[2024] Monster Hunter 20th Anniversary Special Program

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8s	hello everyone and welcome to the
10s	pre-show for the Monster Hunter 20th
12s	anniversary special program my name is
15s	Joe I'm more of the community managers
16s	here at Capcom USA and I'm joined by hey
19s	everyone I'm jonno I'm the EMA Community
21s	manager
22s	moner well jonno what are we doing today
25s	why are we in suits well that's a very
27s	good question cuz normally if anyone
29s	that tunes into our community streams
30s	we're normally just rocking a t-shirt or
32s	a hoodie but today is a very very
34s	special occasion because we are marking
37s	20 years two decades of Monster Hunter
41s	I'm really
42s	excited yeah so am I and today we're
44s	going to be going over the results of
47s	the hunter Choice top monster poll we're
49s	going to reveal who the number one
51s	monster that you voted for is and
53s	honestly I'm super excited to reveal the
55s	results to everybody but um before we
57s	get into that why don't we talk about um
60s	you know the the overall show and what
61s	we're doing today so um today is really
63s	just a chance to celebrate the 20th
65s	anniversary we won't have any crazy news
67s	or any reveals we won you won't see any
69s	new gameplay or trailers for Monster
71s	Hunter Wilds but um we know we do have
73s	some cool stuff and cool insights from
74s	the de team and from different community
76s	members of the master H Community
78s	exactly this is really special and you
80s	know even looking at like our own
82s	Journeys into the series all those years
84s	ago as players before we joined Capcom
87s	the community were at the heart of
88s	monant whether it was the creator
90s	Community or the passionate Community
92s	themselves building wikis sharing tips
94s	on Old forums and all of that before
96s	like the Advent of YouTube and and the
98s	internet as a whole and social media so
100s	it's really special to be able to
102s	celebrate that with
103s	everyone yeah and you know before we get
106s	into it why don't we talk about the you
107s	know the 20 or I guess 20 through 11 the
110s	monsters that we revealed uh so far in
113s	the uh Hunters Choice d moner results so
116s	U I know you've got a lot of favorites
117s	in there uh jono do you want to kick it
119s	off with uh I think what is your
120s	personal favorite monster yeah so coming
123s	in at 17 so much respect to the
125s	community here for your fantastic taste
127s	we have my favorite they're big they're
129s	blue they're brachios um obviously
132s	introduced in Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate
134s	here in the west if you like slime
137s	weapons or as they're now known as blast
139s	this is the monster for you I just love
141s	how it looks I love that it's big and
143s	blue I love the explosions I love the
146s	music everything about brackie just
148s	screams cool to me and I loved as well
151s	obviously playing Monster stories and
153s	stories 2 that you could have brachy as
156s	a monsty and fight alongside them rather
158s	than against them all the time yeah I
160s	love like the big old arms that it walks
162s	away and like kind of just like slams
164s	around and you kind of get caught in
165s	that blast radius uh which is not a good
167s	feeling but it is you it's a really
169s	really cool monster it obviously has a
171s	super awesome uh theme song which um is
175s	is really intense and I love to listen
177s	to uh every now and then so yeah oh yeah
179s	especially the raging brachi version and
181s	that's thing when when I was Voting I
183s	was like do I go for Raging brachy or
184s	like the original brachy but it's kind
186s	of like chicken and egg situation there
188s	wouldn't be raging brachy without B
190s	braie to use so that's where my vote
192s	went as well that's a great Point great
194s	Point um well for me uh within this top
198s	uh 20 through 11 uh I'm a huge fan of
202s	Namo who came in at number 18 was a new
205s	monster that came uh in into the series
207s	with iceborn um so a fairly new monster
211s	I'm sure a lot of people who play the
212s	game are pretty familiar with it but you
214s	know it's kind of this like really um
215s	almost like it's like a you know like a
218s	man or like a I don't know just like
220s	this this Marine like kind of theme to
222s	it right um like the way it like has
225s	like all the sound effects and like the
227s	different like I don't it's it's kind of
229s	hard to describe right like it's
230s	definitely got a unique feel that um I
232s	think a lot of monsters don't really
233s	have in the series yeah you can
235s	definitely feel like it's come from the
236s	abyss and even the sounds it makes are
238s	so Aquatic and obviously a fuel element
240s	monster as well combining water with
243s	thunder um makes it very very dangerous
247s	when you're fighting it as well and the
248s	armor as well looks so sleek and organic
251s	yet it was really unlike kind of
253s	anything else you'd fought up to that
254s	point yeah if you were to like imagine a
257s	deep sea creature that has like lived
260s	for thousands of
262s	years you know that would that would be
264s	one it's like learn to live like in the
266s	darkness or something like that yeah a
267s	super super cool monster absolutely
271s	and yeah so coming in at number 16 is
273s	another favorite of mine safy Jaba um
277s	this was a super cool raid uh raid
280s	monster Siege monster actually um that
282s	you could fight in uh in ice board and
285s	you know I think like what I led most
287s	about this was like the community
289s	building of just like getting everybody
290s	together and just trying to like pick
291s	apart the different mechanics um I think
294s	you know we weren't here at Capon when
296s	it was first revealed so we got the
297s	experience at as fans but um you know
300s	just like the way it was revealed to the
301s	world and like how everyone kind of like
303s	you know just had to to band together
305s	and just figure out how to take it out
307s	um was was quite the experience yeah and
309s	also like seeing what a a fully formed
311s	adult version of zenoa was like was
314s	really cool to kind of see how the
315s	monster had kind of continued and kind
317s	of how they linked it together and also
319s	everyone plays a very specific role if
321s	they want to within the fight like
322s	obviously I'm a sword and shield man so
324s	I'd be trying to go for the tail or like
326s	go for like trips on the legs and things
328s	but then obviously insect GL Gunners bow
331s	users we always going for those Wing
333s	breaks and if they wenten in the party I
334s	found it so hard to get Wing breaks so
336s	if an insect cave came in or a ranged
338s	Hunter I was like yes more part breaks
341s	yeah it's such an epic multi-stage fight
345s	um and I remember how many times I
346s	missed trying to knock terrain onto it
348s	as well with my
350s	Slinger yeah that's something you kind
352s	of had to like discover for yourself
353s	right of just like you continue to do
355s	the fight you see what other people are
356s	doing and you know that's that's one of
358s	those things that they they kind of hint
360s	you but it's not necessarily just like
361s	hey you should do this exact thing um to
363s	knock over like the stalagtites and the
365s	different terrain and all that so
367s	definitely such a a cool fight to
369s	discover and to learn exactly and then
371s	obviously saf's ultimate move uh is
374s	really quite a sight to behold in
377s	experience they better find somewhere to
380s	hide yeah sometimes you know I always I
383s	always found myself just slightly
384s	getting caught outside of like the
386s	protection zone of that uh that like
388s	rock that's blocking for you um which I
392s	think is a lesson that you learn right
393s	away of like you make sure you're you're
395s	totally in a safe Zone don't don't get
397s	caught outside of
398s	it exactly and talking of obviously you
402s	know these big attacks and and kind of
404s	monsters coming in and really changing
405s	the game the next Monster which is one
408s	of my favorites and it came in at number
410s	13 which is a fantastic achievement for
412s	a monster which I think is actually the
415s	most recently added new monster to the
417s	whole franchise correct me if I'm wrong
419s	and that is primordial maleno obviously
423s	kind of like crowning off monst aniz Sun
426s	breaks story kind of putting it to bed
429s	as the sun sets in a really really
431s	satisfying way um Primo moeno obviously
434s	is kind of like the uncorrupted pre
438s	curio version of the flagship maeno so
441s	it's such a cool Evolution and version
444s	of the monster and I love how it fights
446s	it looks like a night in shining armor
448s	it fights almost like a or sword and
450s	shield user with really interesting
452s	Combos and Jabs and no spoilers but I
456s	really love how the story version of The
459s	Hunt goes and how the climax unfolds and
462s	what happens it was a really surprising
464s	twist and a great way to kind of wrap up
467s	the themes of
468s	sunre yeah you said it all D I mean you
472s	didn't think that Malino could get more
474s	I guess Regal and Medicine yeah and
477s	somehow they they toed it right with fr
478s	morio maleno and it's such a great fight
481s	and yeah obviously we don't want to give
482s	any SS for anybody who hasn't played it
484s	yet but um the way the fight plays out
486s	with the you know the culmination of the
488s	sunbreak story uh and the way it ends is
491s	is just awesome so um yeah definitely a
493s	great way to cap off uh the adventure
495s	with sunre and obviously the armor
497s	weapons look really really cool as
499s	well I'm a sucker for my fashion you
502s	know
504s	that well with with that said um you
507s	know we can't we don't have the time to
508s	cover all of the uh 2311 you will see
511s	them uh recapped again at the start of
513s	the show but um yeah a lot of great
515s	monsters that were included in that list
517s	and uh we can't wait to reveal those
519s	those final results so
521s	exactly 229 monsters we got 10 to one to
525s	go it's any monsters game well except
527s	the ones we've mentioned already but
529s	it's any other monsters game right now
531s	and yeah I'm really excited to see what
533s	the community you voted for and I guess
534s	we'll be discovering that together oh
537s	yeah yeah um Jon it's been uh 20 years
540s	of Monster Hunter um obviously you know
543s	we've all started the series in
544s	different time time frames and had
546s	different experiences with it um any any
549s	thoughts just like reflecting on on you
551s	know your journey with the series so far
553s	yeah I mean my first ever mon to title
556s	was three ultimate and quite soon after
558s	I then jumped onto 4u as well and it's
562s	been awesome um the first ever weapon I
565s	used ever ever in Monster Hunter was
568s	actually switch axe um however I was a
570s	really big Noob I I could quite get used
573s	to being slow having this big weapon so
574s	I quite quickly swapped a sword and
576s	shield and ever since then it's been my
578s	main squeeze my main weapon I love the
581s	versatility I love the variety and I
583s	love how good it is with element and
585s	Status kind of sets um how about you
588s	Joe yeah you know um I also started
591s	around the same time um but I would say
593s	like you know initially I kind of
595s	bounced off the game a little bit
596s	because you know I I don't think like I
599s	was wired that way necessarily just yet
602s	to really like wrap my head around all
604s	the mechanics and the way the game
605s	worked but you know I think it's a
607s	testament to the community who have
609s	created you know so many different
611s	guides and videos and just different
612s	ways to get into this series that have
614s	really you know that helped educate me
616s	and helped uh bring me up to the kind of
618s	the skill level that I I felt like I was
619s	experiencing like you know the the
621s	experience of a lot of other community
623s	members where you know I discovered this
625s	thing I learned about it and I got
626s	better at it and then I became an
628s	advocate for it so um you know that's I
630s	think that's really the Journey of
632s	Monster Hunter um especially you know I
633s	think in in our regions in North America
636s	and and Europe to be able to like have
638s	that journey of like we got to
640s	experience the you know the discovery of
642s	something that we really love and now we
644s	get to share with everybody so it's it's
646s	been really really exciting that way
648s	exactly and you know we we touched on
650s	the creators you know I really got into
651s	monant than that the creators kind of
653s	Tak the time to share their passion for
656s	this series and want it to grow and
658s	share it rather than gate keeping and
660s	that once again you know that's why the
662s	community and the creators are are the
663s	heart of Monster Hunter and it's great
665s	to kind of see that continue as more and
668s	more people came to Monster Hunter over
670s	the years obviously you go through like
672s	generations and then
674s	obviously you then had Monster Hunter
677s	World Cho and you know what kind of
679s	impact did that
681s	have yeah absolutely like just you know
684s	the taking the franchise um you know
686s	completely Global and having the
688s	simultaneous worldwide release with
690s	world and you know we've just really
692s	been continuing the momentum since then
694s	and um obviously I think the future is
696s	very bright with uh Monster Hunter wilds
698s	and um you know we've got Monster Hunter
700s	stories that's also coming out this
702s	summer um so yeah it's just it's just a
704s	really good time to be a monster hun fan
705s	right now it is you know and like with
708s	our recent like return to World
709s	Community celebration seeing not only
712s	you know veteran hunters and content
714s	creators come back but loads of new
715s	players come in to play Monster Hunter
718s	World whether they were excited from the
719s	Monster Hunter Wild's reveal or they're
721s	like hey a lot of people are talking
723s	about this game you know I'm going to
724s	check it out like jump in it's been
726s	awesome and obviously you know the the
728s	most recent release monst rise and monst
731s	rise sunbreak it's I love the combat in
734s	that it's so fluid and your weapons get
737s	so many moves and you can customize how
739s	your individual weapon behaves so if you
742s	had say there was like two long sword
743s	users in a hunt they could have totally
745s	different play Styles and moves and I
748s	just found that really really fun uh and
750s	a really cool Twist on the combat that
752s	I'd got used to from world and iceborn
755s	um so yeah it's just such a great time
757s	no matter what kind of Hunter you are
759s	you can enjoy all the different monster
761s	hunter games you can have your favorite
763s	and I think that's such a good thing to
764s	be able to celebrate and talk about yeah
767s	different types of monster hunter games
769s	different genres which is awesome um so
771s	it yeah like like we said just a really
773s	great time to be part of the franchise
775s	and I think with that we're going to
777s	wrap up our pre-show we're going to have
779s	a pretty fun program ahead of us so um
782s	you know after the uh the results of the
785s	hunters Choice stop monster we hope you
786s	stick around and uh and check out
788s	everything we've got but um yeah with
791s	that said we want to say thank you so
792s	much to the moner header Community your
794s	support means the world to us jno any
797s	party words before we go yeah it's been
799s	an incredible 20 years no matter when
801s	you joined us as a Monster Hunter Fan
803s	thank you so much it's awesome to have
805s	you with us and here's to the next 20
807s	years and 2025 when things going to be
809s	getting
810s	wild all right well before we head into
813s	the main show we'll want to sign off
814s	with our usual Monster Hunter
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838s	champ
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914s	[Applause]
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958s	you
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1047s	me
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1107s	he
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1137s	a
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1167s	oh
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1197s	yes
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1227s	w
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1257s	oh
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1287s	come
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1325s	wow congratulations to zoga nante and
1329s	laiakis the top three monsters as voted
1332s	for by you the community from 20 years
1335s	of Monster Hunter that's pretty awesome
1337s	hej yeah thanks to everybody for casting
1340s	your votes but it sounds like we're not
1342s	quite done yet right you are right
1344s	because there is another Hunter's Choice
1347s	on the horizon coming soon you the
1350s	community will be tasked to vote for the
1352s	best monster theme
1354s	music yeah there's been so many
1356s	incredible songs throughout the Monster
1358s	Hunter series um so many iconic themes
1361s	so we can't wait to see what she vote
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1376s	on H
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1402s	Monster
1404s	Hunter
1407s	H
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1437s	h
1467s	for
1497s	so
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1527s	for
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1557s	h
1587s	G
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1706s	m
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1736s	fore
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1766s	for
1796s	PP
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1826s	for
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1886s	so
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1912s	Forster
1916s	Hunter
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1946s	hi
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1976s	foree
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2126s	hi hi
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2156s	one
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2306s	stand
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2468s	Monster
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2485s	Hunter
2494s	for
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3324s	moner
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3383s	hter so
3408s	[Applause]
3414s	so
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3425s	next up is
3428s	this oh is that is that Street Fighter
3431s	it looks like it there's some familiar
3433s	faces
3434s	there this is looking really cool so it
3436s	looks like a special collaboration
3438s	between Street Fighter 6 and the Monster
3439s	Hunter 20th anniversary is on the
3442s	way super excited for this and I can't
3444s	wait for it
3445s	B I wonder how you can hunt a street
3448s	[Laughter]
3449s	though looks like you good Dawn rless
3452s	gear and there
3454s	is the classic monster hunter great
3457s	sword there yeah that's a wyvern jaw
3460s	blade oh and it looks like you can take
3462s	it into your Ru tour Adventures so a
3464s	little bit of a clash between worlds
3466s	right here nice nice little pun
3469s	there and you'll be able to show it off
3472s	in Avatar battles with other players
3474s	looking pretty awes
3476s	aome oh and is that that's a Rathalos
3479s	photo spot all right King of the Skies
3482s	himself and some little Pico buddies as
3485s	well yeah the battle Hub will be proper
3488s	Monster Hunter themed and that's looking
3490s	pretty awesome for any hunters and
3492s	Street Fighter
3494s	fans well this collab is dropping in
3496s	April so be sure to watch out for
3498s	further
3499s	details the Monster Hunt now celebration
3502s	2024 is happening right now in Monster
3504s	Hunter now and as part of that Hunters
3507s	can receive a special Hunter medal
3510s	including the main logo of the monster
3511s	hunter series 20th anniversary by
3513s	completing special anniversary themed
3515s	quests now hunters get out there and
3518s	join the hunt because these quests are
3520s	available until Sunday March 24th 2024
3523s	at 11:59 p.m. in your local time the
3526s	Hunter's Choice top monster was
3528s	announced today and zogre took the
3529s	number one spot in celebration the
3532s	following events will be held in muser
3533s	Hunter now zogre guaranteed appearance
3536s	at hunon points was planned to end on
3538s	Wednesday March 13th but it turns out it
3541s	will be extended until Monday March 25th
3543s	at 11:59 p.m. L TI but wait there's even
3546s	more the second major update the Vernal
3548s	Invader will go live on Thursday March
3551s	14th 2024 now prepare yourself HS and
3555s	check out this recently released
3564s	teaser
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3594s	la
3596s	[Music]
3598s	[Applause]
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3613s	this major update will Mark the
3614s	beginning of a new in-game season with
3617s	even more new additions including
3619s	Monsters such as devil Jo odaran and
3621s	zits yaku as well as a new weapon type
3624s	that charge
3626s	blade what's more this new update will
3628s	bring new features such as layer
3629s	equipment and the season pass great for
3631s	you fashion Hunters the season pass will
3634s	allow you to progress through tiers as
3635s	you play with different rewards such as
3637s	zeni and materials available at every
3639s	tier there will even be certain layered
3642s	equipment and other items that can only
3644s	be acquired with the season pass in
3646s	celebration of the anniversary a layered
3648s	T-shirt with the main logo of the
3650s	monster hunter series 20th anniversary
3652s	can be obtained at tier 20 of the season
3654s	pass in part two of The Monster Hunter
3656s	now celebration 2024 you can look
3658s	forward to event Quest celebrating the
3660s	6mon anniversary as well as various new
3662s	rewards and perks and if you're a
3665s	Discord premium member you have a
3667s	campaign running from March 19th and
3669s	more details will be announced at a
3670s	later date this is a great opportunity
3672s	for members who've never played moner
3673s	Hunter now to try it out so we hope you
3675s	check it out we've got a cute version of
3677s	The Monster Hunter series 20th
3678s	aniversary logo and it'll appear in
3680s	moner Hunter now via a new event Quest
3683s	that will be introduced in late April
3685s	you'll be able to earn a layered t-shirt
3687s	bearing this cute version of the moner
3688s	hunner series 20th anniversary logo more
3691s	details will be announced at a later
3692s	date going forward monant to now will
3694s	have a major update once per season
3697s	we're looking forward to bringing you
3698s	more new content and improved gameplay
3700s	in further Updates this summer we're
3702s	planning on add in more new monsters
3704s	including monant now's very first
3706s	Leviathan as well as a new weapon type
3709s	and More Story chapters to be
3711s	unlocked in September monsant now was
3714s	celebrating first anniversary you can
3717s	look forward to a major update around
3718s	this time we'll continue add in Monsters
3721s	weapon types and new features after that
3723s	too so look out for future updates and
3727s	announcements hey everyone and welcome
3729s	to the community Round Table part of the
3731s	monster hunter 20th anniversary show of
3735s	course I'm Jon o European Community
3736s	manager on Monster Hunter and over on
3738s	the opposite side there is Joe the North
3740s	American Community manager on monst
3742s	Hunter and today we have some very very
3744s	very special guests how about you
3746s	introduce yourselves starting with
3749s	k hey I'm K I'm monster hunter Wiki guy
3753s	you see me a lot of times on Twitter or
3755s	X whichever you'd like to call it uh
3758s	normally I'd have a camera up but since
3760s	mine's not working I'm a ping tuber for
3764s	today well I'm vampy I also go in by
3768s	bampy bit me and I've been a fan of the
3771s	M hun series for quite some time now um
3775s	not as long as maybe these guys but I
3777s	Love It ultimately the same and I love
3780s	making costumes of the characters uh of
3783s	the armor sets and everything um and I
3785s	just enjoy M Hunter as a series as a
3788s	whole so I'm glad to be
3790s	here hi I'm ruran and I play the gun
3793s	Lance and I like big explosions and
3796s	that's really cool in mon hun so that's
3797s	what I do I just blow things up and it's
3800s	fun amazing uh well thanks everybody for
3803s	being here we're so glad to to have all
3805s	of you here for this this Cas pretty
3807s	casual chat um but you know we you know
3809s	20 years of Monster Hunter we wanted to
3810s	take a look back at the growth of this
3813s	series um you know it's been um an
3816s	amazing Run for the series obviously
3818s	there's a great future ahead but um you
3820s	know we've had a pretty special
3821s	relationship I think you know growing
3823s	the the Monster Hunter series here both
3825s	in in us and in Europe so um want to ask
3828s	all of you who played a pretty crucial
3829s	role in that um you know what what makes
3832s	Monster Hunter special for each of you
3834s	why don't we start Kath with you uh with
3836s	your relationship with the
3837s	series well I started back when I was 18
3841s	I was just hanging out at a place named
3843s	GameStop just this little video game
3845s	store uh we'd hang out late played up
3849s	like Capcom versus S and stuff uh there
3852s	was new releases that came out and I saw
3855s	the box art and I'm like okay that's
3858s	cool dragon on it played that for a
3861s	little bit got through veloca Drome
3865s	you know I was like oh cool little blue
3868s	Velociraptor wasn't that bad right and I
3871s	get to cut coup this pink chicken thing
3874s	and I'm like well this should be easy
3876s	right looks weak destroys me destroys me
3879s	no
3880s	chance and just from that I learned just
3885s	okay I have to take this seriously
3886s	actually put time into grinding out my
3888s	gear and stuff and it hooked
3891s	[Music]
3892s	me May how about you
3895s	um when I first started with the series
3897s	uh I personally was watching my little
3900s	brother play he's been playing since the
3902s	beginning and he's always pushed me like
3905s	hey you should play this game and we
3907s	have similar tastes but I was never
3910s	really into games that um that needed
3914s	maybe possibly other people to play with
3916s	I was more so a player that liked my own
3919s	time with maybe like hunting or whatever
3923s	so it was a little bit odd for me but
3925s	then I love the monsters and the name
3928s	itself was very interesting Monster
3931s	Hunter so obviously you hunt monsters
3934s	right so I I tried it afterwards with
