If Aknosom is actually as competent as this early footage shows (which honesty might not be the case), he actually looks like he could be a memorable challenge in the early game, which is nice. Again I hated how World kind of spoiled it's good monster designs by making the fights dreadfully easy.
https://www.reddit.com/r/MonsterHunter/comments/lnyjbt/raknakadaki_clip_from_the_japanese_twitter/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
This new spider gameplay is really awesome. Not only using it's hatchlings as wirebugs but also having flamethrows *on the side* shows that this might end up being a pretty high tier newcomer, not just a somewhat annoying fight. Looks amazing!