User blog comment:Mckrongs/Monster Hunter 4 for the Nintendo 3DS/@comment-765166-20130923002051

Alright. Let me explain. I apologize for the rename. Yes, we have a rule not to use custom names for the monsters, and unless an English iteration of the name is present, we only use the romanization of the Japanese name.

But the name Gore Magala was based on two official Japanese MH merchandise that contains this romanized name. While normally I won't accept just one source, the other source that popped up seem to be on an official collaboration with MH (the T-Shirt) I am aware of certain Japanese MH merchandise romanize their monster names but did not carry over the English version of the game (Lioleaus for Rathalos, and on the MH3G Demo Lagombi was named as Urcusis, different romanization of Urukususu), but I thought about that one time during the time of Monster Hunter Portable 3rd's release that merchandise (T-Shirts from Uniqlo, Stuff toys and whatnot) has named Jinouga as "Zinogre". At first here in the wiki, we did not allow the name to be changed as we have thought of the same thing you guys are thinking right now, but years later at Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate they announced that Zinogre will be the official English name.

I thought since this also happened with Goa that what can go wrong if there's a provided official romanization for the monster? It's better to have something officially used than something that is made up by fans.

Earlier, someone renamed Aruserutasu and Generu Serutasu without evidence of the name being used, so I reverted his edits.

I will revert it back to Goa Magara if you guys dislike using this name. If you have any opinions on the matter please reply on this comment. Thank you for understanding and again I apologize.