- The Bandai version of this card is a Level 5 "Sea-Beast"-Type monster with 1500 ATK & 2000 DEF, whereas the Konami version of this card is a Level 4 Aqua-Type monster with 1200 ATK & 1400 DEF. Colours are different between these two versions.
- A Kraken is an enormous sea monster which would sometimes attack ships and feed upon the sailors. It was supposed to be capable of dragging down the largest ships and when submerging could suck down a vessel by the whirlpool it created. It is part octopus and part crab, although others refer to it as a giant squid or cuttlefish.
- This card appears in the artwork of "Kairyu-Shin's Dark Reef", along with "Kairyu-Shin".
- This card has a retrained counterpart, "Doom Kraken".