Without a doubt, Monster Hunter Rise is a major hit for Capcom this 2021. Developed and released for the Nintento Switch, after recording a 4 million units shipped as of March 29, Monster Hunter Rise has reached another industry and sales milestone. As of April 7, the hit RPG has achieved 5 million units sold. In response to this major milestone, Capcom is releasing a thank you reward to the existing Monster Hunter Rise player base.
Monster Hunter Rise Details
The Monster Hunter franchise has been one of the most enduring and successful in Capcom's stable. Overall, the franchise has sold close to 66 million units worldwide since its birth in 2004. Monster Hunter Rise is the sixth installment of the main title. As with the previous installments, players take the role of Hunters who make a living in capturing or destroying titanic sized monsters in their world.
Unlike most other Action RPGs which gives a more rudimentary approach to adventuring, the Monster Hunter franchise is heavily focused on the mechanics of defeating the monsters. This usually involves a lot of planning, using tools, traps, and the environment to weaken the monster in order to succeed. Hunters are rewarded by quest accomplishment treasures and, usually, body parts of the monster that can be used to create new equipment. These new equipment would then be necessary to unlock and hunt even more powerful monsters, and so the cycle of gaming continues.
Monster Hunter Rise continues the tradition with some new elements. The map in Rise is continuous, instead of the instanced dungeons in previous entries other than Monster Hunter World. It is also the first of the series that focuses on vertical scaling and travel. In a way, this is reminiscent of an older game for the Playstation 1 called Azure Dreams.