Monster Hunter Wilds - New Fated Four Coming & Flagship Secrets Revealed - Thor Magala! (Theory/Fun)

[@Cpt-kaiju]

i believe its probably a fated four situation where we have biomes and each has a extreme weather event happens in it and the flagships monsters correspond to the weather in there zone also his horns move before he shoots

[@hipo131]

i mean they've already confirmed these are just the alphas of the region not actually the flagship/flagships. so its like mhw where each area had a big monster that was the apex of that locale

[@JakeTheBeastDelta]

The more I look at it the more convinced I am that that new wyvern is using the same skeleton as Seregios and Astalos. I don't think that it is using a modified Gore skeleton because I think they are going to be using the already existing skeletons with very little modifications and maybe adding one or two new skeletons. I do think that it would be a waste to modify the Gore skeleton when the Steve skeleton would work perfectly fine.

[@thdarkwolfshadow347]

He looks more like seregios than gore to me personally cause seregious uses his wings as arms to

[@Avellar3000]

agreed! I think they are caught up too much in the wings look and the skin color that they want it to be a gora body but it's just a seregios skeleton

[@Virus-ng1lh]

Also 100% agree, but Steve is special and Thor Magala is too good a nickname

[@batunaru2590]

I'm in the same boat I think it uses the same skeleton as Steve which excites me because he is my favorite invader.

[@lightningridley9094]

Its more about the way the wings are on the ground. Seregios puts his wings mostly like in front of him while this one and the magalas put there wings more on the side of their bodies with a almost 90 degree angle

[@Bettermadness_YT]

@@Virus-ng1lh How about calling him Steveregios the thor king!

[@woofergranade2044]

What if one of the maps is a mountain that goes back and forth between a merciless blizzard and eruptions. That would be sick.

[@KsnypsAdventures]

Agnaktor during eruptions, turns into glacial agnaktor during the blizzard. I like it

[@CertifiedHuntingHornNoob]

That would be awesome

[@julielandherr4686]

Seregios constantly aids its movements with its wings, which are much closer to wings than the Pseudo Wing-Arms. Astalos constantly slams and slaps and crawls with its wings all the time as well, while also not Pseudo. Even the Raths sometimes brace with their wings, as Gold Rathian does it from big aerial fire-ball blast recoil landing in both World and Rise, if I recall correctly, and another Rath may also do something somewhat similar in Rise as well, I get the faint memory of it, but cannot place it. Bazel does it as well, with some wing-propulsion aiding in crawling to scrape along the ground, and pushing off with them for some long leaps that aren't really flight. I cannot recall if Espinas has some of this type of stuff in Rise, but it wouldn't surprise me, seeing the trend. Heck, Aknosom, being a Bird Wyvern, which is incredibly close to the Flying Wyvern skeleton, uses its wings for attacks quite often in articulate swings, and Malfestio did it a bit as well. This just leads me to believe that they are growing more comfortable and adept at rigging wings to be more flexible for different types of movements - as it can be a bit complicated to do and have it look well at higher fidelity, since there would be a lot of stretching and contracting and folding of the membranes and such. Another hint at something like this would be Malzeno, having incredibly standard dragon wings and using them in combat a ton, which almost no Elder Dragons did while still having normal wing, since Nergi covered a ton of the membrane up with the really solid black top-side and the generous coating of spikes, and still didn't even articulate them in that strange of ways. (Yes, Valstrax does a bunch of wacky things with the wings, but the physical structure of the wings was already incredibly wild to accommodate for that.) Since Flying Wyverns were such a common type in M.H., and they almost never used wings or legs for interesting strikes, it was really sad how most monsters just fought with their heads, tails, and elements. Allowing things to use their fore-limbs for combat really helps open up way more interesting concepts for both physical designs and attacks to come from them. Now we just need things to follow Seregios's lead a bit more and have more kicks too, especially among Flying and Bird, since real-life birds use their legs a ton. A kicking Brute to be a counter-part of the punches of things like Brachy and Rajang would be nice too, we basically only have Seregios and Great Maccao right now, and Great Maccao is a bit lacking on move variety and challenge - even if it the best raptor and possibly best starter monster. (We needed more interesting tail attacks there weren't just the M.H. classic half-circle spin for a while there, but they really improved on that over the years, and I feel like Sunbreak specifically added quite a few neat tail attacks to things that didn't have much in that department before, I remember being pleasantly surprised seeing so many new ones there.) Edit: Wait, were people speculating that this thing wasn't a Flying Wyvern? It's pretty obvious by the shot of its frame while flying. Unless they added some new class that would be mostly redundant. I started calling him Railthalos before I heard people were calling him Thor Magala, and that one never made sense to me, since he doesn't use a Gore rig and doesn't use a hammer, literally just a monster name plus a thing associated with lightning. Might as well have called it Zeusala Daora. Also, funny enough, of the over-arching things about the game we've seen so far are the Thunder being important to the environment and all the Serpents of the logo, when we just got done with the game that had the Thunder Serpent as the big bad. There's definitely nothing to that, just a fun coincidence.

