User blog comment:Mecha Yonggary/Cool Ideas for the next Godzilla game? (Whenever that is)/@comment-4398640-20110906085851

Well they better keep the entire line-up from Unleashed to start. I like how large it's getting and that's a major feature. I would have preferred more Toho kaiju to the originals in Unleashed, but I have to say they made a smart move and got ones that filled missing niches. Since they've been designed I hope they stay.

As for some of the game franchise's other embellishments, I'm not as opposed as some. They've clearly made an effort to make the games closer to the movies as time goes on and Angurius did wind up getting a roll attack in Final Wars. I find Angurius and Titanasaurus "roar" type attacks the oddest. It's not that I can't handle creative license or the idea of something having an attack it might be weak too. It's just that making their roar an attack really seems to say "well they don't really have a beam attack, but we let them roar extra loud so they wouldn't feel bad". The oddness is compounded when they started making up beam attacks wholesale for folks like Varan. If it were a matter of the designers deeply feeling these monsters should have these attacks it would be one thing, but it's obviously just to ensure that the beam button does something for every monster. As the cast and mechanics grow this is becoming increasingly silly and hopefully can be removed in the next game.

We've seen an approximately 50% increase in monsters for each of the new games. So if we are being optimistic we could hope for 12 new monsters. Of course we should also expect some of those to be almost reskins. I actually like the minor variance monsters, it lets you pick your favorite aspects of a given niche to specialize with. So that said:

Hedorah: Popular and unique, plus we've been teased once so I think he has a good shot. Frankly getting his gelantinous make-up exactly right graphically seems unnecessary since even the Final Wars version looked solid due to being a suit. You don't have to do better than the movies guys.

Ebirah: Having made a cameo in the games and shown-up in Final Wars I think the Horror of the Deep deserves a playable slot. Could open up the game for more uses of water too.

Battra: Putting a Mothra re-skin in the watered down PS2 Unleashed as an exclusive was not a cool move. Let's get a real Battra in the full version of the next game.

Both Gigans: They have the art and they like minor variants so I say do it.

That's my Must Have list. The following would be cool but I'm less certain of...

Bagan: He was mentioned for Unleashed and needs more love.

Godzilla: Getting another one seems almost inevitable. I'd say GMK has the most unique design apart from the current batch.

Kamacuras: I questioned one of these holding its own in single combat against any of the others but the big one from Final Wars was actually pretty cool.

Kumonga: We need more non-humanoids and giant spiders rock.

Gabara: Mostly for uniqueness and fun factor. Would definettely brighten up the line up.

Manda: Very different body type, my only problem is I know he only deserves one version worth of slots and I can't choose.

Gargantuas: Look, we're not gonna get Kong. The Gargantuas at least give us a similair mammalian kaiju.

Oodaku: He's had 3 apearances and he's giant octopus. I mean who doesn't love a giant octopus?

Gezora: Probably a little easier to make fit with the others but that's why I prefer Oodaku if we have to choose.

Roster is my major concern but I also like having a lot of interesting locations to fight in. The more the better and the more variety of stuff found in them the better.

I'd like to see more done with game options and the military units as well.