Archive EntryPreservation Record

Fight Crab

Shelf markLIB-0232

Editorial StandingCatalogued · Permanent Record

2020Game

Catalog Information

Original Title: カニノケンカ -Fight Crab-
Release: 2020 (PC, July · Nintendo Switch, Japan, August 20)
Developer: Calappa Games
Publisher: Mastiff
Platform: Nintendo Switch
Region: Region-free · Japanese edition with English text · HAC-P-AWPNC
Medium: Nintendo Switch game card · Japanese retail edition
Subjects: Fighting · Physics · Comedy · Indie · Import · Preservation

Archival Status

Custody: Permanent archive holding
Reference Copy: Nintendo Switch game card in retail case
Filed: October 5, 2026

Curator Notes

Fight Crab is a physics-driven fighting game in which crabs armed with swords, guns, and anything else at hand try to flip one another onto their backs — the loser cooked. It was developed by Calappa Games, the one-person studio formerly known as Nussoft. It released on PC in July 2020, and Mastiff issued the Nintendo Switch version physically in Japan on August 20, 2020, with English text on the card.

Collection Documentation

The retained object is Mastiff’s Japanese retail edition of Fight Crab on a Nintendo Switch game card, with English text. Dedicated artifact views of the individual copy have not yet been filed; the gallery below is held open for that documentation.

Preservation Notes

Access Hardware: Nintendo Switch; compatible Nintendo Switch family hardware
Original Hardware: Nintendo Switch
Playback Compatibility: Nintendo Switch software is region-free. The retained game card is the primary access copy and runs on any Nintendo Switch console.
Preservation Concerns: Game cards are flash media; long-term charge retention, contact wear, and loss of the small card from its case are the principal risks. Any content delivered as an eShop download or update depends on Nintendo’s servers and is not preserved by the card alone.
Edition History: PC early access August 2019; full release July 2020. Nintendo Switch release in Japan on August 20, 2020 (HAC-P-AWPNC); the Western eShop release followed on September 15, 2020, and a Western physical edition in 2022.
Access Status: Physically distributed in Japan, with a later Western physical edition and a digital edition on the Nintendo eShop.

Connections

Editorial Record: Reserved for future critical writing in Bloodsoaked Media.

Artifact Documentation

Reference photography of the preserved copy held by Bloodsoaked Media. Each view records the edition, materials, and condition of the work in custody.

Space is reserved for official artwork verification, collection photography, scans, and supplementary archival media. Nothing is forced into the record until documentation is filed.

Stewardship History

A permanent chronology of this archival record — filed, revised, and tended over time. Entries accumulate; none are erased.

Oct 5, 2026
Collection Documentation entered
Oct 5, 2026
Connections established
Oct 5, 2026
Official artwork entered
Official Nintendo Switch front cover filed under the Library accession path.
Oct 5, 2026
Curator Notes entered
Oct 5, 2026
Filed into the Library
Accessioned as LIB-0232.
Oct 5, 2026
Preservation Notes entered
Oct 5, 2026
Published to the public shelf