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City Shrouded in Shadow (Granzella) - First Trailer (Up2: Ultraman x Godzilla x Eva)
- Thread starter ULTROS!
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Acquiescence
Member
So it's like that Disaster Report game currently in development, but with blue skies substituted for nighttime and shadows? 
De-mon
Member
So it's like that Disaster Report game currently in development, but with blue skies substituted for nighttime and shadows?
Disaster Report + Evangelion.
SolidSnakex
Member
So it's like that Disaster Report game currently in development, but with blue skies substituted for nighttime and shadows?
It's basically a Godzilla game except you're playing as a human instead of the usual Godzilla role that tends to be standard with games based on that IP.
Acquiescence
Member
Sounds cool I guess, although DR is the bigger draw for me right now.
Ultimate_Trainer
Member
Man I can't wait for this game. It sounds like a weird spinoff to Disaster Report so much.
Jack The Nipper
Banned
this plus a real disaster game coming to ps4, my god... ps4 is a beast
Will either be in english though
Will either be in english though
wapplew
Member
Tal Shiar Agent
Member
This just makes me wish that the Godzilla game that came out last year also came or Vita.
Subscribing though because Godzilla is Life.
clay_ghost
Member
Well, i must get this game then .
Baloonatic
Member
Could be cool to see things from that perspective.
I love Godzilla. Fingers crossed for an english version but trying not to get my hopes up.
I've been work-shopping in my head a disaster game with Kaiju as the disaster for months now. Thank God someone with talent and resources and connections and everything I don't have had the same idea.
It better actually be Godzilla though. I was fine with not-Godzilla in EDF, but if you can get Ultraman, you better get Godzilla too.
It better actually be Godzilla though. I was fine with not-Godzilla in EDF, but if you can get Ultraman, you better get Godzilla too.
SolidSnakex
Member
Now it's starting to make sense why they teamed up with NAMCO for this instead of just self publishing it.
There's also a new Japanese Godzilla movie out this year.
And the new Toho Godzilla film is dropping this year, too.
Honestly could be one of the many Godzilla substitues from the Ultra-verse, like Earthron, Ghostron, Salamandora or Jirass wich was a repurposes Godzilla suit.
If they were pulling solely from the Ultra Series, I imagine the game's name would reflect that. Bandai Namco does have the Godzilla license, so it's not impossible for it to be the real deal.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
So this is like a Japanese Cloverfield game.
Tizoc
Member
Before we get carried away, I don't think they'll actually have an Ultraman vs Godzilla thing in this game. It's possible but unlikely. What is more likely is an Ultraman-like and a Godzilla-like along with other homages to the giant hero/monster genres. So the anniversary of said works are not really relevant in that case.
That article updated with a screenshot, and I think Granzella and Bamco would get into a hell of a lot of trouble calling that an Ultraman-like and getting away with it. It's straight up Ultraman.
Oh, wow, I didn't even see the scan yet. That's... Ultraman. Lol. The official logo also has the tagline "This is not the story of some hero, this is your story", so I guess they're playing up the hero-from-the-perspective-of-civilian angle. I'm super impressed they actually managed to pull this off.
*scan*
Looks like Ultraman, all right. Don't think they can get away with calling him not-Ultraman at this point.
Toho never allowed an outright crossover. They allowed Tsuburaya Productions to loan out workers, actors, equipment and suits and some Ultraman episodes were shot on Toho soundstages, not to mention that the early Ultraman movies were distributed by Toho. But the Toho monsters always had to be "disguised" as another creature on the show.
I just got done reading that Bandai bought a significant stake in the production company behind Ultraman back in 2007, so it was probably a lot easier for them to pull off than we might have suspected.
If they did get Godzilla in this for Ultraman to fight against, that would be straight up fan fiction come to life.
If you're not sure then you shouldn't. It's Famitsu so remove it bro.
If it actually ends up being Godzilla, like for real Godzilla, I wonder if it'll be the new Godzilla that kinda looks like a burn victim or if they'll go with one of the earlier ones.
Wonder if we'll get other monsters too. I have no experience with the Ultraman franchise so I don't know if there are any super popular or famous monsters from their that I should be aware of.
Wonder if we'll get other monsters too. I have no experience with the Ultraman franchise so I don't know if there are any super popular or famous monsters from their that I should be aware of.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Talk about a brilliant concept! I hope this makes it over to the U.S.! Been ages since I've played a game with Ultraman in it.
for real
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Cameron122
Member
But can we play as Ultraman
Kresnik258
Member
So, this is level based, right?
Although I'd have preferred a semi-open world approach, I'm actually coming around to the idea of this. And I'd imagine it'd make it somewhat more importable for me should it not come to the west.
Anyway, I love the concept, interested to hear more.
Although I'd have preferred a semi-open world approach, I'm actually coming around to the idea of this. And I'd imagine it'd make it somewhat more importable for me should it not come to the west.
Anyway, I love the concept, interested to hear more.
Yes the game is stage based, unlike Disaster Report. Apparently there is a "different type of shadow" in each stage, so it seems like a way for them to tell different types of scenarios in the same engine with the same characters. Ultraman might not be fighting Godzilla, rather there is an Ultraman stage that we know of now, and another stage might be Godzilla instead. etc. I wonder how much variety they're going to fit in by the end? Maybe the narrative can be presented like a TV series with each stage being an episode?
NightShift
Member
Hng, I have literally dreamed of this game multiple times. Definitely going to import this if there's no hope for a localisation.