User blog comment:Kogath/Monster Hunter Generations Discussion/@comment-6050823-20160308013635/@comment-6050823-20160309003728

Some Interesting Things Mentioned On The Poll
 * Mizutsune's old concept was originally going to be Monster Hunter Portable 3rd's Flagship Monster. Instead of its newer look, it was going to be a Fox-like Flying Wyvern in the game until development shifted to using a wolf instead of fox.
 * Glavenus is now officially the most popular Brute Wyvern in Japan.
 * Interestingly, Hororohoruru is called a she in the poll.
 * I guess this confirms Hororohoruru in-game are female.
 * Rathalos's design motif is a hawk.
 * Tigrex's design motif is a dinosaur.
 * Rathian was the foundation, and origin, for many different monsters in the series.
 * Nargacuga's design was meant to beast-like.
 * Amatsumagatsuchi, according to the developers, is Nostalgia + Dragon + Japanese style (Japanese 懐かしさ+ドラゴン+和風) altogether in one.