With a series of mysterious crystals appearing in major urban centers, monsters are coming out of the woodwork to battle it out.
The cities in question are surprisingly big and cluttered, and their buildings fall down very pleasingly when you smash another monster into them. You and your friends will compete against one another in a series of high-impact melees in a number of major cities, such as New York and, of course, Tokyo. Up to four players can take control of sixteen different monsters from four different factions, ranging from members of the classic Toho Godzilla cast, such as Godzilla, Gigan, Megalon, Godzilla 2000 (the female Godzilla from the Matthew Broderick movie) and Mecha-Godzilla, to brand new monsters that Pipeworks and Toho have created just for the game. Unfortunately, this is going to be one of those maddening previews where the code is pre-alpha and the PR people are playing it close to the vest, but we’ve got just enough information that it’s worth reporting. Godzilla Unleashed brings the giant monster back on the Wii for a head-to-head, monster-on-monster fighter that recalls 2002’s Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee.
When we’re unlucky, that role is filled by the Rampage series when we’re lucky, it’s filled by a Godzilla game.
No generation is complete, apparently, without giant monsters wrecking entire cities.
