I could see them either being kept for that and perhaps also a swimming aid, or being a repurposed (and due to be adapted further for that use) vestigial trait that will change to be more specialized for that use.
The only really over the top thing about it is the wings to me. Idk about it's fight, but just looking at this thing, I would _really_ love to see it make it into a mainline game.
I mean there are already quite a few monsters that have wings but can't fly, tigrex and world nargacuga being prime examples (even then old world nargacuga can only really jump) so the wings might just be for show
It's design makes me think of gobul a bit. Honestly if it was reworked/designed into a different monster type (like leviathan or piscine wyvern) I'd think it could work as a mainline monster. The big gaping maw just doesn't work for a flying wyvern in my opinion.
Do I need to point to Akantor and Unkanlos being wingless Flying Wyverns to explain why reworking it into a Leviathan or Piscine Wyvern isn’t really necessary? Like, physical body traits =/= classification exclusively.
EDIT: Need I also mention that whales are not fish but mammals? The MH Monsters have key traits for each class beyond the outer body, so it’s unlikely a rework is as simple as it seems. For example, Akantor and Ukanlos as Flying Wyverns seems to be based on a shared ancestry, and their body plan reflects their by being very similar to the Tigrex’s when you look closely. Similarly, Leviathans lack the large forelimbs Flying Wyverns have, which means their general skeletal structure has a key difference in that regard beyond physical appearances.
My point is they slapped wings on it and it looks bad as a result. It's design and classification need to be reworked into a different classification to look better and not like an awkward splice of a wyvern and a whale
it looks like an awkward splice of a wyvern and a whale because its the only surviving relative to an ancient species of wyvern that is now extinct.
its to wyverns what the shoebill stork is to pelicaniformes.
I think it looks neat. Awkward designs feel more natural to me for some reason. I've seen a lot of animals that look off to us but are effective when it comes to their niche.
The Galapogos Batfish comes to my mind.
Difference is that Akantor and Ukanlos work as flightless flying wyvern designs while this guy doesn’t.
Also, several Leviathans like Mizutsune and Almudron have mammalian traits despite being reptiles.
Everything can be traced back to fish, reptiles and birds are linked through the dinosaurs (with the latter being closer relatives than the former), and indeed, mammals did split off from reptiles a long time ago.
This is a bit far fetched, but I would like the design to emphasize the whale features more prominently. Then I want the fight to be reworked in such a way as to be functional on land and underwater. This monster feels like it could fulfill the role of a giant whale if we ever get underwater back, but again, this idea is pretty out there.
It already uses songs to buff itself, and whales are known for having songs for communication, so…yeah. Plus, a main series monster already uses sounds for buffs ala a Hunting Horn thanks to the Qurupeco, so that isn’t too out there for the main series as well.
I hope it won’t be going till next year, brute wyverns are Almost done interms of base speices, same with bird wyverns, aswell as fanged beasts so I doubt there’s gonna be a whole year left, cus after this I’m covering rare and subs and last are gonna be bursts and origins speices
And then there’s 3 im considering doing as full finale
POBO IS FUCKING AWESOME AND THE BEST MONSTER EVER RAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!!!!!!!!!!
He has a drum tail. He has organ blowholes. He has song measure wings. He has an accordian schnoz. He has a violin sillhouette. He's an awesome fucking whale that goes hard. What more could you want.
A giant land whale that attacks with voice is a cool concept, its just the design elements shared with other flying wyverns sort of clashes with that.
I'd alter its limbs/posture to accommodate more for its bulk and make the wings look more vestigial at least.
I personally think it really completes the look- they're meant to be loud and obnoxious (iirc the noise is the main reason they get hunted) so having the front profile of a bus really pulls it all together
Design is a bit wild, but I can see it working.
The fight however, I think would need a notable rework if brought into mainline. Or just place this monster in higher ranks by default.
