Board Thread:Monster Discussions/@comment-7083810-20130517233049/@comment-4123264-20140610060034

Thank you for the compliment & addition to the giant theory pile, Mr. Thunderstudent!

Personally, I'd try to combine each of their different versions - minus aforementioned transformations - into those two ultimate combatants of yours, since they're all technically the same monsters throughout time. I know the origins are always different & each incarnation has a unique moveset, but if they were entirely separate from one another, they wouldn't be called the same name no matter what, would they? Looking at you, Zilla...

However, despite the preview using clips of each monster from varying movie ages, I think they'll try the former. Outside of a canon expanded universe, they sometimes fuse characters that have roots in different media & "timelines" (for lack of a better word), but the only example I can think of right now is Robotnik when he had both in-game machines & comic relief robots from cartoons. Again using "Superman vs. Goku" as a basis, they'll probably use the most well-known, evenly-balanced, or easily-measured versions of Godzilla & Gamera to fight each other. If it turns out they actually merged "serious" fighters in the past, I might have hope yet that they pull out ALL their tricks!

Oh, & speaking of hope, I'm crossing my fingers for the "worked on since January" belief. If we're lucky, this battle was the REAL reason for the months-long pause before "Robocop vs. Terminator"! A guy can dream, right?