Even without the symbolism of the wheel, destroying Ahtal-Ka's mech only for her to be still standing in the wreckage with glowing eyes carrying a giant wheel with malicious intent is undeniably badass

I love Ahtal-Ka so much, one of my favorite things is the implication of just HOW MANY entire fleets of monster hunters it must have slain to acquire this many parts, and it kept upgrading and upgrading up the ranks until it had a full suit of armor made of monster hunters it defeated. It is literally a Monster Hunter Hunter.

Another thing I would like to add about the 3rd and final phase other than the symbolism of the wheel itself is that while in the 2nd phase, Ahtal-Ka was trying to mimic large monsters to be stronger. But in the 3rd phase, it was trying to mimic hunters by using a weapon because it recognized them as the apex predators capable of defeating all the other monsters in the series this past generation. The switch in music to the proof of heroes is also fitting as it is the theme of the hunters. So that final phase was truly celebrating the hunters and their journey and accomplishments thus far.

I think the final musical change showed something else: an unspoken solidarity between two weak creatures that use weapons and tactics to overcome. It's basically her saying "Now we fight as equals!"

I remember the story was trying to build up this giant dragon named ahtal ka that keeps disappearing and its massive and is destroying all these fortresses. So when I fought her, I was shocked, and every moment in it was overwhelming past the first phase. Truly the pinnacle, and sadly a lot of people miss the idea of her when they ask for her to be in Rise

What I love most about Ahtal-Ka is that it's the final boss of the game and yet it's not an elder dragon. It's a neopteron, the same class of monster as joke monsters like seltas and vespoid and those annoying rolly pollies from 4. And here it is, overpowering the magic metal jetpack comet dragon. And it does all of that through being smart. Sure, lore sources or whatever may hint that some elder dragons are sentient and as intelligent or more intelligent than humans, but they all still just act like animals while fighting. Except for Ahtal-Ka, which actually understands how to use tools and how to turn them against hunters. It even blocks the dragonator with silk if you use it on its big mech dragon.That's badass.

For the final boss of the final game in the old world format, they didn’t go with a dragon or wyvern despite being the most associated with the game, they went with a bug to end the era, and I’d like to think that it’s to highlight how much the monster species and design variety has exploded over the series’s run

I’d like to point out that the golden silk on Ahtal-Ka’s wheel during the final phase spells out XX - The Japanese name for Generations Ultimate.

"Sending one guy and a cat to fight God is a bad idea" brilliant line. Great video, great commentary, nice work!

An interesting thing about Athal Ka is that she could come back as a regular mid to high tier monster. They usually build their nests with plants and rocks, so the one we're fighting in GU is, like Gogmazios, technically a variant.

I'm actually hopeful we'll see ahtal ka return in sunbreak. Her mechanics fit too well into the wirebug system. Great video as always

I never really cared about bugs either, but Ahtal-Ka pulling out her giant mech was just the most "WHAT THE ACTUAL HECK THIS IS COOL" moment I had in Monster Hunter.

There's also something to be said regarding the whole "fighting our reflection" topic and her gearing up using exclusively human tools and things she looted from destroying humanity's cities and hunting them.

Ahtal is Arabic for "ruins". The Ka in Ancient Egypt was an aspect of the soul. The giant mech's name is Ahtal Neset, with Neset probably being a corruption of "Nest". So Ahtal-Ka could translate to "Soul of the Ruins" while Ahtal-Neset could be "Ruin Nest". How cool is THAT?! Edit: Also, I think it can be implied that the Lao Shan Lung you faced in the Urgent that unlocks G3 was not running from Fatalis this time - it was running from Ahtal-Ka when it formed Ahtal-Neset!

the wheel of dharma blew my mind. there’s no way that’s unintentional, this series is brimming with little details and it even sits behind Ahtal’s shoulders like a Buddhist halo. What a cool capstone to classic monhun.

