User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Pukei-Pukei/@comment-4969421-20180223202304

Pukei-Pukei is one of those monsters which I feel largely indifferent about. It's this way for most MHW monsters too for some reason, might be the fact I haven't fought them but yeah I don't have any particular strong feelings for most of the roster. Well actually I don't really like Pukei, I find its design rather unappealing, it just looks weird/ugly. Don't get why everyone compares it to a chameleon, I sincerely don't see the chameleon part on its design. Also don't know why it's a Bird Wyvern either, it looks like it could have been a misclassification given how media and websites kept calling it a Flying Wyvern. But who knows. So yeah as I said I don't like the monster, but I don't give enough of a shit to go on a rant about how Pukei-Pukei is is literal monster trash and how its design is the worst thing to happen in the history of forever, so instead I guess I'll instead appreciate because this is a monster appreciation week. I think for what it tries to be it (extravagant/odd looking ala Qurupeco or Kecha Wacha) it came out quite alright, it has an unusual design full of bright colors, while still looking like a believable animal. It's colorful, yes, with the emerald green feathers and the tail being a rainbow, but it manages to look pretty nice, I think if this was 4th gen for example with its super saturated color schemes it would have looked much, much worse. Like save a couple exceptions, 5th manages to have really good natural-looking monsters and that's something I like a lot.