Mecha-King Ghidorah (メカキングギドラ Meka Kingu Gidora)is a mechanically modified created by that first appeared in the , .
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Height: 140-150 meters
Weight: 80,000 metric tons
Wingspan: 150-175 meters
[]Name
Mecha-King Ghidorah's name is simply a combination of the word "mecha," which means a robot that can be controlled from inside it, and .
Appearance
Mecha-King Ghidorah has a futuristic and mechanical look, with his middle head mechanized as well as his wings, torso and a few other areas. He's considerably more powerful than the purely organic .
Roar
Mecha-King Ghidorah's roar is mechanical in nature.
History
Mecha-King Ghidorah in
After defeating and sending it to the depths of the sea, began to wreck havoc throughout Japan. , a who rebelled against her crew, and , her android, were asked if King Ghidorah could be revived in the 23rd century. If possible, he could be brought back to the present and used as an anti-Godzilla weapon to protect Japan. Emmy and M11 agreed and went to the future using the time machine .
As Godzilla continued his rampage throughout Tokyo, King Ghidorah, now Mecha-King Ghidorah, materialized in a flash of pulsing energy. Piloted by Emmy and reinforced with several robotic segments, Mecha-King Ghidorah was more powerful than before. Mecha-King Ghidorah fired his gravity beams and triple laser beam at Godzilla, sending him crashing toward some buildings. Godzilla managed to regain his balance and damage both of Mecha-King Ghidorah's wings. Emmy then fired Mecha-King Ghidorah's energy-conducting capture cables and released its machine hand restraint. Mecha-King Ghidorah lifted Godzilla into the sky and over the sea, but both were sent crashing into the waves when Godzilla fired his atomic breath at it. Emmy quickly escaped in KIDS, leaving both monsters trapped on the ocean floor. At first, it seemed as if M11's circuitry was still onboard the cyborg, but it turned out that he had been hastily rescued by Emmy before escaping in KIDS.
Meanwhile, beneath the surface of the sea, Godzilla fired his atomic breath and freed himself from Mecha-King Ghidorah's grasp and left it behind, retreating to the ocean.
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The damaged Mecha-King Ghidorah head in
The technology used in Mecha-King Ghidorah was later used to create and .
AbilitiesCapture cables
Mecha-King Ghidorah is equipped with Capture Cables and a large Machine Hand restraint that can also discharge electricity.
Flight
Mecha-King Ghidorah flies with Anti-gravity at the speed of mach 4.
Gravity beams
Mecha-King Ghidorah can fire yellow Gravity beams from its mouths on the left and right head since it was a modified version of .
Laser Triple Beam
Mecha-King Ghidorah can fire a Laser Triple beam from the central head. In , however, all three heads can fire Laser Triple beams, due to having three mechanical heads as opposed to one like in .
Video games
Mecha-King Ghidorah appeared within the Arcade Godzilla game.
Mecha-King Ghidorah in the
Mecha-King Ghidorah appears as the penultimate boss in the video game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. In this game, Mecha-King Ghidorah is the result of alien invaders cybernetically reviving following his earlier battle with and sending him back into battle. Mecha-King Ghidorah can be fought with either Godzilla or his more powerful form, .
Mecha-King Ghidorah appeared within Godzilla: Trading Battle.
Mecha-King Ghidorah's card from
Mecha-King Ghidorah appears as the unplayable final boss in , where he is fought on the final stage, Meteor X. In this game, Mecha-King Ghidorah is significantly enlarged, standing several times taller than the playable monsters and taking up nearly half of the stage. Mecha-King Ghidorah doesn't move around, but will occasionally jump, damaging the player unless he or she jumps as well. The only way to damage Mecha-King Ghidorah is to hit his robotic head, then hit the flashing point on his body after he is stunned. Mecha-King Ghidorah mostly attacks by breathing fireballs or firing energy blasts. When he takes enough damage, one of his organic heads will die and vanish, which results in health and energy power-ups being spawned. After Mecha-King Ghidorah is damaged enough, his second organic head will be destroyed, leaving only his robotic head. Mecha-King Ghidorah's robotic head will move incredibly quickly, making it difficult to hit, while using an attack that launches a spread of fireballs. When Mecha-King Ghidorah is finally defeated, his robotic head will explode, followed by his entire body, engulfing the screen in a white flash.
Mecha-King Ghidorah in Mecha-King Ghidorah's battle sprite in
Mecha-King Ghidorah appears as a playable character in . If the player uses in story mode, Mecha-King Ghidorah takes his place as the final boss.
Mecha-King Ghidorah returns in . He plays similar to King Ghidorah, meaning he is powerful, slow, can fly, has a large amount of health, and has most of the some moves with some changes and different resistances.
