User blog comment:Kogath/Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate for the Nintendo 3DS/@comment-6974847-20140813024722/@comment-26066416-20140813182457

Having fought the MH4 Fatalis and Dire, I can see why they love Fatalis more.

His moveset is more interesting, he isn't huge, it's not underwater, he's fast and dangerous.

Dire is just a big, slow, underwater, wussified version of crimson fatalis.