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While a huge icon in popular culture, Godzilla video games usually rely more on the franchise than solid game play. While some entries offer a unique experience with fairly solid game play, most sell based on the fact 'Godzilla' is attached to the title.
Ironically some of the best 'Kaiju' or 'Giant Monster' games available have no connection to the Godzilla brand at all. However Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee stands out as one of the better titles. Despite progress in the Kaiju meets Beat-Em-Up genre, mediocre visuals and a frustrating control scheme left the sequel, Godzilla: Unleashed, with poor reviews.
Godzilla possesses fairly typical attacks which feature in almost every game. These include his trademark radioactive breath, various punch and claw attacks, a powerful tail swing, kicking and of course stomping. A lot of entries choose to build on these attacks by making them more powerful or offer a special attack via a pick-up. One examples featured in Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee is a powerful pulse attack where Godzilla emits a huge shock wave from his body, which injures and throws into the air any enemies within the blast radius. This particular ability could have been inspired by the film Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah, in a scene where Godzilla is being strangled by King Ghidorah and does something very similar.
The Many Different Faces of Godzilla
Godzilla has had a lot of different looks over the years, but modern games usually show him in his '90s or 2000 incarnation. In films, Godzilla is famous for always using a man-in-a-suit, also known as suitmation. The only film that didn't use suitmation is the 1998 American remake, which relied entirely on CG.
The Showa version of Godzilla is the general look he had for his first set of films from 1954-1975. The Showa version of Godzilla stands 50 meters (164 feet) tall and weighs in at about 20,000 metric tons (22,000 tons.) This version began with prominent ears and four toes. However, as time went on, the ears were eventually shrunk down and the toes were reduced to three. While the exact reasons for this are unknown, it can be assumed this was done to make Godzilla more kid-friendly and fit the hero roll he was starting to become (as opposed to the intimidating menace he started out as.) Godzilla's look through the Showa series continued to slightly humanize him more and more. This lasted until 1975, when Godzilla took a nine year hiatus.
The Heisei incarnation of Godzilla returned him back to his menacing roots. Buildings have gotten taller since 1954, so Godzilla had to as well. In this 1984 plot reboot of Godzilla, he stood 80 meters (262 feet) tall and weighed in around 50,000 metric tons (55,000 tons.) Toes and ears were back in full force. But Godzilla didn't stop there. In 1991, Godzilla grew even bigger. Reason being that time travelers in the movie Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah tried to eliminate him, but accidently just caused him to be even bigger and stronger due to an encounter with a nuclear submarine. This new Godzilla stood 100 meters (328 feet) tall and weighed 60,000 metric tons (66,000 tons!) This Godzilla reigned king of the monsters untill 1995, when he melted down to his death due to radiation. There was a hiatus for three years.
The American version of Godzilla is extremely different from all previous entries. This one was composed of all CGI, as opposed to suitmation, and basically resembled a gigantic version of a lizard. This version is clearly distinguishable by it's more flat-headed look. The movie and look were poorly received by long-time fans. Toho later named this version of Godzilla to be Zilla, since they claimed the look took the "God" out of "Godzilla." The roar for this Godzilla was also noticeably different from his trademark roar used over the past years.
One year later caused for yet another reboot of Godzilla. This version returned Godzilla to his looks prior to the American release. Godzilla's skin is more green in this version, and his dorsal fins are more red. Godzilla has been on hiatus since 2004, and is expected to return around 2014 for his 60th anniversary.
Godzilla in the Movies
Since Godzilla's debut in 1954, he has been in 29 films. All were distributed under the Japanese film studio, Toho, except the 1998 American Godzilla remake. Listed below are Toho's official English title for all the films, along with their original release date.
Showa Series
11.03.1954 - Godzilla
04.24.1955 - Godzilla Raids Again
08.11.1962 - King Kong vs. Godzilla
04.29.1964 - Mothra vs. Godzilla
12.20.1964 - Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
12.19.1965 - Invasion of Astro-Monster
12.17.1966 - Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
12.16.1967 - Son of Godzilla
08.01.1968 - Destroy All Monsters
12.20.1969 - All Monsters Attack
07.24.1971 - Godzilla vs. Hedorah
03.12.1972 - Godzilla vs. Gigan
03.17.1973 - Godzilla vs. Megalon
03.21.1974 - Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
03.15.1975 - Terror of Mechagodzilla
Heisei Series
12.15.1984 - The Return of Godzilla
12.16.1989 - Godzilla vs. Biollante
12.14.1991 - Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
12.12.1992 - Godzilla vs. Mothra
12.11.1993 - Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
12.10.1994 - Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
12.09.1995 - Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
American Remake
05.20.1998 - Godzilla
Millennium Series
12.11.1999 - Godzilla 2000: Millennium
12.16.2000 - Godzilla vs. Megaguirus
12.15.2001 - Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
12.15.2002 - Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla
12.13.2003 - Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.
12.04.2004 - Godzilla: Final Wars
Gojira, aka Godzilla, is a radioactive monster that was mutated by man. He's been around since 1954 and has appeared in 29 films and 20 video games.
Gojira's first film!
Ironically some of the best 'Kaiju' or 'Giant Monster' games available have no connection to the Godzilla brand at all. However Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee stands out as one of the better titles. Despite progress in the Kaiju meets Beat-Em-Up genre, mediocre visuals and a frustrating control scheme left the sequel, Godzilla: Unleashed, with poor reviews.