[@SirrDanke]

How do you guys manage to pump out 3 to 4 videos per day and still manage to keep up the consistency in quality

[@ThePokeShapeshifter]

A basement full of editors maybe? XD

[@josefernandez4423]

a crazy mind

[@anthonyficklin9785]

And a lot of coffee

[@wikitiki209]

Multiple people

[@ikerromerogarcia2150]

It's Astalos' skeleton. Astalos is a little bit different from other flying wyverns but not enough to be unabme to share some animations. In this case you can tell by the proportions and the rigging that this is Astalos doing a cosplay. About the arm-wings, there are lots of flying wyverns (talking about the true ones) that do chill on all fours, we've seen bazel, we've seen the raths do it and others that under certain situations definitely can. Astalos is a special case because its arms are more developed, almost having claws and a handpalm-like structure it can "punch" with. Yet still they can obviously take whatever skeleton they want and add new animations which use the forelimbs, like as I mentioned with Bazel. So yeah, I don't think it has anything to do with gore and talking about this one, the line along the neck is where the horns rest when its not enraged

[@candygamer6657]

He seems more like Seregios than he does Magala to me. Seregios walks on his claws the same way and is also a flying wyvern.

[@Klnkykoala]

He literally explained that in the video several times lol

[@Thiccremoch162]

Everyone saying thor magala... imo it's giving more Seregios to me. Edit: He said it! My thoughts are justified!!!!

[@4zri_gaming]

It’s a TIGREX SKELETTON !

[@iAteAnEthernetCable]

8:16 i imagine thor magala charging up from the tail to the back to the head to be a bit like Godzilla minus one charging up.

[@sinteleon]

The wings edges also has some strange setup too, in that there is almost no webbing between the the furthest wing-edge and the rest of the more bat-like wing, with said wing edge also extra thick.. I expect some sort of melee/electric attacks to come from that hargened wing part.

[@tyrellthiel2201]

It reminds me of Nargas wingblades. It's a really cool design, and I am excited to see all it can do

[@iMightBeCrazy]

It doesn't get struck to redirect lightning it clearly produces it

[@iMightBeCrazy]

The only strike on him happens after it discharges it's blast

[@ThunderKing-Rai]

I love how we can see its full face but no one ever mentions it you can see its beady eye XD

[@AdnanyTB]

Very cool to see it in more detail. Looks like the larger horns on its head also move out to the side like the lower horns. You can see them retract after it fires off the railgun.

[@ianlawvoiceover1056]

While im a fan of "Thor Magala" as a name Ive been calling him "Nastalos" cuz i was feeling a big Astolos vibe from him with the Electricity and fying wyvern with arm wings and just how Nasty his temperment appeared to be / Sick as hell design.

[@4zri_gaming]

It’s a TIGREX SKELETON

[@ikarutamitsune1717]

I don't understand why people think he looks like the gore magala is this about the horns that l9oke like the frontier version?? Because besides that there is not a single similarity

[@nitro-cam4701]

At 5:37 you can see the railgun wyvern’s eyes, meaning that when he gets ready to fire, his horns close in and covers his eyes

[@TheFluffyTheropod]

Man this thing is awesome, I absolutely love it. Definitely my favourite new monster! I mean, considering Seregios is my favourite monster of all time, it’s unsurprising I’d love this thing so much. Can’t really give my full opinion til I’ve seen its whole head and how its horns function, but I definitely already love this thing. Would be pretty cool if the Magalas evolved over millions of years from flying wyverns like this one, and gained another pair of legs due to their different lifestyle. It would be very interesting if it turned out a species of Elder Dragon evolved directly from a group of normal monsters like flying wyverns!

