User blog comment:Aandrew07/Discussion of the Week: Subspecies/@comment-4212769-20121020191514

I love subspecies. Like I said once before subspecies make the game more realistic and is by now part of the soul of Monster Hunter.

I hope they never take out subspecies and if only for one game and bring in the next one other subspecies (like they should do with MH4).

1. I'd say third generation has the best subspecies because they aren't only recolorations but have actually a sense in it.

2. Surely first generation as the subspecies there were just the monsters with another color. But well, I think everyone sees it like this. But still I like the subspecies but I hope they can be saved with giving them new attacks in newer games (like they probably do with the game after MH4).

3. My favorite subspecies is Agnaktor Subspecies as it shows perfectly the adaptation to another area than the other Agnaktor. The sharper beak and the armorless shield are just authentic and realistic. And of course it also has other element(s) what gives a subspecies more differences and a different feeling to the normal one.

I also like Doragyurosu. Probably the only subspecies I like more than the original monster as it just looking great and fulfills almost all other things a subspecies should have.

4. Clearly Ashen Lao Shan Lung (probably because he isn't a true subspecies). It's totally the same monster with no changes but the color and more health.

5. Like I said before I hope MH4 has no subspecies but the next game in this generation that comes on the console should bring them back so that more space can be given to new monsters and when more space is available the subspecies come in. That's the best choice IMO.

6. I should show changes to the other one, a clearly sign that it adapted to other circumstances than the normal one, not only color. Other elements aren't necessary though it makes a subspecies some more unique. Again I want to say Agnaktor Subspecies is a perfect example how a subspecies should be.