Godzilla is coming to Gigabash!

[Kailem]

I'm sure a few people here (of the few that are still hanging around, anyway ) have picked up Gigabash, the new monster fighting game that's clearly inspired by classics like Destroy All Monster Melee and War of the Monsters? Well it looks like Godzilla will soon be joining the fight!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvyojs33gn4 (I know there's no point in trying to use the "media" brackets on that url while the board is still like this)

Not quite a new Godzilla video game announcement, but it's better than a [i]mobile[/i] game announcement, that's for sure!

[Benjamin Haines]

I have not heard of GigaBash before so thank you for bringing this to my attention. I just looked it up and I see that it's available on the PS4 so I'll check it out at some point for sure. It looks like it's a downloadable game, not on a disc.

[Kailem]

Yeah I don't think it was released physically in any region. But yeah, it's basically a 1-4 player monster brawler in the vein of the old Godzilla Pipeworks games and War of the Monsters. I got it on release (even though it was a tad more expensive than I would have liked and expected) and early multiplayer teething issues aside, it's a ton of fun. Loads of personality and polish, with some great monsters and levels. Definitely recommended if you ever used to play any of those aforementioned games back in the day, especially if you've got friends to play it with either online or off.

Apparently Godzilla isn't the only Toho monster coming to the game either, though at the moment the devs are staying silent about how many more monsters are going to be making an appearance and who they might be. But either way I'm looking forward to it!

[Benjamin Haines]

My game console in the early 2000s was Nintendo GameCube, so I never played War of the Monsters on the PlayStation 2 but I did play the hell out of Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee. An old-fashioned, button-mashing fighting game in that style sounds awesome, especially with Godzilla and possibly more Toho monsters included in the roster. I'll try to get GigaBash on the PS4 by the end of this year.

[Kailem]

That'd be good timing then, because they've just released a new teaser with a look at Godzilla, and announced that he'll be coming out December 9th!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5Iqm0z5WWk

[Kailem]

Update: Godzilla will now be releasing slightly earlier on December 7th!

https://twitter.com/GigaBashGame/status/1592849969253273601?s=20&t=dXlGuobhPmBv9yw-yN-fOA

There have also been a lot of hints that Gigan is going to be the first extra Toho monster to be announced, and that he'll be officially revealed fairly soon.

[Kailem]

Indeed Gigan is looking to be one of the other monsters, along with potentially Kiryu, judging by these latest teasers:

Gigan:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWuJG864xeo

Kiryu:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25_TsmEp2uM

Apparently judging by the looks of the Steam page all four monsters are going to be available as a pack. So given that December 7th is about two weeks away now, I'd imagine we'll get one more teaser for the final monster next week followed by confirmation and gameplay around release time.

[Benjamin Haines]

Nice! If the fourth character ends up being King Ghidorah then this game will have the Half-Century War #5 roster!

[Kailem]

Yeah I've got to imagine the last one is going to be King Ghidorah. He's too popular for them to leave him out.

Honestly, when Gigan first started to be heavily hinted as one of the monsters, I thought they might end up going full "Godzilla vs Gigan" and giving us the line-up from that film! And if Ghidorah does indeed end up being the last one, we'll at least have three quarters of the roster from there being in it.

[Kailem]

I just saw the game is also 25% off on the Playstation store from now until December 21st, so it'd be an even better idea to get it within the next few weeks than it was already!

https://twitter.com/GigaBashGame/status/1597561016308715522?s=20&t=Y8f5aEFzhs9e4aiG0IiZgQ

[Kailem]

The last monster teaser is out, and after initially thinking it confirmed Ghidorah, that wing silhouette there at the end, as well as the camera angle they chose, make me think Destoroyah is actually going to be the final monster instead!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIErnjnz4aw

[Kailem]

The DLC ended up releasing a little earlier than expected, as it's available to buy right now!

As expected, Heisei Godzilla, Showa Gigan, Kiryu and Destoroyah are indeed the full roster, all available to buy in one pack that costs £8 over here! That's a lot cheaper than I was expecting!

And damn (or DAMM ) do they all look fun!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWMpfRJF5H4

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FjRSPQ5XoAA0_o7?format=jpg&name=medium

So many iconic movie moves! I can't wait to jump in and start playing with these guys later! And fingers crossed this isn't the last time they add some Toho monsters to the game!

[lhb412]

Not a gamer, but as a fan I must say I was delighted by that little video. Makes it look like an update of those '00s Godzilla fighters everyone loves.

[Kailem]

It really is the closest thing to those old Pipeworks games we've had in years. Some of the monsters even have some of the same moves they had in those games, like Gigan's "air teleport." They really packed in a ton of nods not just to the films but also other things like that.

I played for a good few hours with them all last night, and they're all a lot of fun. MechaGodzilla really is pretty busted though. Spamming his square button attack just stun locks enemies into losing half their health bar with no real consequences. But other than that, they're all super fun to play!

There have been hints that we might even end up getting more Toho monsters at some point possibly next year, and if these four are any indication as to how fun they could be then I am totally down for that!

[Benjamin Haines]

I did finally download GigaBash along with the Godzilla DLC pack. This game is a ton of fun! I'm still very much a n00b and I haven't played with every character yet but I like the smoothness of the combat mechanics.

[Kailem]

Oh yeah, I still pretty much have to remind myself of the controls and how to play every time I play it! But yeah, it's one of those "simple but seems like it has a lot of depth" kinda games. I'm sure there are people out there who can do some crazy wall bounce combos, but for now I'm just happy if I can feel marginally competent at it while also just enjoying the giant monster fun!