Fight Crab

Fight Crab (カニノケンカ) is a 2020 3D fighting video game developed by Nussoft. It is a weapons-based fighter involving crabs in the real world, with the player's goal being that of flipping their opponents onto their backs to deliver a finishing blow.^[2]

Fight Crab
Developer(s)	Nussoft
Publisher(s)	Playism (Steam) Calappa Games (Itch.io/Booth) Mastiff (Switch) Winning Starters (Android) Pujjia8 (iOS)
Platform(s)	Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch, Windows
Release	Windows WW: July 30, 2020 Nintendo Switch WW: September 15, 2020 Mobile WW: November 2021[1]
Genre(s)	Fighting
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Gameplay

Gameplay screenshot

There are 23 different species of crustacean as well as 48 weapons and a variety of game modes as the player's giant-sized crab battles against rivals.^[3] Fight Crab also has a multiplayer mode.^[4]

Development and release

The game was developed by Japanese indie studio Calappa Games, or Nussoft, under Masafumi Onuki. Onuki has stated that the game was inspired by Dark Souls.^[5] Fight Crab was released as early access on the Steam platform in August 2019^[2] before its full release on July 30, 2020. It was later ported and released on the Nintendo eShop, and later on the App Store and Play Store.

Reception and legacy

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
Metacritic	60/100[6]

Review score

Publication	Score
Famitsu	29/40[7]

Reception

Fight Crab received "mixed or average" critical reviews according to aggregator Metacritic.

A sequel, Fight Crab 2, was released as early access on Steam in February 2024.^[8]

References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20211203155659/https://ucngame.com/news/fight-crab-now-available/
2. Baird, Scott (2019-08-13). "Fight Crab Is Now In Early Access, In Case You Like Games With Fighting Crabs". TheGamer. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
3. Murray, Sean (2020-07-30). "Fight Crab, The Game Where You Play As Giant, Violent Crabs, Leaves Early Access On Steam". TheGamer. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
4. "Review: Fight Crab (Switch) - The First Rule Of Fight Crab Is That It's Fine To Talk About Fight Crab". Nintendo Life. 2020-09-15. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
5. Crowley, Nate (2020-08-24). "Fight Crab, the game about fighting crabs, was inspired by Dark Souls". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
6. "Fight Crab Reviews". Metacritic.
7. https://www.famitsu.com/games/t/38662/reviews/
8. Ogilvie, Tristan (2023-09-22). "Fight Crab 2 is a Clumsy, Chaotic, and Utterly Compelling Clash of Crustaceans". IGN. Retrieved 2024-10-28.

External links

• Official website