Monster Hunter Bestiary - Part 3 (Frogs, Bugs, Snakes, Spiders, Fanged Wyverns)

[@riemaennchen]

Kinda funny how the skull of Monoblos was in more games then Monoblos itself.

[@mh-united]

There are a few noteworthy things I'd like to add, mostly regarding some of the older Monsters: -Like Gaijin mentioned at 6:16, King Shakalaka wasn't actually a large monster till Freedom Unite/Portable 2nd G. In order to get him to spawn originally you'd need to defeat Shakalakas hidden throughout the map in certain ranks/locales. -King Shakalaka is actually incredibly important in Monster Hunter Dos, as one of it's rare drops is a very special item, the Song of Origins. This song let you unlock the Forest and Hills, along with Rathalos in High Rank~ It's a really cool way to bring back an old area and celebrate the game it's a sequel to, it's a bit of a folk tale you can find NPCs talking about too! -It's unclear if it's a bug or an intentional/quirky semi-implemented puzzle, but there is a way to get him to respawn several times too, under the right conditions (it's something I've spent years researching) -In Freedom Unite, they would give him a proper fight beyond just sharing a base Shakalaka's moveset. -King Shakalaka does have a cool spiritual successor in World, while it's not really a large monster (similar to the original King Shaka), it's an awesome addition ^.^ -First, I do like Queen Vespoid and think it's always worth playing every MH game, but her fight does often get cheesed with Flash bombs which is unfortunate. I would personally recommend doing her early into high rank and without proper gear, but to each their own~ -Her origins/design actually starts in Monster Hunter Freedom 2/Portable 2nd, where there is an Event to slay a ton of Vespoid to get a very large (and bulky) regular Vespoid spawn. -Uniquely in Dos, due to the Day-Night/Season cycle, you could actually get a giant electric effect on it by using Lightning Rods in the rainy night version of the Fortress. -You can also jump inside and carve the Lao Shan Skull/Shell, along with planting Anti-Dragon Bombs (which luckily bypass the rain disabling bombs). -In order to get Shen Gaoren to appear in Dos (along with any other siege), you and the rest of the server's players would need to spot Dragonseer Balloons out on quests to build a up to a siege! -Shen is also the only siege that takes place in both Dundorma and the Fort! Anyway just some fun fact stuff, good video ;3

[@kumatorahaltmanndreemurr]

Third generation is the earliest I’ve ventured in this series, but I like the concept of secret monsters that you find by exploring/experimenting. Kinda reminds me of Rise’s rare endemic life, but you can’t actually fight those. It’d be awesome if Wilds has similar secret bosses like what you’re describing

[@thomasgyldenkrne4151]

Monster Hunter has been a constant in my gaming life. I played my first on PSP. I have followed you from the start. I live in Denmark and back in the day that's as far from the action as it get (Japan). Years of waiting for new titles already out in Japan. Now I'm 55 and hunting more than ever. Love from Denmark.

[@pockystyx4087]

Ahtal-Ka is one of those great gaming moments that lives rent-free in my head lol

[@Skitz131313]

You just had to be there

[@KaneA87]

I was there, and until Rise, it was my least favourite "end" fight. I can't stand the stupid mech thing, it's the singular reason I'd never go back and play the game again

[@gameparty-yt7290]

I wasn't expecting Yuna to come in and correct you at the end there lol that was cute.

[@TornaitSuperBird]

9:46 Funny thing is that Generation 5 didn't introduce a *single* new (proper) Neopteron into the series. All of the "Neopterons" in Generation 5 are classified as Endemic Life, like the Vigorwasps, the Wiggly Litchi, and the Wedge Beetles (which would totally fit into the Neopteron class if they were properly considered Small Monsters.)

[@JCLegendary]

It's silly, but there's another Lynian boss besides King Shakalaka. You can also fight King Gajalaka in Monster Hunter World, only during the Witcher Event Quest.

