Super Godzilla

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This week in retro gaming, the past and present collided in some fascinating ways. Retroid’s new Pocket Nova is raising the bar for powerful retro handhelds, while Analogue continues tempting collectors with another flashy, limited-edition Pocket. RIP to our wallets…again.

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PRESS START

An Introduction To Today’s Game

Godzilla has smashed cities, fought aliens, battled giant moths, and occasionally saved humanity when the mood struck him. In 1994, North American SNES owners were handed the controls and presumably told not to make things worse.

Super Godzilla sounds like the setup for a straightforward monster brawler. Pick Godzilla, find another enormous creature, and introduce its face to several tons of radioactive reptile. Instead, Toho and developer Advance Communication Company went in a much stranger direction.

You navigate maps, manage energy, avoid hazards, hunt down enemy monsters, and eventually enter battles unlike almost anything else on the SNES. It is weird, occasionally confusing, and unmistakably Godzilla.

Welcome to monster management.

BEHIND THE PIXELS

Let’s Dive Into The Game

Super Godzilla is an action game that puts you in indirect control of Godzilla as aliens threaten Earth with a collection of giant monsters. Rather than simply walking from left to right and punching everything, each stage combines map navigation with one on one monster battles. You control Godzilla remotely using a transmitter aboard the Super X2, guiding him toward objectives and eventually his next oversized opponent.

During exploration, the screen is divided into two sections. The upper portion shows Godzilla moving through the environment, while the lower portion displays a map used to navigate.

Tanks, mines, electrical barriers, UFOs, buildings, and other obstacles complicate the journey, while both energy and time need to be managed.

Reach the enemy monster and the game shifts into combat. This is where things get unusual.

Godzilla can move toward or away from his opponent, block, and throw basic punches, but winning is not about hammering buttons. Successful attacks create opportunities to select more powerful moves, including tail strikes and Godzilla's atomic breath. Fighting Spirit also affects the strength of your attacks, turning combat into a strange mixture of positioning, timing, and waiting for the right opportunity.

The monster lineup pulls heavily from Godzilla's Heisei era. King Ghidorah, Mechagodzilla, Biollante, Battra, and Mecha King Ghidorah all appear before the game introduces something especially interesting of its own.

Godzilla can eventually transform into Super Godzilla, a more powerful form created specifically for the game.

Waiting at the end is Bagan, a monster previously considered for unrealized Toho movie projects before finally making an official appearance here.

Visually, the large monster sprites and attack sequences give the battles plenty of personality. The soundtrack and familiar monster roars help considerably too.

Whatever you think of the combat system, Super Godzilla certainly understands the appeal of watching enormous monsters settle disagreements the Godzilla way.

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GAME INFORMATION

WHERE TO PLAY

• The original copy or emulation will be your best bet in playing the original version.

• Original Copies of the Game (All prices in USD)

  • Loose: $18

  • Complete: $135

  • New/Sealed: $210

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GAME OVER

Why You Should Play This

Playing Super Godzilla today requires some patience. The navigation can feel slow, the combat system takes time to understand, and anyone expecting something like Street Fighter II with radioactive dinosaurs is going to wonder why Godzilla refuses to simply punch the monster standing directly in front of him.

Stick with it, though, and there is an unusual SNES game underneath the confusion. Learning when to approach, retreat, build Fighting Spirit, and unleash stronger attacks gives battles their own rhythm. The monster roster also makes this an interesting snapshot of the Heisei era. Any game with my personal favorite, Biollante, scores some extra points.  

More importantly, Super Godzilla occupies a curious little corner of Godzilla history. Bagan finally received an official appearance here, after being developed for over a decade for previous Godzilla films. He’s never appeared in a Godzilla film, but remains very popular among the fans.

It has never received a modern rerelease, remaster, or remake, which makes the original even more of a time capsule.

Flawed? Absolutely. Forgettable? Not quite.

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