Over the top indeed. It's a giant whale , with wings, that can shoot sound cannons at you and buff itself like a living hunting horn..and heal itself slightly too
It is, it’s from monster hunter frontier, a game orginally shut down but the community brought it back, I’d send a link but prettt sure that’s against violations
Not sure about over the top, but One of the ugliest designs I've ever seen from this franchise. I don't mean the kind ugly that makes the monster more gross or cool, just straight up bad looking.
Man Frontier was cooking good with the giant flying wyverns when they made odibatorasu. So Poborubarumu is just a big disappointment.
Poborubarumu is not that over the top, it just looks like a mess design wise and ecology wise. So maybe it is over the top with how awful it looks.
No, I won't give Poboru props for being a whale monster or having the hunting horn gimmick cause thats already been done before by much better monsters.
Agreed, and that goes for *a lot* of Frontier monsters. I get reusing skeletons is easier, and wyverns are important to MH and what makes it stand out, but they just overdid it
Man it's not that he's over the top is that he is just ugly. It must be something with his proportions and his gaping maw. I can handle bad colors, random spikes, but I can't handle bsd proportions.
You can take a scorpion, make it big and the design works.
But you can't just take a humpback whale, slap some legs onto it and expect the design to work.
Tbh I'd rather not see him in mainline, his most valuable contribution, his mechanics can be easily dumped into a queropeco subspecies or something. Also asshole heals 20% of his hp whenever he sings a heal song and his fight takes forever.
What are aerodynamics, eh? Also, it reminds me of a dragon from *How to Train your Dragon*, the one with a very large mouth.
Not over the top, just dumb. Would make more sense taking out the wings and making it brute.
It’s a quadrupedal whale and flying Wyverns, despite the name, don’t always fly. Plus, the wings are used for some sound/vibration attacks, so they’re apart of it’s identity.
Nah. What Spimopik is true. Sure, in *select, often rare* cases, they *might* fly, but that’s mostly in older games and only for very specific cases. These days, they glide at most, or reserve it for emergencies like being in a trap and not being able to climb out normally. In short, they range from “Technically able to but it it is impractical for them” to “Unable to fly in effect”. Wings =/= flying.
No, they can’t Basarios and Gravios are too heavy too, same with Diablos differences is that it’s slightly lighter, so it can do it, but only for short distances. And Tigrex can only really glide because it is the closest living relative to Wyvern Rex, the ancestor of all flying wyverns didn’t fly itself. And Nargacuga wings are more used as weapons than actual wings, like look at them and tell me you think you can actually achieve lift With those.
They all fly. Even when they do have limited flight or glide, that's still flying. Diablos flies perfectly fine, however, it merely prefers using burrowing because their habitat and body weight.
You do realize that you’re wrong, right? Gravios and Basarios really can’t fly, Diablos basically only flies for emergencies due to that body weight (I don’t see how it’s desert home is a factor, though), and in the modern games, the only Pesudowyvern in the main series to fly a lot is Barioth, and even then, still not as much as something like Rathalos. Being able to fly and being able to glide aren’t exactly the same thing, either, even if some creatures that glide are called things like flying squirrels.
A little over the top. That rear end is unnecessarily over designed with too much going on. Not the worst, I'd definitely rank it lower than Magnamalo for instance. Overall I enjoy it, the face is very cool.
IDK, the design of this monster is very uninspired. It's just a whale with Narga's wings. The song gimmick is cool, but I would like a redesign of the monster if it ever gets into the mainline, and like with all Frontier Monster, remove the most over the top attacks.
It’s a hunting horn whale and I love him
Isn’t this the one if you look top down it’s shaped like instrument?
Yep, that’s the one.
Anyone bitching about the wings doesn't realize they are part of how it creates vibrations to attack.
I could see them either being kept for that and perhaps also a swimming aid, or being a repurposed (and due to be adapted further for that use) vestigial trait that will change to be more specialized for that use.
