User blog comment:Aandrew07/Discussion of the Week: Subspecies/@comment-96.42.26.192-20121022032156

1. Third Generation Easily had the best subspecies. The subspecies (for the most part) are drastically different from their counterparts and are clearly suited for drastically different environments (though there have been exceptions : Second gen comes in a CLOSE second.

2. First Generation in my opinion had the worst subspecies. Most of the subspecies have no descernable difference against their original counterparts, and most could be called cheap palate swaps.

3. Copper Blangonga is the absolute best. Its coloration and variation are suburb. Its fighting style is vaguely reminiscent of normal blangonga but different enough that Capcom could almost be forgiven if they had used that moveset for a completely new pelagus instead of a subspecies. (P.S Ancient Rathian gets fantastic points... but dear gods...)

4. Ugh. Too many... Green Nargacuga, Blue Kut-Ku, Purple Gypceros, Ashen Lao Shen Lung, Rusted Kushala Daora. There is absolutely no legitemate differance between these monsters and their counterparts. I would even argue whether Rusted Kushala counts as a subspecies: its just a Kushala that hasn't shed its skin in awhile.

5, Please no. Lazy programmers.

6. Basically everything copper blangonga did: Beautiful coloration with some physical differences, a different home environment to make a subspecies seem more reasonable (minor), and a vastly different, yet vaguely familiar moveset.