[@hypotrain]

unironically that quest was the coolest thing they did in worldborne

[@maxspecs]

@@hypotrain A multi-tiered hunt with sidequests, and rewards that changed based on your decisions? Yeah, it was really unique and involved.

[@atmamaonline]

I have to say that this is one of the most enjoyable video game series I've had the pleasure of watching on youtube. Relaxing, yet informative!

[@jojof3057]

The rise sunbreak twitter concept art was some of my favorite shit ever, literally made that year for me. (My favorite image is that lunagaron pup standing on its hind legs with a fat belly like a weird lil kitten) Lunagaron is in my top five for sure

[@spookyfrogs1874]

god these videos are so calming i love them to death. and the fun fact felyne is SO CUTE i can't get enough of that little face!!

[@svanirreads4448]

the "Garon" relation with "wolf" is likely "garou" from "loup garou" (werewolf), interestingly, many IPs use that "garou" for the wolf theme, but in french it wuold be the "loup" part, the "garou" part is the english "were", referring to "man that becomes X"

[@druick2287]

As an IG main, I loved laughing at the Najarala and it's attempts at constricting me. Also just swinging away at it before it completely closed on me was a blast.

[@G1eatShad0w]

It’s so cool learning something new about some of my favorite monsters! A very enjoyable series if I do say so myself and I’m really looking forward to the flying wyvern video.

[@LuciferFlames]

9:11 Oh. Rangosuta sounds very similar to "langosta", which is Spanish for "lobster" or, more appropriately in this context, "locust". And yet it happens to be neither of them 😂 Great video! Looking forward to the next one!

[@charnotaurus2665]

It's funny having started MH back in october with sales. Cuz I saw Jyuratodus and IMMEDIATELY clocked the fins and shape of the head n just said aloud in VC "that's a coelacanth!" which... Yeah! Is a prehistoric fish! In fact it's still alive and kicking today and has these thick armoured scales and whatnot. So I took ONE look at fishy boi and went "you're armoured and are gonna make my swaxe bounce" .... Technically yes, but with mud! I dunno I just thought it was super neat that I could clock how it'd work based off its inspired appearances. There's a few monsters I've been able to do that with (Diablos is another one, purely because I saw the big ol shovel horns AND the ceratopsian crest and went "you're in a sandpit. If you don't charge and dig I'll be impressed". Mf sucked because I didn't know he was basically a sandworm so I didn't have the screamer pods LOL) and it's mad fun to just /watch/ them before picking a fight and sort of... Digest how they work at a distance. Maybe that's just me, but I find it fun lol.

[@fenrirnevermore]

25:56 Scorned Magnamalo is too much of a Zoro reference to ignore, purplish flames, 3 blades if you count the arm blades and the tail, blind/damaged in one eye, scarred all over and too angry to die, i mean his intro is full anime sword fight versus a Zinogre. I mean c'mon and I'm really surprised so few people noticed. Now the Ashura motif makes it even clearer! Definitely one of my favs from Sunbreak! Keep em comin GH!

[@tako_ro]

I started with generations and never played the past entries so this series has been a treat for me.

[@irsandar10]

Ah... Why do I forget my own language for spider? WAIT, that was indeed a funfact! So that's why it stuck in my mind, either Lala Barina or Rabara Barina ahahah, it sure is the same as Laba-laba

[@jacenwarriner8502]

I believe the fish wyvern is pronounced "pie-seen" (it's from the same word as Pisces(♓️). Love to hear the kid shouting at you for shen gaoren. Stay awesome

[@just_a_guy9688]

Bro got both "i"s pronounced wrong 💀

[@LandonKFox]

So here's a fun fact I'm not seeing pointed out in the comments: In Monster Hunter Generations on the 3DS, one of the quests for Stonefist Hermitaur had a the typo of "Stonefish Hermitaur", specifically the seventh in the escalation chain.

