Is Godzilla in Kong: Skull Island?

Spoiler warning: Some content of Kong: Skull Island is discussed here!

Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures have high hopes for their upcoming expansion of the monster multiverse featuring King Kong and Godzilla, and we will of course see a film in the future were these two iconic movie giants will fight. Before getting there, though, they're adamant that they want to set the characters up in a fitting way first. The absence of Godzilla in Kong: Skull Island is something that was discussed when CinemaBlend talked to Kong: Skull Island's director Jordan Vogt-Roberts recently:

"So, (A) I was really adamant about the fact that King Kong is cinema history, so this film needs to stand on its own. (B) No one's gonna give a shit about Kong and Godzilla fighting unless they love this version of Kong. (C) There are a lot of people that are gonna go and see this movie that have no idea that it connects to Godzilla or have even seen the new Godzilla. And so protecting those things was really important to me to say we need to tell this story. So there's a ton of pipe and a ton of groundwork being laid and a ton of future proofing being made or being done in this movie to set up the future. But I'm very proud of the fact that it generally doesn't derail itself into some ten minutes scene about something that is unrelated to our movie."

Would the film have been made better with Godzilla included?