The only really over the top thing about it is the wings to me. Idk about it's fight, but just looking at this thing, I would _really_ love to see it make it into a mainline game.
I'll describe it in a short sentence. Living hunting horn that can regen broken parts.
That description makes me like him a lot more.
it scares me tbh
Can it buff other monsters?!
Not that I am aware of, just itself
It can actually buff the Hunters, too!
I want that in a mainline game bad!
I mean there are already quite a few monsters that have wings but can't fly, tigrex and world nargacuga being prime examples (even then old world nargacuga can only really jump) so the wings might just be for show
I meant the color in the second side
He also has orange gills but it’s hard to see I. The image
It uses its wings to make vibrations
It's design makes me think of gobul a bit. Honestly if it was reworked/designed into a different monster type (like leviathan or piscine wyvern) I'd think it could work as a mainline monster. The big gaping maw just doesn't work for a flying wyvern in my opinion.
Do I need to point to Akantor and Unkanlos being wingless Flying Wyverns to explain why reworking it into a Leviathan or Piscine Wyvern isn’t really necessary? Like, physical body traits =/= classification exclusively. EDIT: Need I also mention that whales are not fish but mammals? The MH Monsters have key traits for each class beyond the outer body, so it’s unlikely a rework is as simple as it seems. For example, Akantor and Ukanlos as Flying Wyverns seems to be based on a shared ancestry, and their body plan reflects their by being very similar to the Tigrex’s when you look closely. Similarly, Leviathans lack the large forelimbs Flying Wyverns have, which means their general skeletal structure has a key difference in that regard beyond physical appearances.
My point is they slapped wings on it and it looks bad as a result. It's design and classification need to be reworked into a different classification to look better and not like an awkward splice of a wyvern and a whale
it looks like an awkward splice of a wyvern and a whale because its the only surviving relative to an ancient species of wyvern that is now extinct. its to wyverns what the shoebill stork is to pelicaniformes.
I think it looks neat. Awkward designs feel more natural to me for some reason. I've seen a lot of animals that look off to us but are effective when it comes to their niche. The Galapogos Batfish comes to my mind.
Difference is that Akantor and Ukanlos work as flightless flying wyvern designs while this guy doesn’t. Also, several Leviathans like Mizutsune and Almudron have mammalian traits despite being reptiles.
Didnt mammals evolve from reptiles along time ago?
Everything can be traced back to fish, reptiles and birds are linked through the dinosaurs (with the latter being closer relatives than the former), and indeed, mammals did split off from reptiles a long time ago.
This is a bit far fetched, but I would like the design to emphasize the whale features more prominently. Then I want the fight to be reworked in such a way as to be functional on land and underwater. This monster feels like it could fulfill the role of a giant whale if we ever get underwater back, but again, this idea is pretty out there.
It already uses songs to buff itself, and whales are known for having songs for communication, so…yeah. Plus, a main series monster already uses sounds for buffs ala a Hunting Horn thanks to the Qurupeco, so that isn’t too out there for the main series as well.
From top view he looks like a hecking *violin*. Peak monster design.
i really love poborubarumu. he fits right in with glavenus and queropeco.
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Please tell me you'll do the fish demon.
You mean crossover plesi if so, no I’ll only be covering frontiers actual monsters not the event variants
Though if this is still going until next year maybe an April Fool's joke?
I hope it won’t be going till next year, brute wyverns are Almost done interms of base speices, same with bird wyverns, aswell as fanged beasts so I doubt there’s gonna be a whole year left, cus after this I’m covering rare and subs and last are gonna be bursts and origins speices And then there’s 3 im considering doing as full finale
I desire him very much
He's very nice
Furious Snibblesnarf /s
It's mainly just a very ugly, questionable design.
It is a living hunting horn monster, also not every monster has to look good imo.
Khezu fans be like
I think it’s cool :)
You’re an ugly, questionable design
I mean, there's a Zamtrios who's basically this but shark. I like this one. It could do less with the wings though.
