User blog comment:Kogath/Monster Hunter: World Discussion/@comment-25083735-20190511014010/@comment-5158920-20190512114519

Update on the apparently 16 monster roster. Somebody asked Capcom on twitter (well the head of localisation) and they said the count of 16 that the French journalist reported is false.

So either were getting more than 16 new additions or there's a chance we might get less. Who knows.