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War of the Monsters is a video game created by Incognito Entertainment for the Sony PlayStation 2. The game was released in 2002 around the same time as Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee
, but instead of featuring a roster of famous movie monsters, War of the Monsters featured generic beasts based off real cinematic creatures. Apparently set sometime in the 1950s, the game's plot went like this: A fleet of alien warships (looking almost exactly like the ones from Earth vs the Flying Saucers) invade the Earth, causing chaos everywhere. The scientists of the world manage to create a series of secret weapons, which, when activated, let loose shockwaves that short-circut the saucers and cause them to crash. Unfortunately, this brings forth an even bigger disaster: Radioactive fuel leaks out from the demolished craft, and through a number of random events, it brings countless giant monsters to life. The monsters names are Congar, the gorilla god, Togera, the king of the past, Ultra V, the super hero cyborg, Preytor, the giant mutant mantis, Kineticlops, the beast of pure energy, Robo-47, the mad bot, Magmo, the magma filled freak, Agamo, the fire brained freak, Zorgulon, the terror of stars, and Raptros, horror of the skies. You play as one of these monsters and battle against the rest and you will be the hero.

Monsters

Congar

Congar is a massive gorilla, and was based on King Kong. He started off as a chimpanzee that was selected to ride a shuttle into orbit. Unfortunately, one of the malfunctioning saucers, falling from orbit, smashed right into the shuttle, slicing through it and obliterating the whole craft. The poor chimp was sent flying into space (towards Earth), but thanks to the loose alien fuel, began to grow. By the time the chimp hit the atmosphere, it was gigantic. In a massive fireball, the mutant chimp landed on Earth and apparently lashed out due to its confusion at its new form. Congar's special attack is to unleash a hurricane-like roar from his mouth. You battle him twice in the game. First, you battle him alone in midtown Park. Then, the military use his remains to transform him into a cyborg gorilla wich you fight along with Preytor in Metro City. Costumes: 1. Normal 2. Yeti 3. Cyborg 4. Ice.

Togera

Togera is a large, prehistoric reptile, and was based on Godzilla. Togera was already mutated, but sleeping at the bottom of the ocean until the UFO clashed into the water and was releasing fuel all the way down, and passed Togera nostril, in which he inhaled and was awakened, where an unlikely shipping vessel crossed his pass when he reached the surface, and probably destroyed by Togera's acidic breath. Togera's Special is to breath acid breath, unlike a certain Japanese monster, and green in color. His weapons include bone blades influenced by Baraka, a mace-like tail, and more blades on his shoulders and hips. The blades are retractable. In the game, you fight him in Gamblers Gulch. Costumes: 1. Normal 2. Purple 3. Cyborg 4. Demon.

Ultra V

Ultra V (pronounced "Ultra Five") is a humanoid fighting machine, and was based on Mazinger Z. Japanese scientists created Ultra V as a way of fighting the alien invasion. Seeking a powerful energy source, they utilized the alien fuel to power their mechanical warrior, infusing it into his head. Unfortunately, the fuel instead brought the mighty machine to life, who immediately went on the rampage. Ultra V's special is to launch his fist (connected by a wire) at his foe, striking them and then pulling them back to Ultra V. It also stuns them,so the player can pull off some "cheap shots". In the game, you fight 2 of them in Tsunopolis also counting a lone UFO. Costumes: 1. Normal 2. Blue 3. Red 4. Female.

Preytor

Preytor, the only female monster, is an oversized praying mantis based off The Deadly Mantis. Preytor was mutated from some of the fuel. It started in Metro City. Preytor was a small and normal mantis being used to test the alien fuel. A scientist fed Preytor some fuel and she started to grow monstrous sized and devoured the Scientist and escaped. The man-sized bug flew threw the skies, growing bigger every second. Soon she was the size of a house. Preytor can shoot globs of webing from her manidibles. Her special move is that she can shoot a three-tonged parasite that feeds off the head of the closest opponent. In the game, you battle eight ant Preytors, and then fight a Mecha-Congor and the real Preytor in Metro City. Costumes: 1. Normal 2. Giant Ant 3. Cyborg 4.Giant Bee.

Kineticlops

Kineticlops is a huge, lone eyeball floating within a body of electricity, he is not based on any monster. When one of the downed flying saucers crashed into an electrical power plant, a security guard went to see what the commotion was. He soon saw what the problem was and also saw that powerlines had covered the craft's fuel. The eletrically-charged fuel dropped down onto the unfortunate guard, and transformed him into the electric Kineticlops. Kineticlops' special is to fire lightning bolts from his hands, which stun and electrify his opponents. In the game, you fight countless herds of Kineticlopes on Atomic Island. Costumes: 1. Normal 2. Green 3. Black 4. Sea Monster.

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