Why your favourite monster is (not) returning in Monster Hunter Wilds

[@jakobmonsterhunter]

To clarify: This video aims to explain why/how certain monsters are chosen to return. As Director Tokuda himself says; it was difficult to bring back Yian Kut-ku because other monsters have been fulfilling the same role in the recent games. This design philosophy will limit which monsters will return in MHWilds or future games after that. The point is not that any monster has a chance to return for any reason, rather Capcom has assignment slots and then decide the best monster option for those slots. As I said in the video, I would prefer mostly returning monsters, and I’m rooting for them to return. But the reality is more complicated. I’m hopeful the roster for Wilds will have many of our old favourites while also giving us some new ones too!

[@pikminjake]

Why are you such a HATER!!!!!!!!

[@ultra5051]

oh, you say my favorite monster is not returning to wilds, and yet there was clearly a rathalos in the game trailer, clickbait vid fr jokes aside, i see, this game is really good at not only recycling old monsters with better movesets and such, but also creating new and original ones, even from scrapped monster concepts, which is great because you have like rey dau that is inspired by a scrapped design or zinogre (and you can see the similarities) thats why i love this franchise

[@gregorymckenzie7511]

They probably also consider whether the fans might feel fatigued seeing any particular monster too often. Sure Anjanath could very likely work in Wilds, but three titles in a row; not including mobile titles. No thanks. I'm already tired of seeing Zinogre, and maybe even Nargacuga.

[@jeremiahtorrevillas4396]

​@@gregorymckenzie7511anjanath weapons is cool tho thats why

[@jadedeleon156]

So you're telling me, Capcom had a choice to put Giginox back into the game for 2 generations and still chose the fucking dildo monster Khezu?

[@piratefox4563]

The video: why your favorite monster isn't going to be in wilds People who's favorite monster is rathalos: "wow! This is worthless!"

[@AsmoAstro]

people who's favorite monster is rathalos choose the easie path in life 😂

[@dh599]

@@AsmoAstro I don't feel called out by this, I AM called out by this.

[@ChucktheSpicyChicken]

Quropeco, anybody?

[@dh599]

@@ChucktheSpicyChicken No thanks, I already ate.

[@thetuerk]

Me and Anjanath 😂

[@fastee]

gammoth is simply due they even said themselves that the only reason we havent got her yet is her size, what better game than wilds to accomodate for that?

[@heatfragment]

exactly! They could totally incorporate Gammoth now that the camera is way far back compared to the previous games.

[@diogoneves6275]

@@heatfragment the camera is way far back, and if we have an icy locale as expansive as the desert in Wilds, there's more than enough space

[@fulltimeslackerii8229]

Meanwhile we got that giant fish creature this game

[@VNRG1993]

@@diogoneves6275 I hope its even farther like Rise because Ive noticed the difference after coming back to world on PC from Rise

[@donteatglass3472]

It's just too much of a sitting duck. It already was a damage sponge in generation. Very cool design yes, but not a good hunt sadly

[@TNTelephant]

If Gammoth doesn’t get in monster hunter wilds I will Uhh Be sad

[@mekudu-man3804]

They realky should've out her in Icevirne. The map was big and empty and ready to be filled by our giant Gammoth mom. CRAPCOOOOOOOMMMMMM!!!

[@jojof3057]

God just once more I want to see her, think of how fucking cool her high res design would be, all that flowing fur, the boney plates and tusks. Her fight isn't even that bad, and would obviously be improved in a new gen title, the only singular reason why I can see them not bringing her back is her size, that's it. Hurts me 😢

[@TornaitSuperBird]

@@jojof3057Honestly she's not really even that big. There definitely seems like there would be enough space in this case.

[@Izzy_1784]

MAYBE THEY BE ADDING IT ON THE MAYBE CONTINUATION LIKE ICEBORNE

[@StrawHat-68]

@@TornaitSuperBirdwith how wide Uth Duna model is with the fins I would be shocked if Gammoth’s size is still the reason she would potentially not be included in Wild’s

[@SecondShiloh]

hypnocatrice or nerscylla as the starter sleep monster and i will never ever say a single bad thing about tokuda again

[@trombonegamer14]

Malfestio is the premier sleep monster, and has a fun unique mechanic with confusion

[@CTomCooper]

Nercylla has a cool chargeblade.

[@ThesteampunkChameleos]

And just imagin if Nerscylla and Lala barina had a turf war. A TURF WAR BETWEEN TWO SPIDERS !!! MUST BE AMAZING !!!

[@ShmarveyXD]

Nerscylla would probably outshine the other spider massively, which is a bummer

[@SecondShiloh]

@@trombonegamer14 i never really considered "having my controls reversed every 10 seconds" to be fun but your mileage may vary i guess

[@Spyger9]

"It's unfortunate that a monster like Cephadrome will likely never return." r/BrandNewSentence

[@mark.082]

I mean they could give it a decent fight if they did. They managed to salvage Jyuratodus in rise after all. Not that I personally want him back anyway.

[@TamerGhaniKSW]

​@@mark.082 **lowers bowgun** You had us until the last bit. Better not catch you acting like a cephadrome sympathizer again.

[@LocalEspinas]

Cephadrone can only come back if it’s hardcore Cephadrone. That’s the ONLY good fight Cephadrone had

[@beedrillbot121]

@@LocalEspinasI think combining 4th Gen's, Frontier's G-Rank, and Hardcore's moveset were mixed together you would get a pretty good fight with a decent amount of moves to pick from. Instead of the 2 - 4 that all of them seperately have.

