Every week the EFG staff will be defining a gaming term that is either confusing or ill-defined. Please leave a comment with any terms you are confused by and we will try to include them in future editions!
The gaming definition this week is a term that is applicable to Board Games, Video Games and Movies: Kaiju
Kaiju: A genre of action and horror movies that originated from Japan. Kaiju’s direct translation from Japanese is “Strange Monster”. The Kaiju genre has always featured a gigantic, building sized creature, often several of them fighting each other, or a large monster against many, many people.
In the context of gaming, The Kaiju genre refers to games where the player either plays as or is pitted against a giant monster, and is either the general theme of the game, or the centerpiece of a dramatic climax in the story.
Example of Famous Kaiju:
- King Kong
- Godzilla
Kaiju in Video Games:
- 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
- City Shrouded in Shadow
- Shadow of the Colossus Remake
Kaiju in Board Games:
- Last Defense
- Kaiju Crush
- King of Tokyo
Kaiju in Movies:
(There is an extensive library of movies with Kaiju, this is just a small sampling of films)
- Pacific Rim (2013)
- ‘Kong: Skull Island (2017)
- Rampage (2018)
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