[@pauldavison2856]

So you know how we've been talking about Frontier influence? And you know how Frontier had the prehistoric monsters or whatever they were called? And you know how this new monster looks alarmingly like the original concept art for zinogre? What if the Forbidden Lands has a bunch of monsters that are separate evolutionary paths to the ones we know? What if that IS actually Wilds zinogre, and almost all the returning monsters in the game are prehistoric ones? I've been thinking that what we've seen so far of Wilds doesn't really suit a lot of existing monsters in the series, like they would feel almost out of place because they're not hideous or savage enough. So I really like the idea that we could get complete redesigns for monsters that are supposed to be primordial versions of them, and that's just how they do returning monsters in Wilds (not all of them - deviljho, nergigante, khezu etc. would fit very well but a lot of them would feel lind of weird to me at least).

[@whateveryouwanttocallme5307]

I'm a Zinogre fan, but the "King of Blue thunder and fork horn" crown might be goes to this new mysterious monster.

[@jfb173jb]

Your analysis of the new wyvern is kind of like Oceaniz's work. Explaining the thunder trade off theory in that he channels and maybe stores the external lightning. Given how detriment said element is the animals that are bot elder dragons.

[@olly2556]

5:24 a traditional mythological wyverns do actually rest on that area of the wing that Thor Magala appears to

[@marmyeater]

no, they walk like Rathalos&Rathian

[@DenBjedaMitten]

No mention of Godzilla minus one and the similarities to his atomic breath. It's so obvious.

[@lonewolfnergiganos4000]

Thor Magala would be the best name for the mysterious railgun wyvern in my opinion, heck, I would love to see Gore Magala go up against it.

[@brandonkasper4416]

And the hammer made from it's parts could be called mjolnir or hammer of the gods

[@ProjectRAVID]

I literally has the skeleton of Seregios. Idk why everyone keeps calling it a magala

[@DemonOfCoffee]

Thor Magala sounds cool as hell but way too close sounding to Gore Magala itself to ever be an official name. Besides aside from the horns being similar to what the Magalas have, it's a lot more Seregios-esque.

[@GunmarTheBlack]

I think it's really cool that he uses the lightning as a sort of rail going effect but then that brings up the possibility that we have weather specific monster hunts which I think would be really cool because if they decide to try and use weather as a detriment, as something to try and fight through, Jen you're always going to be dealing with that secondary effect every time you go to fight that specific monster because it's always going to be inside of that weather effect which I think that's really cool

[@arkeyedreaming3700]

I would love it to be like generations with like 4-5 Flagships that would be cool

[@jockpackage1770]

He's a flying wyvern, more specifically i think he's a sudo wyvern. That was my impression from the start, with his posture and the limb count. It's been too long and barioth is lonely in the air, as he laughs at the other 3. It's been since Tri when we got one, come on guys! he could be like Steve but that's less interesting. I do love the idea that each map will have it's own monster that uses the natural disaster to their advantage. That's an easy way to have it so he's an important monster, as they said, but not the flagship. The flagship may be another one, with a similar shtick but on a different map. We have no idea how many locales we will get, hence how many creatures will be kind of like this. They look huge but we may still get like 5 of them. This guy is a lot like zinogre, or his early concept art when he was a flying wyvern. He has elements of that design at least. I personally love the idea of taking old concepts of monsters to use on new creatures, many years later, it's awesome. Zinogre was the ideal candidate for this, he's the most popular monster and they'd want to see how much we'll like his earlier concept fleshed out as another new monster. I do hope that some less beloved monsters get this treatment of a second chance at their concept too, in the future.

[@LacTose90]

I just noticed we get a quick glimpse of the whole face and it does look similar to gores face but most likely will have visible eyes

[@Thegreatequalizer]

15:30 The logo also has some Yin-Yang symbology with the two main dragon bodies. And with each of the sub dragons emerging from the "spots" of the Yin-Yang dragons.