Also in the last phase, you mentioned the wheel of reincarnation on its back, but the wheel is also the first human invention. They really outdid themselves with the symbolism lol

this is my favorite game of all time, so i'm definitely bias BUT yes, ahtal ka is hands down the coolest final boss in the series, i completely agree, when you see the megazord pop up for the first time your jaw drops, i won't believe anyone who says otherwise also, can we appreciate more how capcom always manage to hype a fight? when proof of a hero start it's over, no matter what actually happens, you feel like a god, and that's awesome

Let's also talk about the fact that on the second time she jumps into her mech, its a longer and more difficult fight than the 1st time. And when you finally break it down, there's a rare instance of forced camera perspective, and we are shown the dust and sand cloud slowly dispersing after the mech falls, and Aktal Ka's eyes glowing and perhaps the most impactful and powerful version of Proof of a Hero kicks in, and the fight kicks back up a notch

I don’t think it’s necessarily that nobody has ever though about armored vehicles yet, it’s just that it’s not really all that feasible to put heavy armor on an airship which are really their main methods of transport. Of course, they could do that kind of thing for the land based caravans, but they could also just pay a hunter to protect them. Also, while gameplay wise, there really is just you and some cat fighting god, you actually canonically have an army backing you up like 90% of the time.

the talk about ingenuity and tool use is one of my favourite things to see in real life animals and reflected here in monster hunter, and it's why ahtal ka and nerscylla are some of my favourite monsters in the series Nerscylla *feels* intelligent as you fight it- it'll use its silk for traps, movement and as a projectile, and it's wearing the skin of its prey to make up for its weaknesses (just like us), but this extends to its presentation in its gameplay as well. It'll tilt its head to try and get a better look at you and size you up in its idle animations, it'll strafe around you (which is something people probably do to other monsters while they wait to spot an opening) and even back away from you giving the impression of it trying to stay out of your reach and use its range advantage. I love monsters that make me feel like i'm engaging an equal.

I love the fact that it even tries to kill you with the dragon spear things you used to bring down many monsters in the arena like "I can you use them to bring down a monster, too"

I hope you never stop making videos about Monster Hunter. You've made me look at this series in an entirely different light and made me appreciate it even more.

"Let's be real, nobody really gives a fuck about the lives of bugs" Every entomologist ever: am i a joke to you?

I've played a lot of MH, and all their endings are good But nothing hit me like Ahtal Ka when both me and my friend entered the ring and went ".... A bug?" And then it went into a mech and we both collectively freaked out And then when the mech fell down and we said "A wheel? It's gonna do something fucked up with that no doubt" because nothing could have prepared us for a mech. A monster having a trick up its sleeve makes it so memorable and it will always be my favourite ending to a MH game.

I think ahtel kah’s intelligence is one of the coolest things because it makes her seem so unworldly but also awesome because no other monster is like her. Even rajang which is a monkey you’d think would be smart but is more brute force while insects like ants and other insects are creative but people don’t think of that when thinking of an intelligent animal a monkey is. So it is awesome that an insect is one of the smartest animals in monster hunter.

In the lore, whilst the 'Equal Dragon Weapon' specifically is thoroughly non-canon, it's implied in bits and bobs throughout that, yes, people have thought of doing this, or similar ideas. Largely, this can be inferred the frequent, usually far more technologically advanced ruins scattered all over the world that the excess humanity engaged in was a unilaterally bad idea on some level. Hoarding wealth and power in defiance of natural law somehow brought humanity to ruin in ages past. In that way, Atahl-Ka also has some additional thematic symbolism. Not only is it using humanity's cast-off weapons, but its cast-off philosophies as well. It represents both the player's power, and by virtue of the more respectful way triumphing, the overcoming of sustainability over greed.

It's kinda funny how we got two final bosses with huge Buddhist themes in a relatively short timespan. First Ahtal-Ka in GU, then Shara Ishvalda in Iceborne. And they both had a huge surprise phase shift mid fight that left everyone amazed (and slightly disgusted in Shara's case) the first time around. Maybe the Buddhist inspired bosses are just the best

The coolest thing about Ahtal'Ka is how she's considered to be on the same level as many elder dragons despite not being categorized as one. It's not because of some crazy, environment changing power, but rather her immense intellect and ingenuity. Nothing else in the "current" world of Mosnter Hunter is or was capable of building such a highly advanced mech unlike her. That's the kind of technology that the Ancient Humans and Wyverians had before their civilization was destroyed by the elder dragons. If Ahtal'Ka had been given more time to build and change that thing, there's no telling what she could have turned it into, but it could have very well been on the same level as the black dragons or similarly catastrophic elder dragons... and she was making it out of the various parts she had pillaged from hunter bases.

