- by stats, feats and durability/power that is?Well for STRONGEST Showa the following candidates:
1.) Big-G 1964 - specifically the 'Mosu-Goji' 1964 suit; whilst many would say it would be late Showa so suppose Big-G 1970s - particularly Big-G 1971-1975 - well Big-G 1974 in particular whom pulled out crazy-ass feats and enduring horrific injuries (e.g. getting his hand reduced to the bone, blinded, cut and sliced, bled like a bloody fountain by Full Metal Missiles/Space Optic Laser Beams), consider for Big-G 1964 - 'Mosu-Goji' where he was blasted with up to 1 million Volts of Electricity from the Artificial Lightning Generators - and whilst he may have actually been downed for the count had the JSDF kept the dosage abit lower but steady instead of just vamping it up ... YET when the Artificial Lightning Generators shortened out - Big-G 1964 just simply got up - blasted one of the Artificial Lightning Generators, fried a few JSDF tanks and just still had 'Two Nukes Worth' to keep kicking ... well until he got 'webbed up' ... I mean SURELY then that's quite a feat isn't it? Enduring up to 1 million volts of Electricity - that amount probably would have been fairly fatal to say HEDORAH 1971 ...
2.) Big-G 1971 and 1974 - enough said as mentioned before ...
For the HEISEI Big-G:
1.) Big-G 1995 Meltdown YES was no doubt one of the most powerful Big-G incarnations and such - then again he was at the same time dying ironically ... AND melee wise he's not really much of a fighter - relying more on power and bulk-slamming at times - and he had to make DESTOROYAH bleed and spew out blood and &^%$ after blasting him 3x with a Spiral Ray Beam ...
2.) Big-G 1993 - hurling a 150K tonne Mecha-G 1993 several hundred yards, enduring the initial fight - which was the fact where he had the Shock Anchor Harpoons embedded in him BUT later he redirected the energy charges back to Mecha-G - short circuiting him ...
For Millenium Big-G: Well GMK, Big-G 2000, Big-G 2002-2003 and Big-G 2004 all had impressive feats of durablity ... BUT then again Big-G 2002 and GMK (most likely really Big-G 2002) probably take the take SLIGHTLY more - given whilst Big-G 2004 was able to one-shot many Kaiju's and later kill Keizer King Ghidorah - that was then again the Ozaki-Charged BEAMS WHILST for GMK - being able to survive - well down to his heart literally and implying he can regenerate with time ... but if one looks at Big-G 2002 - he took the AZC at near PBR - and whilst the ocean sea may have lessened the impact - he was able to survive it - even if the wound was horrendous ... pretty impressive eh? And the injury and scar make him iconic for a Big-G incarnation ... and the fact don't scars make one more 'intimidating' and a 'woah this one's a tough one - they must have taken quite abit of punishment ...'
BUT Big-G 2014 probably actually is a VERY STRONG contender for Strongest Incarnation yet of Big-G (that is, next to Big-G 1995 Meltdown, Big-G 2004, GMK or Big-G 2000) BECAUSE:
1.) As in Big-G Awakening in the Comics - well the prequel to Big-G 2014 - he did survive the P-T Extinction Event - that's 250 million years of survival and experience for a Big-G incarnation - not saying other Big-G incarnations can't do the same BUT ... if the fact how Ken Watanabe's Serizawa's assistant remarked how Big-G 2014 was at the top of a 'primordial ecosystem' - he must have had to contend with NOT JUST the MUTO's - being ancient parasitic enemies of his, the Shinomura's, other unknown potential Kaijus BUT ... perhaps even inter-intra specific rivalries between HIS OWN SPECIES ... given surely then even predators - the saying how a predator's biggest enemy is another fellow predator in rivalries ...
2.) More or less being the last of his species YET the fact how he is still 'aware' of the balance of nature and to 'restore the balance' - as well as the fact the MUTO's were ancient organisms whom were his enemies and parasites which may have killed off his other fellow Godzilla's ...
3.) The 1954 Nuclear Bomb 'Tests' and surviving it at PBR if not near PBR at possibly GROUND ZERO ...
4.) Probably a little more trivial BUT with Big-G 2014 - travelling, 'hunting' if not 'stalking' the MUTO's near non-stop to get to them ... and only collapsing from AFTER killing both the Male MUTO via 'Thwack Whack' into a building AND giving the 'Kiss of Death' to Mama MUTO ...
5.) Another trivial point BUT also notice where Big-G 2014 - he's the first Big-G incarnation to feature gills - AND where he was struck at times in the gills - a potential weak point where the US Armed Forces struck him on the Golden Gate Bridge - clearly Big-G 2014 seemed to be pretty annoyed and uncomfortable ... YET shortly later when he rises from the ocean sea without as much as a flinch or scratch or such and glares at the Male MUTO before the climatic hour fight downtown whilst Kick-Ass and his team are briefed and prepare to perform a HALO jump into downtown San Francisco ... AND where the Male MUTO at times struck him then in the tag-team fight with the Mama MUTO - YET Big-G 2014 still had more than enough to keep kicking it in ...
6.) THE TSUNAMI ... AND HIS ROAR - being able to be heard up to 3 km away ... not saying other Big-G incarnations can't BUT if the producers then put in this claim and such ...
