The runaway success of Monster Hunter: World outside of Japan has naturally caught Capcom's eye, with the company now saying that future games in the series will attempt to build upon the franchise's newfound popularity.
Speaking to Game Industry, Capcom Europe COO Stuart Turner says that with the launch of World earlier in the year, Monster Hunter was "almost a new IP in some markets". Indeed, the series has been massive in Japan for a long time, but without a doubt, World marks Monster Hunter's first truly significant step onto the global stage.
"Even in some of our more mature European markets, it is still fairly unknown. It has obviously done really well," Turner continues. "Now the goal is to push on and make it more of a success in the West with the next iterations."
It's an unsurprising reaction from Capcom, and it's a stance that other Japanese publishers are taking with regards to localising their properties here in the West. Of course, the continued dominance of the PlayStation 4 on a global scale plays a big part in all of this.
What would you like to see from Monster Hunter going forward? Tell us all about your latest hunt in the comments section below.
[source gamesindustry.biz]
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Sony should try and exclusify Monster Hunter kinda like back on the PSP days then you’re gonna get beautiful looking MH games only on PlayStation 5
Heck it’d help thier Japan issue just a bit.
@Spectra Take scoutflies out of the game and you're going to make playing online with randoms a lot more difficult than it already is.
I liked World, but I still think it's confusing as heck. And that doesn't have anything to do with the game not being ''casual'' enough. The menus and navigation could use a big upgrade, because it's quite messy. Half the time I've no idea what I'm looking for, or what I'm looking at. It's all very complex, and I think it can be a lot more efficient than it currently is. Remove the stupid timer and add in the ability to pause your game (in solo mode), and you've got another customer for World II.
@Spectra Yeah I see where you're coming from about the maps themselves. Running all the way to the monster every time can get a bit old. I suppose it's a byproduct of the game becoming more and more about the actual fight rather than any kind of exploration as you progress.
If they combined the expeditions quest that gives you relic armor or weapons from MH4U that would help the lack of gameplay longevity that MHW has, the Hunter Styles and Hunter Art from Generations to let people fight in whatever kind a way they want and keep all the good quality of life changes from MHW, if they do this then that would be the best Monster Hunter ever that can appeal to anyone and they would sell at least double of MHW numbers
Better online and offline option, just make the game single player offline, only make it online if we go to the ship/lobby in the game, or we ask for help on the mission. Make it seamless like destiny series.
Im hopeful for an expansion to World instead of a new game. I can only grind out one Monster Hunter game during a console's generation.
Reall hope for a large expansion for MHW or simply MHW2. After playing World I don't know if I can go back to the clunky style of MH4
@wiiware that was the case previously but I think that’s where Sony comes in
They want you to pay for PS+
@Bliquid I agree with you, in the old games it was a pain to track the monster and if you didn't apply a new paint ball before the the effects of the old one disappeared it was annoying to find the monster again because he can always run anywhere nonstop for a while and worst if it was a flying monster, I'm glad they introduced the scout flies in MHW definitely the best thing from the game especially since MHW has huge maps
Better single player options please. There's no reason why someone needs to join a lobby if they're hunting solo. And it would be nice if Kulve Tarroth's health scaled with number of players so that solo hunters had a chance against it.
More memorable monsters would also be welcome. Compared to past games, MH World does seem to be lacking the weird and wacky monsters such as Brachyidios, Querpeco, Zamtrios, and Mizutsune.
Music could be improved as well. The more dynamic and orchestral soundtrack of MH World just doesn't seem as memorable as past games. And very few monsters had unique themes.
But I'm mostly just nitpicking here. MH World has done a lot of welcome changes to the series, especially with the visuals and designs of the areas, and streamlining some of the unnecessarily complex parts of past games.
@Derpie1 Destiny series online is so seamless, its really cool to see real people cooperate shooting invading alien when I play destiny 2 demo, its a night and day difference compared to monhun world online system.
I would like a better single-player campaign and also be more accessible if you play alone, but Monster Hunter fans would be pissed with these changes, lol. The series is about cooperative action I believe.
I'm a huge single player fan but MH is one of the few games I greatly prefer hunting with others.
@Spectra The scoutflies exist to make tracking mechanics compete with the 3DS one. Monsters would just appear on the bottom screen. Also, scoutflies is very good to help you find certain resources and players online.
@Jriibz yeah.
Is it fair to say that MHW is the most accessible game compared to previous games in the series? Could be one of the reasons why it's doing so well.
There where a few people that said it would fail big time i love to see their faces now. 😋
@WanderingBullet Im not a fan of older ones this is still clunky sometimes but in a way that it is fun. Open world no loading in the map its way more user friendly. 😁
@GKO900 Im in it for 500 hours already i dont see any problem with nothing to do. 😜
@Spectra You only have to watch it once?
@KingofSaiyanZ I hate that bastard so much.
@Flaming_Kaiser Oh, I was referring too stuff like matchmaking, plus other minor things like not having to paintball monsters or items like pickaxes, whetstones and bug nets wearing out.
@crimsontadpoles Regarding music, I've noticed Toukiden has the same music as MHW - the one whenever you've just entered a quest. I'm not sure who copied who, though.
@Flaming_Kaiser Well it could be better, hunting the same monsters over and over without any rewards gets stale and boring, I'm not saying it's not a great game just that it can be better
@Flaming_Kaiser You know there is an edit button if you want to add more to your post. Just a thought.
@PS_Nation Same here. I tried playing the beta and lost interest fast, not my kind of game sadly.
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