3937s	three and um it honestly got me hooked
3941s	uh ultimately just it hooked me because
3944s	of the dialogue I think that's the main
3947s	thing that got me in the beginning and
3949s	the Monsters but Guild M literally made
3952s	me roll every time she talked
3955s	so I was kind of stunned that this kind
3958s	of game had that kind of dialogue and
3960s	also the music I Still listen to the
3962s	music to this day um when I'm like just
3965s	doing chores and stuff and I just
3967s	ultimately love everything about Mah
3969s	Hunter it's just so cute love the Picos
3973s	um I love all the weapons that you can
3974s	you know hunt with um and also the
3977s	community um probably talk more about
3979s	that later but um I made so many friends
3982s	through musle Hunter and um ultimately
3984s	like my brother and I connect way more
3986s	now because we can talk about Monster
3989s	Monster Hunter and all the other games
3991s	that are out now so it's pretty
3994s	cool so for me I uh the first Monster
3998s	Hunter that I tried was Monster Hunter
3999s	tribe because I had a friend that was
4001s	always talking up monster hunter to me
4003s	and the interesting thing is that I
4004s	actually didn't like it because I
4006s	couldn't understand what what the point
4008s	was it's like oh I jump into this map
4010s	but everything is empty and I'm supposed
4012s	to fight just one monster it was kind of
4014s	like a concept of a game that I had
4016s	never really experienced before so it
4018s	was really weird and it didn't click but
4020s	eventually a friend of mine this same
4022s	friend that was always talking of
4023s	Monster Hunter took me under his wing
4026s	and one of the really cool things that
4027s	was very surprising for me was I got um
4030s	Monster Hunter uh Freedom Unite on the
4033s	Vita and it was compatible to do ad hoc
4036s	play with the PlayStation Portable which
4039s	to me was like mind-blowing how are we
4040s	getting these two completely different
4043s	consoles to work and everything just
4045s	works fine I was super surprised but
4047s	then he actually explained to me that
4049s	the whole concept of you know you hunt
4051s	the monster and then you get its parts
4054s	and you upgrade your equipment and then
4055s	you can hunt an even bigger monster and
4057s	then you get its parts and you upgrade
4059s	more and you hunt even a bigger monster
4061s	and so on and so forth and then the
4063s	gameplay Loop kind of clicked and I got
4065s	completely addicted to it so mon center
4068s	to me is uh two things it is the
4072s	gameplay Loop that it has of constantly
4075s	upgrading yourself and getting to fight
4076s	harder challenges and friendship because
4079s	I've also made a ton of Friends by
4081s	playing Monster hun including this
4082s	friend of mine who got me into the
4084s	Monster Hunter and then at a later time
4086s	I made friends with gyen and Erics and a
4089s	lot more people in the community it was
4090s	just like freaking awesome just had a
4093s	blast yeah yeah I think that Journey
4095s	that you described I think it's kind of
4097s	like ironic too cuz you you've really
4099s	like done that for a lot of other people
4100s	right um people kind of discovering the
4102s	series maybe then just like click what
4104s	they write away and then over time they
4105s	go over like you know they learn all
4107s	about it it really starts to click with
4108s	them and then you know they they spread
4110s	the word to other people so yeah it's
4111s	been pretty cool see that yeah exactly
4113s	and and as B said you know we're going
4115s	to be diving into you know what exactly
4117s	makes the monst Hunter community so
4118s	special but before then I have quite
4121s	arguably the most important question of
4123s	the whole recording and uh it kind of
4126s	defines you cuz in monst Hunter I feel
4127s	that as Hunters your weapon Choice binds
4130s	you and you know defines you amongst the
4132s	community and with 14 kind of currently
4135s	existing weapons to choose from um
4138s	obviously ran you did touch on you say
4139s	you're a bit of a blast in the Hun me
4142s	sword and shield ever since 3u which is
4144s	my first Monster Hunter that's been my
4146s	one like I love it it's it's my bread
4149s	and butter um so let's pass that down
4151s	the line Kath you're up people know I
4154s	love the great sword it's just always
4156s	been my main once since the first game
4159s	just seeing it evolve throughout the
4160s	series has been
4163s	awesome um
4165s	I I kind of have to say and uh I think a
4169s	lot of people do know but if you do not
4171s	know I'm a hammer M I love my hammer I'm
4174s	kind of like rioo where I you see my
4177s	chart I don't know if you guys seen
4179s	Roo's chart I'm sure you have or if you
4181s	haven't it's literally all hammer and I
4183s	think majority of the games when I first
4185s	started was just that the hammer and I
4188s	still love it to this day um and yeah I
4191s	love the hammer what Drew you to it it's
4194s	just a I like the feel of the hammer
4198s	like there's weight to it you know and
4200s	when I'm hunting I just love breaking
4203s	parts and I just love bonking the
4205s	monsters on the head it just feels good
4208s	it's a very satisfying weapon for me so
4211s	that's why I use it so an an interesting
4214s	thing that happened to me was this one
4216s	friend that got me into Monster Hunter
4219s	when you know he was telling me how
4221s	about I had to pick a weapon right and
4223s	he was you need to pick a weapon so that
4224s	you get good with one weapon and I was
4226s	like okay well where are the weapons
4227s	that are available he starts listing
4229s	them all off and suddenly he says gun L
4230s	and I was like I want that one and he's
4232s	like no no no no don't choose that that
4234s	one's bad you don't want to play that
4236s	one I was like no that's the one I want
4238s	it's definitely the one I
4240s	want and the more he tried convincing me
4243s	otherwise the more I would double down
4244s	no no no this is the
4248s	one I think with a lot of us it just
4250s	kind of whatever feels natural to each
4253s	player you know you finally get your
4255s	hands on it you're like Yep this one
4257s	feels right this is what I'm going to
4258s	use that's that's actually why whenever
4261s	somebody uh jumps into a stream or
4263s	something and asks me hey what weapon
4264s	would you recommend for a newcomer my
4266s	recommendation is always I recommend you
4268s	go to the training grounds and use all
4269s	of them and see which one gels with you
4271s	the most because a recommendation
4273s	doesn't really matter if you're going to
4274s	have to learn the very true that's very
4277s	true it's kind of like choosing a
4279s	character in a fighting game it's like
4280s	choose the one you think looks the
4281s	coolest and then just give it a shot see
4284s	how feels yeah exactly and um you know
4287s	each time you pick up a new weapon it
4288s	kind of feels like you're playing a
4290s	different game like when I think about
4292s	like playing hunting hor uh which I use
4294s	for my PC play through of like rise and
4296s	sunbreak it was entirely different to
4298s	what I knew with the with the sword and
4300s	shield and also shout out to any doas
4302s	out there whenever you join any lobbies
4305s	that I'm in I love you I immediately
4307s	love you your best they're always
4308s	greatly
4310s	appreciated also when you're using a
4312s	different weapon uh other than what
4314s	people are used to seeing you use you
4316s	find a new subset of people and their
4320s	personalities are vastly different from
4322s	each other like the bow users um I the
4326s	bow right like they start acting they're
4329s	they're a little bit different than the
4331s	hammer grade sword the heavy weapons
4333s	right like they're just like a little
4334s	bit different so I find that very
4337s	interesting like a different set of
4339s	people have a certain kind of
4342s	personality I think very interesting
4346s	yeah sorry after you J I was going to
4349s	say I think we always say like with
4351s	people's weapon choices it becomes like
4352s	a big part of the personality and some
4354s	people it's like their entire
4355s	personality which I love it I love to
4357s	see it so that's great exactly suers
4360s	they're like the chillest people you'll
4361s	ever meet you think people that always
4363s	in the front tanking monster Hits are
4365s	going to be some like really amped up
4367s	hardcore people but they are the most
4368s	laidback folks in the community yes and
4371s	they're they're very precise they're let
4373s	they know
4374s	my brother is a hardcore Lance user and
4377s	I'm just like he's just like yeah love
4379s	the Lance my weapon but when I talk
4382s	about my hammer I'm like I have this
4384s	Hammer I'll break these parts for you
4387s	what do you need it's just extra you
4390s	know so it really depends did I miss it
4394s	or did Joe not say his weapon oh I guess
4397s	I did it yeah I like Kath I'm I'm a
4399s	great sword M all the way all the way
4402s	yeah I just want
4405s	yeah once you see those gigantic uh
4407s	damage numbers it's really hard to go
4409s	back it just it doesn't
4411s	feel I I just wanted to make sure that
4413s	we didn't have any long sword Mains or H
4416s	users
4419s	in I want
4421s	why I'm curious now it's just a meme in
4425s	my community that I like to make fun of
4427s	it and just it's just an exaggerated
4429s	meme that ended up happen guys we have
4431s	to like everyone check out the now
4434s	everyone read the pages and find out
4437s	H all my dark secrets will come to light
4442s	yes and like talking of that though you
4444s	you raised a great point about how like
4446s	within the monant community all the
4448s	different creators groups and the the
4450s	sub communities even like the Reddit
4452s	page has has their own jokes and you
4454s	know that's one of the things that makes
4455s	the monsted community so special and
4458s	like for me kind of coming into monst
4460s	tante it was actually the content
4461s	creators that taught me how to play the
4463s	game back in the 3u days you know I had
4466s	my little like 3DS and all of that and I
4469s	didn't know how to play this game I
4470s	loved hard games I kind of kind
4473s	of start when I dou way cry and things
4475s	like that back in the day so I had this
4477s	hunger for boss fights and hard fighting
4479s	and I heard about this game called
4480s	Monster Hunter that was from Japan and
4483s	it's hardest same people the Devil May
4485s	Cry and I was like I'm going to check
4486s	that out and I had no idea what I was
4488s	doing I had to collect stuff I have to
4490s	sharpen my weapon you know what do I do
4493s	and it was actually the creators that
4495s	bought me in so ever since then I've
4498s	I've had such a soft spot for the
4499s	creators that kind of really bring the
4501s	community together and help newcomers
4503s	settle in and I think that's something
4505s	that makes the monster monster under
4507s	community so special in my opinion is
4509s	how welcoming it is and how in some
4511s	places you know you might see people
4513s	gatekeeping like oh you can't use that
4514s	weapon that's my weapon but here people
4516s	militantly want you to play their weapon
4518s	they want to tell you why their weapon
4520s	is the best one and why everyone else is
4522s	wrong and that's one thing I think is
4524s	really really cool about the community
4526s	so what about you guys what makes
4527s	Monster Hunter Community special to you
4531s	well on that note it's like well there's
4534s	only one weapon that's got great in its
4535s	name great sword but yeah this the
4539s	community has just been something that's
4541s	kept me going for you know past let's
4544s	say 10 12 years give or take cuz I
4548s	started doing community stuff with
4551s	monster huner try and did a couple
4553s	videos then three ultimate I'd always
4556s	make sure oh there's a new event Quest
4557s	got to get a video out you know but when
4561s	I started doing the wiki stuff it was
4562s	all about me wanting to give back to the
4566s	community wanting to help them any way I
4569s	can if it was you know teaching them how
4572s	to play the game or teaching them where
4574s	to find stuff and I don't know it just
4577s	always been such
4579s	a to put
4581s	it just such a cooperative saying with
4584s	everybody all of us going towards the
4586s	same goal and trying to help bring each
4589s	other up to help you know beat these big
4595s	monsters I love that story because I
4597s	relate so much I think all of us do um
4600s	especially with the community because I
4602s	I was new too so um back then they would
4606s	have
4607s	Caravans uh traveling um and I would go
4611s	to all these Caravans and my friend
4613s	brought me in and they're like you need
4614s	to meet the community I'm like online
4616s	they're like no do you just meet them in
4619s	person and they would have these
4621s	Caravans where you can buy things like
4623s	you know merchandise plushies and stuff
4625s	it'll be at Capcom and I would go with
4628s	my
4628s	3DS and people were just talking to each
4631s	other and I was not used to that um in
4634s	line and everyone was just comparing
4637s	each other's monsters favorite weapons
4639s	and it's just the energy when you're
4641s	around everyone talking about the same
4644s	thing obviously this amazing game
4646s	Monster Hunter right so everything was
4649s	very interesting to me cuz I'm like
4651s	everyone's actually really
4653s	nice and I love that it was almost like
4657s	um it was a magnet for me um because I
4660s	didn't have that especially with
4662s	fighting games I love fighting games but
4663s	there was there was always obviously
4665s	fighting but everyone's like cot said
4668s	you know everyone's working together and
4670s	I made so many friends during that
4672s	Caravan I pretty much you know started
4675s	to hang out with them um around the 4
4679s	You days um and then it got to a point
4682s	where I would be bringing my 3DS so we
4685s	would have play in our cars and of
4689s	course it would disconnect sometimes and
4690s	that'll be the worst we'll be playing
4692s	against Crimson falis or something and
4695s	someone F you know just well I'm not
4697s	there anymore so good luck you know and
4699s	we would just have the funnest time
4702s	laughing at each other
4704s	and it's just it's just so fun it's it's
4707s	so fun and like it's actually not as
4709s	serious as people make it out to be all
4711s	the time is actually hilarious cuz you
4714s	see everyone panicking in these moments
4718s	and you see everyone you know working
4720s	together and rising up it's so it's so
4723s	awesome yeah I think that really touches
4726s	up on the point which is that the monstr
4728s	community is very much a super
4731s	Cooperative Community which really
4734s	just tries to bring more people into
4735s	their game which doesn't always happen
4737s	with a lot of other video games that you
4739s	have out there uh and it just seems like
4742s	it's one of those things where if
4743s	somebody has a question usually people
4746s	don't go and start making fun of them
4747s	it's usually more like Hey try it like
4750s	this maybe you're doing this thing wrong
4751s	like one one really good example is for
4753s	instance um hej I don't know if you guys
4755s	remember hej made his uh his um his
4759s	video where he said oh I actually don't
4760s	really like this monster hunter rise
4762s	thing and the community went up to his
4764s	video and showered him in comments
4767s	basically saying things like hey maybe
4768s	you should have tried it like this maybe
4770s	you should have tried this thing there
4771s	wasn't really a negative backlash or
4774s	anything like that and I think that is
4775s	one of the most perfect examples of the
4778s	community getting together to kind of
4780s	just like celebrate the game and try to
4781s	be as inclusive to newcomers as possible
4784s	even people who have a negative opinion
4786s	on the game which I was very impressed I
4789s	you know even though I was aware that
4791s	because I had been creating content for
4792s	the game I was aware that the community
4794s	is very positive I would still expect
4796s	like more people to come out and be like
4798s	ah you you don't know what you're
4799s	talking about or something like that
4800s	there was almost none of that which is
4803s	almost unheard of for a lot of
4805s	communities I would say so yeah I I was
4807s	very impressed yeah yeah I think it's
4809s	one of those things that comes from the
4811s	series kind of like having more humble
4813s	beginnings in kind of like the western
4815s	territories and being a phenomenon in
4817s	Japan and I feel like anybody who got
4819s	their hands on it here in the US or
4821s	Europe were just super super excited
4823s	about just want people to like
4825s	understand like this game is so good you
4826s	need to to get it you need to get it and
4828s	so I think like it's just created this
4830s	like ground swall of everybody like
4831s	wanting people to play boster Hunter
4833s	just to try it just to understand it and
4836s	um it's really created like a community
4837s	that's super positive and welcoming so
4839s	yeah it's really great to see yeah we
4841s	had all these Niche little communities
4843s	and we just want more and more people to
4845s	come join us you know come on come help
4848s	with this Rathalos and oh you need help
4850s	with that monster I'll help you out no
4851s	worries and we just keep getting
4854s	together and growing as a family I I did
4857s	so many Alat Tron lobbies it was insane
4860s	like for for like the moment alot Tron
4863s	dropped I think for the next 3 weeks
4866s	almost every other day I was like okay
4868s	guys everybody that hasn't killed Al
4870s	Tron yet let's go join the party we're
4872s	we're all coming in it's a big Alat Tron
4874s	train and we're going to kill them a
4875s	bunch of times everybody get your
4877s	materials it was a celebration it was
4879s	that it was for go to Roth we did the
4881s	same thing for Safi J we did did the
4883s	same thing so it was a ton of fun I
4886s	agree the latron was crazy because that
4890s	was the the wall that everyone hit and I
4893s	think everyone who was streaming at the
4895s	time like worked together to figure it
4898s	out and I I remember that day that it
4900s	launched and I was like I'm not sleeping
4903s	so I everyone here I'm sure you guys
4906s	understand we did not sleep until we
4908s	figured it out you know and it was crazy
4912s	and so I always remember remember that
4913s	you know laton's crazy so good good
4916s	point good
4917s	point thanks for that alaton as well we
4920s	appreciate you bringing the community
4923s	together for the greater GI great
4929s	good after you after you good sir um
4933s	before we I know we're talking a little
4934s	bit about like world and and rise and
4937s	you know obviously like the series has
4939s	reached like this this Global um Global
4941s	status where like a bunch of people are
4943s	playing it and everybody knows about it
4944s	but um let's let's wind it back a little
4946s	bit so I don't know if any of you guys
4948s	you know played the first Monster Hunter
4950s	on PS2 or played some of the games on
4951s	PSP and if if you have um what was that
4955s	first experience like and if you haven't
4957s	um are there any like monsters from that
4959s	era that may be like really connected
4960s	with you yeah like I was saying earlier
4963s	that's where I started
4965s	PS2 and just that first Cuda that
4968s	destroyed me has stayed with me and it's
4971s	become one of my favorite monsters
4972s	throughout the series just a you know
4975s	goofy pink chicken monster that breathes
4978s	fire it I've never seen anything like
4981s	that do playing Monster Hunter and it's
4984s	been fun watching that monster evolve
4987s	throughout the series as it comes in and
4989s	you know it gets subspecies and similar
4992s	species to it like Yan
4996s	garuga um even though I didn't play the
4999s	initial games I did watch my brother get
5001s	very angry and throw his controller many
5003s	times um and I do remember him getting
5007s	really angry about the cut which I
5010s	thought like are you serious and he's
5012s	like yes and I was like okay so you know
5016s	you're right like seeing it evolve is
5018s	very interesting to me as a spectator as
5020s	well so that was very yeah that was very
5024s	cool that you said that cuz it did it
5026s	did Peak my interest a little bit I
5029s	think back then even though I didn't
5030s	play the game so yeah
5033s	so I I always hear about the the C C and
5036s	how it was a wall for a lot of uh
5037s	players in monst H one I didn't really
5040s	play mon hun one but like I I said
5041s	earlier I did play Freedom Unite with my
5043s	friend and one of my Fondest Memories
5046s	was actually Gibs Ros because Gib Ros
5049s	does that thing where he plays dead but
5051s	he's actually not dead and so my friend
5054s	completely trolled me he was like oh
5056s	yeah he's dead let's let's go carve now
5058s	and what not music stops and you're like
5059s	oh okay this is fine I go up to carve
5061s	now it's not working like is it glitch
5063s	do we get this and then he just like
5065s	does his thing and one shots me and I
5066s	was like hey wait a minute and my
5068s	friend's just laughing himself I was
5070s	like what the hell what do you mean
5073s	that's not
5074s	fair I like how they waited they let him
5078s	let him
5080s	cook let him figure it out I I love that
5083s	cuz that's what we do too cuz we're like
5085s	oh this would be perfect because they
5087s	don't know that becomes kind of like a
5089s	ride of Passage whenever we bring a new
5092s	player and we're playing the older games
5093s	or something it's always like oh yeah
5095s	yeah yeah Gib Ros yeah let's do Gib Ros
5097s	oh yeah he's fine go go ahead and go get
5099s	your loot it's fine it's all
5102s	good say for me I joined a little bit
5105s	later I was I was a 3u that was my as I
5107s	mentioned my first one same yeah then
5110s	quite rapidly as well I was like I'm
5112s	going to get into for you and then like
5114s	for you's when I was like yeah I love
5116s	this franchise like I really enjoyed 3u
5118s	and I was like this is great this game's
5119s	cool and then I jumped onto 4u and yeah
5122s	the rest kind of History I was I was in
5125s	since since then um and yeah it was it
5128s	was really special how even between
5130s	three you and four you how different the
5131s	games felt you know one thing about
5133s	monster hunter is like each generation
5135s	has a different feel to it and some new
5137s	additions and things like that was
5139s	keeping the core DNA there and so you're
5142s	always on your toes always finding out
5143s	fresh things even for your favorite
5145s	weapons the identity is still there but
5148s	they play a bit different on there have
5149s	a few tricks or what they have has
5150s	changed like you know when you think for
5152s	example between 3 to four you and then
5155s	jumping ahead and you look at the
5156s	difference between like world and Rise
5158s	there's always something new and there's
5159s	always something to grow as a hunter to
5161s	try out and that's that's what I found
5164s	really really
5165s	fun yeah um you know speaking speaking
5168s	of that era where you kind of started
5170s	Jon that's also where or I started as
5172s	well um and honestly it's like it's the
5174s	guid from the community and different
5175s	creators that helped me really get into
5177s	it so um we talked about a little bit
5179s	but is there any like kind of key
5181s	memories from that era of Monster Hunter
5183s	3s that um that really resonated with
5186s	you
5187s	guys the first time jumping in the water
5190s	and actually being able to swim in it
5192s	that was
5194s	amazing there's so many memories I can't
5197s	even I
5198s	mean gor magala uh showing up uh ttic
5202s	Cabra you know fighting that and then
5205s	you know making all the armor sets I
5207s	think that that game also hooked me I
5210s	couldn't believe how
5213s	Immaculate to me that game was and it's
5216s	still to this day um just indented into
5220s	my I guess memory I even told uh the
5224s	previous Community managers to changed
5226s	my life and they're like huh and I'm
5228s	like no I'm being serious this game
5229s	changed my life and I think they kind of
5232s	were like taken back by that and I was
5234s	like no it it was I my hands were
5238s	bruised that's how much I held on to my
5241s	3DS and it was bruised on the sides and
5243s	it was cl I was clenching the whole time
5246s	I wouldn't didn't move most of my days I
5248s	was in my bed playing crafting and it
5251s	was just I almost felt like I was manic
5254s	um I love the game so much and I was
5257s	like it's this is it I I love monah
5260s	Hunter and I think that that definitely
5262s	solidified my passion for you days um so
5267s	yeah it it's
5268s	great I mean monsa for ultimate is
5271s	literally the only reason why I even
5273s	bought a 3DS to begin with cuz I was I
5276s	don't care about 3DS at all like I
5278s	usually play Home console and stuff like
5280s	that but for ultimate did not come out
5283s	on home consol so I was like well I have
5284s	to get this 3DS cuz I definitely want to
5286s	be playing this game and for ultimate is
5289s	still one of my favorite Monster Hunter
5291s	stories and I know that a lot of people
5293s	don't really play the game for the story
5294s	it's more for the gameplay Loop and all
5295s	that but the journey that you take
5298s	throughout monst for ultimate from the
5300s	beginning where you fight uh is it is it
5302s	the ran ran or J R I think it's the ran
5304s	in for ultimate you fight the ran ran I
5306s	was like this fight is awesome you you
5308s	load the Cannons with the bullets and
5310s	you shoot the Cannons and the the whale
5312s	flies over you and what not and all
5314s	these crazy things I I love that and
5316s	I've been asking since forever please
5318s	bring them back at some point I had such
5321s	hopes for uh for rise to see them in
5323s	Rise but yeah uh I I love that
5326s	introduction and I love the progression
5328s	of the story because in for ultimate you
5330s	actually get to visit multiple villages
5332s	so you get that feeling cuz every
5335s	village in Monster Hunter always has a
5337s	very unique vibe to it from the music to
5340s	the NPCs that are there to the
5342s	interactions and even the quests and
5344s	some of the characters that you meet
5345s	while you are there and then for
5346s	ultimate you get to experience that
5348s	feeling multiple times which to me was
5351s	really cool and and you know even the
5353s	the whole thing about men maxing your
5355s	pico a little bit and and for ultimate
5357s	we also got charge blade for the first
5359s	time and mounting for the first time so
5362s	I was even playing insect glaive cuz I
5364s	just wanted to mount all the time cuz I
5365s	thought oh this mechanic is so cool and
5367s	just like stabbing at the monster while
5369s	he while he's like wildly trying to get
