Topic: Monster Hunter Rise

Sounds about right. Nintendo got off schedule with Wii U flopping, but it worked out for the best. 3 new consoles competing at the same time never worked out well for Nintendo anyways. Now they’re on a schedule where they release a new console mid-gen when there isn’t any competition, and can release a small upgraded revision around the time other consoles are releasing. I’m still 50/50 on whether we’ll actually see an upgraded Switch in March, but it’s certainly a possibility. And would be fantastic for playing the new MH game.

And really, if there’s ONE GAME that could make people reconsider buying a PS5/XSX and instead buy a Switch, it’s a new exclusive Monster Hunter. I’ve seen soooooo many comments from people saying they’re buying a Switch now, even instead of a PS5. This is exactly the game Nintendo needed at the exact time they needed it to ensure Switch remains relevant going into next gen. And, they probably would have anyways, but to a different group of people. This is the first game since Breath of the Wild where I’ve actually seen the PS/Xbox/PC community talking about Switch. Of course, many of them are trying to stick their heads in the sand and ignore it, but they’ll come around once the game releases and everyone is talking about it.

MH always did crazy numbers on portable systems. But now, since they made a big budget game for other platforms to get everyone hooked, releasing the next entry on Switch will see those people follow in massive numbers. Releasing World really did wonders for the series, and is indirectly benefitting the Switch now, and Switch gamers. We never would have gotten such a high budget entry on Switch if not for the success of World. That game deserves its due.

Just curious.
Is there any mini games / something relaxing when grinding level or hunting the monster sometimes kinda tiring?

Anyone comparing this disfavorably to MHGU is just being a fanboy, lol. This looks vastly better than that game did. It looks like what I'd imagine a really good Monster Hunter World Switch port would look like.

Now let's just hope that footage wasn't showing the game running on the Switch Pro. I'm not in the market for a new Switch anytime soon, and I'd prefer to not play a gimped version of the game.

@Ralizah
I don’t think they’d show it on Switch Pro hardware, because then later they’d have to show on normal Switch hardware and people wouldn’t react well to that. If an upgraded Switch is coming, I imagine they showed base Switch footage, and will show off the game on the new hardware after it’s revealed.

That being said, even if it was shown on a new Switch, it won’t change how well it can run on the current Switch. It runs how well it runs. It is what it is. And running better on a Pro won’t change how it runs on the base Switch. All this to say, the experience you’re gonna get is the experience you’re gonna get, irrespective of whether a Pro exists or not. A Pro existing won’t impact the experience you will have.

New factoids about Monster Hunter Rise from the dev team:

• Built upon the seamless exploration of Monster Hunter World
• Players and monsters can move between areas without loading screens
• More creatures will be shown in the coming months
• One of the game’s features is the broad variety of monster types
• Free content after launch
• Using RE Engine reconfirmed
• Targeting 30 frames per second
• Traditional but fresh Monster Hunter experience
• Retains all of the DNA of the Monster Hunter series
• Not considered a derivative or spin-off title
• The Monster Hunter team is more interested in naming the products in a way that represents what they have to offer

I can imagine a new bundle of Switch 2 / Pro with Monster Hunter Rise and or Stories 2 on year 2021.
What colors could be for the Joy Cons and possibly body tablet and dock ?

I wonder if they'll implement a split screen coop mode, something like they had on Wii, because of the whole "share the fun" thing the Switch is known for. Not expecting it but it would be cool.

@JaxonH I dunno. Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate was significantly smoother on the New 3DS vs the older hardware (not unplayable on the OG 3DS, of course, but there was a marked improvement). So when they show off a game that has people saying: "This looks too good to be running on the Switch," well... maybe it is. We'll see. Just as long as it's not a Hyrule Warriors Legends-esque performance split, it'll probably be fine.

@Ralizah
I don’t disagree, and it might be, but even if it is, it doesn’t change how it’s going to run on the base hardware. The experience you get is the experience you will get regardless of whether there’s a Pro or not. The idea of getting a “dumbed down” version is just an illusion. You’ll get the same experience as if a Pro never existed, but if a Pro exists, others will get (potentially) an upgraded experience. But the key thing to remember is that an upgraded experience existing doesn’t mean your experience was downgraded. Your experience is not affected.

