With her help, the three unite to take on the threat of Skar King.
gloveprovides Kong with some extra juice behind his already-powerful punches.
Kong’s electric punches are a callback to his first battle against Godzilla in 1962’sKing Kong vs. Godzilla.
Unsurprisingly, Kong proved to be no match for Godzilla’s atomic breath in their first few skirmishes.
However, in Godzilla’s final fight against Super-Mechagodzilla, Godzilla is himself critically wounded.
Godzilla’s ultra-powered pink atomic energy inGodzilla X Kongdefinitely references the Rodan power-up.
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In the Monsterverse, the trend has continued.
InKong: Skull Island, Kong fights against the Mire Squid briefly before turning him into lunch.
The game was changed inGodzilla X Kongwhen Godzilla got his power-up from Tiamat.
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