[@marmyeater]

0:12- I agree, and I think one of the most pressing things is: CAN WE SEVER BALAHARA'S TAIL? We've seen 3 named Large Monsters, and neither of the other two look like they fit into the severable tail category.

[@floofmeister52]

The only leviathans that can’t have their tails cut are nibelsnarf and the two canths. Since he uses the same body as lagiacrus, I would imagine it’s tail is severable

[@marmyeater]

​@@floofmeister52That's certainly going to make it more likely, but sometimes ones like Great Jagras look like they should have severable tails, and don't.

[@mattkelly4756]

Its definitely not a gore and is a flying wyvern. There are several flying wyverns that use their wings legishly. Tigrex, diablos and seregios to name a few.

[@SB-dw3ly]

I really like the new flagship! DOSHAGUMA

[@sopuckrj]

It should be Flying Wyvern. But with an elder like Kirin, I guess we have to wait.

[@jordanverhoeven3156]

Mentioned this idea in your previous video, glad to see it covered on the channel!! 😯 I definitely feel that the lightning wyvern we have seen so far isn't enough alone to carry the story as The Flagship, and leans more to multiple Flagships instead. Not that it's design is bad but just felt very specific to the first locale, can't imagine it working for all locales. Especially if we are expecting some really cool ideas like the Coral Highlands or Rotten Vale 🤔 Would love to see a video theorising on potential locales for the game? Also another question to consider with the game heavily focusing now on herds/groups of large monsters, what if the final boss wasn't a singular monster??

[@marmyeater]

I agree with the first part, but going up against a final boss that embodies the pinnacle of the foes you've faced with the skills you've honed is a bit too far out there to be done in a game about hunting monsters. We could maybe have a group of lesser Elders to fight (like Teostra and Lunastra), maybe even have them be the children of the final boss (like if we had had to fight 2 Xeno'Jiivas right before fighting Safi'Jiiva), but said final boss seems a little too integral to not have its own place.

[@jordanverhoeven3156]

​@@marmyeater I don't mean in the sense of like 2 Elders or something, maybe the boss is some kind of swarm of neopterons or arachnids. Something that threatens all the locales, perhaps only just released from where they have been closed off from the world? Then you could have like a MASSIVE queen that is the true final boss 🤔 Perhaps the underlings are found attacking the locales monsters and thus we track it down to the lair of which is a massive mound with the goal of finding the queen?

[@marmyeater]

@@jordanverhoeven3156 Like that Vespoid Queen I saw in another video, only if there was something like a mega queen directing them? It would still have to be an elder dragon to be the final boss, but looking at Yamatsukami it could be something really out there body shape wise, and controlling them like zombie mushrooms.

[@jordanverhoeven3156]

@@marmyeater Yeah something kinda like Vespoid Queen but on a much grander scale. Even something on the themes of Yamatsukami would be cool, like a living land mass with natural defences/monsters. Although in saying all this, I can't help feel like even with the logo that the game is pointing in the direction of a Serpent for the final boss 🤔 Just can't shake that feeling, either way whatever they release will definitely be great.

[@4zri_gaming]

It’s a TIGREX SKELETON

[@25Dzone]

I would ADORE a Fated Four revamp / a new version of a set of Monsters that are equally powerful, very unique and like their own kings of their regions. Maybe even kings of the current weather - if there is Lightning storms, this boy sweeps in to dominate. If there's a sandstorm, another member comes forth to consume the land. And so on...

[@JacobB-kr5em]

I’ve become a bit concerned that we will get only one locale since it’s 3x the size and connected to the main hub and has so much going on. I hope I’m wrong but I can’t find anything shown yet that hints otherwise.

[@TheIdealofGreed]

Do you think you'll ever make a video (series) going over unused concept art, like the stuff that's already been out for a while? Especially with that Zinogre comparision?

[@theadmiral4157]

Pause at 2:18 and you'll see his eyes and mouth. His horns are in front of his eyes and is straightened 😮

[@WolfManZylo]

5:20 Flying wyverns do in fact put their wings down like this, raths, diablos, astalos, etc.

