|150px|Artwork of a Sidestepper from the ''[[Perfect Edition of the Great Mario Character Encyclopedia]]''.]]

The Sidestepper is the second enemy that the Mario Bros. encounter in the game ''[[Mario Bros. (game)|Mario Bros.]]''. Sidesteppers emerge from the pipes and walk towards the bottom of the screen. When hit from below, the Sidestepper becomes angry and speeds up. Mario or Luigi must hit the Sidestepper from below a second time to flip it over, then run into it to defeat it. If left alone, the Sidestepper will change its color to blue and flip over, making it move faster. If left alone a second time, the Sidestepper will be purple. If the last target in a phase is a Sidestepper, it will automatically turn purple. Sidesteppers also appear in all reissues of ''Mario Bros.'', where their colors vary from the original version.{{br|left}}

In ''[[Mario Bros. Special]]'', a Japan-only semi-sequel by [[Hudson Soft]], Sidesteppers reappear but behave differently. The only way to stun them is for Mario and Luigi to bounce on a shared trampoline or conveyor belt. They do not change color or move faster after recovering. It is also possible to force them to respawn from the top pipes if a brother jumps next to or over them while hitting a platform above them.

In Hudson Soft's other semi-sequel, ''[[Punch Ball Mario Bros.]]'', the Sidesteppers can only be stunned by hitting the [[POW Block]] or throwing a [[Punch Ball]] at them. Unlike in ''Mario Bros.'' where the Sidesteppers have six forms, this game only has two. If they recover or become the last target enemy, they will turn green with an angry face and move faster.

[[File:Sidestepper Artwork - Mario Clash.png|thumb|150px|Artwork of a Sidestepper from ''[[Mario Clash]]''.]]

In ''[[Mario Clash]]'', Sidesteppers come out of pipes and scuttle forwards. To defeat them, the player should hit them in the front or back with a [[Green Shell|Turtle Shell]] to turn it angry and sideways, then hit them on the front or back again with another shell. Due to them changing direction, the first hit needs to come from the same layer they are on and the second needs to come from the other layer. After a while, an angry Sidestepper calms down and faces the way it moves again.

Sidesteppers also appear in Hudson Soft's ''[[Super Mario Bros. Special]]''. Here they are credited as '''Chokichoki''', which translates to "Snip-Snip" in Japanese, referencing the sounds they make when they open and close their claws. They first appear in World 4-2 and function like a [[Spiny]] except they could be defeated by bumping the block under them.

Sidesteppers, referred to as Crabs, appear in the multiplayer Battle Mode of ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', as well as the remake of the game in ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]''. Unlike other enemies, they have the same graphics as the NES release of ''Mario Bros.'' in the former version, due to already resembling their arcade sprites.

In ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'', when approaching [[Clawgrip]], a short cutscene shows he is a Crab, transformed into Clawgrip by some of [[Wart]]'s magic bubbles.

Sidesteppers appear in ''Luigi Bros.''; an additional game featured in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' and its [[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury|Nintendo Switch port]]. Like the other enemies in ''Luigi Bros.'', Sidesteppers behave in the same way as ''Mario Bros.'', which this game is based on.

[[File:Sidestepper MK8D.jpg|thumb|left|A Sidestepper in ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'']]

[[File:Bull Wario sign MK7.png|thumb|right|Sidesteppers in {{classic|3DS|Wario Shipyard}}]]

In the [[Mario Kart (series)|''Mario Kart'' series]], Sidesteppers can be found on beach stages where they walk left and right, replacing the generic [[crab]]s from ''Mario Kart 64''. They sometimes appear with yellow highlights on their claws. Driving into Sidestepper makes the player's kart spin around. If a Sidestepper is hit with a [[Bullet Bill]], [[shell]], [[Super Star|star]], or [[Bob-omb]], it flips over and disappears.

In ''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]'', Sidesteppers appear in [[GBA Shy Guy Beach|Shy Guy Beach]] and [[GBA Cheep-Cheep Island|Cheep-Cheep Island]].

In ''[[Mario Kart DS]]'', they appear in [[DS Cheep Cheep Beach|Cheep Cheep Beach]] and [[DS Palm Shore|Palm Shore]]. There are missions where they are referred to simply as Crabs.

In ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'', they appear in {{classic|GBA|Shy Guy Beach}}. During August 2009's first Competition, the player actually had to take out a certain number of Sidesteppers with items.

In ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'', Sidesteppers appear in [[3DS Cheep Cheep Lagoon|Cheep Cheep Lagoon]], [[3DS Wario Shipyard|Wario Shipyard]], {{classic-link|N64|Koopa Troopa Beach|Koopa Beach}}, and {{classic|DS|Palm Shore}}.

