User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Discussion of the Week: Frontier's End - Part 4/@comment-5020152-20191208181844

1) Like how I mentioned Origin Species feeling like exaggerated sub/rare species, the Zeniths very much remind me of more exaggerated Deviants, since they're basically individuals that have developed differently from the rest of their species. Best-looking Zenith is probably either Rathalos or Taikun Zamuza. My least favorite is Anorupatisu. What the hell is up with that anchor nose Capcom.

2) Baruragaru, baby. I love its creepy-cool design, its fight mechanics are awesome (its ability to copy other monsters' ailments by drinking blood is really nice), and how it's a leviathan that takes the same niche as Khezu and Gigginox. I'm not usually a fan of horror or gore, but the amount of blood Baruragaru introduces to the series is just delightfully morbid. Its theme (or... G-Rank Swamp theme, anyway) is deliciously creepy, too.

3) Disufiroa, aka Flying Freak Show, aka Living Middle Finger, aka Biggest Shitstain on the Franchise.

4) Baruragaru and Forokururu. Both introduce very unique fight mechanics and ecologies to the series, and IMO, don't need much toning down to fit the mainline games. They're not too over the top, and in fact are relatively grounded when compared to most of the Frontier monsters introduced around their time.

5) I'm not interested in the Tonfas much, but the Magnet Spike seems really cool. From what I've seen of it, I consider it as a Switch Axe with Greatsword and Hammer as its two phases.

6) After reading what Banned explained below, I like the idea of a Monster Hunter boss rush, like a vastly expanded Hunt-a-Thon. It's also interesting how you don't get specific monster parts but other rewards instead, so it's a different kind of grinding that probably ends up vastly different each time depending on which monsters spawn.

7) I don't know about the fight being worth it, but its goddamn theme certainly was.

8) Because Boga is the only "original Zenith species" that's been made, I'm not quite sure how they'd pull it off for future monsters. Because there's no pre-Zenith version of Boga, its exaggerated body part (the arms IIRC) seem like a very natural part of its design and it's difficult to imagine a version of it without them. I can understand making an original monster as powerful as other Zeniths, but calling it a Zenith when we don't know what the original looks/looked like is a stretch.

9) If I recall correctly, one of the reasons why Frontier never came to the West was because there wasn't enough of a MH fanbase for such a massive, labor-intensive game, right? Eventually, if MH games continue along the road being paved by World and Iceborne, it's possible we could get a Frontier-like game at some point.

10) Despite never having played Monster Hunter Frontier, and only having knowledge of a very narrow portion of the game (namely the monsters, locations, and music), I'm sad to see this long-running series meet its end. It's been a small but significant part of my experience as a Monster Hunter fan. Frontier has had a good run, and I'll be here to help give it a proper send-off.