User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Congalala(4th Gen)/@comment-5020152-20150502214600

CONGALALA

Concept: Congalala is an averagely-difficult boss that brings some… interesting… new mechanics to the table. It’s supposed to be the boss of the Congas, but it doesn’t associate itself with the smaller monkeys at all. And it’s just gross. I know that there are a lot of disgusting animals in real life that I happen to adore, but Congalala? WTF, Capcom?! 3/10

Design: How do you make a Congalala? Throw pink paint on a gorilla, pin a tail on his butt, and replace his head with that of a hippopotamus. Give him a pot-belly and a blonde pompadour, and then fill him up with methane. Seriously, who ever thought that designing such a monster was a good idea? Admittedly, the result ends up being really comical, especially when you actually go to fight the Congalala for yourself, but… come on. He’s a hippo-headed gorilla that’s been stuffed with spicy bean burritos. I’ll give him a good score because the whole thing is just laughable. 6/10

Sounds: They should have called this monster the Trollalala, because the big doofus yells out “TROLOLOLOLOLOLO!” when he rockets off to another area. Other than that, the sounds that he makes are mostly deep, grumbling vocalizations. His stomach must act as a resonating chamber of some sort, because his tummy rumbles require Earplugs to block out. The Primal Forest music seems to fit him a bit more than the Sunken Hollow and Heaven’s Mount themes. 4/10

Gameplay: A lot of Congalala’s attacks involve him belly-flopping, clumsily rushing, clawing, or just plain sitting on you. He’s a cumbersome monster with an appropriately cumbersome fighting style. Of course, those are only his physical attacks – Congalala’s main gimmick is his eating habits. After eating a mushroom, Congalala gains the ability to use poisonous, paralyzing, stinky, or fiery breath with very long range. He also has unpleasant poop-throwing and farting attacks to use at his leisure. Overall, the fight with Congalala is one of the least memorable ones – but he is the first Frenzied monster you hunt in the game, so that kind of helps. 5/10

New Stuff: His breath attack covers a crapton of distance. Which is extremely annoying. 2/10

Equipment: Because of my dislike of the Congalala, I really hate admitting this, but the overgrown monkey’s Hunting Horn and Dual Blades look pretty good. The armor also resists Blastblight, which is awesome. Can I go back to bashing him for being such a stupid monster now? 7/10

Cutscene: The fat ape has two cutscenes, one where he causes trouble in a Felyne dwelling, and one where a Frenzied one attacks a group of Ioprey. Admittedly, both are pretty good cutscenes. The first is good because of how much it made me laugh, and the second is good because it provides a decent introduction to the Frenzy, one of the main MH4U mechanics and a big part of the game’s storyline. Also, it remixes the Jungle theme from past games, which was always one of my favorites. 7/10

Summary: Congalala is just dumb. He’s an eyesore, the fight is boring and unmemorable, and to top things off, he’s disgusting. On the plus side, his equipment looks decent and his cutscenes are kind of nice. But still, I hate this monster. Are we done here? Overall 4.5/10