[@khyros_cen1508]

And don't forget Tigerex normally runs with it's wing arms

[@Jorge-A-GomezAyala]

You can definitely make out its face in the slow mos Josh is using some one with art skills could probably draw it’s face

[@annahsilverthread9130]

* I would love to see each location having a different environmental extreme, with their own Apex monster making full use of the extreme environmental changes. Like here being the sandstorm/thunderstorm drying everything out with Thor Magala being the main boi. But another zone getting a huge rainstorm flooding everything over causing half the map to be under water (which could bring back under water combat. . .) and afterwards the water drains/dries up for the next storm revealing the previous under water areas. (in case there isn't any underwater combat) with something like a normie monster vers. of Namile taking advantage of the weather change in and out of the water. * something that comes to mind, (that I don't think was done before in MH) is perhaps a Large swarm monster. . . an example - swam of rats from DND, counted as a single fight/monster, but made of many smaller creatures. Would be interesting to see a huge singular "hive mind" monster made up of several small monsters, where the fight doesn't technically end till you've defeated all of them (not just the leader of the pack). Playing on the herd/group that they keep highlighting in each trailer reveal.

[@colebailey2578]

Honestly, Wild idea, (Heh-Hay), what if it ends up being a thing where the final boss elder dragon is what causes the storms, and what he does is absorb the lightning that he used the clouds above to generate, and he does what Thor Magala did? Could be a case where a creature mimicked another and evolved alongside it to get it's own strength, kind of like how cheetah cubs start out with honey badger like fur, but instead of doing so to not be attacked, they did so TO attack.

[@iAteAnEthernetCable]

that would be cool

[@user-uj5sh8pz1d]

Railgun wyvern looks kinda like a hybrid for me. the bulk and standing from gore, a tad of zinogre and I'd pb say narga for the wings... Because if i ain't wrong nargas winglegs have a hefty outer part kinda like the scythe apendages on this one. I dig the idea of 4 apex predators surrounding the main dragon/dragons as a form of localized evolved adaptation to the influence on their surroundings.

[@violetdarling699]

Seregios, and Astalos have matching skeletons.

[@sorretgarcia25]

A supposed leaker has assured the following monsters: Monoblos, Seltas (Desert), Akura Vashimu, Lagiacrus, a condor like wyvern, Glavenus, Royal Ludroth (Purple). According to this guy, Lagiacrus is back but we won't have underwater combat, for Lagiacrus appears in a "Swamp Jungle" which would helo confirm Seltas' return. Also this "leaker" has reported to that negative skills are back adding to the fact that we will have a "Heavy/Lightweight" set to combine our weapons for double weapon hunts. Also reported that we will have Hunt/Slay/Repel missions mixed up, this means that we have repel missions in a certain amount of time tops to deal enough damage. Added to this we can have in a same mission the hunt A monster/repel B monster (example: hunt Rathian/repel Glavenus). The hook slinger will also be more of a "wirebug" combo weapon that will allow some attacks to be like those we have in Rise, also that this mechanic has a "cooldown" shown in battle but not during nom-battle moments. So what do you guys think about this?

[@islamsalimzhanov4399]

Where is source, want to read.

[@sirspanks69]

I want to read the source too

[@Spiritofguidance8923]

Ragegamingvideos I just realized something the palicos can now talk now in wilds

[@tatsumiuchiha5559]

One of the "extreme" locales could be like a set of valleys nestled between high mountains, that, on high tide, just entirely fills up with water. And all monsters are adapated to be somewhat amphibious, and few monsters only come in during the flood, swimming in from the sea, and going away before the water level goes down. Underwater combat + Lagiacrus.

[@SiviRabbitLady]

Wont surprise me if they use concept design they have not used as our new mount is from an early concept stage of monster hunter.

[@Ft9218]

maybe 2 big bosses or 2 big siege and their 2 followers one for each "form" of the wilds fighting to take control

[@luissilveira7057]

I've noticed that Railgun Wyvern's top horns also rotate outwards after he fires his lightning shot, like the "gun" needs to recharge

[@ethanhenry77]

Once Thor magala discharges its rail gun shot, you also see his top horns splay open to their “resting” position or whatever you’d want to call it. So all 4 are spread apart until it uses that move where they all come together.

