The residents of Kamura who slay the harmful monsters, often called the Hunters, have ninja-inspired outfits as their default beginning gear, which might then get replaced with a range of armor created from the carved components of defeated monsters. Hunters have kunai and shuriken, that are small sharp throwing weapons utilized by ninjas, strapped to their outfits. Capcom included ninja design parts into the world of Rise as a result of the group thought the idea could be straightforward to know, since ninjas are well-known globally by manga and anime.
Reinventing Travel and Food
The ninja motif extends to the traversal in Monster Hunter Rise as properly. One of the largest features of the sport is its verticality. Hunters are outfitted with Wirebugs, which can be utilized to propel them ahead, provoke wall leaping, and droop themselves in midair. This sort of motion is well-liked in jap media. For instance, From Software’s 2019 title Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice embraced verticality by permitting gamers to scale giant buildings—a departure from the studio’s different titles comparable to Bloodborne and Dark Souls. Additionally, Sekiro’s important character, Wolf, has a grappling hook much like the Hunters’ Wirebugs in Rise. Ninjas are identified for being fast, “so we added some nimble motion to make for fun actions, such as wall running and Wirebug moves,” says Ichinose.
Another methodology of journey in the sport is the new Palamute canines. Hunters can experience them throughout the huge and open battlegrounds to catch as much as monsters with out utilizing up any stamina. Dogs have lengthy been an element of Japanese tradition in the actual world and have been good looking companions—not solely in Japan. The Akita, for instance, guarded royalty in feudal Japan and in addition helped monitor down wild prey. The highly regarded Shiba Inu breed also can drive away smaller animals and hunt wild boar, however now are identified primarily in Japan as nice companion pets. Ichinose provides that the “Palamutes introduced in Rise are canine companions, so we’ve incorporated hunting dog elements, plus they are reliable buddies who will support your hunt together with Palicoes.”
The Palico felines, first launched in Monster Hunter: World, return in Rise as properly. They can fulfill a range of help roles throughout battle, however maybe they’re finest identified for his or her excessive showiness in the kitchen. In Kamura Village, there are so much of Japanese meals round, comparable to mochi, sweet apples, and onigiri. Palicos could be seen pounding the mochi, which is then utilized in dango recipes (candy rice dumplings well-liked in Japanese delicacies).
Food is a giant half of the gameplay and the total worldbuilding in Monster Hunter Rise. In the kitchen space, gamers can choose as much as three items of dango. Each piece supplies a buff for the Hunter, be it further resistance to sure parts like fireplace and electrical harm, or quicker HP restoration when ingesting a potion.
In distinction to the extravagant multicourse meals that gamers would scarf down in Monster Hunter: World, which included meals like steak and greens, dangos have been chosen as a way to streamline the expertise in Monster Hunter Rise. “The dangos were a perfect fit, as they are a familiar part of Japanese food culture and can be presented in a variety of flavors and appearances within a single menu,” Ichinose explains. The group needed to maintain the system easy and simpler to know, so the mechanism of activating stat boosts and ability results by combining differing kinds of meals from World was eliminated.
The Monsters Are Based on Japanese Yokai and Oni
When it involves the precise monsters, Monster Hunter Rise doesn’t disappoint. The new monsters launched on this entry are impressed by oni and yokai, that are demons and spirits, respectively, in Japanese folklore. For instance, the flagship monster, Magnamalo, has a face that resembles a samurai’s men-yoroi face masks. Ichinose says that Magnamalo consists of parts from ghosts of armored warriors, devilish fireplace, and a motif of tigers, together with purple gasoline rising from its physique from consuming different monsters.
