It is a port so incredibly well done that deserves so much praise... But at the same time, so many flaws after launch... At least i have the ps and switch versions

@Jeronan weird...because I thought World/IB was the boring one...I struggled to even get through high rank, it took me a few years even to get to master rank after getting the game on PS4. It wasn't difficult, it was just, really really boring...and I kept going back to other games, or even went back to GU/Rise.

Didn't even finish everything in the expansion, I just stopped caring entirely.

Definitely going to get this down the line. It looks so much fun!

And as is tradition with Nintendo timelines really don't matter all that much. Personally, I don't really care. As said in the article, MP4 is pretty much its own thing and that's fine. I don't really get the obsession with timelines. Especially the Zelda one, which is one big convoluted mess. 🥲

Everything surrounding this port is idiotic.

Managed to get a physical copy recently. No regrets

@Joeynator3000 I actually had a blast with MH World and the Iceborne expansion was great.

MH Wilds on the other hand was a boring slog. The world was far less interesting, boring even to a point, which was the major cause of my disappointment and why I dropped the game again quickly.
It just didn't click at all.

So if they have to port a MH game to the Switch 2, I rather them porting MH World+Iceborne than WH Wilds.

As one who played all but the first game, I have to say that Wilds is by far the worst Monster Hunter game in the series.
It felt like a turd covered in ice cream sprinkles.

Wilds is extremely boring. Port MH4 Ultimate instead so more people can experience peak Monster Hunter.

That game manages to have a more compelling story than World and Wilds without having to assault you with constant cutscenes and forced trailing segments

Pretty sure it would be after Other M. I have a hard time believing the GF would get Metroid cells from "The Baby" off her suit after a mission that transports her through space and time with multiple suit changes throughout.

@Lizuka Especially when considering her relationship with Federation troopers, which has been inconsistent at best throughout the series.

I like how unhelpful, "After Super but before Fusion," actually is because that doesn't clarify if it's before or after Other M and regardless of your opinions on its quality (and mine aren't high) it's a super significant point in both the overarching plot and Samus's personal journey.

@Joeynator3000 I think Mario’s dad will optimize The code and make the half the size and then it will be perfect lol.

It's shocking that Super Mario Bros had almost no bearing in the initial marketing of the NES.

@Shade_Koopa ...Yeah, I know...o.o
Which is why I said I was excited for World since 4U was one of the best MH games out there, only to be disappointed.

@calbeau urbandictionary dot com/define.php?term=Useful+Idiot

Nah I'm just messing with you champ, you're a winner

But on a more serious note, and this is aimed at everyone who reads this: there is such a thing as a slippery slope, you are responsible for your actions (as well as your deciding to do nothing in the face of evil), and if you sew the wind you will damn sure reap the whirlwind.

I roll my eyes at fanservice, mainly because of the stigma attached (an association with overweight geeks living in basements) and if it were to disappear from newly created anime and JRPGs tomorrow, it wouldn't have a direct effect on me.

But I'll never support the idea of it being banned, because when it comes to censorship you cannot pick and choose. Liberty and the God-given right of living on your feet instead of on your knees are not a buffet. You're either in support of all freedoms of expression, or you're irredeemably foolish enough to be against all of it - censorship (and all other forms of autocratic tyranny) are insidious; once you give them an inch of ground they'll take a mile, and then they'll take your life. As such, it must be dealt with through absolutism.

(The only exceptions to what I just said are SA - especially involving minors, animal abuse, and non-consensual violence or other forms of non-consentual abuse. And I mean nonfictional instances, FYI.)

@Joeynator3000 Wilds is far far worse than World. It’s an abysmal MoHun entry.

Meanwhile, Microsoft have mismanaged Xbox and their studios so bad that they have completely given up with exclusives.

@TheWokesterGamer nice, that sounds pretty awesome! I like the sound of 8bitdo's PC compatibility with the dongle thing too so might grab one next time I'm looking for a controller

It's cute how anyone who bought the Switch version now feels like a fool for getting conned. Me included.

ArcSys is no longer the company I knew.

@Vyacheslav333 Yup, I think it's called Happy Souls.

@Nitrome_Ltd Appologises, I'd need to look more at your lineup it's been a while. Thanks for clarifying officially. Respect that.

He's rarely wrong and this is again not one of those times. Nintendo should have made the left joycon a dpad or at least tried to make buttons more like a dpad. It just sucks as bad as it did on Switch 1 in handheld.

Well, as long as it has all characters like in the other versions, it's not that bad, I think.
@roy130390 I wondered about that for a few years, but... What is the source behind your pfp? Some animation on YouTube?

@Sindayl

True but Nintendo also didn’t help matters by using cartridges over CDs.

Many times I wonder how much better the N64 could have been had it used CDs.

