Monster Hunter 20th Anniversary Director Interview: 2004-2006 

For anyone who didn’t know the guy on the left. He’s the O.G creator of MH games. Give him your highest respect.

The part with Rajang and the tournament didn't just become a part of its lore, but also the basis for Monster Hunter Stories.

Thank God they changed the goblins into cats, Palicoes are yet another factor that makes MonHun great.

Rathian concept art is pretty wicked! (See, dev interviews makes an anniversary vid)

Auto modelista and Resident Evil outbreak released along with Monster Hunter that year. It's a wild time for video games in 2004.

All I want to know is who's the bastard responsible for creating Plesioth and it's hyper dimensional hipcheck?

The logo of monster hunter is rathian?! Oh my god I've been playing these games since I was 5yo and I never realized that lmfaoooo

Man that was way too short, we need an hour long version of this!

My respect for Capcom will never wane, these people are dedicated to bringing us amazing game experiences and they’d have it no other way. Thank you Capcom for bringing us these memories and beautiful games. Been playing since tri and I don’t plan on stopping

First monster hunter game for me was Generations, and while frankly it was VERY confusing, it grew and grew on me and made me want to play more and more. I got 4U, 3U, GenU, World, and then Rise. All different games, yet all the same feeling: amazement. Thank you for not only crafting this game, but never giving up on the impact it would create with us, the fans. 20 years well spent, THANK YOU!!

I love this part the most. So endearing to hearl all these directors of my favourite games talk about the creation process

Let's All Love monster hunter❤

Crazy that it’s been 20 years…I started playing MH1 in middle school in 2004. This series just pulls you in and keeps you.

It's insane how they decided to develop the Monster Hunter series, without knowing it would blow up and be one of the biggest franchises they would produce. Best decision they legit could have made. Love this series. I am a vet. player. Started with FU on the PSP, into 3U, then 4U, Generations. World is the best game so far (including Iceborne of course), got XX not that long ago. Rise (Sunbreak) is also fantastic.

I’d really like a rerelease of older monster hunter games, particularly a collection of 3u and 4u

Capcom needs to bring back Auto Modelista, that game has huge untapped potential. I'm glad they believed in Monster Hunter and made it a global success.

Thank you sensei sensei! Stay awesome and healthy! Look forward to Wilds!!!!

This was great I'd love to see more developer interviews!

rare auto modellista mention W

I'd love a full documentary like this

Never knew Rathian was on the logo, cool to know

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i love these devs, they are truely passionate about thier games

I just want to be able to play mh4u on consol. Being able to continue playing online with other mh4u vets and newcomers would be great. That and my 3ds no longer works...

Wow I thought I knew pretty much everything about this series but I never actually knew dos had a pvp mode. I just watched a video of it and damn it looks fun.

It's really tough to capture Rajang for the Grand Tourney (PvP) in Dos, not only is he a 5% rate when you capture him on a quest and your quest host, but before you're even allowed the chance you need to have 50 Grand Tourney wins.

I love this series so much, it's ao original and beautiful. Please never forget the tribal roots the games were built on, I love the small villages with strong communities and the pleasant Village themes

Super interesting discussion, I started playing with Freedom Unite and have only played a bit of Freedom 1, so I'm much hazier on the details of the original games

Okay, I'm convinced we now need a buff palico as a feline customization option

1:25 the concept art Monsters look like either a mix of Goss Harag/Fatalis, or Nacarcos minus the bones that it uses in battle

We need a Ultimate remaster Collection on all platform, please !

I remember when monster hunter first came out in 2004, I was hooked on the game but unfortunately I also remember that the first monster hunter game was criticized for not being a great game yet in Japan it was considered to be a great game. Since 2015 monster hunter gained huge praise as Capcom's great RPG game series here in the U.S. Plus we were closed to not getting anymore monster hunter games if monster hunter 4 ultimate didn't sell well in the U.S but I'm glad it did and the series continues as of today.

i would kill to get one of these jackets! ❤

for a fresh new player who just started playing monster hunter first time encountering lao shen itll make you wonder how the heck do you fight this thing its huge i was like that till i figure out it was a pretty easy fight

Any OG hunters here? Since Monster Hunter on rhe PS2.

Zinogre's old concept art reminds me of a manta ray or flying squirrel hybrid. 😅🐵🍿

Before Monster Hunter Stories for your Monstie clashing out in a Turn based PvP Monster Hunter 2 is the first one with the PvP I wonder if the stories games are inspired by MH2 PvP (or just coincidence)

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Looks like you forgot frontier series. any plans to remake it to PC?

That mh2 pvp system sounds super awesome- hope it returns to the mainline games one day

The reason why monster hunter is so successful is the immersion and the grounded believable world. Glad they didn't do magic early. So it's closer to our real world, kinda like we lived with dinosaurs and more monsters side by side. My favorite franchise! Bring back swimming 🥽! 🎉

Where tigrex

They continue celebrating the 20th anniversary of Monster Hunter and nothing is known about the wilds 😢

Guys!!! Who knows MHwild will available on ps4 or not?

