History VideoGame / PipeworksGodzillaTrilogy

* AdaptationalHeroism: The villainous Battra, King Ghidorah, Destoroyah, Megalon, Gigan, and Krystalak are playable, meaning they can help Godzilla, Mothra, Anguirus, and Rodan stop [=SpaceGodzilla's=] crystal invasion. This may be justified in Battra's case since his movie counterpart was Earth's Guardian and SpaceGodzilla is a threat to the planet, but this trope is still applications for him in comparing to ''Unleashed'' where he was just another power hungry mutant.

* AdaptationalHeroism: The villainous Battra, King Ghidorah, Destoroyah, Megalon, Gigan, and Krystalak are playable, meaning they can help Godzilla, Mothra, Anguirus, and Rodan stop [=SpaceGodzilla's=] crystal invasion.

** Mechagodzilla 2 in ''Destroy All Monsters Melee'' is reimagined as a Alien Superweapon for the Vortaak, even though in his film appearance he was created by humans to protect humanity from Godzilla. ''Unleashed'' rectifies this by having him be apart of the Global Defense Force.

** Mechagodzilla 2 in ''Destroy All Monsters Melee'' is reimagined as a Alien Superweapon for the Vortaak, even though in his film appearance he was created by humans protect humanity from Godzilla. ''Unleashed'' rectifies this by having him be apart of the Global Defense Force.

* WaveMotionBeam: Godzilla 90s' Rage Attack in ''Save the Earth'', Finishing Breath, is based on his Spiral Ray Atomic Breath and has him fire a massive beam of purple energy from his mouth that's capable of crossing almost the entire map of some stages.

* TheBadGuyWins: If a villainous monster wins in ''Unleashed'', then the ending has them destroying the world(in the case of the Mutants/Tyrant ending) or helping the Vortaak conquer it(in the case of the Aliens).

* AdaptationalBadass: Mechagodzilla 2 was in its film of origin built as a LongRangeFighter that suffered from CripplingOverspecialization to the point where it struggled in close quarters with Rodan, and was no match for Godzilla when he managed to get in close. In this series, it is just as capable in a fist fight as any other monster.

* DarkerandEdgier: While ''Unleashed'' doesn't completely abandon the campy tone of the previous games, there's a far more apocalyptic feel to the levels on account of the disasters going on, ranging from Sydney being frozen over to London floating in the middle of outer space, and the game abandons the ExcusePlot of the predecessors for a real story where it's made very clear that the world will end if you fail. You can even take over the planet yourself by beating the game as a kaiju from the Alien faction, or straight up destroying it by beating it as a Mutant.

** The Story Mode in ''Unleashed'' gets in on this of four sides all opposing each other: Earth Defenders, Global Defense Forces, Aliens, and Mutants. The sides differ on how they deal with the crystals that arrived from a meteorite and start royally screwing up the Earth, sent by Spacegodzilla. The Earth Defenders goes out of their way to destroy the crystals, even though their efforts do cause massive property damage. The Global Defense Forces work to stop the monsters running amok from trampling all the cities, and try to maintain order throughout the course of the game. The Aliens are loyal to the Vortaak and want to use the crystals to conquer and enslave Earth. The Mutants wish to use the crystals for power and are willing to trample anyone to get it, whether they are monsters, humans, or aliens.

** The Story Mode in ''Unleashed'' gets in on this of four sides all opposing each other: Earth Defenders, Global Defense Forces, Aliens, and Mutants. The sides differ on how they deal with the crystals that arrived from a meteorite and start royally screwing up the Earth, sent by Spacegodzilla. The Earth Defenders goes out of its way to destroy the crystals, even though their efforts do cause massive property damage. The Global Defense Forces work to stop the monsters running amok from trampling all the cities, and try to maintain order throughout the course of the game. The Aliens are loyal to the Vortaak and want to use the crystals to conquer and enslave Earth. The Mutants wish to use the crystals for power and are willing to trample anyone to get it, whether they are monsters, humans, or aliens.

** Godzilla 90's Rage Attack in ''Save the Earth'' is a purple WaveMotionBeam meant as a reference to his Spiral Heat Ray.

* VillainTeamUp: In ''Unleashed'', the Vortaak have united plenty of old foes together to help in their invasion of Earth. Mainstays like Godzilla's main ArchEnemy, King Ghidorah, and [[PsychoForHire Gigan]] are obligatory, but Orga has been brought back to life to fight again, the first Mechagodzilla was rebuilt to bolster their forces, and Megalon was loaned to them by the Seatopians for another go at wiping humanity out.

* MeleeATrois: Like in any 4-player fighting game, this can happen if all four available monsters are set against each other. On top of that, the military will sometimes join in to attack whichever monster is causing the most damage, or if there's a monster under a Power Surge or in Critical Mass they will prioritize those.

