NES Godzilla: Round 2
A Godzilla fanfiction
By H.R.C. Stanley
Inspired by the NES Godzilla creepypasta by CosbyDaf
Chapter Two: Ares
Same way the Moon level was basically a mirror-swap of the Earth map in the normal game, Ares was that of Mars. All of the icons were also all the same as well, the vague shape of an atomic bomb. The music was nothing more than an ominous military drum beat, or at least an 8-bit rendition of such. I browsed through the board to see what new monsters I would be facing this time: Hitodah and Mogu, a cut spelling of Moguera? Could be except the sprite looked very different. I might be able to find out sooner.
As I ran Anguirus and Rodan at a time through, the levels themselves seemed to look like the aftermath of a big war. Grim brown clouds, half-wrecked buildings, and lots of downed army tanks and jets scattered all over the ground. There wasn't much music here as much as the sounds of faint descending whistles and deep booming, synced with the flashing lights in the distant background, definitely indicating the dropping of bombs.
The only "creatures" here were a small pack of hunched, thin pale humanoids wearing gas masks. They didn't attack me at all, all they did were scurrying about for a bit and flee whenever I walked too close to them. Despite a bit of nuisance, I didn't try to fight or even kill them, something about it felt wrong, so I merely walked by them wherever they were.
However, as I etched my monsters closer to the boss through these warzone levels, actual enemies eventually appeared in the form of aeroplanes swooping down and dropping bombs on me. The first few times they showed up, about a third of my health was drained, so I retaliated with a some spams of Anguirus' sonic beams and Rodan's pecking. Luckily, when the planes and bombed were destroyed, they left behind health powerups, much to my benefit.
Soon enough, I made it to the bosses of Ares. The first of which was Hitodah, who was a weird-looking blackish-green starfish with this creepy menacing red eye in the centre, staring back at the viewer. Its only attacks were a red laser shot from its eye like Hedorah's, and a couple of swats and smacks from some of its tendrils, much like Gezora in the original game. I managed to beat Hitodah with Anguirus, yet as it sank to the bottom, its eye still remained frozen in place, wide and unsettling. Needless to say, I had a bit of a goosebump from it, but didn't think too much of it, considering what happened with the previous owner of this particular copy of the game.
At this point, there was only Mogu left to deal with, and I decided to Rodan this time, just for variety. Mogu was a dragon, much like Redmoon, albeit much smaller, an even shorter neck, and it actually flies; resembling more like a wyvern than a traditional dragon. Its attacks were biting and a bolt of lightning shot from its trident-like tail. It was a bit like righting Mothra or even a clone Rodan, except much more aggressive. Interestingly though, because both monsters could actually fly over each other and even turn around. It was really fun to be honest, at least until I slain the kaiju. Upon defeat, the Mogu sprite started to split apart and melt in a kind of shredded paper fashion.
Once the really weird fights with those two monsters was done with, I took over the enemy base again and proceeded to the next world...
ZEUS
To be continued...