Please, Capcom and the MH Team, port Double Cross over to the PC. It has so many unique and classic monster that no one that has only played World and Rise has been able to enjoy yet. Plus the customisation is still THE BEST in the series. Let the whole world, old and new fans of the franchise, be able to enjoy what it really means to play Monster Hunter. Please, Capcom!

Lagi is #3, people want underwater combat, now deliver!!!

Please SHANTIEN and DISUFIROA in MH Wilds

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In my opinion games lose there fun when it's so easy that the challenge it non existent. I used to spend 2000+ hours in single monster hunter game (Hell 3100hr in mhfu) now I have a hard time even getting past 200 hours because it feels like I'm playing connect 4, after the excitement is gone the game loses its value, its a boss rush game that isnt challenging anymore. Like the content updates for rise I end up playing for 1 or 2 days then have no reason to farm because I can use any weapon or armor set and down a monster without any effort I don't even need any of rise's gimmicks to use a weapon effectively because the content has been so trivialized. Rant over I love monster hunter I have since 2004 and I always will but it's nice to vent every time I think of the old games that ment so much to me! MHWorld and Sunbreak have dumbed down their armor skills system because some minorities do not understand how armor skills work. Instead, Capcom has simply dumbed it down to the lowest common dominator, even though Japan fanbase never complain about armor skills being too hard nor complicated to understand what a fucking joke Capcom.. Where is the "hunt" in Rise? All you do is spawn and run straight to the monster already pinpointed on the minimap. This game should be called Monster "Battler", not "Hunter". I seriously do not understand the point of having the big maps if we know where the monsters are at all times, might as well just make smaller maps as arenas with differnt themes. Also, before you say that looking for the monster was dumb in previous titles, it is not as dumb as mindlessly running straight for the target through a boring obstacle course like in Rise. mentality like this is the reason the cause of bowgun were such a downgrade in Gen 5 and onward, HBG especially, shooting while moving around is rather stupid, it would be better if that was the case with LBG but HBG, a fucking heavy gun, where its excel in siege mode, turned into 3rd person shooter nonetheless because now there is no difference between the two. the fact that the only difference between LBG and HBG now is special ammo/silkbinds and walk speed only shows how little reason there is to need two different bowguns. now we get to Sunbreak and HBG has sidestep, becoming even more mobile, LBG has access to clusters again, and just the general feeling using both is the same, (same damage, new mechanics that are tied to the guns themselves instead of the class of gun) there really isn't a true difference anymore. (I even dare say Heavy Bowgun is "Heavy Light Bowgun" now) In recent entries, but especially in Rise, you don't really have to prepare for hunts. Everything is extremely simplified, and the game boils down to loading a map, zipping to the monster in 30 seconds due to the obscenely overpowered Wirebug mechanic, and killing it with obscenely powerful weapons and Wirebug moves. Although the newer games have open maps without load zones and that feels great, somehow the gameworld feels much smaller because you can zip around so extremely fast, and everything, every gather point is obvious and highlighted on your minimap. Gathering is instant. Tools don't break. You could say that all those aspects were simply annoyances and distractions from the act of killing the big monsters, but after getting some fresh perspective of all games in the past month I'd have to disagree - those very annoyances and limitations were part of the game's charm. I'm sure they can't simply revert back to that style, but I feel like they should at least attempt to bring some of the preparation aspects back and dial some of the numbers bloat What I'll really miss about underwater hunts is the concept of it. In MH3 and MH3U, we hunt monsters that soar in the skies, beasts that roam the earth, and leviathans that lurk in the watery deep. Without the latter, the world would seem incomplete For the exact same reason universal instant fall-animation-breaking dodges shouldn't be valid options. For the same reason all weapons shouldn't have Counters and/or i-frame moves. It turns the game from 8 to 80, completely changing the feel. Micro positioning barely matters anymore, you just insta parry the boss or i-frame his 100m wide AoE attacks (which exist in abundance precisely because players have counters/i-frames everywhere now), and healing's so fast and easy that bosses need to compensate with a lot more >50% HP attacks and instand KO's. It was pretty evident this began to happen in X, then more in World, and Rise peaked with this shit design. I want MH6 to grab World as a base (because let's admit the majority wouldn't want to go any further back in QoL stuff) and carefully pull back on certain player power level elements, instead of going even further with them like Rise did. I personally dislike damage numbers, mostly because it cemented the mindset of many new hunters to chase those damage numbers more then it promotes teamwork and positioning with the popularity of World. Many new hunters seem less prone to go after completely breaking a monster to ensure the chance for most materials, instead, killing it fast as possible. World itself promoted this a bit too with the way they made all materials attainable no matter what broke or didn't broke.

Mon Hun Peaked at World and Iceborne .

This game series has gone to the hounds. MHGU was the last good game.

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