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

[Gailah 1966]

Nice.
A huge advantage is also that this will be the only game in the kaiju genre. No one else in the world is producing a kaiju game. So you have no competitors out there.
But the fanbase needs to help. Everyone needs to spread "Kaiju Combat" wherever he can. There are tons of social networks in the internet.
Lets use them!

[Godz]

Thanks for sharing!

I am curious how Pipeworks/Atari got away with Gigan's teleport, Titano and Varan's beams, Godzilla's fireball, Anguirus' sonic roar, etc. Any stories to share there?

I've written about this a few times:

http://strangedesign.typepad.com/strang ... rball.html

In short, if I'm able to convince Toho that something was implied - I've been able to get it approved. Titanosaurus's beam, for example, was implied. Gigan's teleport was implied. Megalon's burrowing was implied. And Anguirus roared plenty in the movies. Godzilla even shot short exploding things from his mouth which we didn't exactly see - I made the case that they were fireballs.

Interesting. Do you have exact instances you are basing the implied teleport/beams on? And there's no way it was ever implied that Anguirus leaped into the air and fired a bunch of lasers from his spines,how'd ya pull that one off?

(BTW I'm not trying to bust your chops here, I'm genuinely curious and fascinated by things like this)

[MechaJahgeezilla]

Mr. Strange, if/when the game gets made, would you consider contacting Sony/Midway for the use of the War of the Monsters/Rampage series monsters?

What would be the point of having rip offs of the monsters in the same game as the originals? Seems like a big waste of money IMO.

Simply for the nostalgia, middle aged adults and others may see the fact that monsters in video games from their childhood (and they probably don't know about Total Destruction), get excited and donate.

[MechaJahgeezilla]

Mr. Strange, if/when the game gets made, would you consider contacting Sony/Midway for the use of the War of the Monsters/Rampage series monsters?

What would be the point of having rip offs of the monsters in the same game as the originals? Seems like a big waste of money IMO.

Simply for the nostalgia, middle aged adults and others may see the fact that monsters in video games from their childhood (and they probably don't know about Total Destruction), get excited and donate.

[UltramanGoji]

I wouldn't want them as playable characters, but I would like to see them as an easter egg.

Let's say, your fighting in New York for example and after about 4 minutes of fighting, a gorilla, wolf and dinosaur climb on to one of the buildings and crawl on it for about 30 seconds.

[L Lawliet]

I would want to see Bagan in this, as the new villain, Besides his Transformation, Monster X is not a good Villain

[L Lawliet]

Mr. Strange

Explain to me where Anguirus' spike rain came from

Explain to me where you got Megalon's gravity pull

Explain to me where Titanosaurus' beam came from

Explain to me Moguera's Photon Storm origin

Explain to me where Gigan did his Spinning Blade

And Explain to me where Jet Jaguar's Tornado came from

As for Varan's Beam guys, he was supposed to have it in GAV before he was cut

[Goji]

Mr. Strange

Explain to me where Anguirus' spike rain came from

Explain to me where you got Megalon's gravity pull

Explain to me where Titanosaurus' beam came from

Explain to me Moguera's Photon Storm origin

Explain to me where Gigan did his Spinning Blade

And Explain to me where Jet Jaguar's Tornado came from

They were simply creative liberties taken with the characters. They were fighting games, and the monsters needed moves...so the team at Pipeworks came up with some.

As for Varan's Beam guys, he was supposed to have it in GAV before he was cut

Erm, source?

[L Lawliet]

As for Varan's Beam guys, he was supposed to have it in GAV before he was cut

Erm, source?

I am just pulling your leg , Pipeworks came up with that on their own

[zilla103192]

Mr. Strange

Explain to me where Anguirus' spike rain came from

Explain to me where you got Megalon's gravity pull

Explain to me where Titanosaurus' beam came from

Explain to me Moguera's Photon Storm origin

Explain to me where Gigan did his Spinning Blade

And Explain to me where Jet Jaguar's Tornado came from

Well someone's demanding...

[Goji]

Kind of figured that was bs. No offense. I'm pretty sure I've read all there is to read (in the English language) about what GAV was supposed to be, and I had never heard such a thing.

[L Lawliet]

Well someone's demanding...

Nope, Strange said that he got a lot of those powers because they were implied in the films, I am asking him which films he got each power from, and the scene

Because I don't see even an implication of any of the abilities I listed in ANY of the films these Kaiju appeared in

Also if you don't know what I am talking about, he said he can only put powers in that were implied or had directly appeared in a film, even though these powers still appeared in the Games

All I am asking for is, simply proof

[Godz]

I think it was kind of the way you asked the questions....if he chooses to answer them, he's really doing us a favor, so it wouldn't hurt phrasing it a bit more politely rather than "explain this to me, and this and this and this". I'm wondering the same things you are....but, its all in the approach, ya know? Just my two cents.

[Godzilla 2000]

People have to keep in mind that Mr. Strange has no obligation whatsoever to answer any of our questions just because we asked him. He doesnt have to tell us anything, especially when faced with such "riveting" questions like "how come this character can do this special move." It's a skreeonk' video game; just roll with it.

[zilla103192]

Nice.
A huge advantage is also that this will be the only game in the kaiju genre. No one else in the world is producing a kaiju game. So you have no competitors out there.

