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Godzilla Unleashed from Atari is a mediocre game in what is sadly a mediocre series. But that doesn’t mean it can’t be fun, especially with a 5-year old! It brings me back. My Aunt Bev, bless her for it, took me to see, in the theater, Godzilla vs. Megalon. I must have been 4 or 5 years old myself and I was awed. It began a real love of Godzilla movies that lasted long into my childhood. Despite that mediocrity the love is back, because my son thinks Godzilla is super cool!<\/p>\n
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Godzilla Unleashed is a Wii game that lets you use the nunchuk to kick, jump, and tail swipe (if applicable) and the remote lets you claw and bite. It offers all the favorites: Godzilla, Megalon, Gigan, that robot guy, that robo-Godzilla, and more can be unlocked. It features all their signature roars and cries.<\/p>\n
I launched the game the other day and Henry’s eyes bugged out. “That’s a scary dinosaur dad!” Ah, the innocence of youth. He’s an atomically mutated dinosaur of course, but we can’t expect a 5-year old to know that.
\nHe chose Godzilla, I chose Megalon, and pretty soon we were punching and kicking our way through downtown San Francisco. We’ve played a few times since but that first battle with Henry was the memorable one. It’s a pity the game isn’t better, but when you’re flailing around as giant monsters with a small boy, quality takes on a new meaning. The game might be mediocre, but that experience was not. It took me all the way back in time and suddenly…<\/p>\n
I was a 5-year old too.<\/p>\n
It’s awesome when a video game makes you connect with your child on a gut level. When it erases 31 years of age and when it makes you forget about your health problems. I won the battle that day, but Henry’s energetic clawing, biting, kicking, and roaring made me realize that Godzilla would be back. You can’t keep a good monster down.<\/p>\n
Time to rent a movie or two I think. Maybe I’ll start with Godzilla vs. Megalon. Henry should like that one. Then? Time for a rematch!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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