Sidesteppers return in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' on the {{classic-link|DS|Cheep Cheep Beach}} course.

Sidesteppers return in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'', on 3DS Cheep Cheep Lagoon, N64 Koopa Troopa Beach, [[Los Angeles Laps]], 3DS Wario Shipyard, and the T variant of [[SNES Koopa Troopa Beach 2]]. In certain bonus challenges, there are [[Big Sidestepper|bigger variants]].

In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'', Crabs make a cameo appearance running in the background and foreground during the battle with [[Hermie III]]. In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]'', they are replaced by [[Huckit Crab]]s. They also appear in the ''Mario Bros.'' game included in the original game. This time, if they are flipped while red and are left alone, they become green. Doing it again makes them blue. If one is the last enemy of a phase, it will turn blue.

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|Sidesteppers in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' (left) and a closer view of a red one (right).

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In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', Sidesteppers appear on the [[Mario Bros. (stage)|Mario Bros. stage]]. Sidesteppers walk out of the pipes at the top of the screen. Players can hit them from below to flip them over, and pick them up to throw at opponents. If a player is hit by a thrown Sidestepper, they fly sideways off the screen.

All three Sidestepper variations also appear as a [[Trophy (Super Smash Bros. series)|trophy]]. There is also a Sidestepper [[Sticker (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)|sticker]] that, when used on a fighter in [[Super Smash Bros. Brawl#The Subspace Emissary|The Subspace Emissary]], boosts the strength of leg-based attacks by eight points. Both the trophy and the sticker can be obtained when they show up at random in Vs. matches, Adventure Mode, or other modes of the game.

====''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U''====

 

With the inclusion of the Mario Bros. stage in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', Sidesteppers return as hazards, acting the same way as in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''. A Sidestepper also appears as a Novice-class support [[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]], which grants the user more speed in battle at the expense of initial 30% damage. In [[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate#Adventure|World of Light]], the spirit is located in the retro maze on the east side of the Light Realm map. To obtain it, the player has to win a fight against a team of twelve [[Mr. Game & Watch]] on the Mario Bros. stage.

 

Sidesteppers, along with other enemies from ''Mario Bros.'', appear in some of the challenges and remixes based on ''Mario Bros.'' as enemies and stage objectives.

Sidesteppers make their ''Paper Mario'' series debut in ''[[Paper Mario: The Origami King]]'', where origami red and blue Sidesteppers appear as enemies. The blue Sidesteppers now have the same modern design as their regular red variants used from ''Mario Kart DS'' onwards. Sidesteppers are commonly found in the [[Water Vellumental Shrine]], [[the Great Sea]], the [[Ice Vellumental Mountain]], the [[Sea Tower]], and [[? Island]]. One group is also fought on [[Full Moon Island|Crescent Moon Island]] after being fished out of the sea and releases an [[Earth Vellumental]] [[Magic Circle]] upon being defeated. In battle, the Sidestepper's claws act as spikes, preventing them from being jumped on without Iron Boots, but can be damaged with [[Fire Flower]]s, [[Ice Flower]]s, and [[List of Paper Mario: The Origami King weapons#Hammers|Hurlhammer]]s, as well as being flipped over by POW Blocks. On the ? Island, they can be stunned with a POW Block, but turn blue if left alone for a period of time, similar to ''Mario Bros.''

===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===

;''Super Mario Bros. 3''

'''<big>カニキチ</big>'''<br>

'''種族''' アクア族<br>

'''性格''' 怒りっぽい<br>

'''登場ゲーム''' 3（バトルゲーム）<br>

'''<big>余分にたたかないよう注意</big>'''<br>

1回パンチをくらうと怒りガニに変身しスピードが速くなる。2回パンチでひっくり返るが、復活すると猛スピードの青ガニにさらに変身。ひっくり返したらすぐにけとばそう。<ref name=Daijiten2>''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''. [http://imgur.com/a/UvABP Page 52.]</ref>

'''''<big>Sidestepper</big>'''''<br>

''Tribe: Aqua clan''<br>

''Disposition: Quick to take offense''<br>

''Game appearances: 3 (Battle Game)''<br>

'''''<big>Be careful not to beat excessively</big>'''''<br>

 

'''<big>カニさん</big>'''<br>

'''登場ゲーム''' ブラザー<br>

'''<big>ここがカニキチと違とぞ</big>'''<br>

カニキチのお父さんというべき、このカニさん。こちらも1回たたくと、怒りガニに変|身するぞ。しかも、復活してからのスピードアップの回数が多い。<ref name=Daijiten>''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''. [http://imgur.com/a/UvABP Page 53.]</ref>

 

''Tribe: Aqua clan''<br>

''Disposition: Quick to take offense''<br>

''Game appearances: Bros.''<br>

'''''<big>This is where we differ from regular Sidestepper.</big>'''''<br>

''This crab should be called the father of the Sidesteppers. This one, too, will transform into an angry crab after you hit it once. Moreover, it speeds up many times after it revives.''

