User blog comment:Lord Loss/Discussion of the Week: Deserts/@comment-1758220-20120428222807

It's nice to see that Capcom is going with different kinds of Deserts with each generation. In 1st gen you have your canyon desert with cavernous cliff passes and enclosed sandy plains. In 2nd gen you have the vast, open desert with sparse patches of vegetation and rocky outcroppings. And finally in 3rd gen you have the temperate, savannah-like environment, heavily inspired by areas like central Africa and the Australian Outback. Who knows what we'll see in 4th gen. I for one hope to see a desert peninsula, where the vast turquoise ocean meets the desert sands and lofty cliffs.

And you know, for an area that's so plain in terms of color palette, we get some pleasingly exotic and vibrant beasties living here. My favorite monster to fight in the Old Desert is Plum Daimyo, 2nd Desert Diablos, and Sandy Plains Barroth. Overall, I think 3rd generation has the most appealing roster of monsters, and of the three areas I'd consider 2nd Desert my favorite, especially at night time.