User blog comment:Kogath/Monster Hunter Generations Discussion/@comment-4911512-20160316144325/@comment-5167887-20160316224625

Such a great name for once.

Malfestio feels like there's some kind of reference to Malphas, a crow demon of the Goetia. Given that crows have a reputation as bad as that of owls, it's kind of a clever name. But at the same time, it uses "Mal" (evil), and festio sounds like "infestation" to my ears. It really is the Dark Magician of the Jurassic Frontier.

(in before easy-to-predict Yu-Gi-Oh memes)

I already liked the monster, now i love the name.