;Instruction Booklets

*'''Japanese:''' はさみが盾になって甲らをはね返す。弱点の腹をねらおう。(''The claws act as a shield to repel the shell. Aim at the weak point, the belly.'')<ref name=kuwatoro/>

*'''English:''' ''His scissor claws will block a thrown shell. His only weakness is to hit him in the stomach.''<ref>''Mario Clash'' English instruction booklet. Page 21.</ref>

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|align=center|'''NES''' ''Mario Bros.''

|rowspan=2|''Crabby enemies taken on by Mario and Luigi. One bump from below wouldn't flip them over, but rather anger them so they moved faster. These pests had to be bumped twice before they could be upended and kicked off the stage. If left alone after being turned upside down, or if there was one left, their speed would increase. They went by the basic name of "crabs" in Japan.''

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|''Mario Bros.''

|[Leg] - Attack +8  

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===''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'' trophy===

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|'''ARCADE''' Mario Bros. <br>'''GBA''' Super Mario Advance  

|align=left|Can you guess how this crab-like enemy moves? The name might give you a clue. But Mario could be in for a surprise when he punches one from below&ndash;instead of flipping over, it starts sidestepping even faster! Oh, Mario, did you make it angry? Don't worry&ndash;a second punch should calm it down...or at least knock it on its head.

|align=left|Any guesses for how this crab-like enemy moves? The name might give you a clue. Mario could be in for a surprise when he punches one from below - instead of flipping over, it starts sidestepping even faster! Oh, Mario, did you make it angry? Don't worry - a second punch should calm it down...or at least knock it on its head.

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===''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'' spirit===

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|''Mario Bros.'' Series

|Support (1)

|Novice

|Trade-Off Speed ↑

|World of Light (Light Realm)

|[[Mr. Game & Watch]] ×12

|align=left|'''Rule:''' Move Speed ↑

|[[Mario Bros. (stage)|Mario Bros.]]

|Mario Bros.

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==Game appearances==

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MB Sidestepper Artwork.png|''[[Mario Bros. (game)|Mario Bros.]]''

MKT Sidestepper Model.png|''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''

|Jap=サイドステッパー<br>''Saidosuteppā''<br>カニさん<br>''Kani-san''<br>カニ<span class="explain" title="きち">吉</span><ref>「任天堂公式ガイドブック　スーパーマリオコレクション」 (''Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – Super Mario Collection''), page 282.</ref><br>カニきち<ref name=Daijiten2/><br>''Kanikichi''<br>カニ<ref>https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/mariobros/index.html</ref><br>''Kani''<br>クワトロ<ref name=kuwatoro>[https://files.virtual-boy.com/manual/956714/mc_jpn_im_21.jpg ''Mario Clash'' Japanese instruction booklet], page 19.</ref><br>''Kuwatoro''

|JapM=Sidestepper<br><br>Crab{{wp|Japanese honorifics#San|-san}}<br><br>From「カニ」(''kani'', crab) and「吉」(''-kichi'', a common suffix for male names)<br><br>Crab<br><br>Quattro (the Italian word for "four")

|ChiS=螃蟹<ref>''Super Mario Advance'' Chinese instruction booklet, page 46.</ref> (''Super Mario Advance'')<br>''Pángxiè''<br>阿蟹 (''Paper Mario: The Origami King'')<br>''Ā Xiè''

|ChiSM=Crab<br><br>From "阿" (''ā'', a common prefix) and "蟹" (''xiè'', crab)

|ChiT=阿蟹

|ChiTM=From "阿" (''ā'', a common prefix) and "蟹" (''xiè'', crab)

|SpaAM=From ''flanco'' (flank) and ''cangrejo'' (crab)

|Fra=Zarbipas

|FraM="Zarbi" is backslang for "bizarre", and "pas" means "step"

|FraE=Crabe<br>Crab

|FraEM=Crab<br>Crab

|Ita=Granchio (''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' trophy, ''Paper Mario: The Origami King'')<br>Granchietto (''Mario Bros.'' GBA)

|ItaM=Crab<br>Small crab

|KorR=Ge-Nim

|KorM=Mister Crab

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