[@cooperlittlehales6268]

@@mark.082 "salvage" is a strong word. "slightly less completely ass" is a more apt term for it I think. Still not a very good fight imo, especially when it does that really cool attack where it just runs around and shoots stuff at you before running off again.

[@dralakba-dusk31]

Kut Ku Fans be like: "This where you're wrong Jackob 😈"

[@Kut-Ku]

This bird is perfection, but nobody see it

[@HiddenLink_clips]

The ultimate chicken

[@ClacksonHale]

Kut Ku Sensei is my favorite. I love him to pieces.

[@Kut-Ku]

@@ClacksonHale and you're right to love him

[@angrysokka]

@@HiddenLink_clipsI see u 👀

[@rickn6923]

We didn’t get Lagiacrus back in world due to problems with the skeleton and the game engine. With the new leviathan skeletons we are much more likely to see lagiacrus again

[@leonidasvonsparta]

It's in the top 5 most popular monsters. They have to bring it back at some point. I think it's comming in wilds or wilds dlc later on .

[@Nobodyandthegiant]

I think queropeco would be perfect for Wilds and wouldnt break the bank to make work.

[@Zion6969]

Portable 3rd qurupeco radicalized me

[@rainbowkrampus]

I fully approve more birds in MH. Personally I'd prefer a new one as there simply aren't enough as is. But Crimson Qurupeco would fit in Wilds.

[@sentinel9752]

Pretty sure qurupeco dream is dead. We already got kut-ku and quematrice as early fire monsters and both very bird like too. It's over Qurubros.

[@YuubiTimberwolf]

Ruby Queropeco summoning Deviljho still is a traumatic experience i recount many times, that buy needs to come back, even as a funny event quest.

[@IWestrada]

Kut Ku competed for the same spot. High rank or Master rank Crimson Qurupeco is still possible. Wouldn't it be fun to have the bird summon Rajang? 🤣

[@sunstrid3r44]

I dont get the point in 16:50. i mean, yeah, older monsters (specially big ones) have outdated movesets, are slow and sluggish, and if we brough them 1:1 to new games they wouldnt stand a chance. But thats not what happens, never, monster arent ported to new games 1:1, they receive updates, new mechanics, new moves, become faster (or more complex) to fit the newer games without changing the monster's identity (like they did with every returning monster like lunastra, fatalis, chameleos, rathalos, basarios, etc).

[@kennethsatria6607]

I still hold out hope for Gammoth and Monoblos we havent seen them for so long

[@MylesMor4les]

Gammoth skipped one generation lol.

[@jojof3057]

Yeah I do agree with the other commenter, gammoth (my favorite) has only been gone for 1 gen, but mono has been awol since Gen 1, I genuinely think we hunted them to extinction

[@fulltimeslackerii8229]

@@jojof3057it was in mhf2/U

[@thierrycarlow3810]

​what are you talking about. Monoblos was in mh4u?

[@jojof3057]

@@fulltimeslackerii8229 woops, I'll be honest, I can't remember if I ever fought him, that's my bad

[@chip4177]

That's where you're wrong, KZbinr, Gobul will return, and he will return as an elder dragon

[@robinmatz6686]

I want this so bad

[@deadboyindrag2518]

GOBUL 💜

[@SirBanana1992]

To be hoest I would be happy with a roster of mostly fresh new monsters, but beyond wanting my favorites to return I think I want old faces to get a higher priority chance, those that didn't get brought back in a while. I'd be okay if Nargacuga didn't come back to make room for another monster that hasn't seen the light in years, even if Nargacuga is my favorite monster in the series. Also Zinogre and Tigrex got a lot of attention in recent games as well as Rajang. ...But not Bulldrome though, I'm fine if it stays out forever XD. edit: them re-introducing Yian-Kut-Ku after finding a spot for him in Wilds makes me wonder "then what is even Quematrice's place to them?". If I get a fried chicken fight though I am fine with this XD.

[@LZ02-OVERTURE]

Quematrice probably occupies the role of the big first brute wyvern monster for new players since it isn't a bird wyvern despite its looks. Despite also being fire I'm guessing it'll standout as an intermediate strong solo monster while Kut-Ku will be more on the easier side albeit it travels in packs now so in the new game they function differently due to Kut-Ku being changed. Hence no overlap between their roles.

[@carlitosjaeger5965]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@LZ02-OVERTUREI feel like the quematrice kinda makes barroth unnecessary now. We already have a brute wyvern in the desert now and he’s now the “starter brute” to hunt. Having barroth as the slightly bigger monster of the desert would be weird. But that now means there’s no monster filling the mud mechanic so who knows what that monster will be.

[@DapperRaptor485]

@@LZ02-OVERTURE Personally I feel Quematrice is probably a much lower tier monster. Likely the second or third monster you properly fight.

[@emperortethysusdacertified8175]

​@@LZ02-OVERTURE Quema uses the same "medium monster" theme as Chatacabra, as heard in some of the TGS gameplay. Odds are it'll be the second monster you fight, and the "hunter's first large monster" role will probably be filled either by some unrevealed monster or Balahara.

[@buragi5441]

Quematrice's place is very clear. The devs never made a small, early game brute wyvern. This is it.