[@yungxtsunamiyt8996]

he looks literally like a flying version of zenogre

[@ScaleTail1101]

0:02 holy heck he's Godzilla Minus One

[@bombman1599]

Why does everyone keep calling it a railgun?! Railgun's use electromagnetism to speed up a magnetic object to insane speeds, this is more of a Arc thower gun

[@Gayhan-]

🤓

[@eatdaaaa9984]

You're the fifth person to have an issue with this (which is quite a lot). It might be a wrong terminology but people get the idea, unless you're a gun nerd and you know everything about the mechanisms and how they work. It's just a word

[@ikerromerogarcia2150]

It's supposed to be fun, not accurate

[@Godofantz]

I think his design is meant to evoke the image of a rail gun. Plus if we find out that he is using the electricity to push out a projectile then boom that problem is solved.

[@marmyeater]

It's because most people aren't smart.

[@Atoll-ok1zm]

So we have the lightning desert, that's a trope. We also need a volcano for fire, some kind for swamp for water, and a frozen mountain/tundra for air or ice. Plus a creepy cave as a bonus/side area probably with a poison emphasis and spiders. At least assuming the pattern continues.

[@princekanbatsu2301]

If i was a dev i would absolutely exclude the idea of "only new monsters" for a brand new title. You see, not only they would need to make the roster number at least decent, which would take a lot of work, but it wouldn't make use of their past work aswell, which is what MH has always done except Tri (because it was a completely new engine with a new restyle) They did a lot of work on world and rise, they have all their models to work with so i really don't think they would go this way. Also you have to consider that so far Chatacabra is overall liked, and the new wyvern looks cool for a first impression, but undeniably Doshaguma and Balahara are not liked by everyone. Doing a full on new roster has the risk of not being appreciated, while bringing in some fan favourites help them keeping up the sales. I would personally go for: -A good amount of new monsters -A little bit of fan favourite - Some monsters that haven't been featured in the latest titles

[@FuzziManPeacH24]

Did anyone else notice Thor Magala’s top horns rotate after he shot his rail cannon shot? Cool detail

[@RedKnight9762]

did anyone else see that thor magala top two horns also move, right after you see it shoot lighting you can see the top two horns swing outward into like a resting position

[@themaynetitan]

Railgun Wyvern is a cold ass nickname 😂

[@jacktheomnithere2127]

i have a theory: Thor Magala uses his Thunder Sac by itself, but he can only be at full power during Sandtides, making the organ double as a sort of conduit. meaning that during a Sandtide, he can use his railgun bolt; and when there's not a Sandtide he cannot, and relies on the Thunder Sac itself, likely spitting a (relatively) weak lightning projectile like Lagiacrus, Astalos and Khezu.

[@yeepman5412]

Its a flying wyvern. Has the same aesthetics like a Seregios and the rest of the pseudo wyverns like Tigrex, Barioth, and Nargacuga base on how they use their wing arms to walk. Wyverns are a type of dragon that have wing arms and two legs. The Elder Dragons are your typical classic dragons with four legs and two wings.

[@onepiecedingsda7558]

Those are not pseudo wyverns they are just normal flying wyverns same as akantor and ukanlos. The term pseudo comes from their devolution of their wings but they are still "normal" flying wyverns. Pseudo Wyvern IS a Fanmade term and doesnt exist in the ecology of Monster Hunter.

[@yeepman5412]

@@onepiecedingsda7558 yes I know that. Lol

[@natsu2010]

Astalos also walk with his wings at times.

[@philbert4398]

4:22 with this idea it would be cool if we had a monster where depending on the time of day, weather, etc. the fight was easier or harder based on how the monster uses the environment. Something kind of like Terrsria’s Empress of Light mechanics.

