Playstation 3
| Playstation 3 |
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| Original YTMND: |
| Metal Gear Solid Giant Enemy Crab Battle |
| by xSerothx |
| May 17, 2006 |
| Worthy Spinoffs: |
The PlayStation 3 has been the inspiration for series of mini-fads. The first PS3 sites were made in mockery of the "boomerang" controller as shown at E3 2005. In 2006 this design was withdrawn, but another wave of sites about the Sony machine appeared. In the summer, the front page was for a short time loaded with sites making fun of Sony Executive Kaz Hirai's infamous "Riiiiidge Racer" speech and the ridiculous Genji 2 "Giant Enemy Crab" presentation from the Sony press conference at E3. In recent times, most PS3 sites have been console-war propaganda.
Fad origins
When the PS3 was first unveiled at E3 2005, it featured a controller with a shape variously described as being like a banana, a boomerang, and a lady's plaything. Naturally, YTMNDers were quick to capitalize on such comedy gold and a number of sites were made at the expense of this peripheral. Due to the generally derisive reaction to this controller, the design was withdrawn the following year, leaving the many YTMNDs about it obsolete.
Mini-fad list
The fad can be broken down into various sub-fads:
- Giant Enemy Crab (or Massive Damage); A Sony producer was giving out details regarding their latest action game, Genji 2 (then called Genji 2). He explained that the entire game was based on real events in Japanese history, but the level he played afterwards suggested that, instead, he meant events based on Japanese mythology. Among those features appearing less than historical were real time weapon changing, magical pillar weapons, and the notorious Giant Enemy Crab.
- Ridge Racer; During another segment of the conference, Kaz was discussing the game Ridge Racer for the PSP and went haywire, saying "It's Ridge Racer. RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDGE RAACEERR!".
- 599 US Dollars; The price tag of the PlayStation 3 as announced by Kaz Hirai himself.
Fad components
This fad includes, most commonly, these portions of his presentation:
- "Genji 2 is an action game which is based on Japanese history. Er... being based on history, the um... stages of the game will also be based on famous battles which took -- actually took place in ancient Japan."
- "So here's this Giant Enemy Crab, and you attack its weak point for massive damage."
- "I'll flip it on its back."
- "The team at Game Republic has come back to us with a bunch of great new features for this game. Including such features as real-time weapon change and real-time character change."
- "Which can only be made possible with the power of the PlayStation 3."