[@oversol5469]

Sounds like Giginox has a chance. We have not seen the ice region nor a cave monster yet. If they don't use puki puki for poison and they use the new thunder wyvern as the thunder wyvern the thunder wyvern then yes it all works for Giginox favor

[@lutherloser5122]

Cough cough kehzu cough

[@aeroazure6205]

This is why I'm hoping to Goss Horag

[@5raptorboy1]

While this video has a lot of good points i do think it misses some fundamental things which are that the MH devs like to do new and interesting things and they do still value old monsters and concepts. While the devs do like to copy over a lot of monsters between games and the fans more than ever are talking about being bored of returners, consider that World and Rise are fundamentally very connected games and over the past 6 years or so we've only had 2 monster hunter games with 2 expansions. If you look over the history of the franchise, they almost always cut out with the guys from the previous gen while going back and looking at older returners (or simply just new monsters entirely), especially with the main team game. Tri started this trend by cutting out everything pre-Tri, 4/4U had almost no 3rd gen monsters (with GU being an exception for obvious reasons), and World/Rise had almost no 4th gen monsters. When we see exceptions to this rule it's usually flagships, which of course have popularity and marketability on their side. Even now with Wilds so far we've only seen older returners like Rathalos, Kut-Ku, and Congalala, without sight or sound of any 5th gen monsters. There probably will be one or two but I think you'd do well to expect them to try to do different things. A lot of monsters we just naturally assume will return every game might take a break all of a sudden. And about the second point, well the devs do clearly still *want* certain monsters in the game. Teo and Kushala were something they had in mind from the start for World, and Yian Kut-Ku was a monster they wanted to bring back for a long time. They might be stopped by the monster not fitting in, but it isnt just a matter of filling in the gaps left by new monsters. There's some other nitpicks I could go over (I dont feel that the time of big slow monsters like Gravios is over at all), but you do make good points that people need to remember tha tthe prioritiesof the devs are usually very different from the priorities of the fans.

[@matteoday]

“This bird” PUT SOME RESPECT ON GRAND SLAM YIAN’S NAME!

[@jhonayo4887]

I want my Tetsucabra again 😢. They teased me hard with baby tetsu in Rise...

[@cinnqminx]

we have more chances in wilds as the monsters do look bigger and the camera looks so much better for bigger monsters

[@nyalan8385]

I’m certain Tetsucabra will appear in the scarlet forest. I’m also hoping he gets a small area for himself where a bull tetsucabra has made some trenches in the mud and protects baby tetsucabra, because this is what African bullfrogs are best known for

[@jhonayo4887]

@@nyalan8385 I really hope so. And I don't want him to be low mr fodder either. He needs to get a hyper version or something that's badass like in ultimate.

[@heaven64]

Imagine me with Agnaktor and Zamtrios

[@deviljoegaming]

I don't care if they don't have places for old monsters. Every monster NEEDS to return at least once post 5th gen

[@onetoughpickl1729]

Honestly I don’t agree with this for a different reason. I think that if capcom forces certain monsters in then they won’t be as popular or perhaps could also be rushed and the last thing I would want is a rushed monster that isn’t a fun fight.

[@deviljoegaming]

@onetoughpickl1729 that's true, and I'm not saying they need to cram 20 returning monsters in each title. They should slowly reintroduce monsters, like 2-3 each title.

[@blastmole299]

I always thought that Dire Miralis not returning in Rise is a missed opportunity, even without underwater combat, we can weapons from Rampage mode to force Dire Miralis out of the water, but you must attack it quickly enough to make it return to the water or it'll nuke the entire world. We have a lot more siege weapons than ever before, why only waste in on Rampage mode?

[@Cumbernumb]

Wouldn’t say balahara replaces Diablos at all? It’s a very early game monster that hunts in packs and isn’t known to be a giant tanky super powerful monster

[@LZ02-OVERTURE]

No but between Balahara and Rey Dau together it kind of does defeat the purpose of Diablos being there, they take the spots in that environment between the two together, which is what he said. Not just Balahara.

[@heaven64]

For Rey Dau and Diablos have nothing in common at all except the fact that they are strong monsters. I can even see Rey Dau being the Apex over Diablos because it can master the weather of their habitat unlike Diablos.

[@2468h-s9e]

That's why it's Balahara and Rey Dau. Like he said in the video.

[@b.b6656]

I know GenU is a special thing but it showed everything depends on the cooking time. They had all stashed up and recycled as much as possible to bring us that big of a roster even on a handheld. RE Engine (Rise/Sunbreak and Wilds) enables them to almost copy paste monsters from one game to another since the engine is designed to enable such stuff. This, according to capcom, cuts down on developement time since a lot of code from previous games will be reusable.

[@Black-Templar69]

Thats good, hopefully theyll pull what older MH games use to do and not scrap ready to go monsters and just bring them all over and just add to it. But then again we got people that started with World and don't know what MH games use to be like.

[@larafellermann761]

Maybe it’s just me, and I am totally just trying to cope with the fact of knowing monoblos never returning, but if it were to return wilds kind of seems the perfect time to make it return, because of the whole rival behavior of Diablo’s and monoblos, the windward planes are absolutely huge and they could fit both monoblos and Diablo’s on..but I know they won’t because capcom hates monoblos lmao

[@charyan2878]

Whole rival behavior between the species doesn't exist. Not to mention Diablos would probably scare off the Monoblos population because 2 horns> 1 horn.