I feel like a lot of people are parroting what they heard or saw around launch. That was back in February, and a lot of updates have rolled in since then. The game runs extremely well for me on a low-end modern pc with an Arc B580 GPU with high settings and medium ray tracing, at 1440p without render scaling or frame generation. It also runs acceptably on our old laptop, and has even been rapidly closing in on acceptable Steam Deck performance.
Do I think it could run on Switch 2? Well, they have at least a few more performance improvement patches listed on their current roadmap, so I wouldn't rule it out. If Cyberpunk 2077 (which also initially released in a terribly unoptimized, and I would argue WORSE state) can run on Switch 2, then Monster Hunter Wilds can reach that point also. Still, I also wouldn't be surprised if these "lines of code" are just general additions to the RE game engine.
Aaaannnnd for anyone still with me, yes, the game is fantastic. Tons of quality of life changes have been made to save you time, the weapons have been radically improved to be more fun and satisfying than ever before, the early game is more approachable than ever, and the difficulty of the late game has been steadily growing into the heights that veterans want. I initially preferred Rise, but, after learning the new move-sets, I've fallen in love with it, logged over 350 hours so far, and have absolutely no desire to go back to the previous games.

That's great. It'll still 2 million easily.

There's absolutely some sort of Rise 2 in the works built ground-up for Switch 2 (though they're not going to call it that, naturally), but that's going to take time and won't be announced until after the inevitable Wilds expansion runs its course some time in 2026.

@Joeynator3000 The ones that made Wild is the "console" team. The ones that made Rise is the "handheld" team. Hence why the games feel different when you compare the two.

It is nice to play Rise on the Switch 2. The better performance is nice. ^^

Not to sound negative, as I genuinely love this series, but I would be astounded if Capcom decided to even attempt to port Wilds to Switch2.... considering the thing had challenges running on a PS5 (!)

Would much prefer something build specifically for the S2 hardware, Rise2 would be an absolute gift.

I was very late to Monster Hunter Rise, picking it up on PS5 a month ahead of Wild’s launch in order to get back into the swing of things. Turns out that I may have enjoyed Rise more as I look back.

@TheWokesterGamer Hey, for your information it's FOUR of us! There used to be 5, but Larry was hit by a blimp yesterday...

Dang, that sucks. I had a feeling future support was gonna be iffy after they randomly didn't add the 2 new stages to the Switch version in the last update. Such a shame, cause at a technical level, the port is really solid.

Interesting word choice, though. He mentions how updates "beyond" Version 2.0 are under question, so that makes it sound like Switch will still at least get the initial Version 2.0 update.

If they do a Switch 2 version, hopefully Switch 1 owners will be able to get that for free, or at the very least, with a cheap upgrade pack.

im still confused as to why this exists. I am sure that it is great for the, what, 5 people who frequently play strive on switch, but not having online with other platforms makes this version basically useless, for me at least. Strive is a game which thrives on online multiplayer, and a version with that being limited sounds lame as heck.

Well, I have downloaded the update 2.0.3 while playing my PS5 version of Fantasy Life I.

This is my GOTY for the year, I had an absolute blast with it.

I couldn’t get into it but my husband loves it to the point where he platinum the game. He’s currently enjoying the DLC, so good for them for making a game that people love.

Great numbers but can't help but feel they'd be quite a bit higher had they not decided to skip physicals in the West. This is totally the type of game plenty of people would happily buy a physical version of, either for themselves or as a gift, it being digital only must have hurt its reach, especially as a full price title.

Time for a Switch 2 version now.

Definitely kinda sounds like to me that the Switch version is definitely going to continue to lag behind the main console version. Unfortunate but makes sense considering they are already stretching it in terms of the PS4 and Xbox One versions in terms of timelines for future development

Yeah... No... I want a different hunter game.

I would much prefer a new entry to the series. I had a blast playing Rise

One of my favorite games on Switch 2. Love all the updates!

I have the game on Steam. It’s okay-ish but Rise is better but unless they seriously gimp the S2 edition of Wilds it’s going to run like garbage.

world's first game to run at negative FPS

Rise is such a better game. Played Wilds but it felt extremely lackluster in both content and monster variety. I hope the next team does better for the next game.

Sure it could come, but this feels more like a left over piece of code from another project.

Much more likely that Rise is getting a Switch 2 edition and the code was simply copied over from that considering they run on the same engine. The Engine itself has probably had some code updated considering all the Switch 2 projects Capcom are working on and it just so happens that Rise is the first game to see this Engine side update.

I wouldn't read much into it. Which isnt necessarily a bad thing considering most considering Rise a much better game

My understanding is that this game is absurdly power hungry, often for no discernable reason. It sounds like it should have a lot of room for optimization if Capcom throws enough money and programmers at it, and given it's the biggest black mark on what's mostly been a stellar few years for them, maybe they'll actually put in the effort to fix it.

That said, I will be very surprised if they manage to get a Switch 2 version running with decent visuals and anything approaching a stable frame rate.

Wilds is fun, but it's still pretty poorly optimized. I'm not sure if the Switch 2 could handle the game in it's current state, but I'd love to be proven wrong.

What I really want to see is Switch 2 versions of Rise and Worlds. Rise is so nice at 60fps and I'm sure Worlds would run nicely with DLSS

I played MH Wilds at a friends house on his PS5 and thought it was neat. I'd be willing to give it a shot if the game ran well and didnt require a 70GB Game Key Card.