Godzilla: Monster of Monsters

Godzilla: Monster of Monsters!

Cover art of Godzilla: Monster of Monsters!
Developer(s) Compile
Publisher(s) Toho
Distributor(s) Toho
Series Godzilla
Platform(s) Nintendo Entertainment System
Release date(s)
  • JP December 9, 1988
  • NA October 1989
  • EU 1991
Genre(s) Action
Mode(s) Single-player
Media/distribution NES cartridge (Physical)

Gameplay

The game features two playable characters, Godzilla and Mothra. The player uses both monsters in turn by selecting the desired character on a virtual gameboard, representative of the planet it is on, and moving it like a chess piece. Each space is a hexagon that represents playable, side-scrolling levels. There are rocky zones, jungle zones, city zones, and hyperspace zones. The hyperspace zones feature fights with Matango, Dogora, and Goten. The alien space ships resemble the design of Atragon and The War in Space.

Each board contains several monsters from the Godzilla series and the objective is to clear each board of enemy monsters before advancing to the next board. Battles are fought when the player moves Godzilla or Mothra adjacent to an enemy monster, and are reminiscent of a match from a fighting game. The player plays a small side-scrolling level for each space advanced, and if one has moved adjacent to the monster, a battle follows the side-scrolling stages. More monsters appear on each stage until nearly every monster in the game is featured. When the player reaches Planet X, every previous monster is present along with King Ghidorah himself. The monster battles have a time limit of forty seconds but lack a countdown timer.

The monsters from the game (in order of confrontation):

Gezora - A giant squid or cuttlefish-like creature
Moguera - A giant penguin-like robot
Varan - A giant gliding lizard
Hedorah - A giant alien creature that feeds off of pollution
Baragon - A giant fire-breathing dinosaur
Gigan - A cyborg monster resembling a reptilian chicken
Mechagodzilla - A robotic replica of Godzilla
Ghidorah - A giant three-headed dragon

Sequels

Later, a sequel was made called Godzilla 2: War of the Monsters. The player controls the Army, trying to protect Japan from the Godzilla characters.

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