User blog comment:Kogath/Monster Hunter Online Discussion/@comment-15446856-20180202134840/@comment-27356783-20180204205033

I'm just gonna guess that anytime they find a monster with a design that could fit into Online but they don't like the theme or moveset, they either nerf the moveset, remove the theme, or both.

I'm probably incredibly wrong with that assumption, but you can't convince me otherwise.