User blog comment:Plexioth- xD/Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate/@comment-765166-20111025012305/@comment-4503264-20111025110348

People like variations and choice.

I love Rathalos, but red isn't my favorite color.. when you introduce a newer version that's slightly different and blue, people like me get excited.

Also, in a game like Monster Hunter, adding something like that to "artificially" extend the length of the game really does impact people who play. Most people who play MH games play for a lengthy period, and it's not uncommon to see someone having fought a single monster hundreds of times. It's a game where you can fight the same thing and have it be different. So when you take a monster and vary it's attributes, it really does shine.

Plus, it's not really uncreative.. I mean, it's not the most creative thing in the world, sure, but the opposite of creative is not uncreative.