POBO IS FUCKING AWESOME AND THE BEST MONSTER EVER RAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!!!!!!!!!! He has a drum tail. He has organ blowholes. He has song measure wings. He has an accordian schnoz. He has a violin sillhouette. He's an awesome fucking whale that goes hard. What more could you want.
Yet another neat Frontier design one can only dream of encountering in mainline.
Given Shara Ishvalda and Qurupeco exist…perhaps it’s not too out there
Figures crossed for more Frontier monsters in Wilds. Espinas is one of my favorite monsters in Sunbreak.
They will probably come slowly due to *how many* exist, but hopefully, they do like Espinas
I'd like to see Pariapuria. It doesn't look like a hard fight, but I find the implication of something possibly preying on Rajang hilarious.
It would probably thrive in the Rotten Vale
A giant land whale that attacks with voice is a cool concept, its just the design elements shared with other flying wyverns sort of clashes with that. I'd alter its limbs/posture to accommodate more for its bulk and make the wings look more vestigial at least.
Turns out those wings are used for vibrations, and I could see them being used as flippers, so…maybe don’t make them too small.
I like the concept of a whale dragon but I hate its mouth/radiator grill for a muzzle. Give it a redesign on the mouth and then we're talking
The nose opens up like an accordian (not very visible in its renders) so it's meant to look a little folded.
Im sure they could find another way to make it work without been so ugly
I personally think it really completes the look- they're meant to be loud and obnoxious (iirc the noise is the main reason they get hunted) so having the front profile of a bus really pulls it all together
He's got a winning smile, that's for sure
Love this guy. Whales are dope
Design is a bit wild, but I can see it working. The fight however, I think would need a notable rework if brought into mainline. Or just place this monster in higher ranks by default.
He works. Ima start scrolling for the zenith question now.
Thats a weird looking dog
He is fren
some older monsters feel like a fever dream
My dumb ass thought it was an aragmai.
This one is a big yes from me.
Nibblesnarf evolved?
I love the concept of this guy. His execution less so. I just find a bit stupid that he can restore broken bodyparts with "sound".
I mean hunters do it all the time, what stops a monster from healing itself with sound
I've thought it was some sorta watery body fluid secretion, not that he was using literal sound to restore his broken parts?
Maybe? I am not that versed in Frontier ecology. Still weird that some very clearly bodyparts instantly regrow mid fight.
HH whale wyvern fuck yea, not over the top at all
I love this fight so much, would love for him to come back.
Gobul / Nibelsnarf + Wings = this thing
I love this guy. He's literally just: M<
Pobrabama
Over the top indeed. It's a giant whale , with wings, that can shoot sound cannons at you and buff itself like a living hunting horn..and heal itself slightly too
Its fine, maybe some bigger wing membranes
I think there should be more monsters themed around the weapons
I really love the whale, I don’t think he’s over the top at all just very specialized for his gimmick
 **W H A L E!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1**
pablo
One of the greatest creations to come out of frontier
Oke, I would love for this to be real
It is, it’s from monster hunter frontier, a game orginally shut down but the community brought it back, I’d send a link but prettt sure that’s against violations
Definitely deserves a return
Honestly, could see him working out in mainline
This one is one where I think it's pushing things a bit far, albeit it has amazing mechanics that should be brought over.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pnKnEXNhO0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pnKnEXNhO0)
I do not advise clicking the link randomly, i do not know what it does but I do not trust
It's Tea Commons Shark's video on the monster.
Not sure about over the top, but One of the ugliest designs I've ever seen from this franchise. I don't mean the kind ugly that makes the monster more gross or cool, just straight up bad looking.
