User blog comment:Aandrew07/Discussion of the Week: Flagship Monsters/@comment-5091195-20120722102923

Nice Blog and good DoTW topic, too!

Though I have only played MHFU and MH3, I have got to say that Lagiacrus is my favorite flagship monster. He not only embodies the new gameplay mechanics introduced in Tri, but also has a great (and dare I say "believable"/"realistic") design! Also, giant sea monsters are just awesome in general...

That being said, Rathalos is probably the "ultimate" flagship monster. He is, in my opinion, very much the coverboy of the MH series.

Tangentally, I was curious about two things that I have been wondering for a while and that might spark some discussion:

1) How do you pronounce "Lagiacrus" anyway? I like saying "Lah-GEE-uh-cruss", but I have heard some say "Laggi-ACK-cruss", or even use "-croos" instead of "cruss". Thoughts?

2) Do you prefer the original Rathalos design? Or the 3rd gen redesign? Once again, I am biased toward 3rd gen.