New kaiju game from Matt Frank + Simon Strange [Archive]

[Mr. Strange]

How about a move for Obsidious that is similar to Mothra's spore shield thing, that cloud that is supposed to retard energy attacks or something. A cloud of volcanic ash with crystal particles would seem to do the trick. It was once thought to have been able to blot out the sun and kill off the dinosaurs after all.

Oh, I like this. I've tried a few "dirt spray" attacks in various games - Megalon's Down + Fierce for example. But Obsidius could totally raise his arms up, roar, and cause a geyser or three to explode up from the earth beneath him. Awesome.

[Godzillabrawler]

If we do add in an Ash Cloud move, it needs to work well enough for the Average Joe to utilize it. Mothra's spores are TOO good. Even on fricking EASY mode in both GU and STE, Mothra spams the move over and over when you break out the beams. I don't even fight Mothra in STE anymore becuase you're a sitting duck if you use a beam on her. Thankfully, the spores have a weakness in Unleashed, because you can walk through the spore cloud and hit her after passing the cloud.

Anyway, I do agree that the volcanic aspect of Obsidious was underused. He always struck me as something that should utilize the "massive" Heisei style he seems to remind me of. While Krystalak seems more reminiscent of the MMA-and-off-the-wall attacks seen in the 70's Godzilla movies and GFW.

I think that the Godzilla Neo design for Obsidious should be utilized if we get him added in. His beam could be getting on all fours and bursting lava out of the shoulder volcanoes on his body:

[matrix]

Hey Simon, do you think Gorosaurus will be playable?

[Chris55]

His beam could be getting on all fours and bursting lava out of the shoulder volcanoes on his body:

I like that idea

[Goji]

We don't even know if Toho will approve the game. Patience, young one.


What's this obsession with having Goro playable anyway? Hedorah, Kumonga and a proper version of Battra would be far more interesting to play as. I know the point is to have them all playable eventually, but I'd much rather see them before Goro, to be perfectly honest.

[Gorosaurus Rex]

Hey Simon, do you think Gorosaurus will be playable?

^I, being the incredible fanboy that I am, PM'd Simon about the characters history in the series up to this point.

Essentially, Goro was, not surprisingly, never really considered as an inclusion to the series, but seeing as the roster for this game will be ever expanding, and also sort of up to the players if everything goes as planned, Goro will likely have a spot.

Seeing as he's doing rather well in this site's fan poll, I think its a safe bet he has a decent to good chance of showing up in game.

We don't even know if Toho will approve the game. Patience, young one.


What's this obsession with having Goro playable anyway? Hedorah, Kumonga and a proper version of Battra would be far more interesting to play as. I know the point is to have them all playable eventually, but I'd much rather see them before Goro, to be perfectly honest.

Goro would be a fun inclusion due to his tooth and claw nature and the fact he's sort of a cult favorite on the site. I'd love to see a Hedorah inclusion as well though.

[PopInPicsPresents]

We don't even know if Toho will approve the game. Patience, young one.


What's this obsession with having Goro playable anyway? Hedorah, Kumonga and a proper version of Battra would be far more interesting to play as. I know the point is to have them all playable eventually, but I'd much rather see them before Goro, to be perfectly honest.

What do you mean by a proper Battra?

[Goji]

Uh, one that isn't a clone?

[Mr. Strange]

Uh, one that isn't a clone?

When I hear things like this I realize that some people actually played the PS2 G:U, and I shudder. I mostly think that was just a bad dream I had.

So sorry.

[Oasis_S]

Wouldn't Ebirah be sort of like Kamacuras and Kumonga combined? I'd say he should have priority over them. Not to mention we have a few bugs already, so a crustacean monster might be a bit more FRESH. ...I wish there was an emoticon for the kind of face I want to make.

And while I like Gorosaurus well enough, I'd say he should be pretty low priority. There are more interesting and prominent monsters before him.



Did you have ideas for a more unique Battra, Strange?

[Berzerkgodzilla]

I'd really like to see what could be done with Battra. I heard he had various other powers in the Manga version of Godzilla vs Mothra. Maybe use those?

[hammysammy59]

Wouldn't Ebirah be sort of like Kamacuras and Kumonga combined? I'd say he should have priority over them. Not to mention we have a few bugs already, so a crustacean monster might be a bit more FRESH. ...I wish there was an emoticon for the kind of face I want to make.

Gotta disagree here. While I'd love to see Ebirah in the game at some point, I think Kumonga would make for the most interesting addition out of the three you mention, both visually and from a gameplay point of view. Kumonga is huge in diameter, colorful, eight-legged, very low to the ground, has cool powers, and is a powerful villain in Son of Godzilla, not to mention her hilarious cameo in Final Wars.

Now that I think about it, Kumonga's easily in my top 5 most wanted "new" monsters, right up there with Hedorah, Gargantua(s) and Zilla.