[@tonydragon784]

31:50 Yuna jumpscare

[@kumatorahaltmanndreemurr]

I can see myself rewatching these videos whenever I wanna relax. Keep up the great work! Edit: I forgot to mention, I fully thought Shakalakas debuted in generation 3 until this video. The more you know, I suppose

[@captvalstrax]

32:39 Shen Gaoren did appear in the Jurassic Frontier map in Generations!

[@solomon9655]

Quick context for the 20th anniversary monster popularity poll: The poll simply asked for your favorite monster and you had to pick ONE. So it’s not that monsters at the bottom of the list are the least popular, though that’s largely true, it’s just that they aren’t anyone’s favorite. It’s why a lot of subspecies are down there since they’re palette swaps. I also think the poll has screwy data in general because it lists all subspecies and variants, meaning monster votes are split. Like Deviljho, Brachydios, and rajang, which listed their popular variants separately, meaning their votes are split. Valstrax got #4 but Crimson Glow Valstrax got #20, it’s just weird. I believe the overall top 20 it’s just very messy, I think they should have left subspecies and variants out for cleaner data.

[@Jonesman64]

Man... 4U was probably my favorite just because of the huge number of neat monsters.

[@duwaigimang1725]

Remember guys, FORZEN, not FROZEN

[@Hide_Me]

Garou is french for Werewolf iirc so that's probably where the Garon suffix is coming from.

[@skylarhogsett1763]

another fun fact about plesioth is there was a chance in monster hunter 1 where you could fish it out when you were fishing randomly.

[@NewplayerXL]

I'll always defend that "elder dragon" should be a title, NOT a classification. Kirin is a fanged wyvern. Nakarkos and tsukami are cephalopods or whatever in universe name they'd give their evolutionary branch. Dalamadur is a damned snake wyvern alright. Etc. By current logic, ahtal-ka should be classified as an elder dragon.

[@tsilentv9702]

4:01 ‘Kappa? Cappuccino? They make me really hyper. What’s a Kappa?’ -Michelangelo; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3 [AKA the movie I obsessively watched when I was 8 years old.]

[@gaijinhunter]

Finally! ^^ and same!

[@tsilentv9702]

@ took so long cause the rest are diehard Monster Hunter fans, I’m the noob lol. But amazing reference!

[@_lost_paradise5089]

My new favorite series ever:) Many thanks and love

[@spookyfrogs1874]

I wish they kept daimyo's japanese name, daimyouzazami is so fun to say!!

[@GoRyder]

NGL I was quite surprised that I hadn't realized Zinogee as Fanged Wyvern instead of a Fanged Beast

[@wdma87]

Thank you Gaijin really love these videos especially the Japanese nicknames and their explanation

[@Taipthis]

Najarala's name; would that be a mixing of 'naja/naga' (mythical snake creatures) and 'rajah' (king in various languages such as Indonesian)? I always felt that Narajala had a regal feel to it. Also fought both King Shakalaka and Vespoin Queen back in freedom unite. The only thing that I remember sticking out about the Vespoid Queen was spending more than half the hunt killing enough bugs to get her to spawn. King Shakala on the other hand I would like to see return (or a similar variant). I have memories of getting horribly ganked by the King. The fight was in a tiny alcove of an area, so not much room for positioning. The King summons tons of minions as soon as he agros and I died very quickly to 1,000 cuts...I presume you're supposed to bait the King out of the area. And he spews fire from his crown.

[@Adelesprings]

Great video! I think I would like to also have a visual showing the game that introduced the monster and the games where it appeared after that!

[@fencer0Z]

Thanks to you I now know the term "world tour" and can confirm an Azure Rathalos did that to me in Monster Hunter Freedom and when he finished just went to a hot area after he made me waste all my cold potions while he did the world tour

[@Mangadude901]

What's funny about the amphibian one is while they're moves on based on sumo wrestling....Tetranadon, I feel, is the one that actually practices the sport most devotedly. Look at its moveset and you'll agree.