He does have two extra abilities, however. The first is that he has a taser attack that, if it connects, paralyzes his opponent and quickly drains away their energy. The taser can only be used three times, but collecting energy power-ups allows it to be used again. The other is that his block is an energy shield, which uses energy, and will absorb a weapon attack and convert it into his own health.
Although he had the same rage attack as King Ghidorah in Destroy All Monster Melee (flying into the air while spinning around firing all three gravity beams), in Godzilla Save the Earth he now becomes temporarily invincible and any opponent that touches him is knocked away.
Mecha-King Ghidorah in
"Mecha-King Ghidorah is the GDF's best attempts to use the weapons of the Vortaak to defend Earth, rather than destroy it. After King Ghidorah's defeat at the hands of an Earth Defender in one possible future, the alien monster was rebuilt with GDF technology to serve the interest of mankind. To replace King Ghidorah's natural body armor, destroyed in the re-animation process, this new incarnation has been outfitted with a powerful energy shield to reflect weapon attacks.
In addition, Mecha-King Ghidorah has replenishable taser weapons, which can drain an opponent's energy reserves. With most of his original form's combat techniques intact, Mecha-King Ghidorah might stand as humanity's best hope against the Vortaak invasion.
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— Mecha-King Ghidorah Godzilla: Unleashed bio
Mecha-King Ghidorah also appears within the similarly named title Godzilla Unleashed: Double Smash.
Mecha-King Ghidorah in
"An artificial version of King Ghidorah that was defeated by , remaining in suspended animation under the sea in for 212 years before being revived by the 23rd-century (EUO), Mechanics remodeled its central neck, wings, body, and legs, turning it into a powerfully armed cyborg monster. The had planned to crush , which was on the cusp of becoming a world superpower two hundred years later. Using time travel, the Futurians attempted to return to the past and dispose of Mecha-King Ghidorah's natural enemy, Godzilla.
When Mecha-King Ghidorah made its first appearance, it fought with Godzilla in front of the newly completed . Because the full-body costume weighed some 200 kilograms (440 lbs.), the production team took safety into consideration and operated it without inside the costume during filming.
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— Mecha-King Ghidorah's Kaiju Guide bio
Mecha-King Ghidorah appears as a playable monster exclusively in the PlayStation 4 version of the game. Mecha-King Ghidorah has the ability to fly and fire gravity beams like , but also possesses the Machine Hand from the film. When playing as Mecha-King Ghidorah in God of Destruction Mode, the player will need to defend cities from attacking kaiju, and prevent a certain percentage of the city from being destroyed.
MovesetSquareOne tap: Pincer Bite
Two taps: Three Headed Bite
One tap (Mid-air): Bite KickXTap: Jump
Hold: Flight
Tap (Mid-air): LandTriangleTap: Three Headed Attack
Forward + Tap: Machine Hand
Tap (Mid-air): Rotation AttackCircleTap: Gravity Beam + Laser Beam
Roar + Tap: Triple TornadoR2Tap: Windstorm
Mecha-King Ghidorah appeared in the mobile title Godzilla: Kaiju Collection.
Mecha-King Ghidorah in
Comics
Mecha-King Ghidorah makes his first appearance in the IDW Godzilla comics in issue #15 of . After Godzilla survives an onslaught of , Mecha-King Ghidorah flies above him and abducts him with his capture cables and machine hand.
Mecha-King Ghidorah, who is being telepathically controlled by the psychic twins Minnette and Malorie working for the leader, is ordered to take Godzilla to a robotics facility in Russia, which the Cryog leader has converted into a battle arena. Ghidorah drops Godzilla in the arena, where other MechaGodzillas are waiting. While the alien robots begin to overwhelm Godzilla, escapes from the downed 's grip and enters the arena to help Godzilla.
As the battle progresses, the twins note that either they are losing control over Mecha-King Ghidorah, or they never had it in the first place. After Godzilla destroys the MechaGodzillas and Ghidorah's control module, the twins are knocked out from the shock and Ghidorah flies away under his own power. After this, Mecha-King Ghidorah disappears from the comic's storyline, and he is never shown interacting with the in any way, nor do the Cryogs ever attempt to retrieve him.
Mecha-King Ghidorah abducts Godzilla using his Machine Hand
In the of , Mecha-King Ghidorah was constructed by a group of humans using the corpse of in order to fight and draw him back to his home dimension. After destroying the army of sent to attack him, Godzilla arrived at the humans' research facility, where the recently-completed Mecha-King Ghidorah was activated and attacked him.
In other languagesSpanish: Mecha-Rey GhidorahRussian: МехаКингГидора