That being said, if a Pro does exist, that will be priority #1 for me to accompany MH Rise. And not just for MH, but for all other games that could use a little extra oomph to iron out frame rates or prevent low dynamic res drops.

Also @Ulysses makes a great point. We’ll see live gameplay at TGS, and that leads me to believe what they’ve shown is definitely on the current system, otherwise there would be a difference between what we’ve seen and what they show next week.

@Spanjard
As nice as that would be, I don’t think they will just because MHGenUlt didn’t have split screen, and frankly I just don’t think the system can handle it anyways. But we will have local wireless multiplayer, and that rocks because it means that even after the apocalypse, with no Internet, we will still be able to hunt with friends 😂 We can all add a Switch Lite with a copy of MH Rise to our prepper bug-out-bags

I think we'll see New 3DS style exclusives for the Switch revision and/or Hyrule Warriors Legends style releases where a game runs like trash on the original hardware but Monster Hunter Rise is neither of them. DOOM Eternal on the other hand, I could see being one of them.

This is a shockingly great analysis about the monsters and Japanese theme

Gajin Goombah is always nice to listen to

is Rise a Switch exclusive?

@Ulysses @BongoBongo123 Capcom has done things like this in the past, notably street fighter V. Also from the looks of this, they're making strives to separate monster hunter into two distinct series. Nintendo systems get classic monster hunter, albeit with some of the quality of life and mechanics improvements from world, which other consoles and PC get. This will be exclusive to Nintendo platforms, and stories 2 will as well.

@Ulysses
While I won’t rule it out completely, I have serious doubts this game will ever leave the Switch, if previous entries are any indication. MH Gen Ultimate never went to PC, and I don’t think Rise will either, particularly since PC got World and this game is designed around the Switch. I think they’re going to keep the portable line separate as they always have. For a multitude of reasons, but one of which is, for power platforms this game wouldn’t look as good in comparison. It’s phenomenal for Switch, but even in 4K on PC, The step down from world would be noticeable and you would get a lot of people complaining, asking why it came to Switch at all when it’s just “holding the game back”.

So ya, anything’s possible, but for Monster Hunter, I think it’s a pretty safe bet this never leaves the Switch, and the next entry will be PS/Xbox/PC again. All platforms will have a game to play.

My only real concern in Rise is bringing a partner in 3-4 player multiplayer. In solo or 2p it’s same as always, but having 8 characters in multiplayer seems like it could get unbalanced, and crowded. Maybe it’ll turn out to be fine, and I’m guessing there will be lobbies that restrict bringing partners to get that classic experience, but yeah, just not sure how I feel about being able to bring a palico/palamute in 4 player hunts. It’ll obviously be great for traversing the map but when it comes to actually fighting the monster, Idk. We’ll see I guess.

Trivia question.
Have you ever saw Naoki Maeda being included from Staff Roll on newer Mon Hun games after year 2013 ?

Naoki Maeda was formerly a sound director and DDR artist from Konami.
He left from Konami on year 2013 and working at Capcom since then.
So i wonder if Naoki Maeda is getting involved in making Mon Hun tunes on newer series.
New Mon Hun games with Naoki Maeda tunes sounds like Mon Hun with DDR songs on it. 😀

@Northwind I tend to rotate mine when I get bored with my current avatar. I actually used a really awesome Absol avvie for some time that I just couldn't stand to rotate out. XD Then summer hit, and I started switching again.

@Varkster I'd legit consider getting such a skin! Absolutely nothing wrong with riding a Shinto deity as a mount. ^_^

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...Yeah I have been less active in the forums lately.

Anyways, hopefully this game will do it for me, because World didn't. Mainly the difficulty and monster AI...and they did say that this game will be more like the older games, so...we'll see.

@Joeynator3000 world and classic monster hunter both have their charm, world is more multiplayer objective focused, definetely not for everyone. I just give Capcom my money so they give me more big-ass monsters to fight.

2 more questions:

• Do the playable characters have official names?
• Is it safe to assume there'll be an expanded version released later down the line that will include all DLC and/or extra stuff?