User blog comment:Aandrew07/Discussion of the Week: Flagship Monsters/@comment-5020152-20120722205333

I'm pretty sure we all consider Rathalos to be a classic monster for MH. He's been in every game, and even got a revamp in 3rd Gen, something that happened to hardly any monster except Rathian. Azure Rathalos is a LOT cooler in my opinion, though, what with the blue-green coloring and all.

Kushala - well, I've never heard of MH Dos until now, so there you go. He is, however, the first Elder Dragon I've ever slain, so he does hold a special place in my MH memories.

Tigrex wasn't that hard for me. I just need a good Poison or Thunder S+S and decent armor, and there you go. I have to say, Capcom made a good decision for MH Freedom 2's flagship, that's for sure.

I never used to like Nargacuga. When I first started getting into Monster Hunter, and was browsing this site looking at and learning about all of the monsters, I thought the cat-like design wasn't that good. The only monsters worse were Blangonga and Royal Ludroth. However, I started watching every monster's introductory scene on Youtube, just before I got MH Tri, and when I saw Narga's, I instantly fell in love with her. Quick, tricky, elegant, beautiful, and with that spine-chilling yowl of her's, Nargacuga is now my second-favorite monster in the entire franchise.

Lagiacrus is a great choice for the flagship of MH Tri. He sums up the entire game - new underwater combat, a whole new monster design, and all-around badass-ness.

Jinouga and Bracchidios are both awesome-looking monsters. I can't wait to fight them when MHP3 and MH Tri G come out at last.