Topic: Monster Hunter Rise

Gamestop charged me for my MonHun Switch. It's a lock. I'm trying to keep myself from counting the days by staying distracted with Crash 4, which I just got a couple days ago, and some other stuff on PC like 30XX.

Oh my gosh.

The hype is so real right now I can hardly think of anything else! Mario 3D World is serving as a distraction, but only in bursts between daydreaming about MH Rise

UK hunters should be pre-ordering from Shopto.net - £34.85 for the version with the steel book and keyrings.

I'm pretty sure I'm getting this game next month But idk.

@DarthNocturnal
For most games, I'm with ya. It's easy to write those games off until they're just about to be released.

But this is Monster Hunter. A brand new Monster Hunter... on Switch... open world maps... post-MH World QoL... wirebugs... palamutes... wyvern riding... oh my!

I've tried to contain myself, otherwise the last 5 months would have been unbearable. But we're officially 7 days from release. I just... can't... do it anymore. I'm ready to explode!

Someone put this poor guy into cryogenic sleep until Thursday, STAT!

@Tyranexx I can steal souls but not much else.

It’s been a long time since I woke up to the feeling of opening presents Christmas morning. It’s really something you only do as a kid. After that you just start handing out presents on Christmas Eve after dinner.

But I’m getting too old for these midnight releases. I did it for MH4U, drove to Walmart in a neighboring county to buy the New 3DS XL and MH4U. By the time I got home it was 1 AM and I played until 4:00 in the morning. Definitely not doing that again.

So I’ll probably go to sleep early Thursday night next week (ooh! Today is Thursday night! This is the last Thursday night we will ever have to spend on this earth without waking up to Monster Hunter Rise existing... think about that), and just wake up early, say 5am, put on a pot of coffee, fire up the Switch, and play all day long. With intermittent rambling in this forum about how great it is, of course 🤣 It’s going to feel like Christmas morning as a kid again. The anxiety of knowing your heart’s desire is waiting for you on the other side of the pillow... it’s going to be legendary

I preordered from GameStop a while ago. No idea when the game will actually ship. I didn't pay for the exorbitant "release day guarantee" shipping fee (an extra $15!), so it'll get here when it gets here. I'm patient.

@JaxonH have you seen the unboxing of the deluxe edition of the game? That amiibo is a biggun.

@Ryu_Niiyama
Ya, I saw that earlier today actually.

It’s larger than expected. For some reason I thought it was gonna be super miniaturized. It looks good. As does the collectors box. I just hope at least one of mine comes undamaged.

They’re so lucky, getting the game early. I’m not sure if I want to admit this, but I spent at least 20 minutes today spamming the A button on the preloaded game, hoping I’d get lucky and it would unlock early. like you hear sometimes with stories about games that were accidentally released early for a short time frame. I also tried various button combinations while starting it to see if they had programmed secret shortcut to unlock a game (kinda like holding L when redownloading software only downloads base game and not the DLC). Who knows what other secrets are hidden in the switch OS. No luck though. Resorted to just playing the demo again.

@JaxonH Try the Konami Code (I’m kidding).

I’m not excited yet (I have explained that monhun has yet to click) but I will be happy to have this launch behind me. I will say I am optimistic. Part of what drew me to toukiden was the feudal Japan inspired setting and since this game is more Japanese looking, I hope it clicks. I think the monster riding mechanic is novel though.

I’m not an Otaku (at least not a modern one) but some artstyles fit certain game types for me. I can play Nioh and Sekiro all day but dark souls and bloodborne don’t work for me.

At least I get pretty amiibo and a pin out of this no matter what.

@Ryu_Niiyama
Im confident it will. If you settle it in your mind that you’re gonna play through this game, and maybe you’ll like it, maybe you’ll hate it, but either way you’re gonna play through it start to finish and give it an honest go to see for yourself what the hype is all about... I think if you do that, there’s no way you finish the game without being head over heels in love with it. Maybe I’m wrong but, I don’t think I’ve ever met someone who played through a Monster Hunter game through to the end and hated it. Although I’m sure that, now that I’ve said that, various people will be quick to chime in and prove me wrong.

So... can't wait to play this. I'm a long-term MH fan, but I've grown old and was struggling with some of the finer nuances of movement and controls as it was in MH World, now with the wire bug feature I feel a bit lost. I do get into the controls after a while when playing the demos. But I feel like I'm too old and busy to put in the time to make it all muscle memory again.

Anyone else feels similar?
Anyone can recommend a great online tutorial/tip website for "aging gamers"? Haha.
Preferably about the bow...

Thank you all.

@Scollurio
Unfortunately I don’t think there’s any short cutting the muscle memory thing. The good news is, it’ll come. It’ll come as you play. It can’t help but come.

Basically, everything’s the same as it’s always been except for 6 wirebug moves (3 sheathed, 3 unsheathed): 3 traversals, 2 special attacks and a quick recovery. Just remember, for ranged weapons, R is your wirebug button, not ZL (because ZL is already taken for aiming your bow). Try to commit that to memory.

Sheathed (replace ZL with R for ranged weapons)
ZL + X = wiredash 45 degree upwards (or straight across if already in air) in direction character is facing
ZL + A = wiredash straight across (or 45 degrees down if already in air) in direction character is facing
ZL + ZR = wiredash wherever cursor is aiming

Weapon Drawn (replace ZL with R for ranged weapons)
ZL + X = silkbind attack #1
ZL + A = silkbind attack #2
ZL + B = wirefall recovery

@JustMe
Not long now. We’re almost there. And just think- even after hundreds of hours in Rise, we still have MH Stories 2 to look forward to, and next year, Monster Hunter Rise Ultimate.

My hype is becoming too real already. Now I'm checking my email inbox (almost every hour) like an idiot to see if my copy has been dispatched yet.
But knowing Nintendo UK Store as of recent, they don't seem to dispatch pre-orders to be delivered 1/2 days early anymore, just on the day now.

My stuff still says "awaiting product availability" whenever I check on the status. Hhhhh

Lol Hey Jay actually made a "Season 2 Trailer" for his new pledge of hunting all monsters in Rise and Iceborne.

@JaxonH Thanks for taking the time to encourage me and typing up the controls. Well, back to training it is then! See you on the hunt! I'll be the sluggish archer!

@JustMe maybe you can cancel and get one from another store?