User blog comment:Kogath/Monster Hunter XX Discussion/@comment-6050823-20170211023554/@comment-26034899-20170212230755

^Great Jaggi was excluded because Capcom decided that it needed a break from being the series' punching bag. As for Giadrome, it may have been because it goes against the "no subspecies" rule, essentially being a white Velocidrome with icy spit (sure, Gendrome and Iodrome are classified as subspecies themselves, but they have enough visual differences to qualify as their own monsters, or at least that's how the developers see it). Either way, it would be nice to have all the raptors back this time around instead of just a select few.