* BigBad:
** The Vortaak Queen, Vorticia, who tries to invade and conquer Earth multiple times.
** BigBadEnsemble: In ''Unleashed'', [=SpaceGodzilla=] goes rogue and starts operating independently and even against the still very much active Vortaak.

* InASingleBound: The monsters are capable of jumping as though they're on the moon. While critics complained that this breaks immersion, WordOfGod is that this was necessary to make melee combat between terrestrial and airborne monsters viable.

* MythologyGag: Godzilla 90's Critical Mass form in ''Unleashed'' is his Burning form from ''Film/GodzillaVsDestoroyah''.
* NaturalDisasterCascade: In ''Unleashed'', many of the cities are affected by the crystals in some...bizarre ways.

* ObviousBeta: ''Godzilla Unleashed'' was criticized for motion control issues, and Godzilla 1954 in particular is unpolished in comparison to the other monsters -- the camera goes above his head in his introductory cutscene, and he lacks a proper roar taunt. In addition, sometimes certain music won't play(King Ghidorah's theme won't play in Story Mode, while King Caesar's won't play in Brawl Mode).

* PowerUp: ''Unleashed'' introduces the Power Surge crystals, which give the afflicted monster a special benefit when destroyed. Several missions involve confronting a monster under the control of five of these crystals, and the player must choose between taking down the monster(and getting the surge for themselves) or destroying the crystals; the latter is favored by Earth Defenders while the former is favored by Aliens. Normally they only last for 30 seconds or so, but they can be ended early to unleash a big shockwave.

** Darkness: A black crystal surrounded by darkness, blocks all ranged weapons(including the military).

** The Earth Defenders generally consist of natural monsters concerned with destroying the crystals to save the environment and as such are mainly opposed to the Mutants, but don't go out of their way to avoid destroying human buildings should they get in their way -- except King Caesar and Mothra, whose bios and backstories mention them as going out of their ways to protect humans.

* VideoGameCrueltyPunishment: The army will start attacking whichever monster does more damage, and while army vehicles can be destroyed simply by walking into them, unlike in movies, they can hurt you, and the Mazers with the freezing beams can also freeze you in place and render you an easy target for your opponents. Fights against monster will do most of the damage, but the army is still something to take into account.

** [=SpaceGodzilla=] pulls a HijackedByGanon in ''Unleashed'', making him a DragonAscendant.

* BigBadEnsemble: In ''Unleashed'', the Vortaak have united plenty of old foes together to help in their invasion of Earth. Mainstays like Godzilla's main ArchEnemy, King Ghidorah, and [[PsychoForHire Gigan]] are obligatory, but Orga has been brought back to life to fight again, the first Mechagodzilla was rebuilt to bolster their forces, and Megalon was loaned to them by the Seatopians for another go at wiping humanity out.

The Pipeworks ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' trilogy is a 3D FightingGame series developed by Pipeworks Software, Inc. and published by Atari. Gameplay consists of an array of light and heavy attacks that can be altered with input from the directional buttons, as well as ranged attacks that consume energy. Health and energy can be regained with power-ups that sporadically appear, and energy can also be replenished slowly over time. It consists of three games and a few spinoff titles:

* ElementalPowers: Starting with ''Save the Earth'' attacks have been given "elemental" properties, and each monster has certain move types that it's weak to and resists. They are [[PureEnergy Alien Energy]], Blunt, [[MakeSomeNoise Concussive]], Edged, [[ShockAndAwe Electricity]], [[StuffBlowingUp Explosive]], [[AnIcePerson Freezing]], [[PlayingWithFire Heat]], [[ILoveNuclearPower Nuclear]], and [[PoisonousPerson Poison]].

* ClimaxBoss: Critical Mass King Ghidorah in ''Unleashed'', unless of course you're playing on the Alien side. The Atoragon is also this unless you're allied the GDF. To a lesser extent, Biollante, despite being a normal foe, often winds up with her own boss mission simply titled "Biollante".

* InASingleBound: The monsters are capable of jumping as though they're on the moon. While critics complain that this breaks immersion, WordOfGod is that this was necessary to make melee combat between terrestrial and airborne monsters viable.

** In ''Unleashed'', destroying the rock formations and boulders on Monster Island will cause the military to turn on you. Let me repeat: ''they treat rocks and boulders as human-built structures''.

* NaturalDisasterCascade: In ''Unleashed'', many of the cities are affected by the crystals in some...bizzare ways.

* WeatherAndEnvironment: In ''Unleashed'', many of the cities are affected by the crystals in some...bizzare ways. London: A chunk of the city quite literally breaks from the earth and hangs high in the sky.
* WingsDoNothing: Despite having wings, Destoroyah is incapable of flight in every game except ''Double Smash''. This, along with his vulnerability to Heat instead of Freezing, was a result of concerns that letting him fly would make him too overpowered.