5371s	you off and what not it
5373s	was you remember the pizza cutter thing
5376s	the oh yeah the I just remember seeing
5380s	that for the first time cuz you're just
5382s	like grouping up with people and you're
5383s	like is that pizza and for me I was
5386s	shocked and I was like oh what weapon is
5389s	that I can do I get pizza and I had a I
5391s	Had a Hammer of course we're not going
5393s	to have a pizza so I was like oh I need
5395s	to try that weapon it didn't click with
5396s	me at the time but it looked cool they
5398s	had really cool weapons you know Styles
5400s	and everything that that made me laugh a
5403s	lot too uh so yeah I believe that the
5407s	the first corn popper was Freedom Unite
5410s	if I'm not mistaken so we also had the
5411s	corn popper corn
5415s	popper it's just a big it's just a big
5418s	piece of corn which interestingly enough
5421s	in Monson rise was like one of the best
5423s	gun lexes in the game oh man that sounds
5427s	cool I I did not yeah I need to play
5429s	that weapon now corn popper play gun
5432s	guns are so funny so many different
5435s	designs hey it's always good go back you
5438s	know
5439s	yeah it's like when I first saw uh the
5443s	tuna great sword I was like it's yeah no
5447s	an ice Elemental great swword no I'm
5449s	holding an actual spear tuna by the nose
5452s	and Swinging it at monsters and then for
5455s	like Hammer you get this teddy bear that
5458s	you beat people with yeah this is
5460s	perfect I love
5463s	[Music]
5464s	this yeah the range of weapons you know
5467s	you got your serious kind of weapons you
5468s	got the cool looking weapons more
5470s	traditional ones and then obviously
5471s	you've got like the uh omy weapons
5474s	almost like you know I think is it you
5476s	can get a couple of muds of beer or some
5479s	other beverage in I think is it World fr
5482s	for du
5483s	blades get the doo dual blades in rise
5487s	like yeah there's there's a load of cool
5489s	weapons obviously you know the sword and
5490s	shield though you know we're quite
5491s	humble mostly I I did I did get my zoga
5494s	sword and shield and Rise though I do
5496s	like that it growls when you bring it
5502s	out um and kind of talking of that
5504s	obviously we've touched the onor how we
5506s	know we got into Monster Hunter whether
5507s	that's friends family content creators
5510s	or looking for a challenge and you know
5512s	during all that time in the early days
5514s	you know for many it was kind of seen as
5516s	kind of a niche game um almost and then
5519s	all of that changed with a little game
5522s	called mon
5524s	what so how was that for you seeing this
5528s	game that you love and this community
5530s	that you've been a part of and kind of
5532s	nurtured for so long suddenly kind of
5535s	really Go Global how was that how was
5538s	that was insane cuz I was at that E3 and
5542s	normally it's like okay we'll have one
5544s	Community manager there we had all of
5547s	them on staff there that day and tons of
5550s	the content creators there and I'm like
5553s	oh this is a big thing we've got this
5555s	big huge statue of Rathalos looking up
5558s	at that and I'm like this is this isn't
5560s	just you know the niche little fandom
5563s	that I had before no this is Monster
5566s	Hunter
5567s	worldwide and just being there with
5570s	everybody was so cool and me people that
5573s	been with the series for a while or just
5576s	getting into it we'd have all kinds of
5578s	you know people that aren't used to the
5580s	series come up and be like what is this
5582s	big monster here and it's like well this
5585s	is athlos you know he's one of the main
5588s	flagships of this game series and being
5590s	able to tell them about it and then
5592s	actually getting to see the game play
5594s	and it's not flat world anymore it's all
5598s	these massive Landscapes and being able
5601s	to Frack the monsters around and
5604s	actually feel like you're hunting them
5606s	was it it's
5609s	insane
5611s	um it's hard for me to put a lot of this
5614s	stuff into words uh to be quite honest
5616s	because when I saw the words monstah
5620s	Hunter on my screen when they made the
5622s	announcement I felt my whole body bumps
5625s	everywhere I was Goosebumps I almost
5628s	wanted to tear up I screamed in my house
5630s	I remember the day I was like moer is
5633s	coming to Playstation I I still feel it
5638s	like I just I remember who was around me
5640s	I remember the moment and I was like
5642s	this is going to be crazy because it was
5645s	always on handheld for me so to be able
5648s	to play on my you know
5652s	PS4 nuts and I was like this is this is
5655s	it everyone has to play now everyone has
5658s	to so I I remember the trail of Twitter
5662s	T posts I was making I was like so it's
5664s	time for you guys all to play now you
5666s	have no excuse It's on PS4 you're going
5668s	to have a demo that means a demo so when
5672s	the demo came out it was over I was
5674s	playing that Non-Stop and didn't sleep
5676s	it was awesome and I could slide down
5679s	you know with my hammer and you know I I
5681s	was just it was great anyway moving on I
5684s	love I I loved it all of
5686s	it so to me that was so meaningful that
5689s	I actually don't remember a single other
5691s	thing that was announced during daddy3
5693s	was like no whatever Monster Hunters
5696s	finally out because the thing was I had
5698s	I had covered monster hunter in my
5700s	channel uh before the announcement of
5703s	world but it was always like one of
5705s	those things where I couldn't really
5706s	dedicate as much time as I wanted to it
5708s	because one of the things about content
5710s	creation is about timing right and so
5712s	monster hunter games before that were
5714s	out in Japan and then one year later
5716s	they would come to the west and by then
5719s	most of the really you know dedicated
5721s	content crors would they would buy the
5723s	Japanese version and they would like
5725s	somehow manage to interpret what was
5727s	going on in the game and I was like I I
5728s	can't do that like I don't know I can't
5731s	try out the game in Japanese it's just
5734s	really weird to me I I can't play it
5736s	like that so when I realized that this
5737s	one was going to have a worldwide
5739s	release I was like oh my god I've been
5740s	waiting for this for so long I've been
5742s	wanting to cover so instantly just like
5744s	video after video telling people about
5746s	how amazing this game is and we all need
5748s	to play this game this is going to be
5750s	insane and it was that and then the
5753s	moment the demo came out was when it all
5756s	came together because I was like up
5758s	until that point you don't really know
5759s	what the game play feels like cuz
5761s	Monster Hunter has this texture to it to
5764s	the way that it plays the way that each
5766s	move feels and where you hit the monster
5768s	and all of that and with the more let's
5772s	say more fluid animations that were
5774s	seeing for Monster hun world and all a
5776s	lot of people were questioning
5777s	themselves is it still going to feel
5779s	like Monster Hunter and when we finally
5781s	get our hands in the beta it's like yes
5784s	it still feels like it's so good and it
5787s	was it was just completely Insanity from
5790s	there I I was completely addicted I put
5792s	in over way over a 100 hours in that
5794s	demo checked out every single weapon uh
5797s	did runs where we were killing all of
5799s	the monsters that were just there that
5801s	you weren't even supposed to kill like
5802s	chase after Rathalos cuz he shows up and
5806s	chase after ananth when he shows up and
5809s	there was even like a rare monster that
5811s	wouldn't always show up which was PUK
5812s	PUK I think so like there was a chance
5815s	that the PUK PUK would spawn in the map
5817s	but it would only do it like once every
5819s	100 times or something ridiculous like
5821s	that so everybody was running through
5823s	the beta over and over and over trying
5824s	to see if they could get the PUK PUK to
5827s	spawn yeah I think one of the cool
5829s	things about world also and iceborn um
5832s	getting to iceborn is that it was the
5835s	first kind of like free title update and
5838s	expansion that that was all happening
5840s	for a monster under title so it was like
5843s	the game launched and then it was like a
5844s	longer term relationship with the game
5846s	honestly like several years of of
5848s	playing and people are still playing
5849s	today so um I think that's one of the
5851s	cool things is that you know being able
5853s	to like go along for the ride see all
5855s	the monsters revealed with the different
5857s	events and what not um I think that was
5859s	that was just really cool to see and I
5860s	know the team really loves um you know
5862s	the the monster reveals and seeing
5864s	everybody's reaction so um yeah anytime
5866s	we see you guys' reactions we're we're
5868s	always making sure that the the team of
5869s	Japan knows about it as all the the
5872s	changing of the of the Gathering Hub was
5874s	also fantastic the way that it would
5876s	completely change whenever there was a
5878s	new event like hey here's the spring
5879s	event completely different Gathering Hub
5882s	and it would always bring the community
5883s	together cuz everybody wanted to go farm
5885s	the the special like events that would
5888s	be available at any given time to get
5889s	all the special timed rewards and
5891s	whatnot I thought that was an absolute
5893s	blast and even when the sieges would
5895s	come and you know again the community
5898s	would just jump back in and everybody
5900s	would be grinding stuff it was it was
5902s	really cool and and and another really
5904s	cool aspect was the fact that the the
5906s	lobbies would actually hold more players
5908s	so you would constantly have like a
5909s	bunch of players in your lobby and
5911s	different people running different
5912s	things it was it was just such a good
5914s	time I love that yeah like the 16 people
5918s	you know player lobbies was nuts and
5920s	being able to take pictures I mean I
5922s	love taking pictures with everyone cuz
5925s	you know being able to do that capture
5927s	those memories with everyone and also
5930s	having all the Hunts be fast
5932s	so you can get your weapons and uh you
5934s	know if you're if you don't want to hunt
5936s	that monster you can go somewhere else
5938s	to the other side and someone's hunting
5940s	you know so I loved how fluid everything
5943s	was and I think also cooking the steaks
5945s	a lot faster you know it's just
5947s	everything was perfect and it felt like
5949s	a challenge you know like every time you
5951s	played the monsters that came out it was
5954s	a challenge you know and it it brought a
5956s	little bit of a good stress I think I
5959s	really love that I was like oh man this
5962s	one's going to be hard guys I guess
5964s	we're not sleeping tonight and that's
5965s	one of our favorite things to say to
5966s	each other like are you prepped for this
5969s	did you shower did you f and snacks did
5972s	you have do you have two different
5974s	Waters you can't like two different
5975s	drinks you have to have water and a
5977s	something else so we would prep each
5979s	other it was it's just so funny cuz it's
5982s	like you know when a new one you know a
5984s	new monster comes out for the free title
5986s	updates you know it's just all that
5987s	stuff you you prep each other too so
5990s	it's it's awes awesome it was awesome I
5992s	love those days and we have them again
5994s	you know we still have them again you
5996s	know people are still going you know
5997s	coming back to world I am so it's it's
6000s	it's awesome I love it yeah I loved
6004s	always seeing the big Gathering Halls
6006s	just full of people you know you have
6008s	people on one side
6010s	playing just you know at the what was it
6013s	like a little hot spring they'd just be
6015s	hanging out in there you know people
6017s	doing the arm
6019s	wrestling and it was great as a streamer
6021s	cuz you could have just different groups
6023s	of people be like all right we completed
6025s	this Quest let's Shuffle the next group
6027s	in and you just constantly be working
6030s	together towards
6032s	stuff yeah it's it's awesome and you
6034s	know you've all actually touched on kind
6035s	of our next topic which is kind of
6037s	favorite memories from world and iceborn
6039s	and you know for me it kind of starts
6040s	quite humble with having more of my
6042s	friends actually come into monst hun and
6045s	playing through with them and grinding
6047s	and farming with them but then I found
6049s	that I was getting experiences that
6051s	actually really got my half pump in
6052s	obviously talking about title updates
6054s	and you know allat trayon which I
6055s	absolutely cuz I'm AA Shi so I use
6057s	Elemental Weapons anyway so like I was
6059s	right at home but the thing with that
6062s	having that you know you had to kind of
6064s	hit that damage limit before before the
6066s	Nova attack and you think you're close
6068s	but you don't know and you know it's
6069s	going to do it soon is it escaton
6071s	judgment I think escaton judgment yeah
6074s	and I'm like are We There Are We There
6076s	have we got the horn yet and you can
6077s	hear like the heartbeat kind of go in
6079s	and then your heartbeats go in and and
6081s	the first time we beat that was just an
6083s	incredible feeling like Fatalis was
6085s	great as well Fatalis was insane but
6088s	just the kind of the kind of pressure I
6090s	felt in that hun and then the kind of
6092s	the nostalgic music playing at the end
6095s	as well when you do take down Al trayon
6097s	that that was really really really
6099s	special and as a sword and shield user I
6100s	felt validated that my Elemental set was
6108s	so
6110s	goath I TR think okay uh vampy do you
6115s	want to go cuz I have mine I the most
6119s	memorable thing about world there's most
6121s	memorable thing that happened to you
6123s	while you were playing World
6125s	oh th this is really hard guys like
6128s	there's so many things I know right
6132s	trouble with it but you know I have to
6134s	say a lot Tron because when it came out
6137s	I was like okay how is this going to be
6140s	different you know how how is it going
6141s	to be different to hunt um and also
6144s	being a hammer user everyone was
6146s	counting on me every time I streamed can
6148s	you break this for me can you and of
6151s	course you don't want to let him down
6152s	you're like yeah I got you so I had to
6155s	practice so I think I definitely
6158s	remember you know a lot of the community
6159s	would come into my streams like can you
6161s	break this for me break that for me
6163s	especially during that time and I was
6165s	giving myself a lot of stress I was like
6167s	you better break it you know the first
6169s	part you better break it so I had to be
6172s	exact with everything I was doing so
6174s	when it first came out I did I think I
6176s	slept at like 800 in the morning I had
6179s	some people come in you know previous
6181s	you know you know friends of mine in the
6184s	community and they're like are you did
6186s	you sleep yet and I'm like no we haven't
6188s	beaten it yet I will not sleep and you
6191s	shouldn't make promises at the beginning
6194s	of a stream oh I I recommend don't do
6197s	that cuz you're not going to you're not
6198s	going to rest but it that was definitely
6200s	one of my most memorable cuz when we did
6203s	finally beat him it was with the people
6206s	that um I hunted with the most cuz we
6209s	work very well together so we can
6211s	synchronize and we trusted each other
6213s	that we knew our weapons very well and I
6215s	think that's one of main things is
6218s	working with a team that knows their
6219s	weapon and knows timing um and being
6222s	able to have that you know camaraderie
6225s	with friends is awesome so yeah same
6228s	thing so uh it'd be easy to also go
6231s	after Alat Tron so I'm going to mention
6234s	two other things that were extremely
6235s	memorable for me so one of the first
6238s	ones was one of the first times I
6241s	interacted with bosle goose which ends
6243s	up being my favorite monster
6245s	particularly the the seething variant
6247s	that we got with iceborn uh that's my
6249s	favorite monster of all time easy
6251s	because I'm all about explosions and
6252s	he's all about explosions but the really
6254s	cool thing was that he would just jump
6256s	into your hunts and be the most annoying
6259s	creature ever you'd be I was fighting I
6263s	think one of the first times I was high
6265s	ranked fighting a Rabon in um the what
6269s	was it called that I forget the name of
6271s	the actual the place where Rabon hangs
6274s	at you guys know what I'm talking about
6275s	right Ron Veil the RO rotten yeah rotten
6278s	Veil so I'm in there and I'm fighting
6280s	Rabon and he comes in and he starts
6282s	dropping uh you know his bombs I was
6285s	like what what's this and then I hit one
6287s	of them by mistake and it explodes in my
6289s	face now what's going on and then he
6290s	drops then boom I was like what is this
6293s	what's going on and then he leaves and
6296s	I'm like oh okay so I continue fighting
6299s	raban and after a while he comes in does
6301s	the same thing again and I was like no
6302s	no no no no no this is not so I chase
6305s	him all over the map you're not supposed
6306s	to fight him at that point but I just
6308s	chase him all over the map and I fight
6310s	him for I don't know for how long I
6312s	fought him but I C it three I think I C
6314s	it three times him and I lost the quest
6316s	because I was just like for he rabot I
6318s	need to kill him cuz he's SP like so
6320s	like that rivalry I was super excited
6323s	about that that's that's one of my
6325s	favorite memories and the other one was
6328s	actually a
6329s	collaboration uh extremoth if you guys
6331s	remember Behemoth but like the the
6333s	extreme version of because that required
6337s	so much coordination that I had to like
6339s	bring in my uh previous expertise from
6342s	MMO rating and I was like okay guys
6344s	here's what we're going to do when he
6345s	does corib this everybody that has the
6347s	thing under you you have to go to one of
6349s	the corners of the map you have to drop
6351s	your tornado in the corner of the map
6352s	then you come back I was playing sword
6355s	and shield for that I made a a build
6357s	that was all about like wide range
6360s	healing uh speed eating whatever was the
6363s	thing that made you sometimes not
6365s	consume your your consumables I forget
6367s	what the name of the skill is but you
6369s	know I had all of those things going and
6371s	the idea was everybody in my Lobby you
6374s	never have to heal never have to worry
6376s	about that all you got to do is deal
6378s	damage okay and I know exactly when I
6381s	want the mount so I will do the mounting
6383s	when it needs to be done I will do
6385s	everything and it was it was amazing
6387s	because it was such a thing that
6388s	required so much coordination and it
6390s	took a tremendous amount of time to
6392s	actually do and it was a ton of fun to
6395s	go through and do that fight I
6398s	loved yeah I love that I mean when
6400s	you're talking about it I visually was
6402s	seeing like how everything maed out
6405s	because I never use bir radial I never I
6408s	usually just craft everything the first
6410s	time actually used it I was like oh I
6413s	have to like have that jump mechanic you
6415s	know so I had to put on the bottom of my
6417s	radio and I was like okay do the go you
6420s	know you know the the healings and all
6422s	that stuff it's just crafting on the
6424s	spot you know so that was definitely one
6427s	of them that I had to use before using
6429s	the Dron jump to escape the meteor yeah
6432s	no I was always hiding behind the
6435s	rock it's all timing and I think that's
6438s	one of the things too like you know to
6440s	learn it right like so well that you
6442s	know the time right like everything's
6444s	timing especially with those kind of
6446s	monsters you're like okay better count
6448s	so we're counting too it was really
6450s	crazy I was like what I felt insane I
6454s	think that that hunt I definitely felt
6456s	like an insane person but also you
6458s	wanted the the armor set it's
6461s	beautiful I felt so cool and you can
6463s	change the colors and everything I was
6464s	like look at me like every time you go
6467s	into you know like the Gathering Hub and
6470s	you have a new set you always feel like
6472s	like in for you where you could like
6474s	change the color so fancy I know you
6476s	just feel so cool like oh I have it you
6478s	don't have it
6481s	oh oh you don't have oh ner oh man too
6489s	bad oh I mean you know good I
6495s	guess no but it was fun it was fun at
6498s	the same time a lot of us would be like
6500s	oh you don't have that well come on
6501s	let's go get it that's true our friend
6506s	do it was a lot of fun it was really
6509s	good
6511s	times oh God that we Circle back around
6513s	to you for what impacted me the
6517s	most was when iceborn came out and we
6521s	got near the end of it and all of a
6524s	sudden here's the general showing up you
6527s	know hey Hunter we need you it's like
6529s	there's more story you guys are adding
6531s	more and the whole Nostalgia wave of
6534s	going back and having to fight falis
6536s	again it's like ah I get to teach you
6538s	this lesson again old man here we go and
6542s	I just loved how much it was still the
6546s	same yet different at the same time it's
6549s	like a lot of the old strategy still
6551s	worked it's still Fatalis but they
6554s	change it so much with iceborn and
6558s	just again how much this game the series
6561s	evolves through time it's crazy
6565s	and it just really moved me hearing the
6567s	music again and you'd get those
6570s	Goosebumps you're like Yep this is it
6573s	again this is why I'm hooked on the
6575s	series and when you get and when you get
6577s	poof of a hero when you get him low
6579s	enough and poof of a hero kicks in it
6581s	almost it almost brings tears to your
6583s	eyes oh let's go he's down we got to get
6585s	him every time anyone talks about
6588s	anything I'm just my my face I feeling
6591s	getting hot because I'm like I know how
6593s	you feel and that's the coolest thing
6595s	like I mean anytime someone tells their
6597s	story you can feel a little bit of
6599s	yourself into in that moment you know
6602s	with them so it's awesome I see well now
6605s	it's obvious the team definitely thinks
6609s	about what they add to the game yeah and
6612s	everything they do even with the
6614s	collaboration quests they do it's not
6617s	just yep here's an outfit from this game
6620s	with World they added new quest lines
6623s	and really made you feel like part of
6625s	their world as well as part of Monster
6628s	Hunter yeah honestly when that when
6631s	proof of a hero hits in that Fatalis
6633s	fight I feel like my brain just like
6636s	hits like a weird like I don't know a
6638s	weird level where I'm just like nothing
6640s	else matters and I I think I think I've
6642s	made some mistakes in that hun at the
6643s	end because I've just stopped thinking
6644s	at that point it's just it's too crazy I
6647s	mean on my first solo Kill by the end I
6650s	I was actually playing sword and shield
6651s	and I was just like mashing circle like
6653s	just die there was like seconds left
6656s	just die please just
6658s	die and you don't know when cuz they're
6660s	just just moving back and forth and it's
6662s	not very obvious cuz you're in contained
6664s	area you're like uh you going to
6668s	die for me it me up like that music hits
6672s	and I'm standing up now playing the game
6674s	like come on let's go the lean
6678s	in wow it was hard though man like
6681s	Fatalis is hard but that was
6685s	rough uh yeah that was a rough one for
6688s	sure but very fun and he looked amazing
6690s	oh my God just to see you in that way I
6693s	was like dang what like I a you're like
6696s	that
6698s	blow real tiny like you would fly over
6701s	me you know like in that lava area you
6704s	know so it's very interesting to see him
6706s	that big
6708s	so yeah well we'll move it on from from
6710s	world and Ice boort obviously that's
6712s	such a huge topic it's really tough to
6714s	but yeah yeah we could we could keep
6716s	chatting for forever um I want to touch
6719s	on Monster Hunter stories which we just
6721s	recently announced that monster hunter
6723s	stories one is uh coming back to Modern
6726s	platforms which is really exciting but
6728s	um have you guys played either of the
6730s	two stories games I mean we we both Jon
6733s	and I I think we've already talked about
6734s	some of our memories uh in the pretty
6736s	show we both love those games and the
6737s	different like kind of turnbas RPG style
6740s	it brings to the series but uh how about
6742s	you guys oh yeah I played them like when
6745s	I first saw them it was their
6748s	predecessor there was this arcade
6751s	machine in Japan called Monster Hunter
6753s	spirits and they'd have all these little
6756s	baby designs of monsters I was like
6758s	those are really cute I really want
6759s	those and then seeing them bring it over
6763s	to consoles change it to Monster Hunter
6766s	stories I was like Yep this is what I
6768s	want I love these kind of games
6771s	and just the characters really grab me I
6773s	I know nairo is not for everyone but I
6776s	absolutely adore him really excited
6779s	first game's coming back because not
6781s	many people have experienced that story
6783s	and it gives so much backstory on him
6786s	and it will make you love him just the
6790s	story The Narrative and the game play is
6792s	great cuz you're
6794s	actually getting to fight with these
6796s	monsters that you've known and love over
6798s	the years and just forming that bond
6801s	with him is so
6803s	cool yeah I I definitely agree I think
6806s	that um when I initially started getting
6809s	into the M Hunter series um being able
6812s	to play with others but um My First Love
6814s	is RPG like just those turn-based style
6817s	games so having that style of game for
6821s	mosah Hunter um introduced to me um you
6825s	know and being able to play it was is
6827s	just two of the best worlds together for
6830s	me seeing it very cute in that way chibi
6833s	and also like their story and also like
6836s	um my friends getting my friends who are
6838s	RPG nerds like that the turnbas style um
6841s	getting them into it was really easy
6843s	they're like oh why do you always play
6845s	Moss Hunter what are these monsters I
6847s	don't understand anything and even
6849s	though they don't like the other kind of
6850s	game style they could play this and they
6853s	thoroughly enjoyed this so the stories
6856s	was perfect for um every kind of person
6859s	that you know I could talk to you about
6861s	M Hunter um and they eventually learned
6863s	all the monsters too so when I would
6865s	stream the other games they were like oh
6867s	so you're that's R the Lo and I'm like
6869s	what and I never heard them talk about