[@dirtyjondeadwood9505]

Loa Shan and Shen were some of my favorite defense fights. lol. if you downed low at the wall his head would glitch into the mountain so you would miss out on 3 carves of the 9 you got from his size. good times back then

[@berchron]

Vespoid queen goes down to a flash bomb and a few love taps from a hammer, of course, you would have to hunt 30 vespoids with a hammer first, which only maniacs would do. ha ha.

[@dima_keller]

Dw I think when you're getting more familiar with the series you can guess where monsters come from just from designs and... the vibe I guess, don't know how else to put it😅 Gen 1 and Gen 2 more realistic and somewhat simple designs Gen 3 water, new bird wyverns and some edgy designs Gen 4 some of the most unique monsters Gen 5... you're familiar with it already, come on 😅 Not perfect of course, but yeah I think knowing a bit about each generation's identity helps navigating it a lot

[@NipplesTheEnchilada2323]

We did get something similar to the King Shakalaka in World, during the Witcher 3 quest where you play Geralt, called the Gajalaka Chief, though he isn't classified as a large monster.

[@mazoku34]

🤩 noice video. If you want to know the jump foward attack of lunagaron ice form, looks a like to the heavy dash Heavy punch of john talbain/galon in darkstalker /vampire savior

[@dima_keller]

Cephadrome, Plesioth, Lavasioth, Jyuratodus, Beotodus... Yeah piscine wyverns are THE worst type so far...

[@tigerdactyl6958]

I always find it strange that the final bosses Akantor, Ukanlos and Ahtal-ka aren't classified as elder dragons but Neopteron for Ahtal-ka and flying wyvern for Akantor and Ukanlos. I guess because they use the flying wyern models judging by the way the move. Regardless its their respective arenas that stop traps from being placed so theorically you could trap these monsters in a locale that allows traps. I assume you will talk about the two ??? monsters of gore magala and choatic gore magala even though they could be classified as flying wyverns.

[@Elevate388]

I might be in the minority, but I very much enjoy fighting Tidal Najarala more than the normal Najarala.

[@riemaennchen]

Hopefully we get more Snake Wyverns in the (near) Future. And hopefully those are more fun to fight to then Najarala. As cool as he looks I will never fight this without Insect Glaive ever again. Only if I can ignore most of his stuff I can somewhat enjoy the fight.^^

[@nextgencombodrop378]

13:17 imagine ArchTempered Plesioth with MHFU hitbox 💀

[@MazrixFi]

I can hear UHC groaning at the mention of Zinogre being the most popular monster.

[@MazrixFi]

Me too, tbh. Fun fight though, but it's too "fantasy" for my personal liking.

[@n64central]

I honestly thought you retried. I have the bell icon on and it still doesn’t let me know you uploaded, I thought you haven’t in years 😮

[@propheticrain-maker1486]

Stopped scrolling immediately when I saw this on my feed. I never skip a Gaijin video ❤

[@TripleCartsHunter]

Fun Fact: King Shakalaka hits like a fucking truck

[@terragaming4414]

Queen Vespoid is not worth going back to. She can be chain flashbombed and just turns into a punching bag.

[@JCH979]

loving this series

[@Kiriemy]

Of course I also love the stone fist armor(female) but its funny because the monster is known for its full hard armor but the female armor is a bikini armor that shows more skin and seems like not fully protecting the character 😏

[@Sleviin]

A good way to start off my Saturday 😁

[@robertmacfergus9288]

How are entire species referred to in Japan, including the Base Species and all subspecies/variants/rare species all at once? This is at least a problem in English as referring to the Base Species as the Base Species is easy but referring to the species as whole is always a little odd. Personally at least for the English names I think giving Base Species a subspecies adjective would be easy and additionally make the setting/world of Monster Hunter feel more developed.

[@GoldenXShark22]

I'm sad that everyone had fun with Ahtal Ka but my experience was ruined. In my excitement to finally fight it, I asked a few people in an online MH group to help me and it's my first time so I don't care to farm it. I noticed they were all Valor HBG when the poor thing died in like 5 mins, i barely got to do anything. Just confused running up and down and all around, and chasing it while it got brutally murdered. I hated it, I was heartbroken. I didn't have the heart to complain so I just thanked them and I'm just so saddened by that experience I never fought her since. Maybe one day. They fucked up my first hunt, and i can't undo that. so it'll be bittersweet.