* BoringButPractical: Compared to the other monsters and their flashy specials, Rodan's specials are...simply flying across the screen really fast. However, "really fast" is all he needs; all three can do surprising damage and being fast means they're hard to avoid, and since Rodan has a big Special stat he can use them a ton.

* FrictionlessIce: The two "Glacier" levels feature this. Mothra, being constantly flying, is immune.
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: [[spoiler: Mecha-King Ghidorah]] in ''Domination''. The rest of the game is about a meteor that is projecting magnetic waves that are driving monsters insane. After seven stages fighting other monsters, you have a level on said meteor and where you fight [[spoiler: Mecha-King Ghidorah]].

* HardLight: Unlike most monsters, Mechagodzilla throws up a giant prism of hard light to block.

* CopyProtection: Downplayed. It doesn't change how the game plays and you can still play everything normally, but illegitimate copies of the game are altered somewhat; "Double Smash" doesn't appear in the title screen, Earth vanishes from the background of the Cairo stage, and you can't unlock the second half of the Monster Manifests.
* CheckpointStarvation: Want to play story mode? Okay then, you just need to clear it in one go. There are no checkpoints or saving your current story where it is now. The game itself does autosave anything you unlock, though.

* NaturalDisasterCascade: These are among the effects of the crystals, like in ''Unleashed''.
** Tokyo: The city is mostly underwater, but unlike the main Wii game there is no storm, instead being clear skies. The tsunamis awaken Titanosaurus and Ebirah from the deep, and they start rampaging through the city.

* WeatherAndEnvironment: Like in ''Unleashed'' the locations aside from Monster Island are afflicted in odd ways by the crystals.
** Cairo: Crystal activity causes the city to break off of the Earth and levitate in space. The crystals cause the Sphinx to come to life and Mechagodzilla to go rogue.
** Atlantis: The city rises up from the depths of the ocean.
** Paris: Torn apart by giant flowers, thorns, and vines, Biollante and Megaguirus make their home here and begin wreaking havoc.

* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: [[spoiler: Mecha-King Ghidorah]] is this [[UpToEleven even compared to the other monsters]]. He's so big the playable characters don't even come up to his hips.

''Godzilla: Unleashed'' takes place 20 years after the end of ''Save the Earth'', and possesses an in-depth and varied story mode. The Vortaak's second return is thrown awry by a meteor shower that causes the appearance of bizarre [[PowerCrystal crystals that emit a strange radiation]] which [[SuperMode powers monsters up]]. The crystals' radiation also causes a series of natural (and unnatural) disasters to occur around the world. The [[ChaoticEvil Mutant]] and Vortaak-allied [[LawfulEvil Alien]] monsters attempt to utilize these crystals to conquer the earth, while the [[ChaoticGood Earth Defender]] and [[LawfulGood Global Defense Force]] factions attempt to destroy them. The crystals are revealed to be created by [[BigBad [=SpaceGodzilla=]]], who is trying to escape the alternate dimension he was trapped in at the end of ''Save the Earth''.

* RockMonster: Obsidius is a vaguely saurian monster made of LivingLava, spawned when one of [=SpaceGodzilla's=]crystals plunged into a volcano.

* SuperpoweredEvilSide: Critical Mass in ''Unleashed'' doubles the character's height and turns them RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver. Getting all the Power Surges in Story mode also counts, as that results in the Tyrant ending regardless of allegiance.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Less so in the first game, though more kaiju appear in the sequels.

* WeatherAndEnvironment: In ''Unleashed'', many of the cities are affected by the crystals in some...bizzare ways.
** San Francisco: Shattered by earthquakes.
** Sydney: Currently under a freak blizzard, the sea freezing over.
** Osaka: Osaka is relatively intact, but the city is shrouded by toxic chemical gas.
** Tokyo: Tokyo is partially submurged under massive tsunamis, and a permanent storm falls.
** Seattle: Mt. Rainer has erupted, causing the entire city to become volcanic.
** London: A chunk of the city quite literally breaks from the earth and hangs high in the sky.

** Tokyo: The city is mostly underwater, but unlike the main Wii game there is no storm, instead being clear skies. The tsunamis awaken Titanosaurus and Ebirah from the deep, and they start rampaging through the city.
** Bangkok: Shrouded by a permanent thunderstorm, the crystal-energized lightning causes Mecha-King Ghidorah to enlarge and go berserk.
** Sydney: Sydney is struck by an endless blizzard, covering the city in snow and ice.

** San Francisco: Decimated by earthquakes and volcanic activity, drawing the attention of Baragon. Smog from the volcanoes as well as a radio signal someone tries to make also lures in Hedorah.