6872s	mus Hunter before so it was just kind of
6874s	cool but weird at the same time oh yeah
6877s	yeah sure then that means you had to
6878s	play other games now so they they they
6881s	liked it too they loved it so I loved it
6884s	they loved it and it was it's pretty
6885s	awesome that um for me um seeing it in
6889s	that way was was really cute and fun so
6893s	yeah I'm excited for it I got to see
6896s	lakris again after so long I've missed
6900s	legris for so long cuz like I uh you
6903s	know like I said I started with try even
6904s	though it didn't really click with me I
6906s	still had fond memories of that mission
6908s	where you jump into the water and
6909s	there's lakris just being super menacing
6911s	and whatnot so being able to see him in
6913s	that game and actually have them on my
6915s	team was really cool but ultimately just
6918s	being able to actually ride a bosel
6919s	goose around I was like oh this is so
6922s	awesome and and the cool thing is also
6924s	that you fight alongside the monsters
6927s	and so you know I would also be wyvern
6930s	firing because you guys actually put gun
6933s	Lance as one of the weapons cuz I don't
6935s	think all of the weapons were in there
6936s	so the fact that we had gun LS I was
6938s	like yes gun LS and you can actually
6940s	wyvern fire alongside the monties it was
6942s	just an absolute blast I loved it and
6945s	the ultimate attack that we could do
6947s	with the bosle was also freaking amazing
6949s	so
6951s	I was like me and my boy Basel going all
6953s	over the place killing all of the other
6955s	monties and whatnot and yeah it was
6958s	perfect any game where you can befriend
6960s	kzu I think is is great in my
6965s	books is that your favorite oh no no but
6969s	it's okay I was wondering but he but he
6971s	has the best theme you got to admit I
6974s	mean oh yeah yeah that OST yeah the
6977s	headphones just explor did you say the
6979s	OST oh yeah
6981s	the
6984s	best I'm f i you rais a good point Vamp
6988s	we've not actually revealed our favorite
6989s	monsters yet so as you brought up the
6992s	topic would you like to start oh I've
6996s	you know
6997s	brados you know when I first saw him I
7000s	was like what is he doing in there you
7002s	know the lava area and for you I was
7004s	like what is his head doing and he just
7006s	blow things up you know like basle Gee
7009s	right would just blow
7010s	at the same time like what is this but I
7012s	loved just he was actually very cute to
7015s	me even though he was like causing
7017s	destruction I was like this guy's
7018s	adorable and I think Guild M helped in
7021s	that you know she kept to talking about
7022s	him and made me obsessed too and I was
7024s	like he's pretty interesting she kind of
7026s	brainwashed me you know so I really
7028s	liked I really like Bria so that's my
7031s	favorite
7032s	monster mine is kind of evoled over the
7035s	years since you know I started with the
7037s	beginning and just the love of cutu
7039s	lasted quite a long time then finally
7042s	Generations came out and I see gamos on
7045s	this big beautiful elepant and fell in
7048s	love with her and then now we've got
7051s	Malino and I just absolutely love the
7054s	vampire Vibes of him and color scheme
7057s	and just everything clicks with
7060s	me yeah th those are awesome but again
7063s	to me it's seething bosle Goose I mean
7065s	he literally jumps up in the air drops a
7068s	bunch of bombs and then explodes as a
7071s	nuclear explosion in the middle of the
7072s	map gorgeous love it can't get enough of
7075s	it you're like I'm a simple man exactly
7078s	I like explosions you know how they say
7080s	cool guys will look at explosions that's
7082s	not me look I I feel that though I feel
7085s	that that I see it every time someone
7088s	talks about their favorite monster and
7089s	is that one I know them already I'm like
7092s	okay I see how you what you like I see
7095s	what you like
7098s	full how about you well yeah I I'm a
7101s	devil Joe fan I have to it's my name is
7104s	you like but also yeah I love I love the
7106s	pickle you know it's got like the tiny
7108s	tiny arm so it's just invades right in
7111s	you know just completely destroys
7113s	whatever hunt that you're doing which um
7115s	I I love that it's just like the
7117s	unpredictability and also yes just got
7118s	so much charm you know it's just like
7120s	this do you remember the pickles that
7121s	they used to sell do you you ever see
7123s	those they at the Caravan they sold
7126s	devil J pickles it was
7128s	really I bought I have a I still have it
7131s	which is kind of gross but I still have
7132s	the
7134s	thing I was like why but then I bought
7137s	it I was like how many years ago now I
7139s	don't want to remember cuz I I didn't
7141s	all at it either I said it's kind of
7143s	gross but
7145s	anyway yeah but a devil Joe yeah he's I
7149s	think he's the devil Joe his character
7151s	we could talk about this for the whole
7152s	stream but like Devil Joe's character is
7154s	very interesting like you want to troll
7156s	him yeah yeah like he uh not very
7160s	serious to me he's just like there and
7162s	he's just he's just hungry all the time
7164s	no scared of him I'm just like okay go
7167s	over
7168s	there oh but yeah but yeah before we end
7171s	up on the mythology if not devil Joe
7173s	eats his own tail or not um my my
7176s	favorite monster and I'm not copying you
7178s	I swear is brai Deus as well um it's
7181s	blue first of all and I'm quite fond of
7183s	that color um explosions like early on
7186s	in my monant tenure I I really kind of
7189s	likeed slime weapons I I loved
7191s	explosions and blast but not to the
7193s	level of gun Lance appreciators
7195s	obviously they like big explosions and
7196s	obviously that what we now know as the
7198s	blast status and I just love its music I
7202s	love how it fights I love how it looks
7205s	it's raw and then obviously in in ice
7209s	born with raging
7210s	brachy like normally when a monster
7213s	nearly nearly done it's limping away
7215s	it's get to sleeper R and bra is like oh
7217s	no no no no I'm not stuck in here with
7219s	you you're stuck in here with me and
7221s	then it creates that Arena neither of
7223s	you are leaving until the others fallen
7225s	and I just think that's like one of the
7227s	most badass things I've seen in a video
7229s	game it just flips the end of a hunt on
7232s	its head and if things get even harder
7234s	for you you know you you sled against
7236s	this giant brackie for ages and it's not
7238s	done with you yet um so yeah i' I've got
7242s	to be another one for the big blue
7244s	monster um I kind of talking as well I
7246s	know obviously Kath mentioned Malo
7249s	obviously rise and sunbreak the the most
7251s	recent Capcom Monster Hunter releases
7254s	like for me like talking about my
7257s	favorite parts of that is I've never
7258s	played so many different weapons in a
7260s	monster huner game than I did rise and
7262s	sunre and for me that would be the the
7264s	different the switch Scrolls and switch
7266s	scroll Swap and the silk bind attacks I
7269s	loved they introduced Shield bash and
7271s	metsu Shi for the sword and shield which
7273s	I loved they they made the switch AE
7276s	into this aerial Menace like no other
7279s	title made me explore so many weapons
7281s	and I love it for that uh what about you
7283s	guys what what were your highlights of
7285s	rise and Sun
7286s	Break honestly I really liked the I
7290s	forget where we called them now but that
7292s	base defense little mini game we had
7294s	Rampage R that's it uh I just thought it
7298s	was cool cuz it was something different
7300s	it's like yes we're still hunting the
7301s	monsters but we're on defense not on
7304s	offense this time we're not going to
7305s	their home they're coming our home yeah
7308s	just the story of that game really hit
7310s	me too especially as they added the
7313s	Rampages following along with the story
7316s	and how you know following uh narwa and
7323s	abushi and just how they interacted with
7325s	the atdcs was really
7327s	cool yeah that was definitely a lunch
7329s	date that I'd say they remember but
7331s	abushi probably
7334s	won't like further in the sunbreak when
7337s	they added the ability to T with the
7340s	NBCS I thought that was great that's
7342s	something I've been W for a long time
7344s	cuz a lot of times I'll play solo if I'm
7347s	not streaming or I have friends online
7350s	and then I still have that camaraderie
7352s	with the NPCs and some of them are
7355s	unpredictable you know I never know when
7357s	they're going to shoot me in the back of
7358s	the head while I'm trying to go after a
7360s	monster or or sometimes they'll just run
7362s	off and you're like what are they doing
7364s	and then here they come riding in on a
7367s	monster it's like I love this this is
7371s	perfect I I really like the theme of the
7374s	whole game it's just very different from
7377s	what I was used to anyway um especially
7379s	vastly different from world and iceborn
7383s	um being able to um get to know the NPCs
7388s	uh was very interesting too because they
7390s	had a lot of Personality like they
7391s	always had personality but like a lot
7393s	more in this game and also um I do agree
7397s	with the trying new weapons I actually
7400s	tried all of the weapons in this one and
7402s	played all of the weapons as this one as
7404s	much as possible more than uh generally
7407s	what I would just use use hammer or
7409s	hunting horn or something um
7411s	also being able to guess the next
7414s	monsters I think is always really fun so
7416s	shagaru magala gor magala Asos you know
7420s	that was freaking me out because I was
7421s	like oh this is crazy like seeing them
7425s	come back and you know I kind of guessed
7427s	it was Gore but then I mean everyone's
7429s	was doing their guessing game online so
7431s	seeing them again uh was very exciting
7434s	uh especially if you're like playing for
7436s	you a lot and those games and
7438s	generations you're like oh they're back
7441s	that's really cool um and of course
7443s	everyone ate a lot of Dongo and then you
7445s	know that was really fun because
7447s	everyone's like I'm full of dongle again
7450s	and we always made jokes about that
7452s	they're like what are you eating today
7453s	oh Dongo what else do you think I'm
7455s	eating and also the little tiny Tetra
7457s	that was really cute seeing that in
7460s	there so I think they put a lot of like
7462s	thought into all of the ideas into that
7465s	game um especially for fans so I really
7469s	enjoyed
7470s	it I mean I I feel like I've already
7473s	revealed this in some some other video
7475s	that we did uh a while back but like one
7477s	of my favorite moments was when I
7478s	unlocked blast Dash because I was just
7481s	in the training area and then suddenly I
7483s	realize wait I can chain this move so
7486s	I'm like blast Dash and then I blast
7488s	Dash in the opposite Direction and I can
7490s	you can do it like three times in a row
7492s	and I was like wait what I I can
7494s	basically fly that was even a meme that
7496s	people made where there was uh because
7498s	we had uh the wire bugs right so people
7501s	were saying that normal users of uh of
7504s	normal players of mons rise were like
7506s	Spider-Man and the gun Lance players
7508s	were like Iron Man because we were
7510s	flying around with the gun very that was
7513s	so much fun and the tremendous amount of
7516s	play styles that it unlocked for for gun
7518s	LS where you had
7519s	um at the beginning of Rise you had like
7522s	steak spam because you could basically
7525s	just constantly do the worm steak and
7527s	then you would do guard reload and then
7528s	worm steak again and then you had
7531s	different play styles with Full Burst
7533s	and it was crazy like the just the
7535s	amount of play styles that the game
7536s	unlocked for any given weapon was
7538s	completely insane which was one of my
7540s	favorite aspects of it I did play a ton
7543s	of different weapons as well but as per
7545s	usual I I settled on the gun Lance and
7547s	once we got to the sunbreak they even
7550s	gave us the bullet barrage which is like
7554s	just unload all the gun Lance things at
7557s	once and you blast Dash into the monster
7560s	and naturally you know gun L Mains all
7563s	had to come up with a way we need to
7564s	just do this skill nonstop so just get
7569s	all the things that synergize with quick
7571s	wire bug recovery and bullet barrage
7574s	bullet barrage bullet sick yeah I I may
7579s	have picked up gun lights because of
7580s	your videos on that once I saw the uh
7583s	the bull verage I'm like I'm in I'm in
7585s	so I H it quite a bit with the gun LS
7587s	it's it's pretty
7589s	incredible oh it's awesome yeah like
7592s	talking of the monsters actually
7593s	obviously you know uh you mentioned
7594s	obviously like the themes obviously we
7596s	got the yo-kai and then you've kind of
7598s	got folklore monsters in in sunbreak and
7601s	you know even me see I I love gor magala
7603s	as well it's from like top three monster
7605s	for me and seeing it come back and I
7607s	remember when the trailer came out it's
7608s	like is that a gosar variant and then no
7611s	Gala come out of nowhere and like yeah
7615s	gosar is well like this monster when it
7617s	stuns you get a unique animation where
7618s	it slowly drags its ice blade up to you
7621s	and things like that and and then
7623s	obviously I I can't get this Quest out
7625s	my head I can't remember the name
7626s	exactly but when the curio are kind of
7628s	at their highest strength guys of M gor
7631s	is on the horizon and you go into the
7633s	Citadel and everything is gone there's
7636s	no spir birds there's no endemic life
7638s	there's no small monsters you even see
7640s	the corpses of large monsters there's no
7642s	music it's silent and I've not
7644s	experienced anything like that a monster
7646s	game a narrative caught me off guard so
7649s	much um that was quite something and I
7653s	really wanted to talk about it like once
7655s	I played through it like when the game
7656s	was out but I couldn't because I wanted
7658s	other people to have that experience and
7660s	that surprise like what kind of thing
7662s	whether it's a favorite monster from
7664s	Rise and sunbreak or a favorite moment
7666s	like that what would you say really
7668s	stood out to you
7670s	yeah definitely that moment you
7671s	described because it it reminded me
7672s	almost of like Resident Evil you're like
7675s	everything around me is dead everything
7677s	is gone what is going
7679s	on
7681s	um yeah just that moment was
7685s	insane I just as he said I've never
7689s	experienced something like that with
7690s	monster hunter where it's just all of a
7692s	sudden the ecosystem is gone cuz we've
7695s	always kind of had that living breathing
7697s	world and just haveit
7702s	vanish I I'm I I'm going to say that too
7706s	because um I was streaming that moment
7708s	actually and I I felt like uh almost
7713s	confused because I was like is this
7716s	where it's going later I don't know I
7717s	mean we're not going to speculate other
7719s	games or whatever but that tone is
7722s	something that kind of was a bit
7724s	overwhelming for me because I'm not used
7726s	to that at all we're not used to that
7728s	that feeling that that eeriness and I
7731s	think that you know that was well
7733s	translated I mean huge props to the dev
7736s	is like doing that because I think it
7739s	also kind of like created a few more new
7743s	wrinkles in my brain to think about okay
7745s	what's the future what's the future
7747s	going to hold in other titles you know
7749s	what I mean so I'm always thinking like
7751s	okay they they know how to do that very
7753s	well so you know um but of course you
7756s	know of course the themes I love gos
7759s	frog I think that is definitely my
7760s	favorite from that game and fighting
7763s	that monster I I think is just so much
7765s	fun so
7767s	yeah so one of my favorite moments uh I
7771s	mean maybe it's my Portuguese blood or
7773s	something but it's when we see the the
7775s	scene with the ship and the captain is
7777s	in there and they're getting ready for
7779s	the final assault and and I'm thinking
7781s	to myself oh we're going to fight on the
7783s	ship this going to be amazing and
7784s	unfortunately that wasn't the case but
7786s	still having the the ship there and and
7789s	that moment where I think he throws a
7790s	rock or something and the Admiral is
7792s	just standing there doesn't even move
7795s	and then L goes in real quick with the
7797s	gun shoots the rock out but the Admiral
7799s	doesn't even Flinch cuz he's ready for
7801s	war we're going in the the the freaking
7804s	um the the Cannons the were they the
7806s	dragonator Cannons or whatever it was
7808s	that then when you're fighting guys mcor
7810s	you can actually call them in and they
7812s	just shoot this explosive dragonator
7814s	that starts detonating all over the
7816s	place like I love that moment that
7819s	moment was absolutely amazing it's not
7822s	my favorite fight I still like the fight
7824s	a lot if I had to say a favorite fight
7826s	it's probably going to be vrax like vrax
7829s	in that game is really good and
7831s	especially some of the what was that um
7835s	there was a was one of the hazard quests
7838s	or something at the end of Rise where
7840s	the laser would just one-hot you and
7842s	there's even sometimes a moment where
7844s	maybe you'll cart and then you're
7845s	jumping back into that new map and this
7848s	second that you land he's just like I
7852s	see the laser to the face instantly the
7856s	panic I just remember Panic all the
7863s	time yeah for for me um I really like
7867s	violet msun which um has a has a really
7870s	like interesting like Spirit Bomb Type
7873s	move um so you're kind of just like
7875s	staring up at that and trying to like
7876s	add as much damage as you can uh and if
7879s	that that thing hits you it's all it's
7880s	all over so um that one in particular is
7883s	a favorite for me uh another one a
7885s	memory I share with Kath uh is fighting
7887s	uh flaming
7889s	espinos was coming
7892s	yeah yeah we want to hear this we are
7895s	trapped in a room not trapped we're in a
7897s	room playing basically what for an
7899s	entire day uh TGs demo build um so the
7903s	difficulty is twe you know just to be
7904s	like a little bit tougher um and the uh
7908s	you know you don't have your you're set
7909s	and everything so you're a little bit
7910s	you're not so comfy but uh yeah we
7912s	basically hunted for an entire day I
7913s	think we carded like over I don't know
7915s	what do you think Kath like 20 times oh
7918s	more than
7919s	that that's awesome that's cool that you
7923s	shed that together that event we had
7926s	multiple TGs builds of various Capcom
7929s	games around we had Street Fighter um
7932s	what else was
7934s	there uh yeah all us was Hunter and
7939s	beating flaming
7941s	ass sounds about right got to beat it
7945s	yeah we did we did not move we were H we
7946s	were locked in until we got it yeah and
7949s	we finally did get it and then I I I
7950s	went back and I told the team how many
7951s	tries to took us and they were very
7953s	happy so they been Lov to hearing that
7955s	it was really tough oh that's great
7958s	that's awesome the on on release of
7960s	flaming espinos there's a really fun
7962s	story cuz I would always make these very
7965s	defensive gun L sets so that I could be
7967s	super comfortable when I was fighting so
7969s	the moment that I'm fighting flaming
7971s	espinas because you know I had seen the
7973s	trailer and all that I'm sitting there
7974s	with my big set and he's coming in with
7977s	his big nuke that even like starts
7980s	posturing that the one that One-Shots
7981s	everybody right he's coming in with that
7983s	big nuke and I could easily Superman
7987s	dive that but I was like no I my exact
7991s	words were I can block this 100%
7995s	oh you want to know like
7999s	that was like super arrogant like I can
8001s	block this 100% And he just like boom
8004s	dead I was like oh okay I guess not
8007s	never mind that's why I try not to talk
8009s	anymore cuz I'm just like a man I always
8012s	get that's like a clip right there but
8015s	that's cool I know the feeling oh
8019s	man oh I think between all of us there's
8021s	been so many good memories uh with the
8023s	series whether we've been playing for
8025s	the full 20 years or 10 years um so
8028s	before we wrap uh any uh let's go around
8029s	the heart any any closing comments uh on
8032s	the 20th anniversary Kat I'll start with
8034s	you well as I keep saying you know I've
8036s	been here since the beginning and just
8038s	so weird to think you know when I
8040s	started playing I was 18 now I'm pushing
8043s	40 it's like I've I've grown with this
8047s	series and been such a big part of it
8049s	seeing so many different people come
8051s	through so many new monsters and every
8055s	game just sounds me every time and and
8059s	I'm really curious what the series will
8062s	grow into just the Leaps and Bounds
8065s	we've made going from the 3DS games to
8071s	world then rise it's like what's next I
8075s	can't wait and it's been so fun growing
8079s	with all these different friends I've
8081s	made along the way and this community
8083s	and all the little jokes we have and can
8086s	share with each other and just know EX
8088s	exactly what everybody is thinking with
8090s	it it's amazing I love
8094s	it oh man um well first of all being
8098s	able to be here with all of you and
8100s	hearing your stories I think it's
8102s	probably the most exciting thing for me
8104s	cuz when when I'm playing um a lot of
8107s	times solo right these these thoughts go
8110s	through my mind I'm like oh I wonder if
8112s	anyone else understands how I feel about
8114s	this title and they do everyone does and
8117s	um being a fan first and foremost for
8121s	this series is probably the most
8124s	rewarding thing um of this whole bit
8127s	right here for mus Hunter's 20th
8129s	anniversary um it's just it's insane for
8132s	me um I think that my friends I still
8135s	talk to all the time every time there's
8138s	announcement we text each other we write
8140s	each other in Discord like we're writing
8142s	we immediately writing each other did
8143s	you see it's like 4 in the morning did
8145s	you see what did you see that I went to
8148s	the rest room but did you see that did
8149s	you and we text each other and we're
8151s	awake somehow at the same time and then
8154s	we talk about it and it's just this
8157s	ongoing thing with our groups of friends
8160s	and even on Twitter you know or just X
8162s	or whatever they call it now but you
8164s	know it's just um it's it's awesome and
8168s	I can't wait to see the next game I know
8169s	it's going to be insane the team always
8172s	thinks about the fans they're always
8174s	thinking thinking about for the you know
8176s	the next big thing so I know it's
8178s	probably going to be
8179s	[Music]
8181s	insane so one of the most special things
8184s	uh for Monster Hunter for me is
8187s	naturally the friendships that are made
8189s	along the way like uh everybody's been
8190s	saying because you know it was through
8192s	monster hunter that I became friends
8193s	with gun Hunter uh the Eric Gaming Team
8197s	all amazing people and even more content
8200s	creators that I've uh created content
8202s	with just invited people to the podcast
8205s	and what not it's been absolutely
8206s	fantastic but another thing that I
8210s	always notice when it comes to monster
8213s	hunter games is that you can tell that
8216s	the team working on this game is a team
8219s	that is extremely passionate because
8222s	they pay attention to the smallest
8225s	little details that probably 90% of
8228s	people are not even going to look like
8230s	one of the things that I always like
8231s	bringing up is in the in the canteen for
8234s	Monster Hunter World base game there's
8237s	that Calico that's blowing into the fire
8240s	with a tube and it's he's just sitting
8243s	there blowing Into the Fire and you know
8245s	if you're a part of an animation
8247s	Department super Bree just make an
8249s	animation and the palico just said
8250s	they and that's it that's the animation
8253s	right but for some reason the monster
8256s	team doesn't do that so they go and they
8257s	make this palico blow into the fire
8259s	twice then he looks around looks at a
8261s	fire then he does it again and then he
8264s	looks around again different animations
8266s	like it's not the same looking around
8267s	animation
8268s	and then he does it a third time and the
8270s	fire like backdrafts onto his face and
8272s	he gets like burned and he goes like
8275s	there's this this crazy animation detail
8278s	that you don't need for any reason but
8281s	it's there and it's the attention detail
8284s	that lets you know that like no this
8286s	team loves this game the detail that
8288s	they go through with the palicos and
8290s	every little thing that you see every
8291s	little interaction that you see
8293s	throughout the world that doesn't need
8295s	to be as detailed as it is for the game
8297s	to function it doesn't have the game
8299s	play effect almost but it increases the
8302s	immersion and just showcases the sheer
8304s	raw passion that this team has for the
8306s	game and it never ceases to impress
8309s	me yeah well with that um we're headed
8313s	to the Summer where there's going to be
8315s	news for Monster runer wilds and we're
8317s	also launching monster Runner stories on
8318s	new platforms so obviously the future is
8320s	super bright we're super excited um and
8323s	we want to say thanks to you guys for
8324s	joining us we were super happy to do
8326s	this and to to have you on and to talk
8328s	all things Monster Hunter we love all
8330s	the passion for the series and the the
8331s	roles that you guys have played and and
8333s	spreading the good the good word about
8334s	Monster Hunter so thank you thank you
8336s	very much and uh yeah we we really
8338s	appreciate it thank you for having us
8340s	for having us oh my God this is really
8342s	awesome can't wait for the next game or
8345s	announc this yeah it's been super fun
8348s	and as Joe said you know summer more
8350s	news on Mon wilds and obviously you know
8352s	2025 is getting closer uh with each
8354s	passing day but yeah here is to the last
8357s	20 monst Hunter and here's to 20 more
8360s	years so happy Hunting everyone happy
8363s	Hunting Happy
8364s	[Music]
8372s	[Music]
8387s	Hunting
8388s	[Music]
8416s	a
8419s	[Music]
8420s	[Applause]
8433s	[Applause]
8438s	[Music]
8446s	oh
8450s	[Music]
8476s	[Applause]
8495s	[Music]
8506s	for
8508s	[Music]
8531s	[Music]
8541s	[Music]
8547s	[Music]
8571s	[Music]
8625s	[Applause]
8626s	a
8629s	[Music]
8656s	n
8675s	[Music]
8716s	oh
8724s	[Music]
8746s	a
8752s	[Music]
8776s	oh
8784s	[Music]
8806s	oh
8812s	[Music]
8836s	oh

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0s	[Music]
8s	hello everyone and welcome to the
10s	pre-show for the Monster Hunter 20th
