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[Mr. X]

'Twas done on Toho Kingdom, so I thought I'd bring it over here.

http://www.tohokingdom.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=12867

[Rhuen]

I would have counted the three types of Mecha-Godzilla seperatly.

and I only remember one apperance by Destoroyah, the Anguirus Legends apperance. When was it seen again?

[Mr. X]

[Rhuen]

except that MechaGodzilla one is an alien robot.

while MechaGodzilla 2 is Earth Defense forces.

a fact that makes IDW have to be careful which gets used and when. So the original barrel shaped one can only appear when aliens are involved, thus why its only been seen once. While the Heisei era one is human made and can show up more easily.

Kiryu, is also a challenge as it has to somehow incorporate being based directly on Godzilla rather than just a simular shape.

For IDW in other words the use of each version has to depend on the situation; where as Anguirus has the same backstory (lack of any really) and which version is used is up to which look they like the most or thinks fits.

[Prof. Anguirus]

More Biollante, Anguirus, Sanda, Gaira, Ebirah, and Gigan.

Forgot about 8.

[KaijuX]

I think Destoroyah could use a little more love. True he did have a large (awesome) role in Legends 1, but I would like to see him in the Ongoing or something!

I'm also expecting more out of Megalon and Ebirah after the 13 Ongoing issues are overwith and HCW is through. Something tells me Hedorah, SpaceG, Gigan and X will have decent amount of page time.
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[Rhuen]

yeah I agree, I'd love to see Destoroyah in an ongoing, along with Biollante and King Caesar one of my favorite monsters

after: Godzilla, Rodan, and Mothra of course, those three were like childhood heroes to me and King Ghidora (mostly because my first Godzilla movie as a child that got me hooked was Gidrah the three headed monster).

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[Mr. X]

On the MG thingy: At the end of the day, they're both Mechagodzilla, and that's really all that determines it.

On topic: Anyway, poor Destoroyah is being ignored. Other than the first Legends, the poor guy got virtually no attention. We needs moar Dessy.
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[Kingoji]

Thing about Destoroyah is, he's so big. And I don't mean in scale, I mean in powerset, reputation, expectation... we're talking about a monster that was nigh on unbeatable, who has killed members of the Godzilla family, and whose very *name* instills one with a sense of futility, chaos, destruction and Evil.
No other monster, bar perhaps King Ghidorah or Godzilla himself, is going to be trickier to write. He's the endgame; the Onii... to be unleashed only when you need to make sure things can never be the same again. He's Doomday; he's Onslaught... and to trot him out frequently is to deminish him.

So, yeah, two appearances in, what, two years? You ask me, that's about right. And only because one of those appearances was ghosted into an ensemble and said nothing specific about him.
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[Prof. Anguirus]

I have to agree with the above statement. Destroyah is probably the single most powerful monster in the entire series.

[Mr. X]

No, Destoroyah doesn't have to be depicted as one of the strongest monsters there is. It depends on the writer/story. Just 'cause he was pretty strong in the film don't mean he has to be extremly powerful in the comic. Yes, he obviously shouldn't be weak or anything, it's just that he doesn't always have to be one of the most powerful monsters there is.

Example: King Ghidorah in KOM. Godzilla's arch enemy was turned into a pathetic weakling. Whereas he should have been extrememly hard to beat. Heck, Battra was tougher than him.

Destoroyah still needs more comic appearances. I suspect we'll be seeing him somewhat soon. Hopefully in the next series (be it a mini or the Ongoing).

I want to see his other forms, specifically his Aggregate form. We've seen a few of Hedorah's. Siper Mechagodzilla. Even Spacegodzilla's flying form. I hope to see Destoroyah change forms in his next comic appearance.
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[Kingoji]

Well, yeah he could be misused like King Ghidorah was... but just look at the reaction *that* got.

Forgive me for assuming that the people who wanted to see more of him would want to see him done right.
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[Mr. X]

No. See, you were acting like he *had* to be hugely powerful. All I'm saying is that that's not true. He doesn't *have* to be. Obviously that's what we'd want, duh, but it's not like he can't be weak.

Just because he's a big and tough monster doesn't mean he should be limited to few comic appearences. That's all I'm trying to say here.
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[Kingoji]

And I'm saying, in that case, why use *him*? If the reader is willing to sacrifice what defines that character just so they can see him more often, then what exactly do they want to see him for?

With Ghidorah there was acceptable exception, because it was based on the GMK incarnation of Ghidorah, who *was* smaller and less powerful. And even then, people were still unhappy. Also, look how unhappy people were with how fast Mechagodzilla U.N. and Kiryu were taken down.

Do you really want more of that?

I recognize that the possibility is there to write him as a powered-down version of himself... But I also recognize that there is the *possibility* that he could be written like an affectionate kitten.

The point I'm making is that it is too undesirable a compromise just so that we can see him more often. And I certainly don't feel that he *should* appear more often if it means such compromises were going to be made.
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