Honestly one of the most surprising fights in any MH game. I was wondering how they'd top off the likes of the fated four (I still love you Gammoth) or heck, Valstrax and Nakarkos in the game itself but then it just pulls all the stops and goes wild. Neopterons will still remain one my favorite classes of monsters because they have so much creative potential. Ahtal-ka and its silk. Seltas and how it rides the Seltas Queen and carries her so she can fly and that you almost never fight a Seltas Queen alone. Its a shame we only ever really got 2 of them.

I will die on the hill as an underwater combat lover. I'm still baffled by all the negativity towards the concept that made the series feel so absolutely fresh upon its release.

My first fight with Ahtal Ka was a solo brawl against me and the bug. When I heard Proof of a Hero during the final phase, I literally cried. It reminded me of all my best hunts and my most significant victories against the most powerful monsters ever since I began my hunting with Freedom Unite.

Also to add on to the idea of the final stage being the wheel. My first impression upon seeing it wasn't the wheel of Dharma, but what is considered the greatest invention by humanity. The Wheel. The final boss of the penultimate game of the old style of Monster Hunter tries to kill you with the representation of human innovation.

From a lore perspective, I feel like Ahtal-Ka should be terrifying. Hunters are, basically, the apex predators when they're properly equipped. Ahtal-Ka challenges that worldview. It's not just that we're fighting a reflection of ourselves, we're fighting what could be the first of a species that could challenge our dominance. For all the hunters talk about harmony and balance, it always comes from the POV of knowing that a Hunter, with time and ingenuity, could take on the threat. If I can't kill it, I know someone who can make something that can kill it. Ahtal-Ka represents a monster that has the intelligence and will to make and repair weapons even better than our own. The fight against her is one of survival. Because just a single one of them wiped out multiple cities. If she doesn't go, we will.

The idea of a bug going "f*ck you I have a mechsuit" is so Japanese that I don't even know how to describe it. It's stupid, but it's also kind of awesome and genius.

Fun fact, in the just fresh new Previews of Sunbreak, the hunter seems to have sort of like orange-yellow-ish wirebug/silk now - so there is probably some really cool stuff on the way! Also getting Astalos back is ABSOLUTELY DOPE!!!

Now all we need is a Bird Wyvern as the final boss. Imagine fighting a Kulu Ya Ku-sized monster as the final boss lmao

“...like the introduction to underwater combat, and some of them were refinements to the formula, like the removal of underwater combat.” The most nonchalant burn to underwater combat ever made.

All Ahtal Ka does for me is make me think "We need more monsters based on insects or other invertebrates" The body plans, the ways they live, and how they move are the most numerous on our planet. We need more invertebrate designs.

I will never forget beating Ahtal-Ka. I don't know what to say other then i think this video is beautiful. Thank you for making videos. Generations truly is the history lesson of Monster Hunter.

As a big MH fan, I am SO glad this channel exists. Keep up the good work!!

Ahtal-Kha was my favourite boss because of my fascination of mantis, silk and monstrous contraptions. It really caught my eye and when I saw that mech and the wheel, I was just hooked on the monster hunter series because it has intelligence and crafts tools like the hunter does, the way it relates to the hunter and how it uses tools fascinated me and even now I look back on how fascinating Ahtal-Kha and how intricate it was

For a lore counterpoint on the tank statement on 10:16, they kinda did do that long before the games take place. The society that did it dominated the world so hard that Black Flame Fatalis showed up to escalate against them. That society no longer exists and we have ruins and a giant rift in the planet as all that remains of that conflict. These days people are still shying away from war machines to avoid that happening again, even if they might not be consciously aware of that. Either way, the point of the current civilization isn't to dominate their surroundings but to strike a balance with them, albeit one sustained with some degree of violence.

