Gore Magala are monsters of an unknown type and the young form of the Shagaru Magala introduced in Monster Hunter 4.
Physiology
Gore Magala is a very unique monster, sharing traits and similarities to that of other Elder Dragons, possessing six limbs, including the clawed wings on its back. This is because it is an immature elder dragon itself.
Its overall appearance and stance resembles a quadrupedal wyvern. Its body is covered in dark plates, with notable features including the hidden feelers that are folded alongside its face, the lack of visible eyes and fanged jaws that are actually parts of its external armor plates. The other unique part is its wings, which are covered in jet-black fur that resemble a tattered and ragged cape. The claws on its wings are extremely prehensile, and even seem to possess opposable thumbs. They are used for grabbing, help at running and maintaining stability. When not engaged in combat, Gore Magala tends to cloak its body with its wings by latching them onto its back.
Abilities
Gore Magala emits pollen-like scales that are used to understand their environment and leave behind a trail that stick to predators and prey, allowing Gore Magala to sense them via heat. These scales also act as the vector for the pathogen known as the Frenzy Virus, which Gore Magala can also transmit with its volatile breath attacks or by scattering pools of its scales around the area.
Gore Magala does not have eyes and relies almost exclusively on its scales to detect threats. As it scatters more scales, Gore Magala's senses will gradually become sharper, and the color under its wings will slowly change and get brighter. When its senses are at their highest, two feelers will unfurl from its head and it will release large amounts of scales into the air. The hairs will darken the sky as if an eclipse was in the area and it will begin to walk on all six. This state is known as the Frenzy State, and is characterized by a tremendous increase in strength and aggression from Gore Magala's maximized perception.
Outside of its Frenzy Virus, Gore Magala primarily fights enemies using powerful slashes and grapples from its muscular clawed wingarms, which can easily pin down large monsters such as Goss Harag.
In Monster Hunter "Frontiers" Gore Magala Is an Exotic Species and gains a new rage mode known as True Frenzy. In this state its wings will change shape and Frenzy Crystals will grow across its feelers and neck. It will attack much more ferociously and perform new attacks. Only the strongest Gore Magala can achieve this state.
Behavior
Gore Magala are highly aggressive monsters that will brutally attack nearly anything they encounter. However, they are also quite intelligent, as they can sometimes play dead to escape dangerous situations, and have been observed to hold grudges against individuals who injure them or drive them off. They are especially aggressive when it is almost time for them to molt into Shagaru Magala.
Habitat
Gore Magala is known for inhabiting places like the Ancestral Steppe, Jurassic Frontier, The Citadel, Forest and Hills, Primal Forest, Heaven's Mount, Sanctuary, Everwood, Ruined Pinnacle.
Other Non-Subspecies Forms
Chaotic Gore Magala
Main Article: Chaotic Gore Magala
Chaotic Gore Magala is a rare special Gore Magala individual that has failed to molt properly into a Shagaru Magala and has only molted half way on one side of its body. It also has a different music theme which has parts of Gore Magala's and Shagaru Magala's respective theme music as well as the Apex theme.
This Variant of Gore Magala first appeared in Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate with a separate Icon, yet in game it does not have a separate name from an ordinary Gore Magala.
Tenth Angel Gore Magala
Main Article: Tenth Angel Gore Magala
A Special Species of Gore Magala first appearing in Monster Hunter Explore.
Game Appearances
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In-Game Description
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Notes
General Notes
- The Gore in Gore Magala's name was added to infer an evil and sinister monster, whereas Magala translates loosely to "incarnation" in Aramaic, thus Gore Magala loosely means "gore incarnate".
- Gore Magala is the first fourth generation monster to have its localized English name revealed.
- The name was first revealed by Yuri of Capcom-Unity in the January 27, 2014 episode of Monster Hunter Mondays, as the name is used on multiple official Japanese merchandise even before the announcement of Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate.
- This is a similar case with Zinogre back in Monster Hunter Portable 3rd.
- The name was first revealed by Yuri of Capcom-Unity in the January 27, 2014 episode of Monster Hunter Mondays, as the name is used on multiple official Japanese merchandise even before the announcement of Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate.
- Gore Magala is the first flagship monster to be capable of infecting other monsters.
- It is also the first "juvenile" flagship monster, and the first flagship monster to lack eyes.
- Gore Magala has some common features of an Elder Dragon. In particular, having six limbs, including the wings on its back. It also has some features in common with the quadrupedal flying wyverns, like the Nargacuga, some of its scales, notably the ones on its wings, have turned into a fur-like substance.
- The purple colored patch where its eyes should be resemble the heat-detecting patches on a Gigginox.
- Gore Magala's Frenzy Virus can spread to hunters (either directly or via the attacks of monsters that have succumbed to infection), which cancels natural recovery and severely reduces defense as well as causing the hunter to lose health if standing in a virus pool after a short incubation time. However, if the hunter inflicts a certain amount of damage on the monster who infected them (Or any other monster.) before the incubation time is completed, the virus will be purged and the hunter will receive a large bonus to their affinity and be immune to the virus for a limited time.
- Frenzy Virus causes lowered resistance and abnormalities in the nervous system to any organisms that inhale Gore Magala's scales or hairs.
- When in Frenzy Virus mode, the surrounding area becomes much darker.
- Gore Magala's roar requires HG Earplugs to block.
- Gore Magala bears some resemblance to the Xenomorphs of the famous "Aliens" franchise.
- Gore Magala's roar has an eerie resemblance to the wailing and screaming of people.
- Over time its perceptive ability will increase. This is indicated by the coloring on its wings changing from blue to purple.
- Gore Magala's wings act like a large cape when it's not enraged.
- According to one of the Uniqlo Monster Hunter 10th Anniversary T-Shirts, the size of the foot of a Gore Magala is 135 centimeters, while its additional limbs are 241 centimeters.
- A Gore Magala appears in the comic crossover Sonic the Hedgehog/Mega Man: Worlds Unite, first appearing in issue #10 of the comic Sonic Boom.
- Although Gore Magala is the juvenile version of Shagaru Magala, it is slightly larger than its adult variant.
- External official sources, such as the "Hunter's Encyclopedia 4," places Gore Magala in the Elder Dragon classification as the same species as Shagaru Magala. Despite this, Gore Magala can be trapped, and remains a ??? in Monster Hunter 4, Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, Monster Hunter Generations, Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate, Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak, and Monster Hunter Frontier Z.
- Gore Magala was voted 5th place in the Hunters' Choice for Top Monster during Monster Hunter's 20th Anniversary.[3]
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
- Gore Magala will also fail to shoot balls of the Frenzy Virus. However, it can still damage you if you get too close to its mouth.
Monster Hunter Generations
Monster Hunter Rise
- Gore Magala's feelers are now referred to as antenna
- Gore Magala can fire a frenzy ball to a far distance.
- When knocked out of the Frenzy mode, Gore Magala gets knocked down for a short amount of time.
Monster Hunter Frontier
Monster Hunter Explore
References
- ↑ Monster Hunter 4 - Gore Magala is classified as an ??? monster within the Hunter Notes of every game it appears in
- ↑ Hunter's Encyclopedia 4 - Taxonomy Tree (pg. 52) - Translation
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxjiXvaZTxc
External Links
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate: Localization & The Sacred Cow!
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