There Will Never Be Another Final Boss Like Ahtal-Ka

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• JA

  @JanusHoW · 4 years ago (edited)

  Ahtal is Arabic for &quot;ruins&quot;. The Ka in Ancient Egypt was an aspect of the soul. The giant mech&apos;s name is Ahtal Neset, with Neset probably being a corruption of &quot;Nest&quot;. &nbsp;So Ahtal-Ka could translate to &quot;Soul of the Ruins&quot; while Ahtal-Neset could be &quot;Ruin Nest&quot;. How cool is THAT?!<br><br>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!

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• ZA

  @Zakading · 4 years ago

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

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• MI

  @Mippons · 4 years ago

  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. <br>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. <br>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.

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• BO

  @BoisegangGaming · 4 years ago

  The idea of a bug going &quot;f*ck you I have a mechsuit&quot; is so Japanese that I don&apos;t even know how to describe it. It&apos;s stupid, but it&apos;s also kind of awesome and genius.

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• CA

  @caseyclark5174 · 4 years ago

  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.

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• WO

  @WolfSoulXIV · 4 years ago

  Even without the symbolism of the wheel, destroying Ahtal-Ka&apos;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

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• CE

  @CeraCymmetry · 4 years ago

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

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• LU

  @lucidlullaby894 · 4 years ago

  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

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• SH

  @ShockInazuma · 1 year ago

  I saw a comment that said Proof of a Hero in this fight isn&apos;t just playing for you, but for Ahtal-Ka as well. I also saw they stated that like the hunter, Ahtal-ka uses tools at her disposal. Meaning she is as every bit a hunter as we are. And thus, Proof of a Hero is meant for both sides. Both sides are getting tired. All there needs to be is to pull out all of the stops, take one final push, and the winner takes the spoils.

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• UN

  @Unclaimed_Username · 4 years ago

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

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• AW

  @awakenedcrowl · 4 years ago

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

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• TH

  @TheTrueKlotzkopf · 4 years ago (edited)

  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 &quot;I can you use them to bring down a monster, too&quot;

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