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BestTitanosaurus wrote:

Franco.carmona.106 wrote: MechaG '75. Now, why was he scrapped, anyway? That version of MechaG is the best one of all, period. He was removed because he essentially is MechaG74. The only difference is that weird brain thing. And how do they make that into a whole new character?

It's more than just the brain that makes the MechaGodzilla 1975 different from MechaGodzilla 1974.

Obvious difference is that MechaGodzilla 1974 has MG initials labelled on both of its arms, which obviously stand for "Mecha Godzilla", whereas MechaGodzilla 1975 have MG2 initials labelled on both of its arms, which clearly stand for "Mecha Godzilla 2", and thus it is given the name "MechaGodzilla 2" according to the trivia section of the Showa MechaGodzilla article

If we are to nip-pick on the designs, the original MechaGodzilla has short and stubby finger missiles, a metal piece with three bolts on the hand plate, a less defined and prominent shoulder frill, one orange button each on the chest and above the crotch, a bottom-half pentagon underneath the chest cannon, two rounded pieces coming from the chest canon, smooth grooves that runs along the back feet, the knee plates get smaller as they goes towards the back of its legs, a smooth and solid tail blade and the plates on the bottom of the tail are smooth and run straight across, while MechaGodzilla 2 has longer finger missiles, one big metal piece on hand plate, a more defined and prominent shoulder frill, one silver button on the chest, one silver button underneath the chest cannon and two silver buttons above the crotch, a triangle underneath the chest cannon, two lighting-like pieces coming up the chest, sharp spurs that stick out of the back of the feet, the knee plates get really small and thin half way and goes around the back, a smooth and solid tail blade with three big bolts in it, and the plates on the bottom of the tail are V-shaped.

And with all that, this is how you can make MechaGodzilla 1975 into a whole new character from MechaGodzilla 1974.