User blog comment:Lord Loss/Monster Appreciation Day: Yian Garuga/@comment-1758220-20111022165153

YIAN GARUGA:

Concept: Pretty cool. A poisonous bird wyvern that actually puts up a fight, with a crooked beak and one scarred eye. 8/10

Design: Awesome. The sculpt of the beak, wings, feet and tail are sick looking. I love the purple/grey color scheme, and the sounds he makes are badass. 9/10

Gameplay: He can be pretty cheap (especially in MHF1), with his poisonous tail sweeps and out-of-nowhere rushes, but he's meant to be a challenge. He has some cool and unique attacks like his earthshaker charge, and the HC version on MHFO goes even further in this regard. 8/10

Overall: A very well-designed monster that offers a spark of hair-pulling difficulty to the bird wyverns. Memorable and sorely missed, I hope to see him again in future MH titles. 9/10