User blog comment:Lord Loss/Monster Hunter Theory... Blog/@comment-5020152-20130614193002/@comment-5020152-20130614212323

What I'm saying is that the folks from Capcom might have been testing out the Amphibian design concept when they made Nibelsnarf. They were trying to see how such a monster would fight, move, etc. Nibel was just a stepping stone toward Tetsukabura, Zaboazabiru, and Sukuagiru.