#GigaBash

[crusaderguy]

They ain't even got Mothra or Anguirus in there bro, they only have Godzilla's rogues gallery.

[iamthekaijuking]

Love these dweebs

[tyrannodokuro]

HOLY SHIT @bogleech HEDORAH IS FINALLY GONNA BE PLAYABLE IN A FIGHTING GAME

[averagemee-fr]

POV: You main Hedorah in GigaBash

[mazinwraith]

Godzilla suffers a mild concussion.

[solosergiohd]

"Super Smash Bros. Ultimate" fighters Vs. "GigaBash" kaijus and heroes

Donkey Kong Vs. Gorogong

Mewtwo Vs. Pipijuras

Cloud Vs. Thundatross

Kirby Vs. Woolley

Piranha Plant Vs. Skorak

Captain Falcon Vs. Gigaman

Rosalina & Luma Vs. Rohanna

Ridley Vs. Rawa

Sephiroth Vs. Zyva

Steve Vs. Kongkrete

Mega Man Vs. R.O.J.A.K.

Wolf Vs. Balzarr

[monsters-conquer-the-world]

R.O.J.A.K. and Balzarr are kick-ass homages to Power Rangers' iconic Megazord and Goldar (or Daizyuzin and Grifforzar for my fellow Zyurangers😏). They join Gigabash's colorful cast of original kaiju, who freely mix it up with classic Godzilla monsters and Ultraman aliens. Years later and from the other side of the globe, the dream of Colossal Kaiju Kombat has come true and then some!

[giantmonsterpolls]

Poll suggestion: Favorite non-Ultraman Kyodai Hero.

[dottyduke]

Godzilla in video games!

The amount of appearances Godzilla has made in video games is thicker than his thighs.

[hyped-up-on-girl-pills]

The single best thing about Gigabash is the teenage egg that’s the pilot of the mech you play in the final chapters of the story mode.

[valtharr]

This is a real game you can buy and play right now.

[highly-radioactive-nerd]

ROJAK is so fucking cool dude. It's five robots from different countries that can combine into one, but the pilots are all from different backgrounds, so their teamwork is frayed and unstable. The robots all have individual names and the pilots all represent an old toku character trope... I want a whole story about them. I want a single player campaign about the ROJAK team!

Balzarr is cool too, a space monster that rivals King Ghidorah in its biblical, prophetic dread and malice for sure. Where King Ghidorah is a terrible mushroom cloud of destruction, Balzarr is a swift, ripping typhoon. A perfect enemy for the ROJAK team!

[iamthekaijuking]

Gigabash character overview: Skorak

One kaiju archetype that could be used when Passion Republic Games was developing Gigabash was that of a gross and/or ominous evil overlord. So they took advantage of that and created Skorak!

The rest of the characters have reveal trailers so I’ll be using them instead of renders.

Skorak is a character that demands strategy and skill in order to play well. He has a gimmick revolving around his shell (which is actually the skull of another kaiju he’s killed but we’ll get to that). He can send out his shell out to track down opponents, throw it as a projectile, use it as a bomb, use it to pull off two pronged attacks, and just generally use it as a sort of “chess piece” on the battlefield. Not having his shell equipped lightens him and lets him move faster and makes some of his attacks last longer, but it comes at a cost. Without his shell he can’t block attacks or use a defensive move, so in order to play Skorak well you’ll have to remain aware of where your shell is, it’s position relative to you and your opponent, and when it’s advantageous to have it equipped or unequipped. When Skorak was revealed it also caught the attention of a little someone called @bogleech.

Design

Given that Ultraman was a huge source of inspiration for Gigabash, it was probably inevitable that we’d get a Gastropod monster since the ultra franchise has produced a handful. Namegon from Ultra Q in particular was a massive source of inspiration for Skorak’s design.

However, Skorak is also described as an evil overlord, so it’s possible that he’s got some Gatanothor in him as well. Gatanothor would later appear in the game with the Ultraman character pack as Camearra’s ultimate.

Skorak has quite a bit of concept art as well! And for awhile PRG was debating giving him up to 4 heads.

Side note: Skorak’s talons erupt from his pupils.

I personally find Skorak really cute and he reminds me of the “Live slug reaction” meme.

Lore

Skoraks home turf is Tarabak island (the name itself a reference to the snail kaiju Taraban from Ultraman Tiga), which is Gigabash’s stand in for Skull Island; an island overflowing with monsters and kaiju much to the dismay of the native humans. Much like Skull Island, Tarabak has an in universe book written in the early 1900’s called The Lost World of Tarabak detailing the adventures of a man named Petyr Faust in his crew. However, the content was so radical and unbelievable that it was labeled as a fictional story, and this wouldn’t be corrected until the 70’s during the first kaiju crisis.

The natives of Tarabak Island lived in fear for centuries as no place was safe from the rampaging monsters. Eventually though, one day a kaiju came along that curb stomped any other monster and quickly became the “king”. The natives worshipped this kaiju for protection, and under his watch they developed quite an advanced civilization. Entire cities of stone and gold were constructed, and a dam was built to control water flow for agriculture. They even had a legislative and court system! For nearly a century things went well and the people prospered, but this protection came at a cost, which I’ll cover two entries from now when we take a look at this “dragon king”. For some people this cost was too great a price to be tolerated, and so one day these displeased people performed a dark ritual where they spilled their own blood and the offerings meant for their king. Their prayers were answered in the form of a poisonous sludge. These rebels filled their offerings with this sludge and when they fed these offerings to their king he fell sick as Skorak devoured him from the inside before bursting out and taking his skull as a trophy.

That sludge was actually eggs, and this means that Skorak is a parasitoid kaiju slug that wears the remains of its first meal as protection, which is metal as hell. Also, I know Gigabash is a doofy kaiju party game, but the anatomist in me is very unhappy with the skull Skorak wears.

The resulting civil war would destroy the once great civilization of Tarabak and the population would splinter into three factions that constantly vie for control over the island, with Skorak’s followers becoming a cult known as the Eyes Of Skorak.

While the cult’s activities are mostly on the Island of Tarabak, the religion is known amongst occultist circles. In order to be initiated into the Eyes of Skorak you have to be injected with his venom. Those who survive, IF they survive, gain a telepathic connection to the kaiju and other cult members. Hence the name “Eyes of Skorak”.

Sadly Skorak and the rest of the game’s roster don’t have story modes as any more beyond the initial four were too resource taxing on the small indi studio of Passion Republic Games. Skorak does appear in all the other story modes sans Pipijuras’s as an opponent though. In Woolley’s in particular the native Yeti herd of Tarabak are seen celebrating his defeat, and given that Skorak lives for the hunt and consumption of other kaiju, it’s likely that he was routinely eating the poor Yetis.

In summary: Skorak is the coolest gastropod kaiju I know and any who disagree are unworthy of his blessings!

[tyrannodokuro]

an ultra hero who's essentially a stand user, i can dig it

[weaponxworld15]

I have never been a fan till now, and this movie was amazingly made, and the dynamic between Ken with Emi and Father and Son was perfect. Can't wait to see what's plan for part 2.

[mazinwraith]

Father and son and granddaughter.