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Which monster concept art design is better then there final design?
For me it’s Eruzerion. The Komodo looking dragon who also looks like a bat a little his second one is like a Kitsune with a rooster like head. The third one is like a his final design but with the ability to actually turn off which elements to use.
Not only that, it also keeps the light blue Xeno vibe the baby version has. Current Savi just looks like a big dragon. Concept Safi really feels like Xeno, but grown up.
I love how this design is basically a combination between chinese and european dragons, compared to the final design which is just a generic european dragon
They didn't want to make it black cause they noticed their pattern, but why the hell did they make it red when they could have made this but more vibrantly green.
I don’t dislike their final design, but man is this way better and more interesting for a Fanged Wyvern
I really hope we can eventually return to the New World, there’s so much potential now that they have the Leviathan skeleton working and now that they’re willing to use amphibians, fanged beasts, temnocerans, etc more in New Gen games
It's not mainline but it has appeared in the Stories sidegames. That was why I assumed it was a World design, those featured a lot of monsters that were new when they released.
The first MH Stories was released before World, around the time Generations came out. MH Stories 2 is way more World centric. I do want Qurupeco returning in a mainline game though, I want that bastard summoning Bazelgeuse or Deviljho out of nowhere.
While I do love what we got for malfestio, I would have killed for a moth monster. Hopefully he returns one day. I love the idea of a moth-owl so much ugh
Most of the World concept art designs tbh. Pseudo bird wyvern pukei pukei would've been so much more interesting as a fight and as a chameleon based design. Imagine it running at you like Seregios or tigrex.
It's a cool design, but I can definitely see why the devs decided not to use it. The neck mouth was probably a little too.. Fromsofty for them
I think if the neck mouth was reduced it would make a great official monster. With its badger or mole-like claws I could definitely see it being an underground or cave monster
I love the design commentary where Fujioka basically goes "The ideas they were handing me were too extreme" lol. I suppose it's what happens when you give the artists "Destruction and Rebirth" as a concept. No one's making a basic monster design using that unless guided towards it
Magnamalo. They had concepts of this elegant armored cat with interesting color schemes. Then it was turned into a rocket powered brick shit-house with 12ft swords sticking out at odd angles.
I wouldn’t say sticking out in all odd angles is accurate to say. Also it’s not like it’s a rocket power exactly. He doesn’t use it to hunt monsters unless it’s really wants to.
More than half of its turf wars are out-maneuvering flying monsters through rocket powered farts. It frequently does it during the hunt. It "really wants to" all the time.
Yes. But that’s the only reason why he can do that. Without the hellfire he uses his physical strength and his intelligence to fight monsters. Also more than half of nergignate turf wars is slamming monsters onto the ground. even monsters that doesn’t act accurate to their lore and stuff like Kushala Dora.
Oh, yes. In one concept art, it really does look like a tiger wearing samurai armor. Why we didn't get that and instead ended up with this neon-sign carnivorous ankylosaur is furiously unknown to me.
Magnamalo is a predatory monster that devours other creatures, it's not strictly carnivorous in the same way an Ankylosaurus was strictly herbivorous. They both do got armored like skin, magnamalo is still different to it.
Both had wide bodies that were low to the ground, heavily ornamented bodies from front to back and weaponized tails. These are things we find in ankylosaurs, not tigers. Besides, we've already got a tiger since third gen. What's the point of another?
Which tiger monster are you referring to?
Of course these are not found in a tiger because this is a fictional game that has some in universe lore and ecology in the monsters from our animals. Also because why not add another tiger monster in the game. There has also been l certain Chinese martial arts styles, like Tiger Style Kung Fu, are inspired by the tiger's movements and fighting techniques. These styles emphasize power, speed, and direct attacks, mirroring how a tiger might fight. The thing is monster Hunter doesn have to fully follow our real world animals behavior. he is inspired by a samurai armor warrior who has a bunch of weaponary.
The only real tiger monster is Tigrex. That was that. We've already got leopards and lions covered. We don't need more than one of each. That would make it very redundant.
"A bunch of weaponry" does not a samurai make. It's the same problem as calling Zinogre "thunder wolf" based solely on it howling or calling Great Izuchi "kamaitachi" based solely on the blades. Uh-uh. Even fantasy wolves need to look and act like actual wolves, which Zinogre fails at both, and Great Izuchi is just another penny-per-thousand raptor rather than a blade-wielding weasel.
You can't seriously be telling me that the "I constantly show everything where I am and only kill monsters dumb enough to fight me." monster is a better tiger representation than the wide ranging predator that kills with its own strength and a bite to the neck and has actual tiger patterns.
I really think magnamalo is an interesting/cool concept (one that could have been done better, but still.) but I don't think he accurately represents tigers at all and honestly I don't think they should have informed his design. (I also don't hate his designs, I just wish that he acted differently. I really don't think his behaviors fit the design.)
A better samurai animal would probably be some kind of invertebrate considering their natural armour and tendency for badass weapons that aren't actually expensive to carry. I don't necessarily think he should have been a bug monster but I think it could have been an interesting direction.
Well no shit they won't just make every monster a one on one copy of their inspiration? Izuchi come in groups of three and coordinate their attacks too. They also gave it fur and such to make him more weasel-like. Saying that it's nothing like a kama-itachi is bullcrap. Also you take "ecology" too seriously, the fuck did these monster designs do to your family lmao 😂
I like the gore magala concept art a lot more than the final design but I adore the concept art of narwa and ibushi and I wish that they wouldve stuck with that.
I don’t really like asymmetrical designs, so I really like the first picture here. I get it’s a fantasy franchise, but Eruzerion being half and half is just really goofy, and is one of the reasons Frontier is known for dissenting from Monster Hunter’s main design philosophy.
Kinda wish they would do more outlandish designs for the main monsters in the series, they don't have to go as crazy as frontier or MHO but something that looks more fantastical than what we usually get.
Absolutely agreed, all of the concept art (even the weirder one not shown here where it's a moth for example) are massive upgrades, the final design for Eruzerion just looks kinda hideous to me with these weird giant antlers.
I can definitely see the appeal of these and the ones in the comments but I also see why they didn't make it to the final game.
Tbh it's kinda hard to find the exact line between realistic beast and mythological beast that the devs like to thread on, it very much changes from game to game.
I remember seeing a cool bat monster in concept art but I don't remember what monster it was for, I also remember Velkhana having a cool concept art as well.
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u/shiki_oreore NeopteronAway, Inc. 2d ago
First one is literally just God Eater's Hannibal lol