[@notme6753]

I really like the monsters from Tri or basically any 3rd gen titles with those glowing elemental monsters. Wilds should have like a dark cave map so we can have monsters like Giginox, Zinogre, Agnaktor and Lagiacrus

[@carlitosjaeger5965]

Barioths eyes glow bright blue in the caves of his first appearance also

[@onetoughpickl1729]

Giginox would be cool but I’m really tempted to see what new cave monsters they create. How long has it been since we’ve gotten a new cave monster like khezu if ever?

[@slsbaconbits4012]

Just because they don't bring a monster back at debut doesn't mean they won't bring them back at all... remember how many monsters were brought back with the guiding lands?

[@LucasCaminha]

Rise really did test a lot of those statements, cause a ton of monsters seem to have been picked to return almost willy nilly. Mizutsune showing up in the Frost Isles still feels like a decision with no thought behind it besides "there's water there" (though granted, I feel like 3U and 4 sorta started that trend on monsters in places where they shouldn't be), and Sunbreak had a grand total of four totally new monsters in the entire expansion, the rest either being reskins or returning faces. Khezu and Royal Ludroth are in the volcanic map just cause cave and water, Basarios is now in a desert, because... Hot, I guess? This isn't even me crapping on Rise's roster, cause the new monsters are pretty cool (Somnacanth notwithstanding) and seeing the old monsters get makeovers is always nice, but the feeling I got from it is that there was a lot less care in the selection.

[@ArielK-a]

Basarios does make sense to be on the desert, kinda, it's just the wrong variant, Monster Hunter Online featured Sandstone Basarios, which literally just Basarios with desert rock. Also, Monsters appearing in random places is not a Rise thing, Iceborne did it just as much. I guess g-rank development team focuses more on just combat rather than logic, and sees the maps as just arenas for the player and the monster (and to be fair a large part of the playerbase also sees it that way).

[@azure4622]

I hated that part of rise, basically every monster was on every map, it was like everything turned into banbaro

[@carlitosjaeger5965]

This is irrelevant but I hate how you don’t encounter basarios camoflaging as boulders with others real boulders. Him casually walking around the map ruins his whole gimmick

[@carlitosjaeger5965]

@@azure4622yeah it always bothered me that the monster with a fluffy coat for blizzards can hangout in lava

[@FlutterSwag]

but seltas queen and seltas swarm is too perfect for this game!!! imagine seltas Queen with 3/4 seltas floating around her

[@Aurinor]

>Prefering Cephadrome over literally anything Whoa, you’re really ruthless one💀

[@clarencelim135]

MHGU brought back basically every monster in the old generation, so I expect we'll eventually see a MHGU for the post world games; that game will probably be legendary.

[@hotohoriytasuki]

All I'm hoping for when it comes to returning monsters is the comeback of the Seltas Queen. Neoptreon make for very special fights, wrestling against a bug the size of a truck was great and the armor sets/weapons looking like popular mechs from various animes was just a really good extra. I don't even expect her coming back for the G rank expansion, but damn I wanna fight that thing in a modern game.

[@mathias2001154]

God i hope Gypceros is in Wilds, that goofy rubber chicken is the perfect nuisance.

[@rainbowkrampus]

There's a whole generation of players with no knowledge of that oversized comedy prop. Really need it back. Or at least an equivalent. Make MH goofy again!

[@CreamIc7]

The play dead mechanic could work so much better in wilds

[@itsyaboiguzma]

As much as I hate him, it's armor, and it's hideous design. It's been awhile since that goofy rubber chicken monster has made a return if we don't count GU.

[@Jv6e]

That rubber chicken coming back

[@LancerNobu]

They did want lagi in world but couldnt get the skeleton to work in worlds engine. But in wilds we know they already have lagi's skeleton. As for Gammoth. They also wanted to bring her for iceborne, but she was to large (for the map) to bring back. But considering how large wilds maps are, this wont be a problem. Ofcourse we dont know if the ice map will be as open as the desert map but i think its rather likely. As for the speed thing. Making monsters faster is just one way to increase difficulty. Also they made plenty of monsters faster with more AOE attacks in rise like bazelgeuse. Just having gammoth combo her attacks more and giving her attacks more aoe would probably be enough. But also the new jungle apex is also a large and slow monster. I dont think their speed is at all the problem, more so the space, as the devs themslef said

[@rainbowkrampus]

My favorite monster is Barroth. I'm not expecting to see it in Wilds as we've had Barroth back to back to back for awhile now and I kinda suspect that sand drill twisty bois will be Barroth-like in function. But I expect it'll be back sooner than later, unlike perennial copium choice Gammoth. It pays to like basic b*tch monsters sometimes.

[@thenerdbeast7375]

I do believe every monster will get reintroduced eventually for a crucial reason but it might not be what you expect. When asked why they don't port more older monster hunter titles the Monster Hunter team said they want Monster Hunter to be a game that ever progresses forward and with its development there will be no reason to replay old games. In order to keep that statement true they will need to return old monsters as to justify not porting older titles because no matter how good the new games are some monsters just can't be replaced in our hearts no matter how much they try. As seen by everyone's hype for Kut-Ku and Congalala, returning monsters are huge for hyping up players and I am sure just as many people would be just as excited if they announced Great Jaggi despite it not bringing anything to the table without a rework. Also as seen by a people's displeasure by a lack of Gravios or Great Jaggi or Velocidrome in Rise despite their smaller counterparts being in the game omitting monsters for gameplay reasons can leave players with a negative impression. So yes they do need to return every monster eventually or they will run out of justification to not port older titles.