[@KsnypsAdventures]

Based on how creatively monster hunter handles lightning based creatures, I can totally see this guy not actually producing lightning but attracting it during a storm. This would make him and his greatest weapon, the thunder railgun of doom, completely dependent on the weather. He’d just be hidden away on a sunny day because he’d be powerless. He wouldn’t be a force of nature like the elder dragons, he would utilize something without full control of when it happens. I think this is what Wilds is trying to achieve. Make an ecosystem that dynamically changes based on the weather. We’ve seen the locale change due to a storm, and now we see monsters that are weather-dependent. And with how the monsters can form packs and seemingly have no limit to their amount, this gives them a lot more freedom and scope to make such an ecosystem. Makes me very hopeful for even more locales and their weather effects

[@ZA.HCK-]

I think that if we break the little horns on the face it wont be able to aim as well anymore and if we break the things on the back or on the neck it wont be able to use that much electricity and if we cut its tail off it wont be able to control how much electricity is being shot

[@darksiders11]

Thor magala or thunderclap seregios or hybrid seregios and gore magala with thunder

[@LibertyDiver]

I could see each locale having its own “flagship esc” monster like I’ve seen others saying. Can’t wait to see the next locale they reveal

[@jamescheek7507]

I believe he's just the apex of the first biome

[@nolangerrans6083]

If there are more flagships it would be cool to see one in each area and then to have each of them use the extreme weather effect of each area

[@fyreboy5798]

In regards to doing the Tri thing of only new monsters save the token Raths, what if that was specifically a Low Rank thing, and High Rank has us fighting familiar, monstrous monsters such as maybe Lagiacrus, Seltas Queen, Glavenus, Goss Harag, etc.?

[@jasonnovak6525]

What if the neck frills are like a exhaust in a way to help spread out the blast and if you break them or gash them it blows up in its face or something

[@F1atman]

Now that you've brought up the fated four idea... as I keep looking at the logo, it makes sense. I think there might be 6? Sounds crazy... but obviously you have the 4 circles all being apex's of their own terrain, then then one circle that turns into a dragon could be the last main APEX causing all the issues. Now that's 5 but we see there is a second dragon... so that could be one of two things. 1. It's hidden apex which make's it a 6th one, or it's that main apex's alternate form. As like it goes through a transformation state... kinda like how gore became shagaru. Idk, just a crazy theory but you made me think of it since you brough up the fated four idea. but then again, i'm sure others would come to a similar conclusion too so not that unique if it was mentioned before.

[@mr.thecoon1956]

I think it's very likely we get a volcanic map where the big transformation event is an eruption. I also like the idea of a jungle or swamp that actually floods.

[@vincent-rf4hv]

I think it's more like a Seregios skeleton than a Magala it also have a same thing like moving the scales around the neck but this one move something to throw the lightning

[@guntherbinks5089]

I'm a Little off put by the idea of two modes, The Directors and Several articles state that the environment has A Dynamically changing weather system, it's even shown in the gameplay that's been available, and Whilst some say it's certain I disagree with the Claim that calling it a locale immediately makes it almost certain it's gonna not be open world. Whilst yes it's called A locale it doesn't mean the area is restricted, nor does it not state there isn't A way to explore other environments, it's called a locale because it is a Local Environment which the game has multiple Locale's meaning relating to a particular area (The Forbidden Lands), and Environment's being the surrounding's. But the biggest thing to point out is, "In the Forbidden Lands, you'll encounter not only herds of small monsters-some of the large monsters of the region may also form packs. Each group has its own place in the ecosystem, with its own unique movements and behaviours." The word Region is brought up rather than Locale, It doesn't necessarily say one is stuck in the area nor can they travel. To further explain it's completely possible to be open world, considering the engine can handle it as shown in massive projects like Dragon's Dogma 2, and there are Areas that are accessible in game that show openings to other Locales.

[@cameroncooper5941]

I'm not sure how I feel about a "everything is new 'cept the raths" situation. On the one hand, there's old monsters that haven't gotten a rework yet, plus the base World complaint of "a lot of these guys feel samey". But on the other hand, this game feels much different to what came before, so it definitely makes sense.

[@ChazX]

Look back at the 1st wide shot of the 1st trailer how many spinning rock formation was it

[@borzoilover4156]

What if he is a skeleton switcher like lunagaron and switches between skeletons for physical/ranged attacks

[@NOTHING-AT-ALL.]

