Last Updated on July 7, 2025 by Angel Melanson
For those who’ve always wondered what it would be like to be an innocent bystander in a kaiju fight, Japan’s Seibuen Amusement Park has you covered with Godzilla The Ride: Great Clash, a new ride that pits the main man himself against a new version of Mechagodzilla. And now, we have our first look at the newly redesigned mecha creature, courtesy of Godzilla Minus One director Takashi Yamazaki.
Yamazaki is creative director of the new ride, which opens at Seibuen in August, and follows up on his other attraction, Godzilla The Ride: Giant Monsters Ultimate Battle, which also resides at Seibuen and opens this summer. According to Bloody Disgusting, Great Clash “casts attendees as Godzilla surveillance crew members aboard the Goose Nest, the flagship vessel of the Emergency Defense against Gargantuan Encounter (EDGE) team, which houses the new Mechagodzilla, KIJU type 0‐G BREAKER-.”
The fifteen-minute long ride takes riders along as they attempt to locate and engage Godzilla on “the Goose Nest’s advanced GOOSE drone ship capable of underwater, surface, and aerial navigation.” The pre-show room for the attraction will also feature EDGE performers, monitors showing “recent” Godzilla attacks, and a mockup of the new Mechagodzilla.
But while Great Clash is based specifically on the Godzilla Minus One version of the King of Monsters, another version of the kaiju beast is set to take over a different theme park. Kong x Godzilla: The Ride is set to open at South Korea’s Lotte World Adventure in December, marking the first time the Monsterverse versions of the characters will be brought to life in a theme park experience.
Godzilla Minus One fans also have even more to look forward to from Yamazaki. Toho confirmed this spring that the director is developing a direct sequel to the Oscar-winning 2023 film, with a bigger budget for even more kaiju chaos.
Godzilla The Ride: Great Clash opens at Seibuen Amusement Park on August 1. Check out the newly redesigned Mechagodzilla below:
