User blog comment:Mckrongs/Monster Hunter 4 for the Nintendo 3DS/@comment-28303251-20140108005717/@comment-5020152-20140126010334

@Aandrew:

I do it just out of habit. Certain monsters simply strike me as feminine when I first see them, so I refer to them as female. I do that with Pokémon and Fossil Fighters as well.