[@gaijinhunter]

If they knew it was your first time then I say the blame is on them for not letting you experience the fight proper :(

[@GoldenXShark22]

@@gaijinhunter thank you, stuff like this is exactly why I make it clear I'm doing it for thr first time. In MH or something like Ff14, i want to enjoy the whole thing. It's super important to me when helping friends is to let them have that experience too! this just made me more sure that I was doing the right thing lol.

[@logr12dragonknight55]

I think zinorgor had a rare species in one of the Eastern exclusive games

[@muhammadiqbaldwirizky35]

29:35 Oh hey. I learned about this in Ace Attorney, another Capcom series. Neat

[@capellozapellini6074]

Really hoping we get Dodogama back for wilds! I feel he would fit perfectly

[@KUETLAXTLIAZTEKATL]

love this series, I miss the tutorial ones.

[@marmyeater]

22:59- Your way is pretty much how they pronounce it in the English version of the game. Anyone complaining just doesn't have ears.

[@luminous2585]

Wasn't there also a lightning element bug monster? I don't mean the ones hanging out around Zinogre. It's a proper large monster.

[@Ringyrex]

I ended up hunting Vespoid Queen a few times to make a weapon, it's not very exciting, you're just fighting a giant vespoid that can two shot you if you aren't careful. It also dies pretty fast but maybe that's for the best

[@albinotadpole6640]

23:00 Yeah a lot of people seem to have their own ways of pronouncing its name, but me and the homies always called it something fitting to its nature. We call it O'Dog-aron. Okay it was just me.

[@Nomad-bl4yw]

please zinogre can sit wilds out

[@brotherpanda]

Vespoid Queen had a very pretty rainbow Hunting Horn, but she has NEVER been fun to fight.

[@zer0her048]

I really want Tetsu to be in Wilds. He still is my favorite monster of all time, ever since I fought him in the MH4U Demo on 3DS and he is just the bestest boi.

[@kumatorahaltmanndreemurr]

Having both of the -cabra monsters together would be dope

[@ShinjiDimasacat]

Just a suggestion.. can you make a video about what is the difference of sub species,rare,variant,deviant and apex in more detail.. thanks!

[@gaijinhunter]

Thanks for the idea!

[@ShinjiDimasacat]

@gaijinhunter its my pleasure! Thanks for considering it..

[@TheShugoBR]

unfortunally i fought queen vespoid on freedom unite XD my brain erased that memory

[@statesminds]

I love when you’re pronouncing Shen Gaoren we hear someone correcting you lmao

[@gaijinhunter]

That was Yuna my daughter lol I decided to keep that as a fun Easter egg

[@SkyguyLP]

Ahtal-Ka is by far my favorite boss and overall my second favorite monster

[@Danex1603]

6:30 you never thought king shakalaka ?

[@MonsterHunterEnjoyer-zq2qz]

could you included the armor of the monster you are talking about?

[@behemothking6081]

Tidal Najarala was hellish, but I am glad it was. The water scale bouncing is fucking cool and I wish they'd bring it back to slap some humble pie in newer people's faces. Edit: I hate how everyone *except* you pronounce odogaron. I say it was an american accent but it's closer to yours than Ruri's odo-gauh-rahn

[@mr-sinfool4584]

Never looked it up but in my thoughts Great Jagras and Dodogama were frog wyverns

[@ValeronRV]

Hoping for Najarala to return in Wilds!

[@mesiyathefelinegod9608]

I naoticed that the shield carapeceans has daimyo and the attack or sword type carapecean have shogun. Daimyo likes the leader that defends and the shogun that attack and conguer.

[@Highlaw]

I NEVER put 1 and 1 together about Zamtrios sharing the "Frog" bodytype. Holy- I'm either blind or stupid.

