User blog comment:Kogath/Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate for the Nintendo 3DS/@comment-21371438-20140128173744/@comment-3062343-20140129001333

I wouldn't be too surprised if both Monoblos and Diablos returned, given the fairly large number of old monsters that returned in MH4. I also expect that the flagship monster of 4G/4U will be a desert monster, since most new areas (could be all of them, but I can't be bothered to check) introduced part way through a generation contain the flagship. To be honest, I don't care that much about the number of new monsters that appear in MH4; just as long as they maintain the standard that MH4 set for the quality of the monsters (I love pretty much all of the 4th Gen introduced monsters). That being said, I'd hope that there's at least 5 entirely new monsters.