"PANIC: Kaiju of Kaijus/P.

The first 2 parts of the story, before chapter 2...

"Prologue"
Before I start, I just want to tell you, that telling this story was not an easy decision to make. You see, over the past couple of days, I have been suffering from horrible nightmares, hissing noises, and severe anxiety from a game I used to play as a child. And I believe that it came from the entity that I plan to expose in this particular story. However, I cannot see him, as it seems to hide out of sight. But I can feel his presence, since I can hear noises coming from the basement, through the attic, and up on the rooftop, as I’m writing this. I know, I know, I probably should have done something more useful, like destroy the cartridge. But, with the entity backing me into a corner, I feel as though I have no choice. So I will tell different chunks of the story, each summarizing the events that folded throughout my time playing the game, while I can still keep my distance…

This story is actually the story of (...what used to be…) Godzilla Monster War for the SFC. I pirated the game just so you know. Anyway, Godzilla Monster War, was a japanese exclusive SNES game in which you guide either godzilla or any other kaiju from the godzilla movies, through a fighting tournament filled with destruction, assimilation, and everything that made Kaiju so rad. Anyway, this game was a hit with audiences, but was never released in the US, leaving that country to live off of the mediocre Godzilla games they got. However, that was, unless they pirated the game, which like I said, is exactly what I did. You see, pirating games used to be the perfect solution to getting games that you couldn’t get otherwise, whether it’d be because of money, or the restrictions your parents have on your age demographic. However, It also proved corrosive to the companies who made the game, as the people who pirated games were taking advantage of their sell, without adding to their revenue. So, they started punishing those people. And I happened to have come across the punishment for Monster War … THIS game. But how the entity got here? I don't know, and I don't care.

So, how did this all start? Well, to answer that particular question, we'll have to go back those 3 weeks to the year annual garage sale. Now usually, I wouldn't care much about it, as there was nothing at home that I didn't find precious to me. However, I did have plans this year, because I saw this as my chance to return something that I forgot to give back after a WHOLE MONTH. You see, back in July, I asked my friend if I could borrow a book to read that I liked. The reason I asked was because I wanted to do something other than playing video games, or simply just lying around and doing ... nothing. Of course, being the LOYAL friend that he was, he agreed, and I took an "Artemis Fowl" book, promising to give it back in 3 DAYS. So there I was, digging through my drawers to find that book. Here's how that went:

"(What do you know... I already found it... and ...OMG!! It's Godzilla...Monster of Monsters.=( Ugh!! What a delightfully repugnant game." Just so you know, I was talking about the NES Godzilla...It doesn't matter to the story. Heck, It's not even PART of this story ... why am I talking about it?! Anyway, it did spark an interest in me. "Hmm... mabye I better keep looking through that drawer." So I did, and I found it. A flash drive, lying under a keyboard. I had previously used it to pirate a game for my brother to play on his laptop. "Hey... wait a second. Mabye... mabye I could do it again)." I would've gladly done it -- later. First, my friend's house.

After the garage sale ended, I was back at my house. During the visit, I had completely forgot about the flash drive. I remembered it as soon as my eyes set on it, and then quickly put it to use. I was searching for games that I had on the flash drive to play (Most of which were SNES titles, since I was more familiar with that console). "Hmm... nothing special. Guess I should pick randomly." I closed my eyes and scrolled randomly, and then stopped after a while. The cursor was hovering over a file for a game. One that I never owned before. It was a Godzilla game. I thought it was interesting, because I thought I already had Super Godzilla. But this seemed different. And then I realized, this was the Japanese Godzilla game. Boy was I happy. I just had to play it. And so, I clicked on it.

"Chapter #1"
Now first, let me list out things about this game's "title screen" that set me off ...

So the first things that should've popped up when the game started were the usual Afla & Toho logos. These logos. For some reason, that never happened. Instead, it skipped right to the title screen...

This was confusing to me, because the logos would've let players know who developed the game, and who endorsed it. This made me pondered if this was the actual game. It must have been, considering as how It had never made it to the States. Oh, and did I forget to mention I hadn't researched the game, nor have I ever remembered having the game before I played it? Yeah, that's exactly how much I thought this game was the real deal... And it was because of this, that another "red flag" hit, right after. You know how the title screen track was a Super Nintendo rendition of the original Godzilla theme? Well, I didn't realize that, because the music in this version was different. It was a rendition of a somber melody, unlike any I've heard before, called "Molten Light" by Chad VanGaleen. Molten Light

The original song, in all it's glory I was pleasantly surprised, but also a little freaked out. Why would a tune like this be in a Godzilla game? What would it be doing in a game, let alone one in the 90s? I had no time to find out, as I hit the enter key. The last thing I found was that...godzilla never roared, like he always did. Instead, he just...disappeared... while the title screen became a blazing inferno... and the music stopped... The altered title screen. Looks awfully familiar, doesn't it... At that point, I already had more questions than answers. Did I actually have this game? Did I actually experience this before? Was it real? Was THIS GAME real? I didn't really know...

The screen faded in to the game's character select screen, which only had 6 character slots, like it was supposed to. Except, all of the characters were static. Nothing but static, actually. " 'The hell, I questioned, as I scrolled through each of 6 character slots. None of the sprites showed up... except for Godzilla. He was different now, sporting his NES skin, for some reason. I decided to play as him, since I couldn't find the other characters, and hit the enter key. Once again, Godzilla never roared. The screen faded black, and then faded in to the map screen.

Suddenly, the static character slot appeared and flashed a character portrait. I was intrigued. Were the fights going to be the key to unlocking the kaiju? Well I was going to find out... The kaiju that appeared in the portrait, strangely enough, was Megalon, or someone that looked a bit similar to him. To be honest, I couldn't tell.

After that, a pointer placed a dot on what was supposed to be Osaka. Osaka was a state in Japan, known for it's rather awesome lifestyle and food, if you did not know. Anyway, after the challenger announcement passed... something happened...

The stage, what can I say about the stage? It was nothing but a white backdrop. No sea, no sense of reality. Just a white backdrop... Not only that, but my enemy was huge. Like, really huge. Like Godzilla's sprite was only half its size, huge: A battle with that creature... The creature was also very human in body structure. Too human, if you ask me.

It's attacks were also cheaper than usual. He's always spontaneous, hovering all over the place, so fast that sometimes, I can't catch him. And his claws. Holy shit, those claws deal so much damage! Yet, despite all that nonsense, despite all the connections with reality torn apart, I managed to make it through alive, the monster barely having been shot down by a heat blast. It burst into a million pieces, as it spiraled into the heavens...

Now,I was in touch with reality, all the same I started pondering again. Was I meant to feel that?! Was I meant to feel that as a child?! Once more, I didn't know. I had just started the playing, and I already felt as though it was the end. But, this was only the beginning. And the only way to go was up. After all, that was this game's power. So, I braced myself for my next opponent...

Antivirus...