I don't know if it really counts as a kaiju game. But the upcoming game "tanks tanks tanks" has the player battling against each other as well as kaiju and mechs, and other things in that genre using tanks and maser-like weapons.

http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri= ... f5bRbiJdsE

[GodzillaFreak99]

Anguirus S.
Jet Jaguar
Zone Fighter
Ebirah S.
Kumonga S.
Varan
Frankenstein
Godzilla H.
Biollante
Battra
Destoroyah
Gamera H.
SpaceGodzilla
Godzilla 2000
Orga
Baragon GMK.
King Ghidorah GMK.
Gigan FW. (with chainsaw hands)
Mothra FW.
Monster X
Bagan
Krystalak

[Mr. Strange]

Explain to me where Anguirus' spike rain came from

In several films, a monster is able to absorb the energy from another monster, regenerating / powering-up the first monster. We decided that Rage mode was similar to this powering-up effect. Anguirus has not ever been powered-up, so there was no cannonical reference for how it would affect him. Toho wanted him to have a better area-attack ability when powered-up, which is where the spike rain came from. They are not actually spikes, of course, but energy which comes out in all directions.

Explain to me where you got Megalon's gravity pull

Megalon's beam was determined to be electro-magnetic, to differentiate it from Ghidorah's beam. If Megalon can affect energy in the EM spectrum, then a magnetic attack seemed obvious for his powered-up attack.

Explain to me where Titanosaurus' beam came from

Titanosaurus is weak to sonic attacks, because he has very sensitive hearing. Why does he have such sensative hearing? Because members of his species use their powerful voices to communicate over hundreds of miles, like whales do. This implies that he has powerful vocal chords, capable of creating a sonic attack.

Explain to me Moguera's Photon Storm origin

The Photon Storm is an overloading of MOGUERA's power source. His power source was different from the energy Space Godzilla used (which I named "Alien Energy") - but it has similar effects. I wanted MOGUERA to use "terrestrial energy" - which means it has its root in our sun. Therefore an overload of energy from his power core would be similar to a surge of solar energy - a photon storm.

Explain to me where Gigan did his Spinning Blade

He just sticks his arms out and spins around. Nobody every thought this was a new attack.

And Explain to me where Jet Jaguar's Tornado came from

Jet Jaguar "reprograms" himself to change size in his film. I ran with that, and gave him 3 different fighting sizes. To conserve energy, he moves faster when he is smaller - he doesn't often do that, because his reaction times are not good enough to move at full speed in crowded environments. But by spinning around (to create a tornado) he can make use of his extra energy and speed without any navigational issues. This was inspired by Marvel's Whirlwind (who had the same reaction-time issue) and a 3-monster combo attack some fans did in the ARena, back in G:DAMM days.

[antovald20]

^HA! WOW! I just thought they were just attacks, i didn't knew u put so much thought into it.

[L Lawliet]

Explain to me where Anguirus' spike rain came from

In several films, a monster is able to absorb the energy from another monster, regenerating / powering-up the first monster. We decided that Rage mode was similar to this powering-up effect. Anguirus has not ever been powered-up, so there was no cannonical reference for how it would affect him. Toho wanted him to have a better area-attack ability when powered-up, which is where the spike rain came from. They are not actually spikes, of course, but energy which comes out in all directions.

Explain to me where you got Megalon's gravity pull

Megalon's beam was determined to be electro-magnetic, to differentiate it from Ghidorah's beam. If Megalon can affect energy in the EM spectrum, then a magnetic attack seemed obvious for his powered-up attack.

Explain to me where Titanosaurus' beam came from

Titanosaurus is weak to sonic attacks, because he has very sensitive hearing. Why does he have such sensative hearing? Because members of his species use their powerful voices to communicate over hundreds of miles, like whales do. This implies that he has powerful vocal chords, capable of creating a sonic attack.

Explain to me Moguera's Photon Storm origin

The Photon Storm is an overloading of MOGUERA's power source. His power source was different from the energy Space Godzilla used (which I named "Alien Energy") - but it has similar effects. I wanted MOGUERA to use "terrestrial energy" - which means it has its root in our sun. Therefore an overload of energy from his power core would be similar to a surge of solar energy - a photon storm.

Explain to me where Gigan did his Spinning Blade

He just sticks his arms out and spins around. Nobody every thought this was a new attack.

And Explain to me where Jet Jaguar's Tornado came from

Jet Jaguar "reprograms" himself to change size in his film. I ran with that, and gave him 3 different fighting sizes. To conserve energy, he moves faster when he is smaller - he doesn't often do that, because his reaction times are not good enough to move at full speed in crowded environments. But by spinning around (to create a tornado) he can make use of his extra energy and speed without any navigational issues. This was inspired by Marvel's Whirlwind (who had the same reaction-time issue) and a 3-monster combo attack some fans did in the ARena, back in G:DAMM days.

damn

Anyway, Mr. Strange, if this was a Godzilla game, out of the following, who would you choose to be the Final Enemy?

Monster X
Bagan
The Monster that will fight Godzilla in the Legendary Pictures Film
Spacegodzilla
A fanmade Monster

[GodzillaFreak99]

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