I love bosses that trick you into a feeling of disappointment,only to build up into the spectacle you hoped for

Haha as someone who plans on going into entomology I can say that at least 1 person maybe 2 might care just a bit about bugs. And as an Australian I would take the room with the lion. Also that I need to complete gu cus my god do I want to do this hunt

I also really miss Gogmazios I just LOVED unleashing hell onto a giant dragon that's trapped between an arsenal of weapons There's the Dragonator on one side, at the exact opposite end of the area is the demolisher and on the sides are ballistae + the cannon cart that can drive through the whole area in a circle firing up to 10 cannon balls at once

It pulling the mech from the sand was a huge “oh fuck” moment. Didn’t see it coming and I was in pure panic the whole fight. Certainly a show stopper

MH4U will always be my favorite, but this is a real close second place. I remember after hours upon hours of grinding that this was the most triumphant the series made me feel, I was struggling so much, trying to solo the hub. carting multiple times, but then, I did it. I jumped up and started laughing, I finally overcame the hurdle that was Ahtal-Ka. I don't think I'll ever experience that feeling again with MH. This game is a Love Letter to the fans, a Kiss Goodbye. and I think that this is the Peak, The Highest Point this series will go. I miss classic MH, I wish I had friends that I could've experienced this with, but nobody I know likes MH. This series is a Gem, Sitting In Second Place of my all-time favorite Game Series. Goodbye Classic MH, I Will Miss You Dearly.

Bug researcher IRL, absolutely love your framing of insects and other small arthropods as essentially needing to rely on both literal and evolutionary force multipliers in the same way we do. Spot on, absolutely gonna try to work that into how I explain bug stuff to people. Also: More. Bug. Final. Bosses!

I really enjoyed this video! I started off my journey in MHW so I knew nothing of the old generation of Monster Hunters until now. Seeing how much was put into the old gens makes me sad I didn't start off with them instead because I'm not sure I'd be able to deal with the older controls. However, those games will forever hold my respect for creating such an awesome series with some of my favorite bosses and music

Just two days ago I finished GU and never had Ahtal-Ka spoiled. I thought it was an awesome fight, just as you said, when it hops into it's mech. Text from NPCs before the quest hint that it used old buildings in some way, so if you read it you'd have an idea of what to expect. I started with world and had to suffer through Zorah Magdaros, an awful fight and a step backwards for a "take down really big monster" quest. Even Lao Shen Lung was better than Zorah Magdaros.

I don't even play Monster Hunter, but that is possibly one of the best bait-and-switch moments in video games.

i haven't finished watching the video yet, but when you said the part about ahtal-ka having to conclude an entire generation of games it kind of made me realize that we're probably not really ever moving back to the old style of games. world and rise are both great games in my opinion, and as the mh series continues to evolve i'm sure i'll love the new games, but there's just something so magical about the older gens and experiencing monster hunter as a younger kid that i may never get back. ahtal-ka is a monster that i love very much, and i'm happy to see a video so well put together like this. thank you

Another meaning you can get from ahtal ka being a bug is the fact that it can be a retrospective on what the series have become. It started small like a bug and then became a massive franchise with a lot of history behind it. Uniting pieces of ideas and concepts to create a incredible thing. Just like ahtal ka does during the fight.

Shara Ishvalda was basically the reverse of this boss, with the true boss being a massive surprise, once you actually break through it's armour, that's when the real fight begins, and tbh i can't think of any boss short of fatalis/ alatreon which were returning monsters, which hit like that surprise did.

Our disregard for insect life is less about how small or weak they are, but more about their unfamiliar physical features. Mammals like Dogs and Cats can express emotions that appear familiar to us. Their body language droop down when sad, their face crunch when angry, they become hyper when overjoyed, and even the default smile of a Dog makes them appear cute. This identification of human likeness triggers the empathatic side of our brain and makes it difficult for us to see them hurt. (unless you're a psychopath) On the flip side, Insects have very mechanical and alien features. They can express pain and fear, but through survival defense mechanisms. This lack of a familiar response makes killing them "guilt free" because there's no immediate consequence. Which is why moths are in a unique situation, people endear to them because moths look like they're wearing a puffy winter jacket (Which is humanlike) and have big shiny round black eyes which are features that cartoonists have often used in character design to personify something that expresses curiosity and childlike innocence. And yes, the implications are indeed dark. It gets worse the more you think about history and how humans treated slightly different looking humans.. but let's not get too deep into that sh*t.