7.) The Tail THWACK! Whilst previous Big-G incarnations have also used their tails as powerful weapons such as Big-G 1962, Big-G 1964, Big-G 2000 to name a few - Big-G 2014 was able to tactically 'work out' the speed of the Male MUTO and at the right moment 'THWACK WHACKED' him at who the heck knows what speed and 'nailing' the Male MUTO not too unlike well - Michael Myers casually lifting and SLAMMING his victims easily onto walls and impaling them ... only difference is that Big-G 2014 doesn't require a knife and he used his tail ... the fact his tail alone being 167 meters - just under 170 meters ...
8.) Strength/Melee/Fighting Style - I know its been mentioned and debated BUT then again at 108.2 meters, 90K tonnes and with a 167 meter long tail PLUS the fact Big-G 2014 like a Big-G IS THE KING - he's pretty melee orientated AND he ain't T&C shy - given at times how he did seem to engage in brutal brawls with the Male MUTO - I mean from glimpses of his battles with the Male MUTO in Hawaii, when Kick-Ass's missus was just about to enter the shelter and the doors were shutting where then Big-G 2014 lets out a short bellow before apparently attempting TO BITE the Male MUTO in the neck/face areas...and ofc how he resorted more to melee attacks and grappling compared to most Big-G incarnations whom usually more or less resort to a beam first AND THEN melee AND then some more beams ... whereas Big-G 2014 resorts to his beams only if he must ... and pretty unique for a Big-G incarnation who doesn't resort to beams at first BUT rather melee
Though Big-G isn't really complete without an Atomic Ray Beam of any sort haha! 9.) Durability - well the Nuclear Bomb Tests in 1954, MUTO's, Shinomura, P-T Extinction Events, a beating from the MUTO's and strikes to his gill areas, the fallout from that warhead's detonation ... and waking up at day break whilst civilians and US Armed Forces are cleaning up the city areas ... then walking peacefully to the ocean sea - bellowing before swimming home ... oh and also the skyscraper with the dead Male MUTO slamming onto him ...
10.) Atomic Ray Beam - some argue its amongst the weakest of Big-G incarnation Atomic Ray Beams BUT then again - consider Big-G 2014 is fighting against an opponent who was to an extent adapted to it - and the MUTO's being ancient parasitic enemies whom evolved to adapt to it to an extent AND also how they fed off radiation - provided it wasn't an overdose like the 'Kiss of Death' haha but then again perhaps Big-G 2014's Atomic Ray Beam was derived off the radiation off the Earth's depths rather than Nuclear Power stations or Atomic Warheads that the Male MUTO and Mama MUTO both dined on just as much as one enjoys Chocolate Bars (well c'mon - most people enjoy Chocolate Bars eh?) AND the fact how Big-G 2014 was able to fire a few burst successfully at the Mama MUTO without as much as a pause to breathe and later the 'Kiss of Death' where he kills her like that - I mean consider whilst not an Ozaki-Beam or UBER SPIRAL RAY BEAM then again - those were rather power-up vampings whereas Big-G 2014 didn't resort to any power ups or crazy-ass power source - it wasn't like he consumed extra-radiation or Fire Rodan II came in to the rescue or such ... AND the fact that Atomic Ray Beam might not have even been 100% Full Power but hard to say on that part - YET it killed an opponent whom adapted to an extent against Big-G 2014's Atomic Ray Beam powers ... and how they consumed radiation ... and SURELY it certainly looked more potent than Big-G 1954 or Big-G 1955's Atomic Ray Beams given Big-G 1955's Atomic Ray Beams didn't even SEEM TO REMOTELY affect Anguirus 1955 or Big-G 1964's Atomic Ray Beams against Rodan 1964 - which only earned him a few 'beakings' - AND the Atomic Ray Beams were blasted at Rodan 1964 at near PBR ... 2x ... hence SURELY then Big-G 2014's Atomic Ray Beam is powerful in its own right ... or would one rather expect or imagine Big-G 2014 with an UBER-SPIRAL RAY BEAM or Ozaki-charged beam eh?
11.) Intelligence - well not really much of a 'strength' physically speaking BUT Big-G 2014 at times did resort to tactically working out his opponents - the MUTO's strengths and weaknesses and exploiting it - or the fact how when 'Noah Volsen' was pursing him in the carrier - Big-G 2014 increased his swimming speed to 32-33 knots and how one of the carrier officers remarked that 'they were losing track of Big-G 2014' despite following and trailing him ... as if he knew that 'them humans' are following me but I haven't got time for a marine parade when I've got MUTO's to fry ...
Now with the weakest Big-G incarnations eh?
Well - Big-G 1962 seemed to be rather goofy and didn't seem to be that impressive at times ... not saying he's absolutely CRAP downright but at the same time he just kept walking about and when he seemed to troll King Kong 1962 he just kept clapping ... AND King Kong 1962 even managed to make him 'EAT HIS VEGETABLES' when he tried to fire his Atomic Ray Beam ...
Now as with Yankzilla aka Zilla 1998 - true he's another one in this list - BUT given how he's not exactly 100% Big-G and the fact how he didn't have Organizer G-1 or what Big-G had - then again HE DID have some credit where he endured 2x Torpedo blows PLUS he didn't die right away when the F/A 18 jet fighters blasted him with the Missiles - they had to make another strafe run and THE FACT he was trapped on the Brooklyn Bridge - given if one noted earlier in the AH-64 Chopper pursuit they fired a missile rocket at him BUT he dodged it - and he wasn't restricted by the Brooklyn Bridge spans ...
But then again ANY Big-G at times could be weak - that is IF they were incapacitated by a powerful power or such ... but that's another story ...
Well - I've probably put a wall of text so feel free to correct me if I made wrong claims
... BUT BIG-G IS THE KING! THE KING! ALWAYS THE KING!