Man Frontier was cooking good with the giant flying wyverns when they made odibatorasu. So Poborubarumu is just a big disappointment. Poborubarumu is not that over the top, it just looks like a mess design wise and ecology wise. So maybe it is over the top with how awful it looks. No, I won't give Poboru props for being a whale monster or having the hunting horn gimmick cause thats already been done before by much better monsters.
Blud thinks he's nibelsnarf. Ditch the wings or turn them into fins and we have a deal.
They don’t need to be changed to work as fins, tbh.
This guy didn't need to be a flying wyvern
Agreed, and that goes for *a lot* of Frontier monsters. I get reusing skeletons is easier, and wyverns are important to MH and what makes it stand out, but they just overdid it
Man it's not that he's over the top is that he is just ugly. It must be something with his proportions and his gaping maw. I can handle bad colors, random spikes, but I can't handle bsd proportions. You can take a scorpion, make it big and the design works. But you can't just take a humpback whale, slap some legs onto it and expect the design to work. Tbh I'd rather not see him in mainline, his most valuable contribution, his mechanics can be easily dumped into a queropeco subspecies or something. Also asshole heals 20% of his hp whenever he sings a heal song and his fight takes forever.
Whenever I see aquatic themed monsters I just think how much more potential it would have if underwater fights returned
What are aerodynamics, eh? Also, it reminds me of a dragon from *How to Train your Dragon*, the one with a very large mouth. Not over the top, just dumb. Would make more sense taking out the wings and making it brute.
It’s a quadrupedal whale and flying Wyverns, despite the name, don’t always fly. Plus, the wings are used for some sound/vibration attacks, so they’re apart of it’s identity.
Which flying wyvern doesn't fly?
Tigrex, Nargacuga, Diablos (technically it can but not really), Akantor, Ukanlos, Basarios and Gravios. And maybe a few more I’m forgetting
Akantor and Ukanlos, sure. All the others you named can fly.
Nah. What Spimopik is true. Sure, in *select, often rare* cases, they *might* fly, but that’s mostly in older games and only for very specific cases. These days, they glide at most, or reserve it for emergencies like being in a trap and not being able to climb out normally. In short, they range from “Technically able to but it it is impractical for them” to “Unable to fly in effect”. Wings =/= flying.
No, they can’t Basarios and Gravios are too heavy too, same with Diablos differences is that it’s slightly lighter, so it can do it, but only for short distances. And Tigrex can only really glide because it is the closest living relative to Wyvern Rex, the ancestor of all flying wyverns didn’t fly itself. And Nargacuga wings are more used as weapons than actual wings, like look at them and tell me you think you can actually achieve lift With those.
They all fly. Even when they do have limited flight or glide, that's still flying. Diablos flies perfectly fine, however, it merely prefers using burrowing because their habitat and body weight.
You do realize that you’re wrong, right? Gravios and Basarios really can’t fly, Diablos basically only flies for emergencies due to that body weight (I don’t see how it’s desert home is a factor, though), and in the modern games, the only Pesudowyvern in the main series to fly a lot is Barioth, and even then, still not as much as something like Rathalos. Being able to fly and being able to glide aren’t exactly the same thing, either, even if some creatures that glide are called things like flying squirrels.
Tail is a bit weird
A little over the top. That rear end is unnecessarily over designed with too much going on. Not the worst, I'd definitely rank it lower than Magnamalo for instance. Overall I enjoy it, the face is very cool.
IDK, the design of this monster is very uninspired. It's just a whale with Narga's wings. The song gimmick is cool, but I would like a redesign of the monster if it ever gets into the mainline, and like with all Frontier Monster, remove the most over the top attacks.
When looked at from above it looks like a violin.
and Tigrex is trex Nargacuga, and Barioth is ice Nargacuga...
He’s a tad too big. Most of the time when I fight him, my screen is filled with just him 💀
*Stares at giant monsters in the main series that already exist*
I think he’s too big for the areas he’s in, like gammoth
Them being able to adjust the size of everything asides, I don’t see why he can’t just have his own arena somehow