[@songwave7524]

i didn't even know Yian Kut-ku was gona be in wilds. That make me so happy

[@baseddepartment7309]

We like to talk about how "this monster is forgotten," but I don't think so, I think the people that work on these games love these monsters more than us. I veiw mh monster rosters like fighting game rosters. Yes, you don't want to have overlap with characters/monsters and you need to include the popular faces, but it wouldn't be an interesting roster without some out of the box picks for the roster. I think eventually, every normal monster will return at some point no matter how niche they are

[@thanatosmortem8803]

"you don't want overlapping characters in your fighting game" *Proceeds to look at the 13 goku and 13 vegeta in Sparking Zero*

[@azure4622]

​@@thanatosmortem8803Fighters Z is a special case

[@scorpiopede]

What I find especially unfortunate is that popularity is still a factor. Flagships, Kushala, Teostra, Raang, they're all almost guaranteed to come back in some shape and form, even if they need to wait 1 generation for it. And while they are "good old reliable", I find certain classic monsters get overdone. I'd love to see a new fire elder dragon, but teostra is always going to take its place. Similarly monsters like Tigrex and Nargacuga, while perfectly fine, really felt like they overstayed their welcome by time Rise was around. And this is a similar problem with Yian Kut-ku. Yian hasn't been gone that long, only 5th gen games it missed. But another monster that fills a similar role but could be SO much more is my own personal favorite: Qurupeco. Qurupeco being able to summon and buff other monsters is wholy unique to it, and in 5th gen with the more open maps and especially in Wilds with packs of monsters being a thing, I don't think there's ever been a better time for Qurupeco to make a return. The only problem is... Japanese players did not like it. I remember seeing polls of Japanese players hating it, and I don't think it's a coincidence that it has not made a mainline appearance since 3U. Qurupeco is a monster of potential that absolutely fits the current game style, but might be left out just because of the fans of Capcom's home country. The same is true for Gigginox. Gigginox is a faster, more active cave dwelling monster, yet Khezu is the one that keeps getting preferential treatment, despite having a very underwhelming fight even in Rise.

[@cinnqminx]

im like 100% sure Lagiacrus and Zinogre will be in the same game, because they are not the same at all tbh

[@Woltercore]

Yes they are..zinogre will be an expansion

[@cinnqminx]

@Woltercore why would zinogre be an expansion? if u mean dlc monster then i just dont think that makes sense because in every other game hes a basic monster in high rank

[@Woltercore]

@@cinnqminx check leaks

[@pehhhk2916]

I started in world and honestly I hated to see how much of this roster of new world monsters was thrown into the old world in rise like it was nothing, specially anjanath who wasn't filling that ´´jungle bully´´ role anymore so I'm glad the team for wilds seem to kno when it's aproppiate to bring back an old monster instead of just convenienve or because they're popular with the fans

[@killerbeat2554]

I cannot fathom why you like Cephadrome so much

[@WildWixch]

I like all the piscine wyverns, I think they add more depth and variety to the roster and, in the case of a few of them, remind people that not every monster is a top tier apex that will fight you to the death with no concern of its safety

[@killerbeat2554]

@@WildWixch that is true but Cephadrome still sucks, I'd rather fight (or look at) Plesioth or Lavasioth and I like neither of them...

[@IceIfrit666]

He looks cool and his armor was cool. Yeah that's about it.

[@JonathanNormandy]

​​@@killerbeat2554 if Gammoth is to big, I'm pretty sure Plesioth is aswell. Im pretty sure bro is literally bigger than a blue whale.

[@RedHornSSS]

​@@killerbeat2554 no other monsters really depicts the circling around as a pack and wait for opportunity to strike kind of behavior. The fault was that we as hunter didn't have much way to interact with them during that besides from Sonic bomb. Had toppling strike been a thing, slapping cephadrome out of the air would've been a very fine spectacle

[@bdbgh]

Two things that I hope Wilds inherit from previous games: 1. A siege fight like Dalamadur, it was pretty fun running around damaging different parts to get different drops and evading the huge ass LAZOR 2. A roster close to or as large as 4U, doesn't have to be in the base game, add it with whatever the future expansion will be

[@damanrando7608]

Agreed, I miss the big running sandship battles against Morahn(sp) monsters ended by a final showdown

[@tristanstock4836]

