I hate that Monster Hunter Wilds' coolest Palico armour is the product of its grossest monster

The Rompopolo. Sounds like a bouncy, round little chicken creature or something, doesn't it? It's a wonderful word to roll off the tongue - assonance abounds in every syllable, and the cute, repeated plosive of 'poh poh' at the end almost has a children's cartoon character-flavour to it, like Pokémon's seal starter Popplio, for example, or Studio Ghibli's Totoro. Read more

Mar 1, 2025 - 11:00
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I hate that Monster Hunter Wilds' coolest Palico armour is the product of its grossest monster

The Rompopolo. Sounds like a bouncy, round little chicken creature or something, doesn't it? It's a wonderful word to roll off the tongue - assonance abounds in every syllable, and the cute, repeated plosive of 'poh poh' at the end almost has a children's cartoon character-flavour to it, like Pokémon's seal starter Popplio, for example, or Studio Ghibli's Totoro.

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