User blog comment:Lord Loss/Monster Appreciation Week: Volvidon/@comment-5020152-20130506123145

This monster looks awesome. I haven't fought Volvidon (yet), so I can't really say much about the fight itself. However, I really like his design, although as Dax said in an earlier comment, he really shouldn't be standing on his hind legs so much.

I rather like how a lot of his attacks involve rolling. Although he has the same basic movements as Arzuros and Lagombi, he really utilizes the armadillo concept well. It's also nice to see that his forward and sideways roll share the same animation (if there's a difference I haven't spotted it yet), and the backward roll has only a slight difference to the others.

The tongue, paralyzing saliva, and gas all seem to make him a surprising monster to fight if you don't know anything about him going into the fight. Damn, now I feel guilty watching all those gameplay videos prior to getting the game...

Also, his weapons look decent enough, I might make his Switch Axe for the sake of having a Paralysis SA. Now, if Gobul had a Switch Axe, then that would be a different story.

Speaking of which, the Volvidon SA's third upgrade, the Vermilingua, seems to be a combination of the words "vermillion" and the Latin "lingua", which means "tongue". I love these Latin names that a lot of the weapons in MH3U have... (I'm looking at you, Stygian Superbia.)