User blog comment:Aandrew07/Discussion of the Week: Flagship Monsters/@comment-3039270-20120727070718

I'm a bit late here, but I personally think Capcom did a great job with most of the flagship monsters. I haven't fought Bracchi yet, but the others are all pretty great.

The only one I didn't particularly like was Rathalos, mainly because he didn't really seem to have many interesting features. Rathian and him becoming gaining more unique movesets in Gen 3 however, really changed my opinion of him. He truely feels like the King of the Skies now.

I remember absolutely loathing Daora at first because of the wind barrier, but after I learned to get past that I've really enjoyed fighting him. Plus, he looks great.

Tigrex is great. His design is excellent, and the way his attacks were made so agressive really made it a fun fight.

Nargacuga is hands down my favourite monster. I just love everything about him: his theme, his design, his moves and his fight. The glowing red eyes were a great touch as well.

I never really fought Lagiacrus much, but he's obviously the monster who took the most advantage of the water features in Tri, which I actually enjoyed quite a lot. I'm not a huge fan of him, but he's still a very good monster.

Jinouga is another one who really stands out. He's not the hardest fight in the world, but I still feel he offers a good battle. I wasn't a huge fan of his design, but the thunderbug charging was a rather cool gimmick.

I haven't seen much of Bracchi, and I don't like his design at all. That said, the blast ailment is a cool feature.