12s	anniversary special program my name is
15s	Joe I'm more of the community managers
16s	here at Capcom USA and I'm joined by hey
19s	everyone I'm jonno I'm the EMA Community
21s	manager
22s	moner well jonno what are we doing today
25s	why are we in suits well that's a very
27s	good question cuz normally if anyone
29s	that tunes into our community streams
30s	we're normally just rocking a t-shirt or
32s	a hoodie but today is a very very
34s	special occasion because we are marking
37s	20 years two decades of Monster Hunter
41s	I'm really
42s	excited yeah so am I and today we're
44s	going to be going over the results of
47s	the hunter Choice top monster poll we're
49s	going to reveal who the number one
51s	monster that you voted for is and
53s	honestly I'm super excited to reveal the
55s	results to everybody but um before we
57s	get into that why don't we talk about um
60s	you know the the overall show and what
61s	we're doing today so um today is really
63s	just a chance to celebrate the 20th
65s	anniversary we won't have any crazy news
67s	or any reveals we won you won't see any
69s	new gameplay or trailers for Monster
71s	Hunter Wilds but um we know we do have
73s	some cool stuff and cool insights from
74s	the de team and from different community
76s	members of the master H Community
78s	exactly this is really special and you
80s	know even looking at like our own
82s	Journeys into the series all those years
84s	ago as players before we joined Capcom
87s	the community were at the heart of
88s	monant whether it was the creator
90s	Community or the passionate Community
92s	themselves building wikis sharing tips
94s	on Old forums and all of that before
96s	like the Advent of YouTube and and the
98s	internet as a whole and social media so
100s	it's really special to be able to
102s	celebrate that with
103s	everyone yeah and you know before we get
106s	into it why don't we talk about the you
107s	know the 20 or I guess 20 through 11 the
110s	monsters that we revealed uh so far in
113s	the uh Hunters Choice d moner results so
116s	U I know you've got a lot of favorites
117s	in there uh jono do you want to kick it
119s	off with uh I think what is your
120s	personal favorite monster yeah so coming
123s	in at 17 so much respect to the
125s	community here for your fantastic taste
127s	we have my favorite they're big they're
129s	blue they're brachios um obviously
132s	introduced in Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate
134s	here in the west if you like slime
137s	weapons or as they're now known as blast
139s	this is the monster for you I just love
141s	how it looks I love that it's big and
143s	blue I love the explosions I love the
146s	music everything about brackie just
148s	screams cool to me and I loved as well
151s	obviously playing Monster stories and
153s	stories 2 that you could have brachy as
156s	a monsty and fight alongside them rather
158s	than against them all the time yeah I
160s	love like the big old arms that it walks
162s	away and like kind of just like slams
164s	around and you kind of get caught in
165s	that blast radius uh which is not a good
167s	feeling but it is you it's a really
169s	really cool monster it obviously has a
171s	super awesome uh theme song which um is
175s	is really intense and I love to listen
177s	to uh every now and then so yeah oh yeah
179s	especially the raging brachi version and
181s	that's thing when when I was Voting I
183s	was like do I go for Raging brachy or
184s	like the original brachy but it's kind
186s	of like chicken and egg situation there
188s	wouldn't be raging brachy without B
190s	braie to use so that's where my vote
192s	went as well that's a great Point great
194s	Point um well for me uh within this top
198s	uh 20 through 11 uh I'm a huge fan of
202s	Namo who came in at number 18 was a new
205s	monster that came uh in into the series
207s	with iceborn um so a fairly new monster
211s	I'm sure a lot of people who play the
212s	game are pretty familiar with it but you
214s	know it's kind of this like really um
215s	almost like it's like a you know like a
218s	man or like a I don't know just like
220s	this this Marine like kind of theme to
222s	it right um like the way it like has
225s	like all the sound effects and like the
227s	different like I don't it's it's kind of
229s	hard to describe right like it's
230s	definitely got a unique feel that um I
232s	think a lot of monsters don't really
233s	have in the series yeah you can
235s	definitely feel like it's come from the
236s	abyss and even the sounds it makes are
238s	so Aquatic and obviously a fuel element
240s	monster as well combining water with
243s	thunder um makes it very very dangerous
247s	when you're fighting it as well and the
248s	armor as well looks so sleek and organic
251s	yet it was really unlike kind of
253s	anything else you'd fought up to that
254s	point yeah if you were to like imagine a
257s	deep sea creature that has like lived
260s	for thousands of
262s	years you know that would that would be
264s	one it's like learn to live like in the
266s	darkness or something like that yeah a
267s	super super cool monster absolutely
271s	and yeah so coming in at number 16 is
273s	another favorite of mine safy Jaba um
277s	this was a super cool raid uh raid
280s	monster Siege monster actually um that
282s	you could fight in uh in ice board and
285s	you know I think like what I led most
287s	about this was like the community
289s	building of just like getting everybody
290s	together and just trying to like pick
291s	apart the different mechanics um I think
294s	you know we weren't here at Capon when
296s	it was first revealed so we got the
297s	experience at as fans but um you know
300s	just like the way it was revealed to the
301s	world and like how everyone kind of like
303s	you know just had to to band together
305s	and just figure out how to take it out
307s	um was was quite the experience yeah and
309s	also like seeing what a a fully formed
311s	adult version of zenoa was like was
314s	really cool to kind of see how the
315s	monster had kind of continued and kind
317s	of how they linked it together and also
319s	everyone plays a very specific role if
321s	they want to within the fight like
322s	obviously I'm a sword and shield man so
324s	I'd be trying to go for the tail or like
326s	go for like trips on the legs and things
328s	but then obviously insect GL Gunners bow
331s	users we always going for those Wing
333s	breaks and if they wenten in the party I
334s	found it so hard to get Wing breaks so
336s	if an insect cave came in or a ranged
338s	Hunter I was like yes more part breaks
341s	yeah it's such an epic multi-stage fight
345s	um and I remember how many times I
346s	missed trying to knock terrain onto it
348s	as well with my
350s	Slinger yeah that's something you kind
352s	of had to like discover for yourself
353s	right of just like you continue to do
355s	the fight you see what other people are
356s	doing and you know that's that's one of
358s	those things that they they kind of hint
360s	you but it's not necessarily just like
361s	hey you should do this exact thing um to
363s	knock over like the stalagtites and the
365s	different terrain and all that so
367s	definitely such a a cool fight to
369s	discover and to learn exactly and then
371s	obviously saf's ultimate move uh is
374s	really quite a sight to behold in
377s	experience they better find somewhere to
380s	hide yeah sometimes you know I always I
383s	always found myself just slightly
384s	getting caught outside of like the
386s	protection zone of that uh that like
388s	rock that's blocking for you um which I
392s	think is a lesson that you learn right
393s	away of like you make sure you're you're
395s	totally in a safe Zone don't don't get
397s	caught outside of
398s	it exactly and talking of obviously you
402s	know these big attacks and and kind of
404s	monsters coming in and really changing
405s	the game the next Monster which is one
408s	of my favorites and it came in at number
410s	13 which is a fantastic achievement for
412s	a monster which I think is actually the
415s	most recently added new monster to the
417s	whole franchise correct me if I'm wrong
419s	and that is primordial maleno obviously
423s	kind of like crowning off monst aniz Sun
426s	breaks story kind of putting it to bed
429s	as the sun sets in a really really
431s	satisfying way um Primo moeno obviously
434s	is kind of like the uncorrupted pre
438s	curio version of the flagship maeno so
441s	it's such a cool Evolution and version
444s	of the monster and I love how it fights
446s	it looks like a night in shining armor
448s	it fights almost like a or sword and
450s	shield user with really interesting
452s	Combos and Jabs and no spoilers but I
456s	really love how the story version of The
459s	Hunt goes and how the climax unfolds and
462s	what happens it was a really surprising
464s	twist and a great way to kind of wrap up
467s	the themes of
468s	sunre yeah you said it all D I mean you
472s	didn't think that Malino could get more
474s	I guess Regal and Medicine yeah and
477s	somehow they they toed it right with fr
478s	morio maleno and it's such a great fight
481s	and yeah obviously we don't want to give
482s	any SS for anybody who hasn't played it
484s	yet but um the way the fight plays out
486s	with the you know the culmination of the
488s	sunbreak story uh and the way it ends is
491s	is just awesome so um yeah definitely a
493s	great way to cap off uh the adventure
495s	with sunre and obviously the armor
497s	weapons look really really cool as
499s	well I'm a sucker for my fashion you
502s	know
504s	that well with with that said um you
507s	know we can't we don't have the time to
508s	cover all of the uh 2311 you will see
511s	them uh recapped again at the start of
513s	the show but um yeah a lot of great
515s	monsters that were included in that list
517s	and uh we can't wait to reveal those
519s	those final results so
521s	exactly 229 monsters we got 10 to one to
525s	go it's any monsters game well except
527s	the ones we've mentioned already but
529s	it's any other monsters game right now
531s	and yeah I'm really excited to see what
533s	the community you voted for and I guess
534s	we'll be discovering that together oh
537s	yeah yeah um Jon it's been uh 20 years
540s	of Monster Hunter um obviously you know
543s	we've all started the series in
544s	different time time frames and had
546s	different experiences with it um any any
549s	thoughts just like reflecting on on you
551s	know your journey with the series so far
553s	yeah I mean my first ever mon to title
556s	was three ultimate and quite soon after
558s	I then jumped onto 4u as well and it's
562s	been awesome um the first ever weapon I
565s	used ever ever in Monster Hunter was
568s	actually switch axe um however I was a
570s	really big Noob I I could quite get used
573s	to being slow having this big weapon so
574s	I quite quickly swapped a sword and
576s	shield and ever since then it's been my
578s	main squeeze my main weapon I love the
581s	versatility I love the variety and I
583s	love how good it is with element and
585s	Status kind of sets um how about you
588s	Joe yeah you know um I also started
591s	around the same time um but I would say
593s	like you know initially I kind of
595s	bounced off the game a little bit
596s	because you know I I don't think like I
599s	was wired that way necessarily just yet
602s	to really like wrap my head around all
604s	the mechanics and the way the game
605s	worked but you know I think it's a
607s	testament to the community who have
609s	created you know so many different
611s	guides and videos and just different
612s	ways to get into this series that have
614s	really you know that helped educate me
616s	and helped uh bring me up to the kind of
618s	the skill level that I I felt like I was
619s	experiencing like you know the the
621s	experience of a lot of other community
623s	members where you know I discovered this
625s	thing I learned about it and I got
626s	better at it and then I became an
628s	advocate for it so um you know that's I
630s	think that's really the Journey of
632s	Monster Hunter um especially you know I
633s	think in in our regions in North America
636s	and and Europe to be able to like have
638s	that journey of like we got to
640s	experience the you know the discovery of
642s	something that we really love and now we
644s	get to share with everybody so it's it's
646s	been really really exciting that way
648s	exactly and you know we we touched on
650s	the creators you know I really got into
651s	monant than that the creators kind of
653s	Tak the time to share their passion for
656s	this series and want it to grow and
658s	share it rather than gate keeping and
660s	that once again you know that's why the
662s	community and the creators are are the
663s	heart of Monster Hunter and it's great
665s	to kind of see that continue as more and
668s	more people came to Monster Hunter over
670s	the years obviously you go through like
672s	generations and then
674s	obviously you then had Monster Hunter
677s	World Cho and you know what kind of
679s	impact did that
681s	have yeah absolutely like just you know
684s	the taking the franchise um you know
686s	completely Global and having the
688s	simultaneous worldwide release with
690s	world and you know we've just really
692s	been continuing the momentum since then
694s	and um obviously I think the future is
696s	very bright with uh Monster Hunter wilds
698s	and um you know we've got Monster Hunter
700s	stories that's also coming out this
702s	summer um so yeah it's just it's just a
704s	really good time to be a monster hun fan
705s	right now it is you know and like with
708s	our recent like return to World
709s	Community celebration seeing not only
712s	you know veteran hunters and content
714s	creators come back but loads of new
715s	players come in to play Monster Hunter
718s	World whether they were excited from the
719s	Monster Hunter Wild's reveal or they're
721s	like hey a lot of people are talking
723s	about this game you know I'm going to
724s	check it out like jump in it's been
726s	awesome and obviously you know the the
728s	most recent release monst rise and monst
731s	rise sunbreak it's I love the combat in
734s	that it's so fluid and your weapons get
737s	so many moves and you can customize how
739s	your individual weapon behaves so if you
742s	had say there was like two long sword
743s	users in a hunt they could have totally
745s	different play Styles and moves and I
748s	just found that really really fun uh and
750s	a really cool Twist on the combat that
752s	I'd got used to from world and iceborn
755s	um so yeah it's just such a great time
757s	no matter what kind of Hunter you are
759s	you can enjoy all the different monster
761s	hunter games you can have your favorite
763s	and I think that's such a good thing to
764s	be able to celebrate and talk about yeah
767s	different types of monster hunter games
769s	different genres which is awesome um so
771s	it yeah like like we said just a really
773s	great time to be part of the franchise
775s	and I think with that we're going to
777s	wrap up our pre-show we're going to have
779s	a pretty fun program ahead of us so um
782s	you know after the uh the results of the
785s	hunters Choice stop monster we hope you
786s	stick around and uh and check out
788s	everything we've got but um yeah with
791s	that said we want to say thank you so
792s	much to the moner header Community your
794s	support means the world to us jno any
797s	party words before we go yeah it's been
799s	an incredible 20 years no matter when
801s	you joined us as a Monster Hunter Fan
803s	thank you so much it's awesome to have
805s	you with us and here's to the next 20
807s	years and 2025 when things going to be
809s	getting
810s	wild all right well before we head into
813s	the main show we'll want to sign off
814s	with our usual Monster Hunter
832s	[Music]
838s	champ
841s	[Music]
878s	[Music]
883s	[Music]
914s	[Applause]
916s	[Music]
958s	you
962s	[Music]
984s	[Applause]
989s	[Music]
1014s	[Music]
1027s	[Music]
1036s	[Music]
1043s	[Music]
1047s	me
1077s	oh
1092s	[Music]
1099s	[Music]
1107s	he
1113s	[Applause]
1116s	[Music]
1122s	[Music]
1129s	[Music]
1137s	a
1149s	[Music]
1167s	oh
1170s	[Music]
1176s	[Music]
1197s	yes
1206s	[Music]
1227s	w
1245s	[Music]
1257s	oh
1286s	[Music]
1287s	come
1307s	[Music]
1325s	wow congratulations to zoga nante and
1329s	laiakis the top three monsters as voted
1332s	for by you the community from 20 years
1335s	of Monster Hunter that's pretty awesome
1337s	hej yeah thanks to everybody for casting
1340s	your votes but it sounds like we're not
1342s	quite done yet right you are right
1344s	because there is another Hunter's Choice
1347s	on the horizon coming soon you the
1350s	community will be tasked to vote for the
1352s	best monster theme
1354s	music yeah there's been so many
1356s	incredible songs throughout the Monster
1358s	Hunter series um so many iconic themes
1361s	so we can't wait to see what she vote
1364s	[Music]
1376s	on H
1385s	[Music]
1402s	Monster
1404s	Hunter
1407s	H
1417s	[Music]
1437s	h
1467s	for
1497s	so
1509s	[Laughter]
1525s	[Music]
1527s	for
1547s	[Laughter]
1557s	h
1587s	G
1608s	[Music]
1617s	h
1634s	[Music]
1647s	for
1659s	[Music]
1677s	for
1678s	[Music]
1692s	[Music]
1704s	[Music]
1706s	m
1713s	[Laughter]
1736s	fore
1741s	[Music]
1752s	[Music]
1757s	[Laughter]
1763s	[Music]
1766s	for
1796s	PP
1809s	[Music]
1826s	for
1856s	for
1878s	[Music]
1886s	so
1898s	[Music]
1899s	[Laughter]
1905s	[Music]
1912s	Forster
1916s	Hunter
1927s	[Music]
1936s	[Music]
1946s	hi
1951s	[Laughter]
1976s	foree
1985s	[Music]
2006s	Sy
2010s	[Music]
2018s	[Music]
2036s	fore
2054s	[Laughter]
2066s	m
2072s	[Music]
2080s	[Music]
2095s	[Music]
2096s	h
2101s	[Music]
2126s	hi hi
2140s	[Music]
2156s	one
2175s	[Music]
2186s	m
2216s	for
2234s	[Music]
2241s	[Laughter]
2246s	for
2250s	[Music]
2272s	[Music]
2276s	for
2288s	[Music]
2303s	[Music]
2306s	stand
2334s	[Music]
2336s	so
2360s	[Music]
2366s	for
2367s	[Music]
2374s	[Music]
2391s	[Music]
2396s	m
2425s	m
2455s	m
2468s	Monster
2474s	[Music]
2485s	Hunter
2494s	for
2500s	[Laughter]
2508s	[Laughter]
2515s	for
2517s	[Music]
2526s	[Music]
2545s	ke
2547s	[Music]
2561s	[Music]
2575s	m
2583s	[Music]
2593s	[Music]
2605s	for
2613s	[Music]
2635s	fore
2641s	[Music]
2649s	[Music]
2656s	[Music]
2663s	[Music]
2665s	for
2676s	[Music]
2688s	[Music]
2695s	so
2702s	[Music]
2725s	for
2755s	m
2785s	4
2789s	[Music]
2799s	[Laughter]
2805s	[Music]
2811s	[Music]
2815s	for
2829s	[Music]
2839s	[Laughter]
2840s	World
2843s	[Music]
2845s	stand
2848s	[Music]
2875s	m
2886s	[Music]
2905s	for
2910s	[Laughter]
2935s	mon
2950s	[Music]
2965s	for
2969s	[Music]
2979s	[Music]
2985s	[Music]
2995s	for
3001s	[Laughter]
3008s	[Music]
3025s	for
3032s	[Music]
3055s	m
3084s	for
3092s	[Music]
3114s	e
3144s	h
3148s	[Music]
3163s	[Music]
3175s	game
3204s	for
3230s	[Music]
3234s	for
3254s	[Music]
3264s	for
3294s	for
3324s	moner
3354s	h
3383s	hter so
3408s	[Applause]
3414s	so
3420s	[Music]
3425s	next up is
3428s	this oh is that is that Street Fighter
3431s	it looks like it there's some familiar
3433s	faces
3434s	there this is looking really cool so it
3436s	looks like a special collaboration
3438s	between Street Fighter 6 and the Monster
3439s	Hunter 20th anniversary is on the
3442s	way super excited for this and I can't
3444s	wait for it
3445s	B I wonder how you can hunt a street
3448s	[Laughter]
3449s	though looks like you good Dawn rless
3452s	gear and there
3454s	is the classic monster hunter great
3457s	sword there yeah that's a wyvern jaw
3460s	blade oh and it looks like you can take
3462s	it into your Ru tour Adventures so a
3464s	little bit of a clash between worlds
3466s	right here nice nice little pun
3469s	there and you'll be able to show it off
3472s	in Avatar battles with other players
3474s	looking pretty awes
3476s	aome oh and is that that's a Rathalos
3479s	photo spot all right King of the Skies
3482s	himself and some little Pico buddies as
3485s	well yeah the battle Hub will be proper
3488s	Monster Hunter themed and that's looking
3490s	pretty awesome for any hunters and
3492s	Street Fighter
3494s	fans well this collab is dropping in
3496s	April so be sure to watch out for
3498s	further
3499s	details the Monster Hunt now celebration
3502s	2024 is happening right now in Monster
3504s	Hunter now and as part of that Hunters
3507s	can receive a special Hunter medal
3510s	including the main logo of the monster
3511s	hunter series 20th anniversary by
3513s	completing special anniversary themed
3515s	quests now hunters get out there and
3518s	join the hunt because these quests are
3520s	available until Sunday March 24th 2024
3523s	at 11:59 p.m. in your local time the
3526s	Hunter's Choice top monster was
3528s	announced today and zogre took the
3529s	number one spot in celebration the
3532s	following events will be held in muser
3533s	Hunter now zogre guaranteed appearance
3536s	at hunon points was planned to end on
3538s	Wednesday March 13th but it turns out it
3541s	will be extended until Monday March 25th
3543s	at 11:59 p.m. L TI but wait there's even
3546s	more the second major update the Vernal
3548s	Invader will go live on Thursday March
3551s	14th 2024 now prepare yourself HS and
3555s	check out this recently released
3564s	teaser
3569s	[Music]
3573s	[Applause]
3582s	[Music]
3594s	la
3596s	[Music]
3598s	[Applause]
3603s	[Music]
3613s	this major update will Mark the
3614s	beginning of a new in-game season with
3617s	even more new additions including
3619s	Monsters such as devil Jo odaran and
3621s	zits yaku as well as a new weapon type
3624s	that charge
3626s	blade what's more this new update will
3628s	bring new features such as layer
3629s	equipment and the season pass great for
3631s	you fashion Hunters the season pass will
3634s	allow you to progress through tiers as
3635s	you play with different rewards such as
3637s	zeni and materials available at every
3639s	tier there will even be certain layered
3642s	equipment and other items that can only
3644s	be acquired with the season pass in
3646s	celebration of the anniversary a layered
3648s	T-shirt with the main logo of the
3650s	monster hunter series 20th anniversary
3652s	can be obtained at tier 20 of the season
3654s	pass in part two of The Monster Hunter
3656s	now celebration 2024 you can look
3658s	forward to event Quest celebrating the
3660s	6mon anniversary as well as various new
3662s	rewards and perks and if you're a
3665s	Discord premium member you have a
3667s	campaign running from March 19th and
3669s	more details will be announced at a
3670s	later date this is a great opportunity
3672s	for members who've never played moner
3673s	Hunter now to try it out so we hope you
3675s	check it out we've got a cute version of
3677s	The Monster Hunter series 20th
3678s	aniversary logo and it'll appear in
3680s	moner Hunter now via a new event Quest
3683s	that will be introduced in late April
3685s	you'll be able to earn a layered t-shirt
3687s	bearing this cute version of the moner
3688s	hunner series 20th anniversary logo more
3691s	details will be announced at a later
3692s	date going forward monant to now will
3694s	have a major update once per season
3697s	we're looking forward to bringing you
3698s	more new content and improved gameplay
3700s	in further Updates this summer we're
3702s	planning on add in more new monsters
3704s	including monant now's very first
3706s	Leviathan as well as a new weapon type
3709s	and More Story chapters to be
3711s	unlocked in September monsant now was
3714s	celebrating first anniversary you can
3717s	look forward to a major update around
3718s	this time we'll continue add in Monsters
3721s	weapon types and new features after that
3723s	too so look out for future updates and
3727s	announcements hey everyone and welcome
3729s	to the community Round Table part of the
3731s	monster hunter 20th anniversary show of
3735s	course I'm Jon o European Community
3736s	manager on Monster Hunter and over on
3738s	the opposite side there is Joe the North
3740s	American Community manager on monst
3742s	Hunter and today we have some very very
3744s	very special guests how about you
3746s	introduce yourselves starting with
3749s	k hey I'm K I'm monster hunter Wiki guy
3753s	you see me a lot of times on Twitter or
3755s	X whichever you'd like to call it uh
3758s	normally I'd have a camera up but since
3760s	mine's not working I'm a ping tuber for
3764s	today well I'm vampy I also go in by
3768s	bampy bit me and I've been a fan of the
3771s	M hun series for quite some time now um
3775s	not as long as maybe these guys but I
3777s	Love It ultimately the same and I love
3780s	making costumes of the characters uh of
3783s	the armor sets and everything um and I
3785s	just enjoy M Hunter as a series as a
3788s	whole so I'm glad to be
3790s	here hi I'm ruran and I play the gun
3793s	Lance and I like big explosions and
3796s	that's really cool in mon hun so that's
3797s	what I do I just blow things up and it's
3800s	fun amazing uh well thanks everybody for
3803s	being here we're so glad to to have all
3805s	of you here for this this Cas pretty
3807s	casual chat um but you know we you know
3809s	20 years of Monster Hunter we wanted to
3810s	take a look back at the growth of this
3813s	series um you know it's been um an
3816s	amazing Run for the series obviously
3818s	there's a great future ahead but um you
3820s	know we've had a pretty special
3821s	relationship I think you know growing
3823s	the the Monster Hunter series here both
3825s	in in us and in Europe so um want to ask
3828s	all of you who played a pretty crucial
3829s	role in that um you know what what makes
3832s	Monster Hunter special for each of you
3834s	why don't we start Kath with you uh with
3836s	your relationship with the
3837s	series well I started back when I was 18
3841s	I was just hanging out at a place named
3843s	GameStop just this little video game
3845s	store uh we'd hang out late played up
3849s	like Capcom versus S and stuff uh there
3852s	was new releases that came out and I saw
3855s	the box art and I'm like okay that's
3858s	cool dragon on it played that for a
3861s	little bit got through veloca Drome
3865s	you know I was like oh cool little blue
3868s	Velociraptor wasn't that bad right and I
3871s	get to cut coup this pink chicken thing
3874s	and I'm like well this should be easy
3876s	right looks weak destroys me destroys me
3879s	no
3880s	chance and just from that I learned just
3885s	okay I have to take this seriously
3886s	actually put time into grinding out my
3888s	gear and stuff and it hooked
3891s	[Music]
3892s	me May how about you
3895s	um when I first started with the series
3897s	uh I personally was watching my little
3900s	brother play he's been playing since the
3902s	beginning and he's always pushed me like
3905s	hey you should play this game and we
3907s	have similar tastes but I was never
3910s	really into games that um that needed
3914s	maybe possibly other people to play with
3916s	I was more so a player that liked my own
3919s	time with maybe like hunting or whatever
3923s	so it was a little bit odd for me but
3925s	then I love the monsters and the name
3928s	itself was very interesting Monster
3931s	Hunter so obviously you hunt monsters
