The Visitor ザ·ビジター

The Visitor hails from a harsh, mountainous, extraterrestrial planet, where it was eventually captured by the malevolent Vortaak aliens in an effort to do their bidding. The Visitor was one of four original monsters that appeared in a 2007 online roster vote on IGN, its competition consisting of Magmouth, Firelion, and Lightning Bug. The readers' poll was used to determine who would become a playable character in the then-upcoming Nintendo Wii version of Godzilla: Unleashed. The alien monster's page also included a short bio:

"In their bid to retake earth, the Vortaak aliens have conscripted a new secret weapon into their arsenal of monsters. The Visitor is feral alien creature captured from its home planet by the Vortaak with the intent of turning it loose on mankind."

Despite a fairly strong following, the Visitor wound up in 3rd place, outvoted by Firelion and the poll-winning Magmouth, who would later become known as Obsidius.

• Its design was inspired by other alien monsters such as Gigan from Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972) and Orga from Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999) in an effort to give it a "similar outer world look," with its elongated mouth being heavily influenced by Orga's "Phase II" appearance. More details and concept art can be found on its IGN roster vote page.