SpaceGodzilla quickly emerged as thestrongest villain Godzilla had battled to date.
Moguera was destroyed in the climactic ending, but Godzilla was successful in beating SpaceGodzilla.
TitledGodzilla vs. Astrogodzilla, the draft included Mothra as an additional ally to Godzilla and Mogeura.
Narratively speaking, the swap would have made perfect sense.
There was also a practical element to the choice.
As Kawakita has pointed out,The Mysteriansestablished that Moguera was capable of burrowing underground.
It was for this reason that Mogeura specifically was needed for the plan to stop SpaceGodzilla.
Evidently, Kawakita successfully convinced Toho that Moguera was the better option of the two.
Such an outcome wouldn’t have been inconsistent with their respective power levels in the Godzilla franchise.
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla is a Japanese kaiju film directed by Kensho Yamashita. Released in 1994, the film features Godzilla facing off against a formidable new enemy, SpaceGodzilla, a cosmic monster spawned from Godzilla’s cells. Amidst their titanic clash, the film also follows the efforts of a human team developing a robot counterpart, M.O.G.U.E.R.A., to assist in the battle against the extraterrestrial threat.