3934s	right so I I tried it afterwards with
3937s	three and um it honestly got me hooked
3941s	uh ultimately just it hooked me because
3944s	of the dialogue I think that's the main
3947s	thing that got me in the beginning and
3949s	the Monsters but Guild M literally made
3952s	me roll every time she talked
3955s	so I was kind of stunned that this kind
3958s	of game had that kind of dialogue and
3960s	also the music I Still listen to the
3962s	music to this day um when I'm like just
3965s	doing chores and stuff and I just
3967s	ultimately love everything about Mah
3969s	Hunter it's just so cute love the Picos
3973s	um I love all the weapons that you can
3974s	you know hunt with um and also the
3977s	community um probably talk more about
3979s	that later but um I made so many friends
3982s	through musle Hunter and um ultimately
3984s	like my brother and I connect way more
3986s	now because we can talk about Monster
3989s	Monster Hunter and all the other games
3991s	that are out now so it's pretty
3994s	cool so for me I uh the first Monster
3998s	Hunter that I tried was Monster Hunter
3999s	tribe because I had a friend that was
4001s	always talking up monster hunter to me
4003s	and the interesting thing is that I
4004s	actually didn't like it because I
4006s	couldn't understand what what the point
4008s	was it's like oh I jump into this map
4010s	but everything is empty and I'm supposed
4012s	to fight just one monster it was kind of
4014s	like a concept of a game that I had
4016s	never really experienced before so it
4018s	was really weird and it didn't click but
4020s	eventually a friend of mine this same
4022s	friend that was always talking of
4023s	Monster Hunter took me under his wing
4026s	and one of the really cool things that
4027s	was very surprising for me was I got um
4030s	Monster Hunter uh Freedom Unite on the
4033s	Vita and it was compatible to do ad hoc
4036s	play with the PlayStation Portable which
4039s	to me was like mind-blowing how are we
4040s	getting these two completely different
4043s	consoles to work and everything just
4045s	works fine I was super surprised but
4047s	then he actually explained to me that
4049s	the whole concept of you know you hunt
4051s	the monster and then you get its parts
4054s	and you upgrade your equipment and then
4055s	you can hunt an even bigger monster and
4057s	then you get its parts and you upgrade
4059s	more and you hunt even a bigger monster
4061s	and so on and so forth and then the
4063s	gameplay Loop kind of clicked and I got
4065s	completely addicted to it so mon center
4068s	to me is uh two things it is the
4072s	gameplay Loop that it has of constantly
4075s	upgrading yourself and getting to fight
4076s	harder challenges and friendship because
4079s	I've also made a ton of Friends by
4081s	playing Monster hun including this
4082s	friend of mine who got me into the
4084s	Monster Hunter and then at a later time
4086s	I made friends with gyen and Erics and a
4089s	lot more people in the community it was
4090s	just like freaking awesome just had a
4093s	blast yeah yeah I think that Journey
4095s	that you described I think it's kind of
4097s	like ironic too cuz you you've really
4099s	like done that for a lot of other people
4100s	right um people kind of discovering the
4102s	series maybe then just like click what
4104s	they write away and then over time they
4105s	go over like you know they learn all
4107s	about it it really starts to click with
4108s	them and then you know they they spread
4110s	the word to other people so yeah it's
4111s	been pretty cool see that yeah exactly
4113s	and and as B said you know we're going
4115s	to be diving into you know what exactly
4117s	makes the monst Hunter community so
4118s	special but before then I have quite
4121s	arguably the most important question of
4123s	the whole recording and uh it kind of
4126s	defines you cuz in monst Hunter I feel
4127s	that as Hunters your weapon Choice binds
4130s	you and you know defines you amongst the
4132s	community and with 14 kind of currently
4135s	existing weapons to choose from um
4138s	obviously ran you did touch on you say
4139s	you're a bit of a blast in the Hun me
4142s	sword and shield ever since 3u which is
4144s	my first Monster Hunter that's been my
4146s	one like I love it it's it's my bread
4149s	and butter um so let's pass that down
4151s	the line Kath you're up people know I
4154s	love the great sword it's just always
4156s	been my main once since the first game
4159s	just seeing it evolve throughout the
4160s	series has been
4163s	awesome um
4165s	I I kind of have to say and uh I think a
4169s	lot of people do know but if you do not
4171s	know I'm a hammer M I love my hammer I'm
4174s	kind of like rioo where I you see my
4177s	chart I don't know if you guys seen
4179s	Roo's chart I'm sure you have or if you
4181s	haven't it's literally all hammer and I
4183s	think majority of the games when I first
4185s	started was just that the hammer and I
4188s	still love it to this day um and yeah I
4191s	love the hammer what Drew you to it it's
4194s	just a I like the feel of the hammer
4198s	like there's weight to it you know and
4200s	when I'm hunting I just love breaking
4203s	parts and I just love bonking the
4205s	monsters on the head it just feels good
4208s	it's a very satisfying weapon for me so
4211s	that's why I use it so an an interesting
4214s	thing that happened to me was this one
4216s	friend that got me into Monster Hunter
4219s	when you know he was telling me how
4221s	about I had to pick a weapon right and
4223s	he was you need to pick a weapon so that
4224s	you get good with one weapon and I was
4226s	like okay well where are the weapons
4227s	that are available he starts listing
4229s	them all off and suddenly he says gun L
4230s	and I was like I want that one and he's
4232s	like no no no no don't choose that that
4234s	one's bad you don't want to play that
4236s	one I was like no that's the one I want
4238s	it's definitely the one I
4240s	want and the more he tried convincing me
4243s	otherwise the more I would double down
4244s	no no no this is the
4248s	one I think with a lot of us it just
4250s	kind of whatever feels natural to each
4253s	player you know you finally get your
4255s	hands on it you're like Yep this one
4257s	feels right this is what I'm going to
4258s	use that's that's actually why whenever
4261s	somebody uh jumps into a stream or
4263s	something and asks me hey what weapon
4264s	would you recommend for a newcomer my
4266s	recommendation is always I recommend you
4268s	go to the training grounds and use all
4269s	of them and see which one gels with you
4271s	the most because a recommendation
4273s	doesn't really matter if you're going to
4274s	have to learn the very true that's very
4277s	true it's kind of like choosing a
4279s	character in a fighting game it's like
4280s	choose the one you think looks the
4281s	coolest and then just give it a shot see
4284s	how feels yeah exactly and um you know
4287s	each time you pick up a new weapon it
4288s	kind of feels like you're playing a
4290s	different game like when I think about
4292s	like playing hunting hor uh which I use
4294s	for my PC play through of like rise and
4296s	sunbreak it was entirely different to
4298s	what I knew with the with the sword and
4300s	shield and also shout out to any doas
4302s	out there whenever you join any lobbies
4305s	that I'm in I love you I immediately
4307s	love you your best they're always
4308s	greatly
4310s	appreciated also when you're using a
4312s	different weapon uh other than what
4314s	people are used to seeing you use you
4316s	find a new subset of people and their
4320s	personalities are vastly different from
4322s	each other like the bow users um I the
4326s	bow right like they start acting they're
4329s	they're a little bit different than the
4331s	hammer grade sword the heavy weapons
4333s	right like they're just like a little
4334s	bit different so I find that very
4337s	interesting like a different set of
4339s	people have a certain kind of
4342s	personality I think very interesting
4346s	yeah sorry after you J I was going to
4349s	say I think we always say like with
4351s	people's weapon choices it becomes like
4352s	a big part of the personality and some
4354s	people it's like their entire
4355s	personality which I love it I love to
4357s	see it so that's great exactly suers
4360s	they're like the chillest people you'll
4361s	ever meet you think people that always
4363s	in the front tanking monster Hits are
4365s	going to be some like really amped up
4367s	hardcore people but they are the most
4368s	laidback folks in the community yes and
4371s	they're they're very precise they're let
4373s	they know
4374s	my brother is a hardcore Lance user and
4377s	I'm just like he's just like yeah love
4379s	the Lance my weapon but when I talk
4382s	about my hammer I'm like I have this
4384s	Hammer I'll break these parts for you
4387s	what do you need it's just extra you
4390s	know so it really depends did I miss it
4394s	or did Joe not say his weapon oh I guess
4397s	I did it yeah I like Kath I'm I'm a
4399s	great sword M all the way all the way
4402s	yeah I just want
4405s	yeah once you see those gigantic uh
4407s	damage numbers it's really hard to go
4409s	back it just it doesn't
4411s	feel I I just wanted to make sure that
4413s	we didn't have any long sword Mains or H
4416s	users
4419s	in I want
4421s	why I'm curious now it's just a meme in
4425s	my community that I like to make fun of
4427s	it and just it's just an exaggerated
4429s	meme that ended up happen guys we have
4431s	to like everyone check out the now
4434s	everyone read the pages and find out
4437s	H all my dark secrets will come to light
4442s	yes and like talking of that though you
4444s	you raised a great point about how like
4446s	within the monant community all the
4448s	different creators groups and the the
4450s	sub communities even like the Reddit
4452s	page has has their own jokes and you
4454s	know that's one of the things that makes
4455s	the monsted community so special and
4458s	like for me kind of coming into monst
4460s	tante it was actually the content
4461s	creators that taught me how to play the
4463s	game back in the 3u days you know I had
4466s	my little like 3DS and all of that and I
4469s	didn't know how to play this game I
4470s	loved hard games I kind of kind
4473s	of start when I dou way cry and things
4475s	like that back in the day so I had this
4477s	hunger for boss fights and hard fighting
4479s	and I heard about this game called
4480s	Monster Hunter that was from Japan and
4483s	it's hardest same people the Devil May
4485s	Cry and I was like I'm going to check
4486s	that out and I had no idea what I was
4488s	doing I had to collect stuff I have to
4490s	sharpen my weapon you know what do I do
4493s	and it was actually the creators that
4495s	bought me in so ever since then I've
4498s	I've had such a soft spot for the
4499s	creators that kind of really bring the
4501s	community together and help newcomers
4503s	settle in and I think that's something
4505s	that makes the monster monster under
4507s	community so special in my opinion is
4509s	how welcoming it is and how in some
4511s	places you know you might see people
4513s	gatekeeping like oh you can't use that
4514s	weapon that's my weapon but here people
4516s	militantly want you to play their weapon
4518s	they want to tell you why their weapon
4520s	is the best one and why everyone else is
4522s	wrong and that's one thing I think is
4524s	really really cool about the community
4526s	so what about you guys what makes
4527s	Monster Hunter Community special to you
4531s	well on that note it's like well there's
4534s	only one weapon that's got great in its
4535s	name great sword but yeah this the
4539s	community has just been something that's
4541s	kept me going for you know past let's
4544s	say 10 12 years give or take cuz I
4548s	started doing community stuff with
4551s	monster huner try and did a couple
4553s	videos then three ultimate I'd always
4556s	make sure oh there's a new event Quest
4557s	got to get a video out you know but when
4561s	I started doing the wiki stuff it was
4562s	all about me wanting to give back to the
4566s	community wanting to help them any way I
4569s	can if it was you know teaching them how
4572s	to play the game or teaching them where
4574s	to find stuff and I don't know it just
4577s	always been such
4579s	a to put
4581s	it just such a cooperative saying with
4584s	everybody all of us going towards the
4586s	same goal and trying to help bring each
4589s	other up to help you know beat these big
4595s	monsters I love that story because I
4597s	relate so much I think all of us do um
4600s	especially with the community because I
4602s	I was new too so um back then they would
4606s	have
4607s	Caravans uh traveling um and I would go
4611s	to all these Caravans and my friend
4613s	brought me in and they're like you need
4614s	to meet the community I'm like online
4616s	they're like no do you just meet them in
4619s	person and they would have these
4621s	Caravans where you can buy things like
4623s	you know merchandise plushies and stuff
4625s	it'll be at Capcom and I would go with
4628s	my
4628s	3DS and people were just talking to each
4631s	other and I was not used to that um in
4634s	line and everyone was just comparing
4637s	each other's monsters favorite weapons
4639s	and it's just the energy when you're
4641s	around everyone talking about the same
4644s	thing obviously this amazing game
4646s	Monster Hunter right so everything was
4649s	very interesting to me cuz I'm like
4651s	everyone's actually really
4653s	nice and I love that it was almost like
4657s	um it was a magnet for me um because I
4660s	didn't have that especially with
4662s	fighting games I love fighting games but
4663s	there was there was always obviously
4665s	fighting but everyone's like cot said
4668s	you know everyone's working together and
4670s	I made so many friends during that
4672s	Caravan I pretty much you know started
4675s	to hang out with them um around the 4
4679s	You days um and then it got to a point
4682s	where I would be bringing my 3DS so we
4685s	would have play in our cars and of
4689s	course it would disconnect sometimes and
4690s	that'll be the worst we'll be playing
4692s	against Crimson falis or something and
4695s	someone F you know just well I'm not
4697s	there anymore so good luck you know and
4699s	we would just have the funnest time
4702s	laughing at each other
4704s	and it's just it's just so fun it's it's
4707s	so fun and like it's actually not as
4709s	serious as people make it out to be all
4711s	the time is actually hilarious cuz you
4714s	see everyone panicking in these moments
4718s	and you see everyone you know working
4720s	together and rising up it's so it's so
4723s	awesome yeah I think that really touches
4726s	up on the point which is that the monstr
4728s	community is very much a super
4731s	Cooperative Community which really
4734s	just tries to bring more people into
4735s	their game which doesn't always happen
4737s	with a lot of other video games that you
4739s	have out there uh and it just seems like
4742s	it's one of those things where if
4743s	somebody has a question usually people
4746s	don't go and start making fun of them
4747s	it's usually more like Hey try it like
4750s	this maybe you're doing this thing wrong
4751s	like one one really good example is for
4753s	instance um hej I don't know if you guys
4755s	remember hej made his uh his um his
4759s	video where he said oh I actually don't
4760s	really like this monster hunter rise
4762s	thing and the community went up to his
4764s	video and showered him in comments
4767s	basically saying things like hey maybe
4768s	you should have tried it like this maybe
4770s	you should have tried this thing there
4771s	wasn't really a negative backlash or
4774s	anything like that and I think that is
4775s	one of the most perfect examples of the
4778s	community getting together to kind of
4780s	just like celebrate the game and try to
4781s	be as inclusive to newcomers as possible
4784s	even people who have a negative opinion
4786s	on the game which I was very impressed I
4789s	you know even though I was aware that
4791s	because I had been creating content for
4792s	the game I was aware that the community
4794s	is very positive I would still expect
4796s	like more people to come out and be like
4798s	ah you you don't know what you're
4799s	talking about or something like that
4800s	there was almost none of that which is
4803s	almost unheard of for a lot of
4805s	communities I would say so yeah I I was
4807s	very impressed yeah yeah I think it's
4809s	one of those things that comes from the
4811s	series kind of like having more humble
4813s	beginnings in kind of like the western
4815s	territories and being a phenomenon in
4817s	Japan and I feel like anybody who got
4819s	their hands on it here in the US or
4821s	Europe were just super super excited
4823s	about just want people to like
4825s	understand like this game is so good you
4826s	need to to get it you need to get it and
4828s	so I think like it's just created this
4830s	like ground swall of everybody like
4831s	wanting people to play boster Hunter
4833s	just to try it just to understand it and
4836s	um it's really created like a community
4837s	that's super positive and welcoming so
4839s	yeah it's really great to see yeah we
4841s	had all these Niche little communities
4843s	and we just want more and more people to
4845s	come join us you know come on come help
4848s	with this Rathalos and oh you need help
4850s	with that monster I'll help you out no
4851s	worries and we just keep getting
4854s	together and growing as a family I I did
4857s	so many Alat Tron lobbies it was insane
4860s	like for for like the moment alot Tron
4863s	dropped I think for the next 3 weeks
4866s	almost every other day I was like okay
4868s	guys everybody that hasn't killed Al
4870s	Tron yet let's go join the party we're
4872s	we're all coming in it's a big Alat Tron
4874s	train and we're going to kill them a
4875s	bunch of times everybody get your
4877s	materials it was a celebration it was
4879s	that it was for go to Roth we did the
4881s	same thing for Safi J we did did the
4883s	same thing so it was a ton of fun I
4886s	agree the latron was crazy because that
4890s	was the the wall that everyone hit and I
4893s	think everyone who was streaming at the
4895s	time like worked together to figure it
4898s	out and I I remember that day that it
4900s	launched and I was like I'm not sleeping
4903s	so I everyone here I'm sure you guys
4906s	understand we did not sleep until we
4908s	figured it out you know and it was crazy
4912s	and so I always remember remember that
4913s	you know laton's crazy so good good
4916s	point good
4917s	point thanks for that alaton as well we
4920s	appreciate you bringing the community
4923s	together for the greater GI great
4929s	good after you after you good sir um
4933s	before we I know we're talking a little
4934s	bit about like world and and rise and
4937s	you know obviously like the series has
4939s	reached like this this Global um Global
4941s	status where like a bunch of people are
4943s	playing it and everybody knows about it
4944s	but um let's let's wind it back a little
4946s	bit so I don't know if any of you guys
4948s	you know played the first Monster Hunter
4950s	on PS2 or played some of the games on
4951s	PSP and if if you have um what was that
4955s	first experience like and if you haven't
4957s	um are there any like monsters from that
4959s	era that may be like really connected
4960s	with you yeah like I was saying earlier
4963s	that's where I started
4965s	PS2 and just that first Cuda that
4968s	destroyed me has stayed with me and it's
4971s	become one of my favorite monsters
4972s	throughout the series just a you know
4975s	goofy pink chicken monster that breathes
4978s	fire it I've never seen anything like
4981s	that do playing Monster Hunter and it's
4984s	been fun watching that monster evolve
4987s	throughout the series as it comes in and
4989s	you know it gets subspecies and similar
4992s	species to it like Yan
4996s	garuga um even though I didn't play the
4999s	initial games I did watch my brother get
5001s	very angry and throw his controller many
5003s	times um and I do remember him getting
5007s	really angry about the cut which I
5010s	thought like are you serious and he's
5012s	like yes and I was like okay so you know
5016s	you're right like seeing it evolve is
5018s	very interesting to me as a spectator as
5020s	well so that was very yeah that was very
5024s	cool that you said that cuz it did it
5026s	did Peak my interest a little bit I
5029s	think back then even though I didn't
5030s	play the game so yeah
5033s	so I I always hear about the the C C and
5036s	how it was a wall for a lot of uh
5037s	players in monst H one I didn't really
5040s	play mon hun one but like I I said
5041s	earlier I did play Freedom Unite with my
5043s	friend and one of my Fondest Memories
5046s	was actually Gibs Ros because Gib Ros
5049s	does that thing where he plays dead but
5051s	he's actually not dead and so my friend
5054s	completely trolled me he was like oh
5056s	yeah he's dead let's let's go carve now
5058s	and what not music stops and you're like
5059s	oh okay this is fine I go up to carve
5061s	now it's not working like is it glitch
5063s	do we get this and then he just like
5065s	does his thing and one shots me and I
5066s	was like hey wait a minute and my
5068s	friend's just laughing himself I was
5070s	like what the hell what do you mean
5073s	that's not
5074s	fair I like how they waited they let him
5078s	let him
5080s	cook let him figure it out I I love that
5083s	cuz that's what we do too cuz we're like
5085s	oh this would be perfect because they
5087s	don't know that becomes kind of like a
5089s	ride of Passage whenever we bring a new
5092s	player and we're playing the older games
5093s	or something it's always like oh yeah
5095s	yeah yeah Gib Ros yeah let's do Gib Ros
5097s	oh yeah he's fine go go ahead and go get
5099s	your loot it's fine it's all
5102s	good say for me I joined a little bit
5105s	later I was I was a 3u that was my as I
5107s	mentioned my first one same yeah then
5110s	quite rapidly as well I was like I'm
5112s	going to get into for you and then like
5114s	for you's when I was like yeah I love
5116s	this franchise like I really enjoyed 3u
5118s	and I was like this is great this game's
5119s	cool and then I jumped onto 4u and yeah
5122s	the rest kind of History I was I was in
5125s	since since then um and yeah it was it
5128s	was really special how even between
5130s	three you and four you how different the
5131s	games felt you know one thing about
5133s	monster hunter is like each generation
5135s	has a different feel to it and some new
5137s	additions and things like that was
5139s	keeping the core DNA there and so you're
5142s	always on your toes always finding out
5143s	fresh things even for your favorite
5145s	weapons the identity is still there but
5148s	they play a bit different on there have
5149s	a few tricks or what they have has
5150s	changed like you know when you think for
5152s	example between 3 to four you and then
5155s	jumping ahead and you look at the
5156s	difference between like world and Rise
5158s	there's always something new and there's
5159s	always something to grow as a hunter to
5161s	try out and that's that's what I found
5164s	really really
5165s	fun yeah um you know speaking speaking
5168s	of that era where you kind of started
5170s	Jon that's also where or I started as
5172s	well um and honestly it's like it's the
5174s	guid from the community and different
5175s	creators that helped me really get into
5177s	it so um we talked about a little bit
5179s	but is there any like kind of key
5181s	memories from that era of Monster Hunter
5183s	3s that um that really resonated with
5186s	you
5187s	guys the first time jumping in the water
5190s	and actually being able to swim in it
5192s	that was
5194s	amazing there's so many memories I can't
5197s	even I
5198s	mean gor magala uh showing up uh ttic
5202s	Cabra you know fighting that and then
5205s	you know making all the armor sets I
5207s	think that that game also hooked me I
5210s	couldn't believe how
5213s	Immaculate to me that game was and it's
5216s	still to this day um just indented into
5220s	my I guess memory I even told uh the
5224s	previous Community managers to changed
5226s	my life and they're like huh and I'm
5228s	like no I'm being serious this game
5229s	changed my life and I think they kind of
5232s	were like taken back by that and I was
5234s	like no it it was I my hands were
5238s	bruised that's how much I held on to my
5241s	3DS and it was bruised on the sides and
5243s	it was cl I was clenching the whole time
5246s	I wouldn't didn't move most of my days I
5248s	was in my bed playing crafting and it
5251s	was just I almost felt like I was manic
5254s	um I love the game so much and I was
5257s	like it's this is it I I love monah
5260s	Hunter and I think that that definitely
5262s	solidified my passion for you days um so
5267s	yeah it it's
5268s	great I mean monsa for ultimate is
5271s	literally the only reason why I even
5273s	bought a 3DS to begin with cuz I was I
5276s	don't care about 3DS at all like I
5278s	usually play Home console and stuff like
5280s	that but for ultimate did not come out
5283s	on home consol so I was like well I have
5284s	to get this 3DS cuz I definitely want to
5286s	be playing this game and for ultimate is
5289s	still one of my favorite Monster Hunter
5291s	stories and I know that a lot of people
5293s	don't really play the game for the story
5294s	it's more for the gameplay Loop and all
5295s	that but the journey that you take
5298s	throughout monst for ultimate from the
5300s	beginning where you fight uh is it is it
5302s	the ran ran or J R I think it's the ran
5304s	in for ultimate you fight the ran ran I
5306s	was like this fight is awesome you you
5308s	load the Cannons with the bullets and
5310s	you shoot the Cannons and the the whale
5312s	flies over you and what not and all
5314s	these crazy things I I love that and
5316s	I've been asking since forever please
5318s	bring them back at some point I had such
5321s	hopes for uh for rise to see them in
5323s	Rise but yeah uh I I love that
5326s	introduction and I love the progression
5328s	of the story because in for ultimate you
5330s	actually get to visit multiple villages
5332s	so you get that feeling cuz every
5335s	village in Monster Hunter always has a
5337s	very unique vibe to it from the music to
5340s	the NPCs that are there to the
5342s	interactions and even the quests and
5344s	some of the characters that you meet
5345s	while you are there and then for
5346s	ultimate you get to experience that
5348s	feeling multiple times which to me was
5351s	really cool and and you know even the
5353s	the whole thing about men maxing your
5355s	pico a little bit and and for ultimate
5357s	we also got charge blade for the first
5359s	time and mounting for the first time so
5362s	I was even playing insect glaive cuz I
5364s	just wanted to mount all the time cuz I
5365s	thought oh this mechanic is so cool and
5367s	just like stabbing at the monster while