I find these interviews interesting, because while we don't know exactly what the dev team's choosing process is, we know from the game files roughly what order the monsters are conceptualized and subsequently added. Capcom has an EM number designated for every monster which roughly correlates with when they were conceptualized (they have ideas for a monster and they put all the ideas and files for that concept into the EM folder). For example, Rathian was the first monster ever made for the franchise and she's designated as EM001 in every single Monster Hunter game. Lesser known is that specific games also have an internal game-based ID that roughly correlates with when their files were implemented. In World, Anjanath is both EM100 and internal ID 000, because he was the first monster conceptualized for the game, and the first monster that is referenced by outside files in all the other file entries. Entries in every other file start with Anjanath because he was the first entry they added to all those other files to test how other functions would work (part breaks, random expedition spawns, investigation monster pools, etc). Based on this, we know that in World most of the Forest cast were made first in-tandem with the Elder's Recess, because it goes from the Ancient Forest cast (IDs 000-009) to the Rath subspecies (010 & 011), to the two Diablos (012 & 013), to all of the non-Nergigante roaming Elders (014-018), and then you go straight to Lavasioth (019) and Uragaan shortly after (022), well before Jyuratodus (029) and Radobaan (035) were added. This is despite the fact that we know from interviews Jyuratodus and Radobaan were planned first. (Do note that different team members probably worked on different monsters at the same time, but big gaps in the list tend to imply different stages of development.) The best explanation for this discrepency imo is that, contrary to what some people might think, the entire roster and their practicality is planned out extremely early in development, and they just work on whatever is ready to start being added. Ancient Forest was the starter map, Elder's Recess was the "endgame" map, and all the other locales and their monsters were added in to fill the midgame. The those locales were ready to go first, hence why Uragaan and Lavasioth were prepped before their lookalikes. Similarly, Deviljho and Lunastra's file designations are right in the middle of the other base World monsters (020 and 017 respectively), which implies they were nearing ready-to-go status pretty early (earlier than Nergigante even, who is 025) and were purposefully held back specifically for the TUs, not because they weren't ready. In all honesty the entire monster roster for Wilds was probably decided on back when Iceborne's TUs were winding down and they were looking at the practicalities of what to add, how it would fit, and how they could implement it. If your favorite isn't in, it's way too late for much to change now.

[@RustyhairedLamialp9575]

20:04 Kushala definitely wasn't a crowd pleaser in world XD

[@nghtmar3gamer128]

I feel the more pack raptor monsters from rise should become endemic life to give them a chance, but them as small monsters is meh in my opinion, but with these whole bigger maps and biomes I really hope they do bring back some older monster's that were really loved and popular, but giving us some new monster's is nice too and we don't know what DLC or DLC's they'll give us after wild's release so here's hope to bringing back some classics.

[@buckets4285]

Dear lord please, Lagiacrus, Agnaktor, and Duramboros. Please. ANY of these three and I would cry from happiness

[@leonidasvonsparta]

Be prepared for lagi tears

[@HankJ666]

I find the quote at 3:00 funny cuz like... Yeah obviously Lavasioth isn't popular, it's just Jyuratodus but swims in lava (Well, technially is the opposite, Jyuratodus is just a water Lavasioth), Jyuratodus is just a boring monster and it's only redeeming quality is it's MR armor looking so fucking good, making Lavasioth part of the main story wouldn't have done anything to make him more popular

[@heaven64]

It's a boring monster with a boring look that we have already seen in that same game and that has no use in the story. Meawhile, an Agnaktor would have been really cool :)))))))

[@2468h-s9e]

Talk about armor looking fucking good, have you looked at Lavasioth's? the master rank version doesn't keep up with Jyuratodus but I regard HR very highly

[@snowcloudshinobi]

i'm so happy they brought back yian kut-ku, not because i'm a huge kut-ku head but because they're such a good fit for the setting of this particular game.

[@happyk7512]

It's worth pointing out that Lagiacrus was mainly not added to World because they were struggling to get the Leviathan skeleton to work with the new environments.

[@xcrack6364]

I’m loving seeing all kinds of new monsters. I only really got into MH through World and so while there are many monsters I’ve not seen or fought, I am digging how this one is so different.

[@dirtydan4492]

I just want Stygian Zinogre in every game. He's just so fucking cool man.

[@lubbo5261]

He was also in almost every MH since he first appeared, with only skiping GU and Rise.

[@rickn6923]

I love the old mons. Seriously love them. But I am very happy we are getting so many new monsters. It’s refreshing to get all new fights to learn. I also hope we get a new black dragon this gen. 🤞

[@massette43]

flock of kut ku make heart go pitter patter~ love the little guy so much, glad they're back

[@Smexbi]

It's amazing how many monsters allready exist in the franchise. Back in Tri, we had a saying, you have to like every monster, cuz there is so little of them. If you disliked one monster in the game, then you basically dislike 1/10 of the whole game.

[@lubbo5261]

To be fair Tri had an extremly small Monster even back then.

[@zxmac7320]

I started on mhfu.. and im not particularly fond of yian kutku or congalala..i guess its cool if they return for others nostalgia.. Im more intrested for monsters with unique bgm to come back especially nargacuga even tho nergigante is my favorite monster overall

[@thedazzlingape2006]

I want the tower back. it felt mysterious and grandious. sadly in rise they scrapped the idea of the pyramid being a secet super boss... but that wouldve been awesome.

[@carlitosjaeger5965]

Yeah the would tower allow strong monsters who don’t fit the locales to comeback like malzeno and molten tigrex

[@Akimaru.Studio]

Goooosh i hope they add a more refined Nergigante is in wilds. The fight against him first time had me screaming in world!

