User blog comment:Aandrew07/Discussion of the Week: Flagship Monsters/@comment-1011548-20120721192943/@comment-4674269-20120721212316

I honestly feel Espinas is already the flagship for Frontier. It was the first Frontier exlusive after Hypnocatrice and Lavasioth got ported to Unite, and is one of the first to come to mind when thinking of Frontier. Like almost all flagship monsters, it has a sub-species, and one that I would consider a rare-species (Another trend with Flagships: Silver Rath, Black Lagia, and Moonlight Narga). Overall he is a different kind of monster to fight, just like how Frontier is a different kind of Monster Hunter experience.