Im thinking like a fate four situation, maybe one monster in the same vein as the biome it resides, whatever crazy weather might be going on in those biomes

[@derkatronprime]

Am I the only one who saw his horns separate after his attack? I think his horns move to the center to perform the attack and the face is almost in the realm of Diablo vibes. It’s a small point you can see it when he completes his attack that his horns seem to revert back to their original position

[@AgentCAW]

I'm starting to theorize that this monster might be something along the lines of Sunbreak's Three Lords. Perhaps each map location has its own "lord." A big apex monster for each map location

[@somedude2468]

I feel like thor magala and zinogre are somewhat related genetically. The yellow protrusions, spikey horns, chin, and back, and a big flat tail. I believe the wing arms were once powerful feet.

[@iownall2222]

Said it on your reaction video and I'm still standing by it, we are getting a retake of the fated 4. This game is looking like it's going to be the largest MH we have gotten. I don't think 1 flagship would do it justice.

[@Jyharri]

I don't care what Thor Magala's model is, as long as I can hunt it down and have a field day with his badass looking armor. The whole using lightning as an adaptation to what it does attack wise is incredible. It lowkey reminds me of HTTYD's Skrill in a way, maybe perhaps it can store that lighting it attracts for later?

[@Nerrozi]

honestly its just a flying wyvern, really only a couple wyverns don't use their wings for some sort of support the raths being 2 of them, otherwise almost all flying wyverns use their wings in some way via digging, support while charging/rolling or for various other types of attacks. the raths are honestly kinda the odd ones out

[@twglenn9636]

I have been calling the thunder dragon/wyvern Thor Magala and with weather being the issue amatsu and alateron both mess with the weather

[@theadmiral4157]

Yo, I wanna see alatreon and amatsu in one game and having a turf war

[@twglenn9636]

@theadmiral4157 that would be awesome but sadly amatsu would get folded like laundry.

[@rektadragoon2942]

i’d imagine his turf wars being him grabbing a random monster and pinning them down with those big hands and biting them with the pincer things on hus face and then discharge his insane railgun pointblank demolishing a poor random monster

[@myszek2316]

14:50 and then the big snakeies could be representing the two states of the environment (I have a theory that the environment is changing because of a fight between two maybe even siege monsters)

[@oteris2924]

The stance he takes while firin his lazors reminds me alot of Tigrex. Also when in the air you his top horns move into place as well.

[@jackal13antern]

I don't know if its just when he's flying, but those top horns def moved between the view of his face and moving on to preparing his attack.

[@shinyshuckle6424]

Really hope we get a locale where the harsh weather is a massive flood and we get underwater fighting in parts of the map

[@theadmiral4157]

I hope were gonna get six flagships in this game. I wanna see more unique large monsters that has dope designs and hunt them

[@theshaggyavenger9607]

If this is one of the new fated four then it’d be dope to see a new local and flagship type monster every two months before the game is fully released

[@williambuckner8942]

Did anyone else noticed thor magalas horn separate right after the railgun shot at 3:25 in this video

[@Ruckusa]

I feel like the mh tri situation where it’s almost entirely new monsters is unlikely, the hunters choice vote acted as a big reminder of how much people love old monsters

[@RPGirlZera]

I really hope its a fated four. Lightning, blizzard(or Hail), drought, and flooding. Representing at least four elements (Lightning, Ice, Fire, Water). Though I'm curious any other theories on what weather we may see?

[@ThunderArcher73]

Don’t forget that there is baby pukei pukei in one of trailers so there is big possibility that there will be adult version too so rathalos will not be only old monster in wilds

[@ironwolf5802]

So maybe not the flag ship, but maybe a zone ship. The moster you might think if first when talking about a zone. Diablos desert, Namiel and Kirin Coral highlands, Anganath Anchent forest.

[@nafereuskortex9055]

2:05 Knowing Monster hunters story lines, The guild will blame that for the storms we will beat it and find out its a product of the monster causing the storms and we go beat that.

[@Flaschi2000]

You can see his entire Face in one Shot and Josh just focuses on the Arms. 🤦‍♂️

[@pututsoul7681]

Imagine some of the locale is desert with corals, then suddenly and oddly theres tides or tsunami filling the desert making them underwater. I can imagine the devs "ever changing climate map" gonna be so epic to accommodate snowy, magma, forest, coral, etc region combo.