Good vid, and a few notes to add: ~The reason hunters don't try to make armored vehicles and such is due to the fact that even small ones require much material to make and are limited in their ability to traverse the terrain, as well as the fact that the hide of monsters is proven to be much stronger than any metal we can forge, and it would be better spent making armor for a super soldier with al t he best mobility than a vehicle that stops moving if one thing is damaged. The closest anyone has found in-universe is a horrible weapon known as the "Equal Dragon Weapon". A combination of parts of many dragons combined around machinery in a cyborg nightmare. The creation was so abhorrent to the world, that is when Fatalis rose to prominence and why the human race was nearly exterminated. It's even theorized that Gogmazios is a re-activated equal dragon weapon, but it's friend/foe programming is damaged. ~A mainstay in all monster hunter games is that the game starts with a monster being a problem, only to find out that it's only a problem due to there being a much more dangerous monster scaring it out of it's territory. In Generations, Ahtal-Ka's first warnings is that entire sections of cities just... vanish, as if they were uprooted and walked away. You hear so much news about a massive monster, and then when you fight it, you have that moment of "this is it?" and while you're initially disappointed, part of you is trying to figure out what this bug has to do with entire sections of cities vanishing. Only when she raises the Niset does it all click that you're fighting the monster version of yourself.

Honestly, I feel this on a spiritual level. I cut my teeth on Freedom Unite, and I've been stuck with the series ever since. This series has been with me through my entire life, and I'm thankful for it.

After watching this video around a week ago I picked up GU again and climbed my way through high and G rank, made some friends along the way and did Ahtal-Ka in. I already did more than half the journey myself, but to finally have finished the game off at the actual final boss felt good. Thank you for being one of the reasons to inspire me to pick it back up again :)

Ya gotta mention The Seltas and Seltas queen! Goes so well with what you're saying. Seltas is just a bug, but then it pairs up with the queen and the combo transform like mechs too.

Your videos are addictive. I never even played this series of games before, yet I'm watching because of how insightful and passionate you are about them.

It would be pretty interesting to see a hunter as the final boss, someone just like us, a person who's faught so much that's so out of their league, and yet keeps winning. Maybe in that game would could go to certain missions to find out why a monster has gone suspiciously quiet, only to find what's left of a broken body, as it's been scavenged for parts

Very well spoken! Just makes me appreciate Ahtal-Ka even more. Great video dude!

The bug beast boss is just so beautiful and the movement has my respect for being itself and creative with units put together as a mobile structure.

This video has one of the coolest intros I've ever seen. Banger video too.

“They could have easily put that Egyptian theme on a big dragon, and it could maybe have even looked more impressive.” They did. He’s called Nefu Garumudo. And while I love Ahtal-Ka for everything she’s done, he definitely looks impressive.

3:05 "Some of these changes were major jumps, like the introduction of underwater combat. And, some of them were refinements of the formula, like the removal of underwater combat." I actually stopped the video to laugh at that.

"having Ahtal-Ka be a bug is what MAKES us underestimate it" - not once in my life since playing Jet Force Gemini have I underestimated a giant bug

