User blog comment:Kogath/Monster Hunter: World Discussion/@comment-43709186-20190913155042/@comment-5020152-20190913212519

^ To be fair, Shara Ishvalda was weakened by the hunter and taken by surprise. Nergigante probably had enough time to gather at least some of its strength with its advanced regeneration abilities before it returned to ambush Shara.

I agree with the bigger issue in that they're definitely shilling Nergigante WAY too hard, but they at least haven't strayed much from its initial characterization as an elder dragon predator. The whole "keeping the world's balance" thing that I've been hearing about is a little too much for me to take seriously, however.