[@blockomaniac]

no you're wrong vespoid queen *will* return SHE WILL SHE WILL

[@gabrielturcato1235]

In the main series (mh1, dos, tri, 4, World and Wilds) I think they will keep this philosophy of putting monsters in the game to fill gaps in the gameplay, this is very clever and makes the game feel like the same series, but a continuation with many new monsters, but I hope they use the portable series just to do fan service and explore new mechanics, like in GU, Rise and put all the monsters in there, with a very arcade and classic MH feel, to celebrate every monster

[@FieryAnubis]

Ehh, I know why: FOCUSING ON GRAPHICS AND FIDELITY Yes, that's the issue. They could have included 50 in base, but gotta up the fidelity and graphics each time which means extra work which means even more bugs to fix which means even more bloat for file sizes. It takes a long time to make a monster, it takes longer if you're doing it in 4K. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[@fatfreedietwater4347]

To be honest, as someone whos played every game and for as long as ive been playing, im a bit impartial to who gets included and who doesnt these days and im really excited to see the new inclusions. HOWEVER, as a massive MH Frontier fan, im even more excited how much influence that game seems to have on the designs for wilds. Im so happy that a lot of the extremely cool ideas from that game are not being wasted. While we may not see many returning monsters from Frontier, Im totally ok with it if they make monsters like Arkveld who is essentially looks to be the spiritual successor to beru/dora/zena

[@StorytellerWMD]

I miss Nerscylla. My first Monster Hunter game was 4Ultimate, it came out at a good time since I was homeless but had a 3DS. And while I was enjoying the game before Nerscylla, it was the Nerscylla fight that really made the game click for me. The way it played dead to try to get you to come close in order to poison you was so interesting at the time. Felt like an actual creature in an actual world.

[@PhaythGaming]

I would adore if they “remade” monoblos as a fight. I would enjoy if he leaned more on flight seeing as modern diablos does not fly at all. Seeing flying spinning attacks (like meta night from smash) and faster charging where he uses his wings to allow for faster turning and possibly sand based moves using wind pressure. Idk just my preference.

[@oshycontin]

damn man this video is so well put together and written

[@relaxoirl5920]

I would hope that they add mostly new Monster in the Story and have us find do old ones later.

[@HardAnimationsWithTuff]

Oh gammath got reviled they teased his roar I even checked by looking up Gammaths roar

[@tamagotchigo333]

Hey Jakob, what's that song called at 19:32. Its such a beautiful gamelan piece! Nice video btw. I am super happy that they brought back Nargacuga in Rise. Its such a nice and demanding fight, He always keeps you on your toes!

[@shadowrobot7708]

I think the video is going to continually age worse and worse.

[@Zahri8Alang]

In Monster Hunter Stories 1, when you first arrived in Hakum Village, you can see Yian Kut-ku near the village entrance. Then after an important cutscene, there'll be a Congalala instead near the entrance

[@afk4dyz]

Would love to see nerg back for wilds.

[@mark.082]

Man, I just want my boy Tetsucabra to be back. They did him dirty in rise teasing us with the baby tesucabra in the hub like that.

[@bibbles960]

I want Najarala back 🥺

[@Spike2276]

We need sneks in Wilds. I honestly can't belíeve Najarala is the only monster in such an ideal category for a game like MH.

[@swagachu_]

really great video, nice research and I appreciate you giving your bias while still maintaining objectivity

[@blazingruin2975]

Imagine a flock of Qurupeco suddenly appearing in your fight. Each one summoning something different.

[@unclesamxlr]

I've known for a very long time that Monoblos would most likely never come back. I'm very happy that Yian Kut-Ku is back, he is kind of special to me. Kut-Ku was my first wall when I was a kid, so he holds firmly in my memory of the first game. Edit: I just hit the part where you said Kut-Ku is the first wall. XD I really need to watch videos all the way through first.

[@bignelly9476]

That thumbnail broke my heart, I want those 2 back so badly

[@luminous2585]

My only encounter with Yian Kut-ku has been in monster hunter stories, but I heard many stories about "sensei". I, as a world baby, can definitely see how Anjanath took over his role. I honestly hope they have an arena quest with both of these monsters (if Anjanath even appears) and call it the "teacher's lounge", or something like that.

[@Jooshly123]

I truly hope to see qurupeco cause i think it would be neat to see how his call interacts with horde monsters.

[@uvveshlurvvesh6515]

Sand-Barioth would be a nice addition

[@ShadowZealot7]

I don't seriously expect Gigginox to come back, but I'd love the see it. It's fight left some of the strongest impressions after my first time fighting it, especially frantically trying to light up the dark caves with the glowing purple markings following me around trying to eat me.

[@MrOrzeker]

A bunch of frequently reused monsters should sit this one out honestly, like diablos, tigrex, nargacuga, teostra, kushala etc ... I want some home run new monsters design/fight because right now the new monster roster isn't that great outside of the 2 apex (rei dau and uth duna). An improved great macao would be a great addition imo (he's already pretty great but with the generation jump they could do even better).

[@urbansamurai261]

Lao shan. Now that would be epic

[@auronkardek]

Lao and Gaoren are replaced by big monsters that fit the game and be part of the story. There is no point for them to put Lao in the game sadly.

[@urbansamurai261]

@auronkardek I know but as a freedom unite hunter it's holds a special place in my heart tbh

[@Homophonic]

i just wanna see giant monsters roaming around in the open world in wilds, idc which it is

[@Akiithehunter]

Hey, Capcom... Maybe you want to see a high quality version of Lao-Shan Lung armor? 😏 Come on, best monster ever will return, awesome armor will return... Everyone will be happy! 😁

[@Flubbadon]

i will not be happy :(

[@DangerB0ne]

Shen Goaren or bust

[@DanielisAwesome52]

Kut Ku and Anjanath are both walls, but I feel for very different reasons, Barroth was my first Wall, and each wall has taught me different things. They all force patience, but Barroth taught me positioning. Where to stand to be able to get damage in without bouncing, how close or far to stay so I could react to the charge, etc. Yian Kut Ku, when I finally fought in in 4U, taught me similar things to Qurupeco, about how erratic and unpredictable monsters could be and not to stay too close for too long. Anjanath really taught me how to stay down and the new tells and sound cues World had implemented. Attacks always had tells and a bit of a sound cue but nothing compared to the quality of World, so when Anjanath knocked me down the first time and then proceeded to do his devastating jaw drag move that killed me as soon as I stood up I quickly learned I could stay down and be invincible.