It was mentioned that humanity hasn’t considered building massive weapons to fight monsters yet, but there’s actually lore regarding that which most don’t know. In the MH universe, the Wyvernian race developed advanced military technology in the ages past. Dragonators, large marching armies, artillery, advanced personnel weaponry, etc, were all common place. The ruins we see throughout the series with powerful ancient weaponry are remnants of these. The relic weapons that are some of the strongest in the game despite only reaching a fraction of their former power, at least in earlier titles, are some of the ancient weapons the Wyvernians used back in the day. The Wyvernian’s industrial progress became too unsustainable and pollution, excess deforestation, etc, became a big problem for the state of nature. Eventually, previously docile monsters began attacking Wyvernian settlements out of desperation as they lost more and more habitat to the humanoids. The Wyvernian’s response to this was to assemble an extinction army and set out in mass against the monsters, genociding any of them that were willing to fight back. This raised the attention of many elder dragons who came to the defense of their kind and nature. The fight with the elders was intense, but the Wyvernians continued to push on and make ground. Wyvernian scientists decided they needed an “equal dragon weapon”, that is, a weapon with power equal to that of an elder dragon. They went about this by collecting parts of fallen elder dragons and piecing those parts together with machinery, creating a puppet like machine made of the combined bodies of many elder dragons. The puppet proved effective in combat, however, it enraged the elders, seeing their fallen comrades remains desecrated and turned against them. This final provocation by the Wyvernians was enough to rouse Fatalis, the greatest of the elder dragons (at least when this lore was established). Fatalis, who was respected by the other elders as an alpha, gathered the elders up into a single, concise, functional army and led them against the Wyvernians. The dragons overwhelmed their enemy, and took revenge by wiping out every major Wyvernian civilization they could find. Every centralized city, fortress, army, etc, was brought into ruin by the dragon army. This is where all the in game ruins with advanced, lost technology came from. The few remaining Wyvernians fled into the forests, wastes, anywhere decentralized where the dragons wouldn’t noticed them. The dragons eventually gave up their genocide as their rage cooled and they believed nature was safe from unsustainable technological progress. From this experience, the Wyvernians became a wiser, more philosophical and spiritual people, learning to respect nature and live in harmony with it yet again. They raised future generations to adhere to a balanced where both progress and nature could exist side by side. Populations and towns were kept smaller, and the massive grandeur and scale of the old cities were not seen again. The first MH games lore picks up long after these events. Humans were not a very prominent race compared to Wyvernians in previous millennia, but they have begun catching up at this point, and are now the more populated race. The humanoid races now entertain a philosophy of minimalism compared to how the Wyvernians acted in the past. The humanoids only hunt to survive and to defend themselves, keeping a balance with nature. Even so, the elders haven’t forgotten their hatred for the humanoids. When they take noticed of human settlements, sometimes they act on their old grudges and attempt to destroy them, setting up many of the iconic fights throughout the series. Ironically, now the humanoids seem to often be the ones maintaining balance rather than the elders, as many times the humanoids stepped in to prevent ecosystem destruction due to the unsustainability of monster behavior. This was lore I read years ago from some old MH design books made early on in the series.

I might be looking too into it but I like the reflection of the hunter for the metal dragon, as the hunters turn monsters into man made tools, while Ahtal-Ka makes man made tools into a monster

The way you delivered that underwater combat joke was absolute gold. Legit started to tear up while laughing.

Why did this video get me tearing up? Damn bro, this stuffs emotional

Why did this video make me emotional? I haven't even fought this thing.

I started my Monster Hunter adventure with Tri. I'll never forget the credits music when I had felled Ceadeus and saved Moga Village. A decade later it felt like I was closing a chapter on what Monster Hunter was up to that point when I beat Ahtal-Ka. It reminded me of why I fell in love with these games and will stick with them for years to come.

This was an awesome video, a great take on monster hunter's most underrated final boss!

This video made me insanely happy and extremely proud to have been there since the first release

One thing I absolutely love about Ahtal-Ka is that it really makes you think about what you're fighting. Most monsters you just consider to be animals; powerful, dangerous and respectable, but simply acting on a base instinct and little more. Very rarely does a monster give you the feel that it's truly smart, even ones that use rudimentary plans and tactics like the raptors. But Ahtal-Ka? It's the perfect mirror of humans. It's small. It's relatively frail. It simply could not survive with its meager strength alone. But its greatest weapon is its intelligence and its ingenuity, using objects as tools and straight up building a larger, stronger, well, suit of mechanised armour in Ahtal-Neset to do the fighting and destroying and general monstery stuff that it's weaker body cannot do. Just like humans, it uses weapons and tools, lays traps to gain an advantage and creates armour to do what the creature itself could never do, using the very thing that we consider our most defining trait: the mind. It's the only large monster I know of that has ever been able to challenge the line between human and monster, and that is simply beautiful. Also, admittedly, hunter civilization in MH has figured out tanks. Sort of. Felynes have thrown together miniature wooden "tanks", really closer to an artillery gun with wooden shielding and caterpillar treads tacked on, called the Rath-of-Meow, sone palicoes get it as a Support Move. It's a far cry from a Sherman, but it is proof that the idea's at least been considered. And that's progress, baby!