[@darkop3191]

Was that Yuna correcting you about Shen Gaoren? haha

[@gaijinhunter]

Yep lol

[@yikes6969]

Says Magnamalo is the first fanged wyvern to get a variant with scorned but wouldn't that be Zinogre with thunderlord? And hell apex zinogre came before scorned too

[@gaijinhunter]

Ah I still had deviant and variants diff in my mind but you are correct

[@ethe0m]

Ahtal-Ka, my love

[@helgenlane]

I wonder if Beotodus Japanese name "ブラン"(buran) comes from French "blanc" meaning "white" or Russian "buran" meaning "snowstorm". Both fit its design.

[@coolcatandrew]

4:48 I don't have a solid reason why I do this, but I've always pronounced the J in Najarala with more of an H sound, like it normally is in Spanish. I think something about the name being vaguely similar to the Spanish word for the color orange (naranja) and the orange accents on the monster paired with the greens kinda reminding me of the unripe fruit. I'm not a native Spanish speaker, so why I came to this conclusion is beyond me. Does this make sense to anybody else or am I just making connections where there aren't any?

[@gaijinhunter]

That sounds cool actually ^^ love it. I think they were basing that on something Hindu so I’ve always use the straight J

[@miiverseisdead4942]

12:36 It's probably pronounced like the constellation, pisces.

[@imahaloguy]

No King Shakalaka or Gobul?

[@gaijinhunter]

King is in part 3, Gobul part 1

[@imahaloguy]

@gaijinhunter my bad, I meant King Gajalaka from world. Surprised Gobul isn’t a fish wyvern?

[@MrDaDisha]

Thank you!

[@euroreborn2951]

I always assumed Chatacabra was a Beast Wyvern becayse of the strong front arms, like conga and blagonga, is it because its more amphibian in appearance and doesnt have fur that makes it this classification? PLESIOTH!!! no..... the hip-slam!!!!

[@marcusaaronliaogo9158]

I love tetranadon

[@merickfukumoto6970]

Hold on now, I got something that I would like to have asked. When Gaijin gets around to Gore Magala, is he putting it in its own category, or is it going with the other Elder Dragons because it grows into Shagara Magala? The one thing that I remember correctly about it is the question marks in it’s classification category when you look at it in the hunter notes on the large monsters, and when you to kill Shagara, it is classified as an Elder Dragon. That’s all I have to ask and would rather not start a whole fight about its classification with everyone.

[@gaijinhunter]

In the 20th anniversary latest updated family tree it gets classified under Elder Dragon even if the guild are morons and keep it unknown so that is where it'll go ^^

[@merickfukumoto6970]

@ Thank you for the clarification

[@logr12dragonknight55]

Tmnt 3 where they went back in time

[@gaijinhunter]

Cappuccino^^

[@toreole]

i love tetsucabra

[@Joeynator3000]

Yup, Ahtal-Ka is the best monster ever. lol

[@AyBee9725]

If Shengaoren is supposed to be one word with no intonation change at gao, why does the English spelling spilt the word in two ?

[@gaijinhunter]

For English I think two is fine it was the Japanese intonation that I got wrong :p

[@althenawhm]

King Shakalaka and Queen Vespoid where NOT worth fighting.

[@Hlidskialf]

TERSUCABRA LETS GOOOOOOOOO

[@coconutx2017]

That’s not Kappa, that’s Michelangelo😂

[@gaijinhunter]

No count, gotta be the specific line i question (watch the film if you haven't, it's great!)

[@alecrizzle]

I really like the concept of these vids and watch them but I wish they were a little more engaging. Maybe show the monster in action or something instead of a static image with narration

[@gaijinhunter]

Yeah I agree but that would make the scope so large, if I were a full time KZbin creator I would for sure! But alas I am a single father who works a lot so this is me using the few hours I have outside of work :( hope someone does it though!!

[@hiddenscorpiusXI]

So I'm now realizing you are leaving out all the "small" monsters.