Godzilla The Series: Monster Wars

About

Godzilla The Series: Monster Wars drops you into the scaly shoes of Earth’s mightiest lizard to fend off alien-spawned mutants. Developed for Game Boy Color in 2000, this side-scrolling brawler lets you unleash fireballs, stomp foes, and chain attacks through 10 stages set in deserts, cities, and undersea trenches. Free-scrolling controls give you full range to dodge, dash, and smash through hordes of enemies, with 16 distinct types to counter using a mix of claws, bites, and tail whips. Every level crams military forces, giant sea creatures, and bizarre alien hybrids into the fray, demanding quick reflexes and smart combo timing to survive. The game leans into its Godzilla lore with a surprisingly detailed story involving military outposts, tachyon signals, and a cybernetic version of Godzilla’s mother. Players praise the variety of environments and the satisfaction of linking attacks, though the Game Boy Color’s hardware limits the scale of battles. With no online modes or modern polish, it remains a niche pick for fans of old-school brawlers and kaiju chaos. The challenge comes from tight mechanics and the need to master each attack’s range and timing, perfect if you miss the tactile grind of early 2000s handheld fighters.

Storyline

After receiving word of a mutant attack in Nigeria, Randy Hernandez and Monique Dupre went to investigate alongside Godzilla. After getting past the Nigerian military, Godzilla defeated El Gusano Gigante, leading to Dr. Elsie Chapman discovering that it had been feeding on plants used in the manufacture of chemical weapons. Back in New York, Audrey Timmonds reported on a garbage-eating microbe that had gone on a rampage. H.E.A.T. boarded the Heat-Seeker while Godzilla made his way through the city itself. Once again, the military tried to stop him, but were unable to do so. When he reached the Nanotech Creature, he was able to defeat it, and it dispersed from its conglomerate form, leading Timmonds to commend H.E.A.T.'s efforts in defeating the P.E.M.C. Some time after this, Dr. Chapman picked up strange waves coming from nearby New Jersey. She showed it to her colleague Dr. Mendel Craven, who recognized them as faster-than-light tachyon pulses. The team went to New Jersey to investigate, leaving Godzilla to navigate there underwater, battling through scores of submarines and giant cephalopods. He soon came face to face with a Cryptocledius headed the other direction that attacked him with sonic vocalizations. Not understanding what the beast had been doing there, Craven began looking into them, and determined that they were some sort of distress signal emanating from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, and that it had been signaling for 55 million years. Godzilla then trekked through an unnamed city facing the usual opposing forces until he was faced with a Giant Bat that took a toll on him, but he was able to force into retreat. H.E.A.T. then headed for Site Omega, a military outpost in the Pacific. Godzilla then left the city, battling huge rats in addition to the miliary forces. He then walked all the way to Site Omega on the ocean floor, where he encountered more giant cephalopods and undersea attackers. He eventually arrived on the island and fought through yet another military onslaught before coming face to face with Cyber Godzilla, the resurrected cyborg created from the corpse of Godzilla's mother.[1]. She attacked her son with missiles, but was ultimately lain to waste. After Cyber Godzilla's defeat, the aliens that had apparently been around were seen retreating. Anthony Hicks approached Nick and offered him the position of lead researcher on the incapacitated mutations there on the island, but Nick declined in order to continue protecting the mutations that had yet to be discovered.