Board Thread:Monster Discussions/@comment-24223345-20140219032519/@comment-7497514-20140429223714

HeiseiMekaG wrote: If Godzilla could manage to best MG2 and Super Mechagodzilla (which were designed to destroy him), I don't doubt he could best Gatanozoa.

Godzilla's a walking nuclear reactor (meaning he's pretty much constantly generating nuclear energy) as well. Going by Heisei scale, Godzilla would be in-around 80 or 100 metres tall, compared to Gatanozoa's 130...which normally might decide the outcome, but Godzilla has also bested foes far larger than himself on plenty of occasions (Biollante and King Ghidorah, for example), so it's not like size is the deciding factor. Godzilla can regenerate damaged cells fairly quickly, as well (he healed an impaled hand from Biollante in quite a short timespan), so I'm not sure if Gatanozoa's pincer-tentacles offer much of an advantage. Combine the rapid regen with the Nuclear Pulse, and Gatanozoa quickly looses melee advantage, even at range.

Godzilla's also survived being trapped in the Earth's crust (twice, even), as well as falling into an active volcano and the incredible pressure of the ocean depths; so he's a lot more durable than Tiga was. Gatanozoa, while powerful, is immobile on land. Godzilla's not as agile as Tiga could be, but he also has rapid regenerative abilities, thermonuclear breath, decent T&C, a Nuclear Pulse and the Spiral Ray to fall back on. Gatanozoa can petrify things, but it's entirely possible Godzilla could either break free with his nuclear pulse or block the petrification beam with his own atomic breath or spiral ray. Gatanozoa's not helpless, of course, but Godzilla just seems to have more abilities that could hinder or nullify Gatanozoa's.

So points to Godzilla, I guess? I haven't watched Ultraman Tiga, so maybe Gatanozoa's more powerful than I'm thinking. It's the best ultra series, I loved the plot.