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Colossal Gods are the enormous boss enemies of Genigods: Nezha and are the centrepiece of the game's presentation. The studio describes them as ancient gods towering like mountains, and fighting them works differently from ordinary combat.

How These Fights Work

Rather than fighting a large enemy from the ground, players climb these gods and fight by traversing the contours of their bodies. The encounter surface is the boss itself, which makes traversal part of the fight rather than a preamble to it. Aerial mobility from the Wind Fire Wheels is the obvious connection here, though the studio has not stated explicitly how Dual Stances is used during these encounters.

The Sun Tree

The most detailed sequence described so far involves the Sun Tree, which bridges the mortal and celestial realms. With the help of the giant Kuafu, the player scales the Sun Tree and draws a bow to shoot down nine suns, saving a realm that the suns have scorched.

This ties several threads together. Ten suns searing the land is one of the four disasters named in the game's premise, Hou Yi's Bow is a usable mythic treasure, and Rainbow-Piercing-the-Sun Archery is a confirmed Relic-Fusion skill. Whether the Sun Tree sequence uses that specific fusion has not been stated.

Kuafu

Kuafu is described as a giant who helps the player scale the Sun Tree. This is the only confirmed instance of an ally assisting in an encounter, and it is not known whether Kuafu is a one-off story character, a recurring companion, or himself a Colossal God at some point.

Technical Presentation

The game is built in Unreal Engine 5 and the studio has stated it is optimised for PlayStation, describing the result as a one-of-a-kind Chinese-style colossal adventure. Genigods Lab has said the PlayStation 5 version is being optimised in collaboration with Sony.

Not Yet Confirmed

• How many Colossal Gods appear in the game

• Any Colossal God's name, other than the Sun Tree sequence's association with Kuafu

• Whether these encounters are mandatory or optional

• Whether climbing has a grip, stamina, or shake-off mechanic

• Whether Colossal Gods can be refought

Note that the ten suns of the premise and the nine suns shot from the Sun Tree are both stated in first-party material. The traditional myth accounts for the difference, but the game has not explained it, so both figures are recorded here as given.