User blog comment:Kogath/Monster Hunter X Discussion/@comment-1921299-20151016162535

So i was looking through Concept art and Barioth shows off 2 odd things.

1 was a Walrus/tusked seal with really long flippers

http://monsterhunter.wikia.com/wiki/File:Barioth-Concept1.jpg

and the other was a Monster Hunter 1 style hunter with a double ended sword.

http://monsterhunter.wikia.com/wiki/File:Barioth-Concept4.jpg

Was the sword waiting in the wings this whole time only to be replaced by Hunter Arts or did it become the Insect Glaive?