User blog comment:Kogath/Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate for the Nintendo 3DS/@comment-7584137-20140201152912/@comment-21371438-20140202144900

Yama and Kirin were classified while in 2nd, only recently (from 3rd gen) we see capcom actually caring for "details", examples are all these unlimited classes for barely one monster (Fanged Wyverns, Snake Wyverns, Amphibians and Cheliceratae)

in 1st gen pretty much everything was being called "Wyvern" -even lao shan and fatalis-, in 2nd gen what couldn't be a wyvern went thrown into the "elder dragon pit" (that could variate from as weak as a kut ku for being in 3 star level quests to final bosses that could oneshot you... kinda anticlimatic imo)

in 3rd gen, not only Elder dragons were clearly empowered and revamped as class (every elder dragon you find is a "difficulty final boss": Ceadeus for village, Goldbeard for HR, Miralis final boss, Alatreon and Mohran Extra bosses, giving such a class a new justified sense) but reached a meaning, something you never see if not herd in legends -or religions-, and as dangerous as a natural disaster!

i'm so happy of this evolution that monster hunter made, it's like every step done made it a better game