User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Coral Pukei-Pukei/@comment-30261954-20200203165432

Coral Pukei-Pukei is all round a good subspecies, if not one of the best in the series.

Unlike many other subs where they feel like the base monster with new colors slapped in a new environment, Pukei was a great choice to be in the Highlands by just giving it a new coat of paint, it just feels like something that is perfectly adapted for this habitat. The new color scheme is beautiful, especially when it becomes enraged and the red feathering enhances the pinks and blues surrounding it. Making it use water makes just as much sense for a monster with a literal hose for a tail, and just makes this a great concept and design for Coral.

The fight itself is absolutely great as well. Much of its new water move set is fun and can take you off guard with moves such as where it shoots a beam and then uses its tongue to split the blast in two or when it flies in the air and shoot water in a spiral around it where if you get under it and you just get a free attack window for most of the attack. The monster just comes off as a goofy monster while making it funner than the base monster ever was.