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The problem is that those like me who did not experience that 11 years of game for whatever reason won't even come close to how those who do experience them feels while watching this or playing it. It's like we are late to the party but at least we know what we are missing

I really want these types of bosses back, just so badly, this thing is awsome just in general.

Until now I've only played Monster hunter : World and Rise, and you have convinced me to go and play the entire series. not sure how I feel about the PS2 MH game but it's already a challenge with the 1 star basics quests for me! Can't wait to see what the rest of the series is like, especially everything I've heard about water combat from one of my friends who loved it!

In GU, I played with my veteran friends. It was my first MH game. I remember thinking Ahtal-Ka was awesome! A MECH MONSTER! I’ll admit, I feel Rise is a bit underwhelming, but I’m hoping the DLC will fix this issue. GU is packed with content, so much so that I didn’t even experience 50% of the game despite breaking the 300 hour mark. GU started my love of the franchise, and the start of my love of monster design. The MH team is amazing, I love their designs and thoughts in the monsters abilities, though I find some slacking (Anjanath, namely) but even then, the art book shows tons of concepts. I’m glad this franchise is growing!

Didnt realize all the symbols behind that fight, along with the meaning of it all. I definitely felt it tho. Amazing video man, keep it up 👍

Severely underrated channel, upset I haven't found you before. Every single vid on MH I see from you is complete genius and it helps puts a philosophical appreciation to the series that I think more people should have. Keep up the solid work dude!

This video was so well done! Great job

GenUlt has my favorite final bosses in MonHun. I love Valstrax and I especially love Ahtal Ka, and that's primarily because Ahtal is the only only Grank boss that's reasonably beatable (at my skill level) solo.

I think underwater combat was ahead of it's time. I think if it had been introduced nowadays it may have ended up being much more popular.

I really enjoyed the video and pointing out the references to the wheel of rebirth. Since I started with World, I had no idea so it was cool to learn about. Keep up the great videos!

Great video- Way to put that special something we felt into words!

the scariest thing about Ahtal-Ka is her inteligence

On a similar note. I love how they used a newborn dragon as a final boss for World, what is a new beginning for the Monster Hunter franchise.

This is an amazing video, thank you !

You came with nice ideas and theories. Thank you for the interisting video. Also thanks for the tribute you gave to the game itself;)

Such an underrated channel! My god, what a great video! You got me nostalgic about GenU, might have to revisit now before Sunbreak comes out. Keep up this quality!

We all know the trope that The typical final boss is the puppet master that caused the whole mess for the heroes to clean up. Ahtal-Ka seems to take the term 'puppet master' literally. So it could be argued that Ahtal-Ka used it's larvae to control monsters into acting outside of the usual behaviours, which makes it a 'Urgent quest'

Ahtal ka is my all time favorite monsters, the impact and mechanics were godly.

I was legit thinking about this and then I got this video in my recommended. Great stuff mate

Awesome video!! Ahtal-Ka is probably my favorite MH final boss. I hope it comes back in a future game, but like you said, I don't think another boss will have the impact and symbolism as it did in MHGU

It's Sword Saint Isshin for me. 4 full health bar phases. Starts off with a boss you've fought before and got wrecked by before just to show your growth as a player when you beat him easily now. Then goes into 3 phases that progressively test every single mechanic you've learned in the game from start to finish. What makes it great is that your fighting style was created by Isshin. He does everything you do, only better and with far more power. The boss basically says alright you've spent all these hours learning how to walk, now it's time to fly. Apply everything you've learned perfectly and get your win.

Please keep up the good work! Your montage quality is simply awesome and you have a great voice!

I started playing Monster Hunter 12 ago now when i turned 12 actually so it's been there half my life. It's the serie that made me bond with my now best friend and amongst my best memories of gaming. Generations is the only one I didn't play and quite frankly, I now regret it. I'm not ashamed to say I shed a tear at the end of your video, proving how beautifully written it was. So in hope of ever crossing paths on the hunt, my friend ! I salute you and your work !