5369s	he while he's like wildly trying to get
5371s	you off and what not it
5373s	was you remember the pizza cutter thing
5376s	the oh yeah the I just remember seeing
5380s	that for the first time cuz you're just
5382s	like grouping up with people and you're
5383s	like is that pizza and for me I was
5386s	shocked and I was like oh what weapon is
5389s	that I can do I get pizza and I had a I
5391s	Had a Hammer of course we're not going
5393s	to have a pizza so I was like oh I need
5395s	to try that weapon it didn't click with
5396s	me at the time but it looked cool they
5398s	had really cool weapons you know Styles
5400s	and everything that that made me laugh a
5403s	lot too uh so yeah I believe that the
5407s	the first corn popper was Freedom Unite
5410s	if I'm not mistaken so we also had the
5411s	corn popper corn
5415s	popper it's just a big it's just a big
5418s	piece of corn which interestingly enough
5421s	in Monson rise was like one of the best
5423s	gun lexes in the game oh man that sounds
5427s	cool I I did not yeah I need to play
5429s	that weapon now corn popper play gun
5432s	guns are so funny so many different
5435s	designs hey it's always good go back you
5438s	know
5439s	yeah it's like when I first saw uh the
5443s	tuna great sword I was like it's yeah no
5447s	an ice Elemental great swword no I'm
5449s	holding an actual spear tuna by the nose
5452s	and Swinging it at monsters and then for
5455s	like Hammer you get this teddy bear that
5458s	you beat people with yeah this is
5460s	perfect I love
5463s	[Music]
5464s	this yeah the range of weapons you know
5467s	you got your serious kind of weapons you
5468s	got the cool looking weapons more
5470s	traditional ones and then obviously
5471s	you've got like the uh omy weapons
5474s	almost like you know I think is it you
5476s	can get a couple of muds of beer or some
5479s	other beverage in I think is it World fr
5482s	for du
5483s	blades get the doo dual blades in rise
5487s	like yeah there's there's a load of cool
5489s	weapons obviously you know the sword and
5490s	shield though you know we're quite
5491s	humble mostly I I did I did get my zoga
5494s	sword and shield and Rise though I do
5496s	like that it growls when you bring it
5502s	out um and kind of talking of that
5504s	obviously we've touched the onor how we
5506s	know we got into Monster Hunter whether
5507s	that's friends family content creators
5510s	or looking for a challenge and you know
5512s	during all that time in the early days
5514s	you know for many it was kind of seen as
5516s	kind of a niche game um almost and then
5519s	all of that changed with a little game
5522s	called mon
5524s	what so how was that for you seeing this
5528s	game that you love and this community
5530s	that you've been a part of and kind of
5532s	nurtured for so long suddenly kind of
5535s	really Go Global how was that how was
5538s	that was insane cuz I was at that E3 and
5542s	normally it's like okay we'll have one
5544s	Community manager there we had all of
5547s	them on staff there that day and tons of
5550s	the content creators there and I'm like
5553s	oh this is a big thing we've got this
5555s	big huge statue of Rathalos looking up
5558s	at that and I'm like this is this isn't
5560s	just you know the niche little fandom
5563s	that I had before no this is Monster
5566s	Hunter
5567s	worldwide and just being there with
5570s	everybody was so cool and me people that
5573s	been with the series for a while or just
5576s	getting into it we'd have all kinds of
5578s	you know people that aren't used to the
5580s	series come up and be like what is this
5582s	big monster here and it's like well this
5585s	is athlos you know he's one of the main
5588s	flagships of this game series and being
5590s	able to tell them about it and then
5592s	actually getting to see the game play
5594s	and it's not flat world anymore it's all
5598s	these massive Landscapes and being able
5601s	to Frack the monsters around and
5604s	actually feel like you're hunting them
5606s	was it it's
5609s	insane
5611s	um it's hard for me to put a lot of this
5614s	stuff into words uh to be quite honest
5616s	because when I saw the words monstah
5620s	Hunter on my screen when they made the
5622s	announcement I felt my whole body bumps
5625s	everywhere I was Goosebumps I almost
5628s	wanted to tear up I screamed in my house
5630s	I remember the day I was like moer is
5633s	coming to Playstation I I still feel it
5638s	like I just I remember who was around me
5640s	I remember the moment and I was like
5642s	this is going to be crazy because it was
5645s	always on handheld for me so to be able
5648s	to play on my you know
5652s	PS4 nuts and I was like this is this is
5655s	it everyone has to play now everyone has
5658s	to so I I remember the trail of Twitter
5662s	T posts I was making I was like so it's
5664s	time for you guys all to play now you
5666s	have no excuse It's on PS4 you're going
5668s	to have a demo that means a demo so when
5672s	the demo came out it was over I was
5674s	playing that Non-Stop and didn't sleep
5676s	it was awesome and I could slide down
5679s	you know with my hammer and you know I I
5681s	was just it was great anyway moving on I
5684s	love I I loved it all of
5686s	it so to me that was so meaningful that
5689s	I actually don't remember a single other
5691s	thing that was announced during daddy3
5693s	was like no whatever Monster Hunters
5696s	finally out because the thing was I had
5698s	I had covered monster hunter in my
5700s	channel uh before the announcement of
5703s	world but it was always like one of
5705s	those things where I couldn't really
5706s	dedicate as much time as I wanted to it
5708s	because one of the things about content
5710s	creation is about timing right and so
5712s	monster hunter games before that were
5714s	out in Japan and then one year later
5716s	they would come to the west and by then
5719s	most of the really you know dedicated
5721s	content crors would they would buy the
5723s	Japanese version and they would like
5725s	somehow manage to interpret what was
5727s	going on in the game and I was like I I
5728s	can't do that like I don't know I can't
5731s	try out the game in Japanese it's just
5734s	really weird to me I I can't play it
5736s	like that so when I realized that this
5737s	one was going to have a worldwide
5739s	release I was like oh my god I've been
5740s	waiting for this for so long I've been
5742s	wanting to cover so instantly just like
5744s	video after video telling people about
5746s	how amazing this game is and we all need
5748s	to play this game this is going to be
5750s	insane and it was that and then the
5753s	moment the demo came out was when it all
5756s	came together because I was like up
5758s	until that point you don't really know
5759s	what the game play feels like cuz
5761s	Monster Hunter has this texture to it to
5764s	the way that it plays the way that each
5766s	move feels and where you hit the monster
5768s	and all of that and with the more let's
5772s	say more fluid animations that were
5774s	seeing for Monster hun world and all a
5776s	lot of people were questioning
5777s	themselves is it still going to feel
5779s	like Monster Hunter and when we finally
5781s	get our hands in the beta it's like yes
5784s	it still feels like it's so good and it
5787s	was it was just completely Insanity from
5790s	there I I was completely addicted I put
5792s	in over way over a 100 hours in that
5794s	demo checked out every single weapon uh
5797s	did runs where we were killing all of
5799s	the monsters that were just there that
5801s	you weren't even supposed to kill like
5802s	chase after Rathalos cuz he shows up and
5806s	chase after ananth when he shows up and
5809s	there was even like a rare monster that
5811s	wouldn't always show up which was PUK
5812s	PUK I think so like there was a chance
5815s	that the PUK PUK would spawn in the map
5817s	but it would only do it like once every
5819s	100 times or something ridiculous like
5821s	that so everybody was running through
5823s	the beta over and over and over trying
5824s	to see if they could get the PUK PUK to
5827s	spawn yeah I think one of the cool
5829s	things about world also and iceborn um
5832s	getting to iceborn is that it was the
5835s	first kind of like free title update and
5838s	expansion that that was all happening
5840s	for a monster under title so it was like
5843s	the game launched and then it was like a
5844s	longer term relationship with the game
5846s	honestly like several years of of
5848s	playing and people are still playing
5849s	today so um I think that's one of the
5851s	cool things is that you know being able
5853s	to like go along for the ride see all
5855s	the monsters revealed with the different
5857s	events and what not um I think that was
5859s	that was just really cool to see and I
5860s	know the team really loves um you know
5862s	the the monster reveals and seeing
5864s	everybody's reaction so um yeah anytime
5866s	we see you guys' reactions we're we're
5868s	always making sure that the the team of
5869s	Japan knows about it as all the the
5872s	changing of the of the Gathering Hub was
5874s	also fantastic the way that it would
5876s	completely change whenever there was a
5878s	new event like hey here's the spring
5879s	event completely different Gathering Hub
5882s	and it would always bring the community
5883s	together cuz everybody wanted to go farm
5885s	the the special like events that would
5888s	be available at any given time to get
5889s	all the special timed rewards and
5891s	whatnot I thought that was an absolute
5893s	blast and even when the sieges would
5895s	come and you know again the community
5898s	would just jump back in and everybody
5900s	would be grinding stuff it was it was
5902s	really cool and and and another really
5904s	cool aspect was the fact that the the
5906s	lobbies would actually hold more players
5908s	so you would constantly have like a
5909s	bunch of players in your lobby and
5911s	different people running different
5912s	things it was it was just such a good
5914s	time I love that yeah like the 16 people
5918s	you know player lobbies was nuts and
5920s	being able to take pictures I mean I
5922s	love taking pictures with everyone cuz
5925s	you know being able to do that capture
5927s	those memories with everyone and also
5930s	having all the Hunts be fast
5932s	so you can get your weapons and uh you
5934s	know if you're if you don't want to hunt
5936s	that monster you can go somewhere else
5938s	to the other side and someone's hunting
5940s	you know so I loved how fluid everything
5943s	was and I think also cooking the steaks
5945s	a lot faster you know it's just
5947s	everything was perfect and it felt like
5949s	a challenge you know like every time you
5951s	played the monsters that came out it was
5954s	a challenge you know and it it brought a
5956s	little bit of a good stress I think I
5959s	really love that I was like oh man this
5962s	one's going to be hard guys I guess
5964s	we're not sleeping tonight and that's
5965s	one of our favorite things to say to
5966s	each other like are you prepped for this
5969s	did you shower did you f and snacks did
5972s	you have do you have two different
5974s	Waters you can't like two different
5975s	drinks you have to have water and a
5977s	something else so we would prep each
5979s	other it was it's just so funny cuz it's
5982s	like you know when a new one you know a
5984s	new monster comes out for the free title
5986s	updates you know it's just all that
5987s	stuff you you prep each other too so
5990s	it's it's awes awesome it was awesome I
5992s	love those days and we have them again
5994s	you know we still have them again you
5996s	know people are still going you know
5997s	coming back to world I am so it's it's
6000s	it's awesome I love it yeah I loved
6004s	always seeing the big Gathering Halls
6006s	just full of people you know you have
6008s	people on one side
6010s	playing just you know at the what was it
6013s	like a little hot spring they'd just be
6015s	hanging out in there you know people
6017s	doing the arm
6019s	wrestling and it was great as a streamer
6021s	cuz you could have just different groups
6023s	of people be like all right we completed
6025s	this Quest let's Shuffle the next group
6027s	in and you just constantly be working
6030s	together towards
6032s	stuff yeah it's it's awesome and you
6034s	know you've all actually touched on kind
6035s	of our next topic which is kind of
6037s	favorite memories from world and iceborn
6039s	and you know for me it kind of starts
6040s	quite humble with having more of my
6042s	friends actually come into monst hun and
6045s	playing through with them and grinding
6047s	and farming with them but then I found
6049s	that I was getting experiences that
6051s	actually really got my half pump in
6052s	obviously talking about title updates
6054s	and you know allat trayon which I
6055s	absolutely cuz I'm AA Shi so I use
6057s	Elemental Weapons anyway so like I was
6059s	right at home but the thing with that
6062s	having that you know you had to kind of
6064s	hit that damage limit before before the
6066s	Nova attack and you think you're close
6068s	but you don't know and you know it's
6069s	going to do it soon is it escaton
6071s	judgment I think escaton judgment yeah
6074s	and I'm like are We There Are We There
6076s	have we got the horn yet and you can
6077s	hear like the heartbeat kind of go in
6079s	and then your heartbeats go in and and
6081s	the first time we beat that was just an
6083s	incredible feeling like Fatalis was
6085s	great as well Fatalis was insane but
6088s	just the kind of the kind of pressure I
6090s	felt in that hun and then the kind of
6092s	the nostalgic music playing at the end
6095s	as well when you do take down Al trayon
6097s	that that was really really really
6099s	special and as a sword and shield user I
6100s	felt validated that my Elemental set was
6108s	so
6110s	goath I TR think okay uh vampy do you
6115s	want to go cuz I have mine I the most
6119s	memorable thing about world there's most
6121s	memorable thing that happened to you
6123s	while you were playing World
6125s	oh th this is really hard guys like
6128s	there's so many things I know right
6132s	trouble with it but you know I have to
6134s	say a lot Tron because when it came out
6137s	I was like okay how is this going to be
6140s	different you know how how is it going
6141s	to be different to hunt um and also
6144s	being a hammer user everyone was
6146s	counting on me every time I streamed can
6148s	you break this for me can you and of
6151s	course you don't want to let him down
6152s	you're like yeah I got you so I had to
6155s	practice so I think I definitely
6158s	remember you know a lot of the community
6159s	would come into my streams like can you
6161s	break this for me break that for me
6163s	especially during that time and I was
6165s	giving myself a lot of stress I was like
6167s	you better break it you know the first
6169s	part you better break it so I had to be
6172s	exact with everything I was doing so
6174s	when it first came out I did I think I
6176s	slept at like 800 in the morning I had
6179s	some people come in you know previous
6181s	you know you know friends of mine in the
6184s	community and they're like are you did
6186s	you sleep yet and I'm like no we haven't
6188s	beaten it yet I will not sleep and you
6191s	shouldn't make promises at the beginning
6194s	of a stream oh I I recommend don't do
6197s	that cuz you're not going to you're not
6198s	going to rest but it that was definitely
6200s	one of my most memorable cuz when we did
6203s	finally beat him it was with the people
6206s	that um I hunted with the most cuz we
6209s	work very well together so we can
6211s	synchronize and we trusted each other
6213s	that we knew our weapons very well and I
6215s	think that's one of main things is
6218s	working with a team that knows their
6219s	weapon and knows timing um and being
6222s	able to have that you know camaraderie
6225s	with friends is awesome so yeah same
6228s	thing so uh it'd be easy to also go
6231s	after Alat Tron so I'm going to mention
6234s	two other things that were extremely
6235s	memorable for me so one of the first
6238s	ones was one of the first times I
6241s	interacted with bosle goose which ends
6243s	up being my favorite monster
6245s	particularly the the seething variant
6247s	that we got with iceborn uh that's my
6249s	favorite monster of all time easy
6251s	because I'm all about explosions and
6252s	he's all about explosions but the really
6254s	cool thing was that he would just jump
6256s	into your hunts and be the most annoying
6259s	creature ever you'd be I was fighting I
6263s	think one of the first times I was high
6265s	ranked fighting a Rabon in um the what
6269s	was it called that I forget the name of
6271s	the actual the place where Rabon hangs
6274s	at you guys know what I'm talking about
6275s	right Ron Veil the RO rotten yeah rotten
6278s	Veil so I'm in there and I'm fighting
6280s	Rabon and he comes in and he starts
6282s	dropping uh you know his bombs I was
6285s	like what what's this and then I hit one
6287s	of them by mistake and it explodes in my
6289s	face now what's going on and then he
6290s	drops then boom I was like what is this
6293s	what's going on and then he leaves and
6296s	I'm like oh okay so I continue fighting
6299s	raban and after a while he comes in does
6301s	the same thing again and I was like no
6302s	no no no no no this is not so I chase
6305s	him all over the map you're not supposed
6306s	to fight him at that point but I just
6308s	chase him all over the map and I fight
6310s	him for I don't know for how long I
6312s	fought him but I C it three I think I C
6314s	it three times him and I lost the quest
6316s	because I was just like for he rabot I
6318s	need to kill him cuz he's SP like so
6320s	like that rivalry I was super excited
6323s	about that that's that's one of my
6325s	favorite memories and the other one was
6328s	actually a
6329s	collaboration uh extremoth if you guys
6331s	remember Behemoth but like the the
6333s	extreme version of because that required
6337s	so much coordination that I had to like
6339s	bring in my uh previous expertise from
6342s	MMO rating and I was like okay guys
6344s	here's what we're going to do when he
6345s	does corib this everybody that has the
6347s	thing under you you have to go to one of
6349s	the corners of the map you have to drop
6351s	your tornado in the corner of the map
6352s	then you come back I was playing sword
6355s	and shield for that I made a a build
6357s	that was all about like wide range
6360s	healing uh speed eating whatever was the
6363s	thing that made you sometimes not
6365s	consume your your consumables I forget
6367s	what the name of the skill is but you
6369s	know I had all of those things going and
6371s	the idea was everybody in my Lobby you
6374s	never have to heal never have to worry
6376s	about that all you got to do is deal
6378s	damage okay and I know exactly when I
6381s	want the mount so I will do the mounting
6383s	when it needs to be done I will do
6385s	everything and it was it was amazing
6387s	because it was such a thing that
6388s	required so much coordination and it
6390s	took a tremendous amount of time to
6392s	actually do and it was a ton of fun to
6395s	go through and do that fight I
6398s	loved yeah I love that I mean when
6400s	you're talking about it I visually was
6402s	seeing like how everything maed out
6405s	because I never use bir radial I never I
6408s	usually just craft everything the first
6410s	time actually used it I was like oh I
6413s	have to like have that jump mechanic you
6415s	know so I had to put on the bottom of my
6417s	radio and I was like okay do the go you
6420s	know you know the the healings and all
6422s	that stuff it's just crafting on the
6424s	spot you know so that was definitely one
6427s	of them that I had to use before using
6429s	the Dron jump to escape the meteor yeah
6432s	no I was always hiding behind the
6435s	rock it's all timing and I think that's
6438s	one of the things too like you know to
6440s	learn it right like so well that you
6442s	know the time right like everything's
6444s	timing especially with those kind of
6446s	monsters you're like okay better count
6448s	so we're counting too it was really
6450s	crazy I was like what I felt insane I
6454s	think that that hunt I definitely felt
6456s	like an insane person but also you
6458s	wanted the the armor set it's
6461s	beautiful I felt so cool and you can
6463s	change the colors and everything I was
6464s	like look at me like every time you go
6467s	into you know like the Gathering Hub and
6470s	you have a new set you always feel like
6472s	like in for you where you could like
6474s	change the color so fancy I know you
6476s	just feel so cool like oh I have it you
6478s	don't have it
6481s	oh oh you don't have oh ner oh man too
6489s	bad oh I mean you know good I
6495s	guess no but it was fun it was fun at
6498s	the same time a lot of us would be like
6500s	oh you don't have that well come on
6501s	let's go get it that's true our friend
6506s	do it was a lot of fun it was really
6509s	good
6511s	times oh God that we Circle back around
6513s	to you for what impacted me the
6517s	most was when iceborn came out and we
6521s	got near the end of it and all of a
6524s	sudden here's the general showing up you
6527s	know hey Hunter we need you it's like
6529s	there's more story you guys are adding
6531s	more and the whole Nostalgia wave of
6534s	going back and having to fight falis
6536s	again it's like ah I get to teach you
6538s	this lesson again old man here we go and
6542s	I just loved how much it was still the
6546s	same yet different at the same time it's
6549s	like a lot of the old strategy still
6551s	worked it's still Fatalis but they
6554s	change it so much with iceborn and
6558s	just again how much this game the series
6561s	evolves through time it's crazy
6565s	and it just really moved me hearing the
6567s	music again and you'd get those
6570s	Goosebumps you're like Yep this is it
6573s	again this is why I'm hooked on the
6575s	series and when you get and when you get
6577s	poof of a hero when you get him low
6579s	enough and poof of a hero kicks in it
6581s	almost it almost brings tears to your
6583s	eyes oh let's go he's down we got to get
6585s	him every time anyone talks about
6588s	anything I'm just my my face I feeling
6591s	getting hot because I'm like I know how
6593s	you feel and that's the coolest thing
6595s	like I mean anytime someone tells their
6597s	story you can feel a little bit of
6599s	yourself into in that moment you know
6602s	with them so it's awesome I see well now
6605s	it's obvious the team definitely thinks
6609s	about what they add to the game yeah and
6612s	everything they do even with the
6614s	collaboration quests they do it's not
6617s	just yep here's an outfit from this game
6620s	with World they added new quest lines
6623s	and really made you feel like part of
6625s	their world as well as part of Monster
6628s	Hunter yeah honestly when that when
6631s	proof of a hero hits in that Fatalis
6633s	fight I feel like my brain just like
6636s	hits like a weird like I don't know a
6638s	weird level where I'm just like nothing
6640s	else matters and I I think I think I've
6642s	made some mistakes in that hun at the
6643s	end because I've just stopped thinking
6644s	at that point it's just it's too crazy I
6647s	mean on my first solo Kill by the end I
6650s	I was actually playing sword and shield
6651s	and I was just like mashing circle like
6653s	just die there was like seconds left
6656s	just die please just
6658s	die and you don't know when cuz they're
6660s	just just moving back and forth and it's
6662s	not very obvious cuz you're in contained
6664s	area you're like uh you going to
6668s	die for me it me up like that music hits
6672s	and I'm standing up now playing the game
6674s	like come on let's go the lean
6678s	in wow it was hard though man like
6681s	Fatalis is hard but that was
6685s	rough uh yeah that was a rough one for
6688s	sure but very fun and he looked amazing
6690s	oh my God just to see you in that way I
6693s	was like dang what like I a you're like
6696s	that
6698s	blow real tiny like you would fly over
6701s	me you know like in that lava area you
6704s	know so it's very interesting to see him
6706s	that big
6708s	so yeah well we'll move it on from from
6710s	world and Ice boort obviously that's
6712s	such a huge topic it's really tough to
6714s	but yeah yeah we could we could keep
6716s	chatting for forever um I want to touch
6719s	on Monster Hunter stories which we just
6721s	recently announced that monster hunter
6723s	stories one is uh coming back to Modern
6726s	platforms which is really exciting but
6728s	um have you guys played either of the
6730s	two stories games I mean we we both Jon
6733s	and I I think we've already talked about
6734s	some of our memories uh in the pretty
6736s	show we both love those games and the
6737s	different like kind of turnbas RPG style
6740s	it brings to the series but uh how about
6742s	you guys oh yeah I played them like when
6745s	I first saw them it was their
6748s	predecessor there was this arcade
6751s	machine in Japan called Monster Hunter
6753s	spirits and they'd have all these little
6756s	baby designs of monsters I was like
6758s	those are really cute I really want
6759s	those and then seeing them bring it over
6763s	to consoles change it to Monster Hunter
6766s	stories I was like Yep this is what I
6768s	want I love these kind of games
6771s	and just the characters really grab me I
6773s	I know nairo is not for everyone but I
6776s	absolutely adore him really excited
6779s	first game's coming back because not
6781s	many people have experienced that story
6783s	and it gives so much backstory on him
6786s	and it will make you love him just the
6790s	story The Narrative and the game play is
6792s	great cuz you're
6794s	actually getting to fight with these
6796s	monsters that you've known and love over
6798s	the years and just forming that bond
6801s	with him is so
6803s	cool yeah I I definitely agree I think
6806s	that um when I initially started getting
6809s	into the M Hunter series um being able
6812s	to play with others but um My First Love
6814s	is RPG like just those turn-based style
6817s	games so having that style of game for
6821s	mosah Hunter um introduced to me um you
6825s	know and being able to play it was is
6827s	just two of the best worlds together for
6830s	me seeing it very cute in that way chibi
6833s	and also like their story and also like
6836s	um my friends getting my friends who are
6838s	RPG nerds like that the turnbas style um
6841s	getting them into it was really easy
6843s	they're like oh why do you always play
6845s	Moss Hunter what are these monsters I
6847s	don't understand anything and even
6849s	though they don't like the other kind of
6850s	game style they could play this and they
6853s	thoroughly enjoyed this so the stories
6856s	was perfect for um every kind of person
6859s	that you know I could talk to you about
6861s	M Hunter um and they eventually learned
6863s	all the monsters too so when I would
6865s	stream the other games they were like oh
