Board Thread:MHX General Discussion/@comment-4969421-20151109154146/@comment-27188811-20151110202801

@BreakMeDown4 I'd have to disagree with you. For one, if you look closely, at the first teaser shot, you can see that it actually is in water. I'm sure they chose that angle specifically because it's harder to make out, but between the ground and the lowest possible part of the monster, there is clearly water there. It's easier to see on the left side of the screen. Most of it's body is submerged in the water.

The only real similarities between the surface shot and the cavern shot really is the type of rocks. The lighting's the same because that's how all of the 4th generation's been lit, except for that one area in the ancestral steppe. There is a possiblity that the glowing blue substance does have to do with the monster's abilities, but think about it. We know nothing of its abilities as of yet, and glowing phytoplankton makes complete sense as an explanation. Capcom pays extreme attention to detail with this series, and they try to keep elements of realism in the game. This monster so far has been the most unique looking one to date as far as body type goes, save for Yama Tsumaki. Where else on Earth would they have found animals that they'd have taken these characteristics from? The havily armored arthropodic limbs, the probably cephalopodic head-tentacle things, and the bioilluminescence on its body, these are telltale characteristics of creatures that inhabit the deepest depths of the ocean.