[PopInPicsPresents]

A very cool feature would be a mode where you play through the Manga version of the Heisei Films. Just a thought, or maybe experiment with trying to recreate alternate endings/deleted scenes. That'd be great.

[Goji]

No offense man, but some of your ideas are just way too ambitious.

When I hear things like this I realize that some people actually played the PS2 G:U, and I shudder. I mostly think that was just a bad dream I had.

So sorry.

Lol! No worries man. You didnt have anything to do with it after all . I'm such a huge STE head, that I couldn't resist trying it out. I got it for an extremely discounted price. This may come as a shock, but I actually like the way some of the monsters play. The 'messed up' throws actually created some bizarre, but unique combo possibilities that only worked in that game(!)

[Chris55]

A very cool feature would be a mode where you play through the Manga version of the Heisei Films. Just a thought, or maybe experiment with trying to recreate alternate endings/deleted scenes. That'd be great.

Really? I'm hoping to film a huge battle in LA with photo realistic quality King Ghidorah, Godzilla, Mecha Godzilla 74/75. Of course, if we get the license and I'm fairly confident we will.

Story cut scenes will be with artwork though.

[PopInPicsPresents]

Really? I'm hoping to film a huge battle in LA with photo realistic quality King Ghidorah, Godzilla, Mecha Godzilla 74/75. Of course, if we get the license and I'm fairly confident we will.

Which Ghiddy and Goji? Anyways that sounds pretty boss!

Story cut scenes will be with artwork though.

What do you mean? Like how they were in G:U?

[Chris55]

Really? I'm hoping to film a huge battle in LA with photo realistic quality King Ghidorah, Godzilla, Mecha Godzilla 74/75. Of course, if we get the license and I'm fairly confident we will.

Which Ghiddy and Goji? Anyways that sounds pretty boss!

Story cut scenes will be with artwork though.

What do you mean? Like how they were in G:U?

I'd like to do Showa KG. I'm kinda burnt out on the 90's/GMK KG.

Story scenes we'd like to do them this way: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXNgVlMgvAc

But, with GOOD voice acting etc.

[Oasis_S]

Wouldn't Ebirah be sort of like Kamacuras and Kumonga combined? I'd say he should have priority over them. Not to mention we have a few bugs already, so a crustacean monster might be a bit more FRESH. ...I wish there was an emoticon for the kind of face I want to make.

Gotta disagree here. While I'd love to see Ebirah in the game at some point, I think Kumonga would make for the most interesting addition out of the three you mention, both visually and from a gameplay point of view. Kumonga is huge in diameter, colorful, eight-legged, very low to the ground, has cool powers, and is a powerful villain in Son of Godzilla, not to mention her hilarious cameo in Final Wars.

Now that I think about it, Kumonga's easily in my top 5 most wanted "new" monsters, right up there with Hedorah, Gargantua(s) and Zilla.

Most of what you mentioned applies to Ebirah just the same. Huge in diameter (Well, okay, not AS huge since his legs aren't quite as long), bright red, eight-legged, very low to the ground, and the main villain of Godzilla vs The Sea Monster. Slap on the front legs of Kamacuras onto Kumonga, and you basically have Ebirah. But when combining the two, you lose the special powers both had. No webbing or camoflauge.

So he's kind of like a two-for-one deal. Not that I'm trying to ...DISCREDIT either of the three. I'd like them all to be in. I'm just saying if we had to PRIORITIZE, then you MAY get the most out of Ebirah.

By the way, instead of Kumonga being swung around by his own web, one of his throws should definitely be of him swinging another monster around by his webbing. There are even spiders that do something similar, so it's not COMPLETELY ridiculous.

[Kaiju-King42]

Really? I'm hoping to film a huge battle in LA with photo realistic quality King Ghidorah, Godzilla, Mecha Godzilla 74/75. Of course, if we get the license and I'm fairly confident we will.

Which Ghiddy and Goji? Anyways that sounds pretty boss!

Story cut scenes will be with artwork though.

What do you mean? Like how they were in G:U?

I'd like to do Showa KG. I'm kinda burnt out on the 90's/GMK KG.

YES! YES! This is awesome!

So he's kind of like a two-for-one deal. Not that I'm trying to ...DISCREDIT either of the three. I'd like them all to be in. I'm just saying if we had to PRIORITIZE, then you MAY get the most out of Ebirah.

I would be happy with both of them in. I mean, we don't have a lot of insect monsters aside form Mothra, Megaguirus, and maybe Battra (all of which fly). If I had to choose, though, I'd pick Kumonga. He's in my top five list for this game.

[Mr. Strange]

I'd like to do Showa KG. I'm kinda burnt out on the 90's/GMK KG.

Story scenes we'd like to do them this way: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXNgVlMgvAc

But, with GOOD voice acting etc.

Actually, I think the VERY BEST comic cut-scenes ever were in the game "Ultimate Spider-Man"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6rRhVTJq8g