Capcom revealed a brand new trailer forNintendo SwitchexclusiveMonster Hunter Riseat The Game Awards 2020. The trailer mixed gameplay and story elements, and revealed The Rampage, a story and gameplay mechanic which seems to consist of hordes of monsters attacking simultaneously. As you already know,Monster Hunteras a series is pretty much a constant boss rush mode. This seems to bring a new flavor to the formula, as with The Rampage, it looks like we’d be facing many powerful enemies at the same time.
While we’ve seen a story cutscnee introducing The Rampage, the trailer doesn’t give us a gameplay look at it yet. However, it does introduces several new monsters.Monster Hunter Risehas an ancient japan thematic, and the monster design clearly reflect that. They’re incredibly cool and menacing, with a Youkai feel.
Monster Hunter Risegameplay from The Game Awards 2020 (English, Japanese dub)
In interviews we previously translated, theMH Risestaff answered several questions of the game. Most notably its volume. They also teased back then that the game would feature “hordes of Yokai'. The Rampage is what Capcom had in mind.Read all the details about those interviews here.
Monster Hunter Riselaunches worldwide on August 17, 2025 on Switch. Another brand new game in the series,Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruinis coming on Switch worldwide in Summer 2021. You can preorderMonster Hunter Riseon Amazon to help out DualShockers:Regular Edition,Deluxe Edition.
A live actionMonster Huntermovie was released as well in China. However, the movie ended up encountering an issuewith a problematic joke in its dialogue.
