User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Discussion of the Week: Hidden Remains/@comment-5020152-20190105212357

1) The molted Shen Gaoren shell. It was a pleasant surprise to see a cameo appearance from one of the only monsters I liked in Freedom Unite. And Banned, to shed some light on the Yawn-Shan Lung skull - hermit crabs IRL have to replace their shells continuously as they grow, so Shen had to leave this one behind to find a bigger one.

2) The frozen Yawn-Shan in the Polar Sea - just seems random if you ask me.

3) They're definitely pretty fun. They add some depth to the various environments about what might have lived there in the past.

4) Oh, absolutely. Take the Dalamadur corpse in the Rotten Vale, for example. It's much larger than the original snek from what I've seen. It raises the possibility that Dalamadur continues growing throughout its life until it reaches Jormungandr-size in its old age. I mean, the one in MH4U DID shed its skin to become Shah Dalamadur...

5) This may seem a little random, but I'd love to see one of the large, sandy areas in one of the deserts remodeled into a wyvern/monster graveyard of sorts - maybe Diablos or Rust Duramboros to parallel elephant graveyards IRL. MH is sorely lacking in spooky haunted deserts.

6) I remember being disappointed when we didn't get a mosasaur monster to match the skull in the Frozen Seaway. I'd love for some kind of Water- or Ice-element prehistoric sea beast to surface (heh) in the future.

7) That's definitely possible - have Zorah play a similar role to Dalamadur in having its body become part of the environment. Incorporate it into a rocky or volcanic area so that it's hard to spot, and thus more rewarding when it's discovered.

8) It seems to be a trend with ice areas, so why not? I wouldn't mind another Kushala skin, seeing as how they seek out isolated mountainous areas to shed, but hopefully we get something a bit more creative.