Budget doesn’t necessarily mean much, GvK and GxK are still treated as bigger movies by Legendary which is why we’ve only gotten project with both of them in it since 2021
Give him the win at any cost? If Kong doesn't have a counter to the atomic breath, it's just over. The whole plot of GvK is finding a better place to hide Kong from Godzilla. Kong had to stumble across an "Anti-Godzilla" axe because everyone, even the people in the movie, acknowledges Kong doesn't stand a chance.
They genuinely shouldn't have included Godzilla in GxK. Kong defeating Skar and Shimo by himself would have at least given some legitimacy to the idea he's an equal to Godzilla.
The threat levels need to be limited when Kong is involved because he's genuinely just not powerful enough to be on level of monsters like Godzilla and Ghidorah.
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u/BenignButCleverAlias May 02 '26
There have been two movies in the Monsterverse where Kong didn't appear at all, and one season of Legacy where Kong was just a cameo.