As I mentioned in my entry for Godzilla vs King Ghidorah, that film and this one here were released at the same time on VHS in the states. I saw it advertised during a QVC presentation that I believe I still have on tape somewhere.
Easily my least liked film of the era, and probably the most forgettable all around. It's the first time we see Mothra with some more potent weaponry as most Heisei creatures had. And speaking of weaponry, I would really love to know what the decision behind changing the iconic sound effect of Godzilla's atomic breath was! An absolute oddity.
And then there is the special foe! Like the majority of kids during the 90s, our first exposure to Battra was via the SNES game Super Godzilla. In that, he was the boss of level 4 and could only be damaged by Godzilla's most powerful atomic breath attack. There were Battra, the second one you could avoid fighting if you got to the other side of the city under a certain time limit.
Battra is pretty cool overall and deserved a better film and a roar of his very own. I hope he gets a second chance in the Monsterverse someday.
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