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Capcom has announced Monster Hunter Rise for Nintendo Switch. It will arrive on March 26, 2021.
The game resembles a traditional Monster Hunter, but with much more freedom of movement, and the Rise title is intended to communicate the idea of verticality, which will be an important part of the game. Players will be able to use the new Wirebugs, which act as a grappling hook. The Wirebug can also be used in combat, to allow for more versatile and faster combat.
The areas of the game will be open and uninterrupted locations, as in Monster Hunter World. Your base will be Kamura Village, which will be full of characters to meet, who will form the basis of the story.
Rise also includes a new dog-like companion character named Palamute, who can ride through environments and will aid you in combat. The Palicos also return and act as supporting characters. In single player, players can bring two companions (in any combination of Palamutes and Palicos), and in multiplayer players bring one.
Monster Hunter Rise introduces a host of new monsters, including the fire-breathing Aknosom bird, the inflated amphibian Tetranadon, the wolf-like wyvern bird Great Izuchi, and what appears to be the game’s main monster, the Chinese dragon Magnamalo. Arzuros will also be returning from previous games, and many more new and retired monsters will be announced. As in Monster Hunter World, monsters can meet and fight each other without player intervention.
Along with the game, three new amiibo, Palamute, Palico, and Magnamalo will also be released. The game will come in Standard, Deluxe, and Collector’s Editions. The Deluxe Edition features the base game and a DLC pack that includes armor, emotes, and cosmetics. The Collector’s Edition will include all of the above, as well as a Magnamalo amiibo, sitcker pack, and Kamura-branded enamel pin.
Pre-order bonuses will be offered, adding some (wildly cute) layered armor sets for Palamutes and Palicos, as well as a talisman item to help newbies early in the game. Pre-orders for the digital versions of the game will open today.
The game appears to feature more English voice acting than previous installments in the series. It’s just one of two new Monster Hunter games announced today, along with Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin; Both games will be compatible with each other in some way, although Capcom hasn’t said exactly how yet.
Technically, we had two Nintendo Directs today – you can see everything advertised and displayed on them right now.
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