Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee RemasteredA match is an arena brawl. The remaster commits to Rage Mode strikes, buildings used as weapons, local co-op, online PvP, and a single-player campaign for each kaiju.
Pipeworks developed the remaster and Atari publishes it. Online multiplayer is the addition next to local co-op. The 2002 game did not have that online mode.
Every monster has special Rage Mode strikes, from melee hits to ranged energy blasts. The 2002 chart marks a Rage Attack row that requires Rage Mode, and those button rows live on the move page. Gigan is the only body on that chart with two Rage attacks. The remaster describes the strikes and does not print a new button chart.
Arenas let you weaponize buildings and other landmarks. The store line about throwing a skyscraper is that same rule. The city screenshot on this page shows a concrete block in the air and rubble between the fighters. Stage hazards, such as Monster Island's volcanic ground, are a separate list on the arena page.
Local play covers co-op plus shared or split-screen PvP. The category list also names Remote Play Together and full controller support. The October demo note listed 4 local players or 1v1 online, and Destruction Mode, for that demo window. Those demo figures are not printed as the full-game lobby size.
Online multiplayer is new relative to the 2002 release, and the category list includes Online PvP. Cross-platform play and a full-game player count are not named with that mode.
There is an additional single-player campaign for each kaiju. The roster has 12 fighters, so that is a campaign for each of them. Campaigns are separate from the any-order unlock for monsters, locations, and gallery items.
Steam categories name the modes a match can use. They do not add a sixth combat system beyond the five above.
| Category |
|---|
| Single-player |
| Multi-player |
| PvP |
| Online PvP |
| Shared/Split Screen PvP |
| Steam Achievements |
| Full controller support |
| Steam Cloud |
| Remote Play Together |
| Family Sharing |
| System | What it covers |
|---|---|
| Each kaiju has special Rage Mode strikes | |
| Arenas let you weaponize buildings and landmarks | |
| Local co-op and shared or split-screen PvP | |
| Online multiplayer is new relative to the 2002 release | |
| Additional single-player campaigns for each kaiju |
Open the eight arenas · Open the unlock order · Open the demo record
Each of the 12 fighters has a match role from the PlayStation Blog guide. These lines are how that body fights. Button rows stay on the move page.
| Fighter | Role |
|---|---|
| Opens a match with high health, answers a knockdown with the tail, and spends a slow pulse. | |
| Trades Heisei Godzilla's strength for speed and shows purple dorsal plates. | |
| Zones with gravity beams, flies only briefly, and loses the close fight. | |
| Blocks on the spine so the attacker takes damage, and has no long-range attack. | |
| Drills, calls lightning, and tunnels away from hits, with defense below the middle of the roster. | |
| Rushes with a teleport and edged hooks, and the Laser Eye leaves an opening. | |
| Holds mid-range, where the strongest energy attacks are often unblockable and costly. | |
| Takes the speed end of the roster and the weakest defense. | |
| Keeps a shield, fires draining projectiles, and needs energy to attack. | |
| Carries more weapons and higher defense than Kiryu, headbutts in the air, and grabs weakly once energy is gone. | |
| Reaches far for grabs, moves slowly, and struggles when the opponent resists blunt hits. | |
| Sits between Mechagodzilla's extremes and spends Rage on the Absolute Zero Cannon. |
The June announcement describes this fight as an Unreal Engine 5 rebuild with 4K performance and 99% mechanical fidelity, and it names online matchmaking and haptics.
| Note | What was named |
|---|---|
Cities | Fully destructible cities, with Tokyo and San Francisco named |
Hedorah | A 2002 stage hazard later described as cut from the remaster |