Godzilla possesses fairly typical attacks which feature in almost every game. These include his trademark radioactive breath, various punch and claw attacks, a powerful tail swing, kicking and of course stomping. A lot of entries choose to build on these attacks by making them more powerful or offer a special attack via a pick-up. One examples featured in Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee is a powerful pulse attack where Godzilla emits a huge shock wave from his body, which injures and throws into the air any enemies within the blast radius. This particular ability could have been inspired by the film Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah, in a scene where Godzilla is being strangled by King Ghidorah and does something very similar.
The Many Different Faces of Godzilla
Godzilla has had a lot of different looks over the years, but modern games usually show him in his '90s or 2000 incarnation. In films, Godzilla is famous for always using a man-in-a-suit, also known as suitmation. The only film that didn't use suitmation is the 1998 American remake, which relied entirely on CG. 
Showa GodzillaShowa Godzilla ('50s-'70s)
The Showa version of Godzilla is the general look he had for his first set of films from 1954-1975. The Showa version of Godzilla stands 50 meters (164 feet) tall and weighs in at about 20,000 metric tons (22,000 tons.) This version began with prominent ears and four toes. However, as time went on, the ears were eventually shrunk down and the toes were reduced to three. While the exact reasons for this are unknown, it can be assumed this was done to make Godzilla more kid-friendly and fit the hero roll he was starting to become (as opposed to the intimidating menace he started out as.) Godzilla's look through the Showa series continued to slightly humanize him more and more. This lasted until 1975, when Godzilla took a nine year hiatus.
Showa Godzilla
Heisei GodzillaHeisei Godzilla ('80s-'90s)
The Heisei incarnation of Godzilla returned him back to his menacing roots. Buildings have gotten taller since 1954, so Godzilla had to as well. In this 1984 plot reboot of Godzilla, he stood 80 meters (262 feet) tall and weighed in around 50,000 metric tons (55,000 tons.) Toes and ears were back in full force. But Godzilla didn't stop there. In 1991, Godzilla grew even bigger. Reason being that time travelers in the movie Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah tried to eliminate him, but accidently just caused him to be even bigger and stronger due to an encounter with a nuclear submarine. This new Godzilla stood 100 meters (328 feet) tall and weighed 60,000 metric tons (66,000 tons!) This Godzilla reigned king of the monsters untill 1995, when he melted down to his death due to radiation. There was a hiatus for three years.
Heisei Godzilla
American ZillaAmerican Godzilla (1998)
The American version of Godzilla is extremely different from all previous entries. This one was composed of all CGI, as opposed to suitmation, and basically resembled a gigantic version of a lizard. This version is clearly distinguishable by it's more flat-headed look. The movie and look were poorly received by long-time fans. Toho later named this version of Godzilla to be Zilla, since they claimed the look took the "God" out of "Godzilla." The roar for this Godzilla was also noticeably different from his trademark roar used over the past years.
American Zilla
Millennium GodzillaMillennium Godzilla ('00s)
One year later caused for yet another reboot of Godzilla. This version returned Godzilla to his looks prior to the American release. Godzilla's skin is more green in this version, and his dorsal fins are more red. Godzilla has been on hiatus since 2004, and is expected to return around 2014 for his 60th anniversary.
Millennium Godzilla
Godzilla in the Movies
Since Godzilla's debut in 1954, he has been in 29 films. All were distributed under the Japanese film studio, Toho, except the 1998 American Godzilla remake. Listed below are Toho's official English title for all the films, along with their original release date.Showa Series
11.03.1954 - Godzilla04.24.1955 - Godzilla Raids Again
08.11.1962 - King Kong vs. Godzilla
04.29.1964 - Mothra vs. Godzilla
12.20.1964 - Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
12.19.1965 - Invasion of Astro-Monster
12.17.1966 - Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
12.16.1967 - Son of Godzilla
08.01.1968 - Destroy All Monsters
12.20.1969 - All Monsters Attack
07.24.1971 - Godzilla vs. Hedorah
03.12.1972 - Godzilla vs. Gigan
03.17.1973 - Godzilla vs. Megalon
03.21.1974 - Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
03.15.1975 - Terror of Mechagodzilla
Heisei Series
12.15.1984 - The Return of Godzilla12.16.1989 - Godzilla vs. Biollante
12.14.1991 - Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
12.12.1992 - Godzilla vs. Mothra
12.11.1993 - Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
12.10.1994 - Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
12.09.1995 - Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
American Remake
05.20.1998 - GodzillaMillennium Series
12.11.1999 - Godzilla 2000: Millennium12.16.2000 - Godzilla vs. Megaguirus
12.15.2001 - Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
12.15.2002 - Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla
12.13.2003 - Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.
12.04.2004 - Godzilla: Final Wars
G-Fest
Each year, a convention run by Daikaiju Enterprises called G-Fest is held in the Chicago area, gathering all fans of Godzilla and other kaiju films. G-Fest is the largest gathering of kaiju fans each year, and it continues to grow. More information can be found at the official site, G-Fan.com.Godzilla games
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| Character Name: | Godzilla |
| Real Name: | ゴジラ (Gojira) |
| Gender: | Male |
| Birthday: | Nov. 3, 1954 |
| Appears in: | 20 games |
| First appearance: | Godzilla |
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