User blog comment:Kogath/Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate for the Nintendo 3DS/@comment-184612-20140711192413/@comment-1011548-20140712094449

This is going to sound incredibly petty, even by my standards, but the MH4 monster names are really starting to bug me. There's no effort going into finding a name that works in English, it's just direct romanisation and flipping a few letters around.

It's like Freedom 2. Sure, you could leave it as Oonazuchi, but Chameleos works better because it, y'know, looks and acts like a Chameleon. You could leave it as Tigarekkusu, but Tigrex works better - more concise, plays on its tiger stripes and its t-rex attitude and head. But now it's just Kechawacha -> Kecha Wacha.

(Yeah yeah, Yamatsukami -> Yama Tsukami. General point stands).