User blog comment:- MHCaboose -/Monster Hunter Frontier G10 Discussion/@comment-7784930-20160217164340/@comment-6974847-20160219024329

God, I need to write the "Why there are no Tonfas in the Main series" speech in my notes so I can copy/paste it...

Ok, first of all, this weapon has to be unlocked at G rank, which wouldn't go well with the main series. It would be too OP since the weapon was specifically made for the OP monsters in Frontier (namely Diorex). Imagine a Barroth vs Tonfas. Might be a tad broken.

Second of all, Tonfas are extremely complex, and to rewrite the code so that they are not as OP would take ages, and quite frankly can't be done without making it an entirely new weapon.

Third of all, if it was in the main series at all, there would be no variety in weapon users. In Frontier, all weapons can used to great extent, while in the main series, none of the weapons are comparable to the Tonfas in power, speed, ect. (Besides MH4 IG).

WHY IT ISNT CONSIDERED OP IN FRONTIER:

50+ G rank monster needed to be killed to get it in the first place.

With good sets, all other weapons can easily compare to Tonfas, namely the GL.

This is an endgame weapon, so none of the people actually needing to complete HR and SR junk can use them.

As stated above, the monsters are ridiculous, eg. Diorex, GHC Beru, Dishu.

Pretty much everything in Frontier is OP, eg. The Songstress system, the hunter pearls, Sigils, Tenrou Equipment, ect.

Pardon the long winded rant, but these questions are commonly asked, and I just want to clarify any misconceptions. Feel free to argue, but I really don't care, Tonfas will join the main series if and only if the difficulty is raised to the level of Frontier, which considering in MHX I can solo everything, is not happening anytime soon. But who knows what CAPCOM will do? And pardon if I have any poor information, I am doing this by memory...