User blog comment:Kogath/Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate for the Nintendo 3DS/@comment-25259914-20141016164400/@comment-4212769-20141018171230

@Arc: Actually they made a whole lot of new subspecies, not just two monsters and they are also very different to the original. Also there are no Chaos Shagaru because Chaos Gore is a Gore that is in between Gore and Shagaru. And what would Chaos Shagaru be? Chaos Shagaru isn't needed and wouldn't make sense at all. The new virus was just a suggestion but it could be one of the other ideas. Also it could infilct a whole new ailment. As well as that it didn't need to be in 4U but could come up in later games.

And about Brachydios, who said it needs to be an Ice Brachydios? It could have been any type of Brachydios and with the scenario I oldd it would make perfectly sense to have a different Brachydios. Why not let it have something unpredicted? I like the idea of the Brachydios that uses Slagtoth Oil instead of the fungus (that was a spontaneous idea). But it could be anything that could surprise someone. And "perfect" is really just a matter of view. Nothing is perfect. Also what else could those Brachydios get if they couldn't get the fungus to use the explosions (loving how you avoid this scenario...)? IMO, to say "Brachydios is perfect as it is." is just a cowardly response to not look at all possibilities.

Wouldn't it be a surprise already if they released a subspecies of Brachydios that is not based on ice as everyone expected? This surprise theory is very weak in this.

And to the most important question... Why shouldn't monsters that have variants also have subspecies? I just don't understand it. Yes, sure the variants are great and make sense but why does that need to limit this to the monster only having the variant rather than a variant AND a subspecies? And to get back to your surprise theory... Wouldn't it be a surprise if they released a Brachydios Subspecies in the next game?

I really hate how most people only look at things in one view rather than try to understand it completely. If you want to understand something you most likely need more than just your point of view but other points of views too. But most of the people only want to shape it in their point of view. There could be a lot of surface only Capcom can grasp and we don't even know about. In the end we don't even know the reasons Capcom had. What if this variant wasn't meant to surprise at all but they just found it interesting to have the fungus go all over the body to let different mechanics appear? I mean that's a real cool and interesting thing. I really love how they made the Brachydios variant, it puts a lot more light on the Brachydios ecology. I'm sure this surprise theory plays in this variant but I don't think that's the only reason.

(Just to make it clear, I'm not opposing to the surprise theory at all, I'm just saying it isn't enough to explain this.)