6867s	so you're that's R the Lo and I'm like
6869s	what and I never heard them talk about
6872s	mus Hunter before so it was just kind of
6874s	cool but weird at the same time oh yeah
6877s	yeah sure then that means you had to
6878s	play other games now so they they they
6881s	liked it too they loved it so I loved it
6884s	they loved it and it was it's pretty
6885s	awesome that um for me um seeing it in
6889s	that way was was really cute and fun so
6893s	yeah I'm excited for it I got to see
6896s	lakris again after so long I've missed
6900s	legris for so long cuz like I uh you
6903s	know like I said I started with try even
6904s	though it didn't really click with me I
6906s	still had fond memories of that mission
6908s	where you jump into the water and
6909s	there's lakris just being super menacing
6911s	and whatnot so being able to see him in
6913s	that game and actually have them on my
6915s	team was really cool but ultimately just
6918s	being able to actually ride a bosel
6919s	goose around I was like oh this is so
6922s	awesome and and the cool thing is also
6924s	that you fight alongside the monsters
6927s	and so you know I would also be wyvern
6930s	firing because you guys actually put gun
6933s	Lance as one of the weapons cuz I don't
6935s	think all of the weapons were in there
6936s	so the fact that we had gun LS I was
6938s	like yes gun LS and you can actually
6940s	wyvern fire alongside the monties it was
6942s	just an absolute blast I loved it and
6945s	the ultimate attack that we could do
6947s	with the bosle was also freaking amazing
6949s	so
6951s	I was like me and my boy Basel going all
6953s	over the place killing all of the other
6955s	monties and whatnot and yeah it was
6958s	perfect any game where you can befriend
6960s	kzu I think is is great in my
6965s	books is that your favorite oh no no but
6969s	it's okay I was wondering but he but he
6971s	has the best theme you got to admit I
6974s	mean oh yeah yeah that OST yeah the
6977s	headphones just explor did you say the
6979s	OST oh yeah
6981s	the
6984s	best I'm f i you rais a good point Vamp
6988s	we've not actually revealed our favorite
6989s	monsters yet so as you brought up the
6992s	topic would you like to start oh I've
6996s	you know
6997s	brados you know when I first saw him I
7000s	was like what is he doing in there you
7002s	know the lava area and for you I was
7004s	like what is his head doing and he just
7006s	blow things up you know like basle Gee
7009s	right would just blow
7010s	at the same time like what is this but I
7012s	loved just he was actually very cute to
7015s	me even though he was like causing
7017s	destruction I was like this guy's
7018s	adorable and I think Guild M helped in
7021s	that you know she kept to talking about
7022s	him and made me obsessed too and I was
7024s	like he's pretty interesting she kind of
7026s	brainwashed me you know so I really
7028s	liked I really like Bria so that's my
7031s	favorite
7032s	monster mine is kind of evoled over the
7035s	years since you know I started with the
7037s	beginning and just the love of cutu
7039s	lasted quite a long time then finally
7042s	Generations came out and I see gamos on
7045s	this big beautiful elepant and fell in
7048s	love with her and then now we've got
7051s	Malino and I just absolutely love the
7054s	vampire Vibes of him and color scheme
7057s	and just everything clicks with
7060s	me yeah th those are awesome but again
7063s	to me it's seething bosle Goose I mean
7065s	he literally jumps up in the air drops a
7068s	bunch of bombs and then explodes as a
7071s	nuclear explosion in the middle of the
7072s	map gorgeous love it can't get enough of
7075s	it you're like I'm a simple man exactly
7078s	I like explosions you know how they say
7080s	cool guys will look at explosions that's
7082s	not me look I I feel that though I feel
7085s	that that I see it every time someone
7088s	talks about their favorite monster and
7089s	is that one I know them already I'm like
7092s	okay I see how you what you like I see
7095s	what you like
7098s	full how about you well yeah I I'm a
7101s	devil Joe fan I have to it's my name is
7104s	you like but also yeah I love I love the
7106s	pickle you know it's got like the tiny
7108s	tiny arm so it's just invades right in
7111s	you know just completely destroys
7113s	whatever hunt that you're doing which um
7115s	I I love that it's just like the
7117s	unpredictability and also yes just got
7118s	so much charm you know it's just like
7120s	this do you remember the pickles that
7121s	they used to sell do you you ever see
7123s	those they at the Caravan they sold
7126s	devil J pickles it was
7128s	really I bought I have a I still have it
7131s	which is kind of gross but I still have
7132s	the
7134s	thing I was like why but then I bought
7137s	it I was like how many years ago now I
7139s	don't want to remember cuz I I didn't
7141s	all at it either I said it's kind of
7143s	gross but
7145s	anyway yeah but a devil Joe yeah he's I
7149s	think he's the devil Joe his character
7151s	we could talk about this for the whole
7152s	stream but like Devil Joe's character is
7154s	very interesting like you want to troll
7156s	him yeah yeah like he uh not very
7160s	serious to me he's just like there and
7162s	he's just he's just hungry all the time
7164s	no scared of him I'm just like okay go
7167s	over
7168s	there oh but yeah but yeah before we end
7171s	up on the mythology if not devil Joe
7173s	eats his own tail or not um my my
7176s	favorite monster and I'm not copying you
7178s	I swear is brai Deus as well um it's
7181s	blue first of all and I'm quite fond of
7183s	that color um explosions like early on
7186s	in my monant tenure I I really kind of
7189s	likeed slime weapons I I loved
7191s	explosions and blast but not to the
7193s	level of gun Lance appreciators
7195s	obviously they like big explosions and
7196s	obviously that what we now know as the
7198s	blast status and I just love its music I
7202s	love how it fights I love how it looks
7205s	it's raw and then obviously in in ice
7209s	born with raging
7210s	brachy like normally when a monster
7213s	nearly nearly done it's limping away
7215s	it's get to sleeper R and bra is like oh
7217s	no no no no I'm not stuck in here with
7219s	you you're stuck in here with me and
7221s	then it creates that Arena neither of
7223s	you are leaving until the others fallen
7225s	and I just think that's like one of the
7227s	most badass things I've seen in a video
7229s	game it just flips the end of a hunt on
7232s	its head and if things get even harder
7234s	for you you know you you sled against
7236s	this giant brackie for ages and it's not
7238s	done with you yet um so yeah i' I've got
7242s	to be another one for the big blue
7244s	monster um I kind of talking as well I
7246s	know obviously Kath mentioned Malo
7249s	obviously rise and sunbreak the the most
7251s	recent Capcom Monster Hunter releases
7254s	like for me like talking about my
7257s	favorite parts of that is I've never
7258s	played so many different weapons in a
7260s	monster huner game than I did rise and
7262s	sunre and for me that would be the the
7264s	different the switch Scrolls and switch
7266s	scroll Swap and the silk bind attacks I
7269s	loved they introduced Shield bash and
7271s	metsu Shi for the sword and shield which
7273s	I loved they they made the switch AE
7276s	into this aerial Menace like no other
7279s	title made me explore so many weapons
7281s	and I love it for that uh what about you
7283s	guys what what were your highlights of
7285s	rise and Sun
7286s	Break honestly I really liked the I
7290s	forget where we called them now but that
7292s	base defense little mini game we had
7294s	Rampage R that's it uh I just thought it
7298s	was cool cuz it was something different
7300s	it's like yes we're still hunting the
7301s	monsters but we're on defense not on
7304s	offense this time we're not going to
7305s	their home they're coming our home yeah
7308s	just the story of that game really hit
7310s	me too especially as they added the
7313s	Rampages following along with the story
7316s	and how you know following uh narwa and
7323s	abushi and just how they interacted with
7325s	the atdcs was really
7327s	cool yeah that was definitely a lunch
7329s	date that I'd say they remember but
7331s	abushi probably
7334s	won't like further in the sunbreak when
7337s	they added the ability to T with the
7340s	NBCS I thought that was great that's
7342s	something I've been W for a long time
7344s	cuz a lot of times I'll play solo if I'm
7347s	not streaming or I have friends online
7350s	and then I still have that camaraderie
7352s	with the NPCs and some of them are
7355s	unpredictable you know I never know when
7357s	they're going to shoot me in the back of
7358s	the head while I'm trying to go after a
7360s	monster or or sometimes they'll just run
7362s	off and you're like what are they doing
7364s	and then here they come riding in on a
7367s	monster it's like I love this this is
7371s	perfect I I really like the theme of the
7374s	whole game it's just very different from
7377s	what I was used to anyway um especially
7379s	vastly different from world and iceborn
7383s	um being able to um get to know the NPCs
7388s	uh was very interesting too because they
7390s	had a lot of Personality like they
7391s	always had personality but like a lot
7393s	more in this game and also um I do agree
7397s	with the trying new weapons I actually
7400s	tried all of the weapons in this one and
7402s	played all of the weapons as this one as
7404s	much as possible more than uh generally
7407s	what I would just use use hammer or
7409s	hunting horn or something um
7411s	also being able to guess the next
7414s	monsters I think is always really fun so
7416s	shagaru magala gor magala Asos you know
7420s	that was freaking me out because I was
7421s	like oh this is crazy like seeing them
7425s	come back and you know I kind of guessed
7427s	it was Gore but then I mean everyone's
7429s	was doing their guessing game online so
7431s	seeing them again uh was very exciting
7434s	uh especially if you're like playing for
7436s	you a lot and those games and
7438s	generations you're like oh they're back
7441s	that's really cool um and of course
7443s	everyone ate a lot of Dongo and then you
7445s	know that was really fun because
7447s	everyone's like I'm full of dongle again
7450s	and we always made jokes about that
7452s	they're like what are you eating today
7453s	oh Dongo what else do you think I'm
7455s	eating and also the little tiny Tetra
7457s	that was really cute seeing that in
7460s	there so I think they put a lot of like
7462s	thought into all of the ideas into that
7465s	game um especially for fans so I really
7469s	enjoyed
7470s	it I mean I I feel like I've already
7473s	revealed this in some some other video
7475s	that we did uh a while back but like one
7477s	of my favorite moments was when I
7478s	unlocked blast Dash because I was just
7481s	in the training area and then suddenly I
7483s	realize wait I can chain this move so
7486s	I'm like blast Dash and then I blast
7488s	Dash in the opposite Direction and I can
7490s	you can do it like three times in a row
7492s	and I was like wait what I I can
7494s	basically fly that was even a meme that
7496s	people made where there was uh because
7498s	we had uh the wire bugs right so people
7501s	were saying that normal users of uh of
7504s	normal players of mons rise were like
7506s	Spider-Man and the gun Lance players
7508s	were like Iron Man because we were
7510s	flying around with the gun very that was
7513s	so much fun and the tremendous amount of
7516s	play styles that it unlocked for for gun
7518s	LS where you had
7519s	um at the beginning of Rise you had like
7522s	steak spam because you could basically
7525s	just constantly do the worm steak and
7527s	then you would do guard reload and then
7528s	worm steak again and then you had
7531s	different play styles with Full Burst
7533s	and it was crazy like the just the
7535s	amount of play styles that the game
7536s	unlocked for any given weapon was
7538s	completely insane which was one of my
7540s	favorite aspects of it I did play a ton
7543s	of different weapons as well but as per
7545s	usual I I settled on the gun Lance and
7547s	once we got to the sunbreak they even
7550s	gave us the bullet barrage which is like
7554s	just unload all the gun Lance things at
7557s	once and you blast Dash into the monster
7560s	and naturally you know gun L Mains all
7563s	had to come up with a way we need to
7564s	just do this skill nonstop so just get
7569s	all the things that synergize with quick
7571s	wire bug recovery and bullet barrage
7574s	bullet barrage bullet sick yeah I I may
7579s	have picked up gun lights because of
7580s	your videos on that once I saw the uh
7583s	the bull verage I'm like I'm in I'm in
7585s	so I H it quite a bit with the gun LS
7587s	it's it's pretty
7589s	incredible oh it's awesome yeah like
7592s	talking of the monsters actually
7593s	obviously you know uh you mentioned
7594s	obviously like the themes obviously we
7596s	got the yo-kai and then you've kind of
7598s	got folklore monsters in in sunbreak and
7601s	you know even me see I I love gor magala
7603s	as well it's from like top three monster
7605s	for me and seeing it come back and I
7607s	remember when the trailer came out it's
7608s	like is that a gosar variant and then no
7611s	Gala come out of nowhere and like yeah
7615s	gosar is well like this monster when it
7617s	stuns you get a unique animation where
7618s	it slowly drags its ice blade up to you
7621s	and things like that and and then
7623s	obviously I I can't get this Quest out
7625s	my head I can't remember the name
7626s	exactly but when the curio are kind of
7628s	at their highest strength guys of M gor
7631s	is on the horizon and you go into the
7633s	Citadel and everything is gone there's
7636s	no spir birds there's no endemic life
7638s	there's no small monsters you even see
7640s	the corpses of large monsters there's no
7642s	music it's silent and I've not
7644s	experienced anything like that a monster
7646s	game a narrative caught me off guard so
7649s	much um that was quite something and I
7653s	really wanted to talk about it like once
7655s	I played through it like when the game
7656s	was out but I couldn't because I wanted
7658s	other people to have that experience and
7660s	that surprise like what kind of thing
7662s	whether it's a favorite monster from
7664s	Rise and sunbreak or a favorite moment
7666s	like that what would you say really
7668s	stood out to you
7670s	yeah definitely that moment you
7671s	described because it it reminded me
7672s	almost of like Resident Evil you're like
7675s	everything around me is dead everything
7677s	is gone what is going
7679s	on
7681s	um yeah just that moment was
7685s	insane I just as he said I've never
7689s	experienced something like that with
7690s	monster hunter where it's just all of a
7692s	sudden the ecosystem is gone cuz we've
7695s	always kind of had that living breathing
7697s	world and just haveit
7702s	vanish I I'm I I'm going to say that too
7706s	because um I was streaming that moment
7708s	actually and I I felt like uh almost
7713s	confused because I was like is this
7716s	where it's going later I don't know I
7717s	mean we're not going to speculate other
7719s	games or whatever but that tone is
7722s	something that kind of was a bit
7724s	overwhelming for me because I'm not used
7726s	to that at all we're not used to that
7728s	that feeling that that eeriness and I
7731s	think that you know that was well
7733s	translated I mean huge props to the dev
7736s	is like doing that because I think it
7739s	also kind of like created a few more new
7743s	wrinkles in my brain to think about okay
7745s	what's the future what's the future
7747s	going to hold in other titles you know
7749s	what I mean so I'm always thinking like
7751s	okay they they know how to do that very
7753s	well so you know um but of course you
7756s	know of course the themes I love gos
7759s	frog I think that is definitely my
7760s	favorite from that game and fighting
7763s	that monster I I think is just so much
7765s	fun so
7767s	yeah so one of my favorite moments uh I
7771s	mean maybe it's my Portuguese blood or
7773s	something but it's when we see the the
7775s	scene with the ship and the captain is
7777s	in there and they're getting ready for
7779s	the final assault and and I'm thinking
7781s	to myself oh we're going to fight on the
7783s	ship this going to be amazing and
7784s	unfortunately that wasn't the case but
7786s	still having the the ship there and and
7789s	that moment where I think he throws a
7790s	rock or something and the Admiral is
7792s	just standing there doesn't even move
7795s	and then L goes in real quick with the
7797s	gun shoots the rock out but the Admiral
7799s	doesn't even Flinch cuz he's ready for
7801s	war we're going in the the the freaking
7804s	um the the Cannons the were they the
7806s	dragonator Cannons or whatever it was
7808s	that then when you're fighting guys mcor
7810s	you can actually call them in and they
7812s	just shoot this explosive dragonator
7814s	that starts detonating all over the
7816s	place like I love that moment that
7819s	moment was absolutely amazing it's not
7822s	my favorite fight I still like the fight
7824s	a lot if I had to say a favorite fight
7826s	it's probably going to be vrax like vrax
7829s	in that game is really good and
7831s	especially some of the what was that um
7835s	there was a was one of the hazard quests
7838s	or something at the end of Rise where
7840s	the laser would just one-hot you and
7842s	there's even sometimes a moment where
7844s	maybe you'll cart and then you're
7845s	jumping back into that new map and this
7848s	second that you land he's just like I
7852s	see the laser to the face instantly the
7856s	panic I just remember Panic all the
7863s	time yeah for for me um I really like
7867s	violet msun which um has a has a really
7870s	like interesting like Spirit Bomb Type
7873s	move um so you're kind of just like
7875s	staring up at that and trying to like
7876s	add as much damage as you can uh and if
7879s	that that thing hits you it's all it's
7880s	all over so um that one in particular is
7883s	a favorite for me uh another one a
7885s	memory I share with Kath uh is fighting
7887s	uh flaming
7889s	espinos was coming
7892s	yeah yeah we want to hear this we are
7895s	trapped in a room not trapped we're in a
7897s	room playing basically what for an
7899s	entire day uh TGs demo build um so the
7903s	difficulty is twe you know just to be
7904s	like a little bit tougher um and the uh
7908s	you know you don't have your you're set
7909s	and everything so you're a little bit
7910s	you're not so comfy but uh yeah we
7912s	basically hunted for an entire day I
7913s	think we carded like over I don't know
7915s	what do you think Kath like 20 times oh
7918s	more than
7919s	that that's awesome that's cool that you
7923s	shed that together that event we had
7926s	multiple TGs builds of various Capcom
7929s	games around we had Street Fighter um
7932s	what else was
7934s	there uh yeah all us was Hunter and
7939s	beating flaming
7941s	ass sounds about right got to beat it
7945s	yeah we did we did not move we were H we
7946s	were locked in until we got it yeah and
7949s	we finally did get it and then I I I
7950s	went back and I told the team how many
7951s	tries to took us and they were very
7953s	happy so they been Lov to hearing that
7955s	it was really tough oh that's great
7958s	that's awesome the on on release of
7960s	flaming espinos there's a really fun
7962s	story cuz I would always make these very
7965s	defensive gun L sets so that I could be
7967s	super comfortable when I was fighting so
7969s	the moment that I'm fighting flaming
7971s	espinas because you know I had seen the
7973s	trailer and all that I'm sitting there
7974s	with my big set and he's coming in with
7977s	his big nuke that even like starts
7980s	posturing that the one that One-Shots
7981s	everybody right he's coming in with that
7983s	big nuke and I could easily Superman
7987s	dive that but I was like no I my exact
7991s	words were I can block this 100%
7995s	oh you want to know like
7999s	that was like super arrogant like I can
8001s	block this 100% And he just like boom
8004s	dead I was like oh okay I guess not
8007s	never mind that's why I try not to talk
8009s	anymore cuz I'm just like a man I always
8012s	get that's like a clip right there but
8015s	that's cool I know the feeling oh
8019s	man oh I think between all of us there's
8021s	been so many good memories uh with the
8023s	series whether we've been playing for
8025s	the full 20 years or 10 years um so
8028s	before we wrap uh any uh let's go around
8029s	the heart any any closing comments uh on
8032s	the 20th anniversary Kat I'll start with
8034s	you well as I keep saying you know I've
8036s	been here since the beginning and just
8038s	so weird to think you know when I
8040s	started playing I was 18 now I'm pushing
8043s	40 it's like I've I've grown with this
8047s	series and been such a big part of it
8049s	seeing so many different people come
8051s	through so many new monsters and every
8055s	game just sounds me every time and and
8059s	I'm really curious what the series will
8062s	grow into just the Leaps and Bounds
8065s	we've made going from the 3DS games to
8071s	world then rise it's like what's next I
8075s	can't wait and it's been so fun growing
8079s	with all these different friends I've
8081s	made along the way and this community
8083s	and all the little jokes we have and can
8086s	share with each other and just know EX
8088s	exactly what everybody is thinking with
8090s	it it's amazing I love
8094s	it oh man um well first of all being
8098s	able to be here with all of you and
8100s	hearing your stories I think it's
8102s	probably the most exciting thing for me
8104s	cuz when when I'm playing um a lot of
8107s	times solo right these these thoughts go
8110s	through my mind I'm like oh I wonder if
8112s	anyone else understands how I feel about
8114s	this title and they do everyone does and
8117s	um being a fan first and foremost for
8121s	this series is probably the most
8124s	rewarding thing um of this whole bit
8127s	right here for mus Hunter's 20th
8129s	anniversary um it's just it's insane for
8132s	me um I think that my friends I still
8135s	talk to all the time every time there's
8138s	announcement we text each other we write
8140s	each other in Discord like we're writing
8142s	we immediately writing each other did
8143s	you see it's like 4 in the morning did
8145s	you see what did you see that I went to
8148s	the rest room but did you see that did
8149s	you and we text each other and we're
8151s	awake somehow at the same time and then
8154s	we talk about it and it's just this
8157s	ongoing thing with our groups of friends
8160s	and even on Twitter you know or just X
8162s	or whatever they call it now but you
8164s	know it's just um it's it's awesome and
8168s	I can't wait to see the next game I know
8169s	it's going to be insane the team always
8172s	thinks about the fans they're always
8174s	thinking thinking about for the you know
8176s	the next big thing so I know it's
8178s	probably going to be
8179s	[Music]
8181s	insane so one of the most special things
8184s	uh for Monster Hunter for me is
8187s	naturally the friendships that are made
8189s	along the way like uh everybody's been
8190s	saying because you know it was through
8192s	monster hunter that I became friends
8193s	with gun Hunter uh the Eric Gaming Team
8197s	all amazing people and even more content
8200s	creators that I've uh created content
8202s	with just invited people to the podcast
8205s	and what not it's been absolutely
8206s	fantastic but another thing that I
8210s	always notice when it comes to monster
8213s	hunter games is that you can tell that
8216s	the team working on this game is a team
8219s	that is extremely passionate because
8222s	they pay attention to the smallest
8225s	little details that probably 90% of
8228s	people are not even going to look like
8230s	one of the things that I always like
8231s	bringing up is in the in the canteen for
8234s	Monster Hunter World base game there's
8237s	that Calico that's blowing into the fire
8240s	with a tube and it's he's just sitting
8243s	there blowing Into the Fire and you know
8245s	if you're a part of an animation
8247s	Department super Bree just make an
8249s	animation and the palico just said
8250s	they and that's it that's the animation
8253s	right but for some reason the monster
8256s	team doesn't do that so they go and they
8257s	make this palico blow into the fire
8259s	twice then he looks around looks at a
8261s	fire then he does it again and then he
8264s	looks around again different animations
8266s	like it's not the same looking around
8267s	animation
8268s	and then he does it a third time and the
8270s	fire like backdrafts onto his face and
8272s	he gets like burned and he goes like
8275s	there's this this crazy animation detail
8278s	that you don't need for any reason but
8281s	it's there and it's the attention detail
8284s	that lets you know that like no this
8286s	team loves this game the detail that
8288s	they go through with the palicos and
8290s	every little thing that you see every
8291s	little interaction that you see
8293s	throughout the world that doesn't need
8295s	to be as detailed as it is for the game
8297s	to function it doesn't have the game
8299s	play effect almost but it increases the
8302s	immersion and just showcases the sheer
8304s	raw passion that this team has for the
8306s	game and it never ceases to impress
8309s	me yeah well with that um we're headed
8313s	to the Summer where there's going to be
8315s	news for Monster runer wilds and we're
8317s	also launching monster Runner stories on
8318s	new platforms so obviously the future is
8320s	super bright we're super excited um and
8323s	we want to say thanks to you guys for
8324s	joining us we were super happy to do
8326s	this and to to have you on and to talk
8328s	all things Monster Hunter we love all
8330s	the passion for the series and the the
8331s	roles that you guys have played and and
8333s	spreading the good the good word about
8334s	Monster Hunter so thank you thank you
8336s	very much and uh yeah we we really
8338s	appreciate it thank you for having us
8340s	for having us oh my God this is really
8342s	awesome can't wait for the next game or
8345s	announc this yeah it's been super fun
8348s	and as Joe said you know summer more
8350s	news on Mon wilds and obviously you know
8352s	2025 is getting closer uh with each
8354s	passing day but yeah here is to the last
8357s	20 monst Hunter and here's to 20 more
8360s	years so happy Hunting everyone happy
8363s	Hunting Happy
8364s	[Music]
8372s	[Music]
8387s	Hunting
8388s	[Music]
8416s	a
8419s	[Music]
8420s	[Applause]
8433s	[Applause]
8438s	[Music]
8446s	oh
8450s	[Music]
8476s	[Applause]
8495s	[Music]
8506s	for
8508s	[Music]
8531s	[Music]
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8547s	[Music]
8571s	[Music]
8625s	[Applause]
8626s	a
8629s	[Music]
8656s	n
8675s	[Music]
8716s	oh
8724s	[Music]
8746s	a
8752s	[Music]
8776s	oh
8784s	[Music]
8806s	oh
8812s	[Music]
8836s	oh

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