History VideoGame / WarOfTheMonsters

* [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} Togera]] - A huge reptile.
* [[BigCreepyCrawlies Preytor]] - A giant praying mantis.
* [[RealRobot Robo-47]] - A military combat robot.

* [[MagmaMan Magmo]] - A four-armed magma monster.
* [[SuperRobot Ultra V]] - A Japanese fighting robot.
* [[ShockAndAwe Kineticlops]] - An electric cyclops.
* [[StarfishAliens Zorgulon]] - A huge alien.
* [[InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons Raptros]] - A dragon.

* FanficFuel: Beating the game with Raptros or Zorgulon unlocks a Making Of Video, rather than an Origin Movie. Some fans have has great fun speculating their origins.

* CompetitiveBalance: Played with:
** Agamo is the StoneWall;
** Congar is the JackOfAllStats, bordering the LightningBruiser;
** Kineticlops is the FragileSpeedster;
** Magmo is between the StoneWall and the MightyGlacier;
** Preytor is the FragileSpeedster;
** Raptros is between the FragileSpeedster and the GlassCannon;
** Robo-47 is between the JackOfAllStats and the GlassCannon;
** Togera is the MightyGlacier, bordering the LightningBruiser;
** Ultra V is between the JackOfAllStats and the FragileSpeedster;
** Zorgulon is the GlassCannon.

It NeedsMoreLove.

* BoringButPractical: Your monster regenerates attack energy most effectively by using melee weapons. Some melee weapons, such as giant girders or Agamo's oversized ''head'', straddle the line into AwesomeButPractical.

* HumongousMecha: Ultra V and Robo-47.

** Preytor is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamacuras Kamacuras]]. An alternate skin is ''Film/{{THEM}}!''

** To go into detail about Agamo, his special attack it to rip his head off and use it as a weapon. Most levels are typically littered with weapons a minute into a fight, so why use him? As mentioned earlier weapons restore energy, so odds are you'll always have a better weapon than your opponent. In addition, this weapon can be made to explode on command, either when your opponent is dumb enough to pick it up after a throw or (with a bit of timing,) after it bounces off of them from a throw.

* [[{{Godzilla}} Togera]] - A huge reptile.

** Togera is {{Godzilla}}.

** Raptros is [[{{Godzilla}} Rodan crossed with King Ghidorah]].

* [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys Congar]] - A giant gorilla.

* Guestfighter: [[TwistedMetal Sweet Tooth]] is unlocked as an alternate costume for Agamo if you have a Twisted Metal Black save file on your memory card.

* ArtificialBrilliance: Used in the most annoying way possible as the AI turns out to pretty much be total coward. The second a fight stops going their way a CPU run away like pussies and grab at every single health power-up in the arena. The issue is only compounded by the AI's tendency to GangUpOnTheHuman leading to times injured monsters will run off and heal themselves while non-wounded monsters will swarm around you and kick the shit out of you.

* SpiritualSuccessor: Not an intentional one, but this game pretty much plays like an updated version of ''KingOfTheMonsters''.

* BoringButPractical: Your monster regenerates attack energy most effectively by using melee weapons. Agamo's special gives you a better-than-normal melee weapon.
** In fairness, though, to get the weapon, he rips his own head off (he gets better) and it can be remotely exploded from any range, so it straddles the line between this and AwesomeButPractical.

* InstandDeathRadius: Cerebulon's second form invokes this ''hard''. His only attack is an unblockable red lightning cannon with rather short range. [[OhCrap Did we mention he's a]] SuperPersistantPredator [[ThatOneBoss with one of the fastest running speeds in the game?]]

* DemBones: Raptros' 4th skin.

* [[{{Area51}} Area 51]]: Rosdale Canyon.

** Congar is KingKong.
** Ultra V is MazingerZ. An alternate skin resembles [[NeonGenesisEvangelion Eva Unit-01]].
** Preytor is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamacuras Kamacuras]]. An alternate skin is ''{{Film/THEM}}!''

** Kineticlops is the FragileSpeedster;

* FlunkyBoss: In the first battle against Robo-47, it sends an entire army at you.

** Ultra V is MazingerZ.

* CompetitiveBalance: played with:

* CycleOfHurting: Happens a lot in adventure mode because of GangUpOnTheHuman. Get impaled, then get thrown, then get hit in the face with a gas tanker as you try to stand back up... All the while your health is getting lower and your getting kicked further away from any debris or powerups you could use to turn the tide.

* VisibleInvisibility: Of the shimmering/vaguely distorted type, from power-ups.

** Preytor is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamacuras Kamacuras]].

''War of the Monsters'' (known as Kaiju Daigekisen in Japan) is a 3D FightingGame for the PlayStation2, made by Incognito Entertainment (of ''TwistedMetal'' fame).

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: For whatever monster you completed adventure mode with. After taking on (presumably) every other monster in the world, you fight the alien leader, and beat the daylights outta him too!
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: While you often can't hear it due to the explosions and buildings collapsing, it is there. Most of it plays through the credits.

* ThatOneLevel: The Airfield. To summarize: 2 enemies. Small area with virtually no cover, but plenty of explosive objects to be thrown at you. Health pickups aren't more than 5 seconds away, no matter where you are, which means the enemy will eagerly grab them the second they start taking damage. And they think nothing of throwing explosives and spearing weapons non-stop.