[@mercenaryninja]

Akantor is my favorite monster. His aesthetic and gear was always relevant to me.

[@thetruefirelord2248]

my head canon is that minoblos is that they are very rare, near extinct. so it showing up in wilds makes sense to me

[@hereticwinter07]

I am actually a huge fan of Yian Kut Ku. Not because it’s a fantastic fight, but because it’s nostalgic from when I was like 6-7 years of age.

[@squigglylegend]

The new monsters for wilds all look fantastic, the more the show the more I'm okay with some older monsters not returning. My pipe dream monster is Dalamadur, it's probably never going to return for the same reasons you mentioned other siege monsters wont return but I can hope

[@pedroeurico1162]

its fucking wild that Zinogre was fought way more since he is in World who sold 20M copies. And Lagiacrus being mainly fought in tri who sold a tenth of that, is still the third most liked monster, i truly believe if LAgiacrus was in world or Iceborne, it would be more liked than the thunder pupper.

[@eggrice3227]

We can always hope in the DLC. That's usually when they seemingly force older monsters into some cute story with a new flagship. So with the Diablos example, they might just shove it in there with that

[@cy9nvs]

"It's been 20 years since Monster Hunter 1" Bruh...

[@originalDjango]

ahh yain kut-ku, how i missed you. he was my early game money printer, and favorite monster when i started on freedom 2

[@DemigodDan]

I think maybe yian will be the introductory monster to dealing with flocks like how dodagoma is for packs, maybe their role is for you to get experience fighting flying monsters and maybe swarms of them like how you use the new large dung bomb to deal with packs but since they fly you wont be able to bomb them as easy so it could teach you to use a flash bomb to knock all the pestering beta yians out of the air before using the new bomb to single out the alpha so that you can deal with later flocks of harder monsters easier having had practice. Even if yian isnt an impressive fight something as simple as having them call for help from their flock to do dive bombs and swipes on the player to cover their escape to the nest when they are capturable or other interactions like that can make the fight far more interesting and difficult without altering the moveset of the monster too much like they would have had to in the previous games since it would have had to be a solo or duo fight. Thanks to the new groups of monsters tho we can expect different difficulty spikes with sheer numbers alone making it more chaotic and stuff, either way im excited

[@shidanslair]

Slow monsters having no place? The slowest moving monster is the underwhelming Zorah Magdaros XD

[@DezThaGod]

I think with the weather change mechanic it'll be possible to bring Gammoth back. Imagine getting caught in a snow storm which hinders your movement making you slower to match her speed and all of sudden now you got to fight Gammoth

[@jerichopz2620]

i think that if a monster hasnt been in a title for a while the best way to impliment them is with a master rank expansion to give them a new start like barioth in iceborn and it even got a variant and now i can say frost fang is one of my favorite fights ever, i am in love with monoblos in stories and ide love too see monoblos get some stardom alongside diablos and mabe even interactions between the two would make my ecologist heart sing

[@lykosz]

Thank you for this video, because I've always wanted to know what the trend was for bringing back certain features or monsters was, because to me; as a MH Fan that did start with MH3U, but only officially started with World, I thought that these monsters were coming back randomly. With this information I think that even the long lost monsters like Yama Tsukami, Shen Goeran, Ukanlos, Akantor, Monoblos, etc.. WILL come back individually, but be tied to a more interesting ecological behavior or story thread that they can only fill. Ukanlos acting as a stories victim and act as a new Cedaeus with the introduction of Arkveld. Akantor possibly acting as maybe a boss monster with 3 Agnaktor henchmen. Yian Kut-Ku being repurposed as a "seemingly" herd monster now is going to not only be hella fun and cool, but will bring back some incredibly important monsters in more ways than a "boss battle" 1v1-4

[@OrAngelicBlitz8633]

We're getting gammoth. If course we are. If I cope I cope, but God damnit it's gammoth's time to come back! I know it for sure! 🎉

[@AngryMothNoises]

Would be surprised they don't bring back diablos. It returns like rathalos. Also, we didn't get Lagi because of issues with the skeleton issues. Regardless if Lagi was there, we still would have gotten Zinogre. Personally, I still done understand why the need to not put 2 monsters who fill the same role in the game. But it depends on the local. There IS a game with both Monoblos and Diablos, 4U. There IS a game with Lagicrus with out water fight. I think the ONLY monster that will never return is Ceadeus.

[@TheAdarkerglow]

I mean. I'd really like to see Namielle return. I could see it as a great Elder Dragon in the Scarlet Forest, so long as it had a high point. Just such a cool monster.

[@BerserkerKaji]

But my favorite monster IS coming back, it was the first to be shown in fact. And I'm pretty sure it will always be in every monster hunter game. :y

[@Mr.Starlight_gaming]

My favorite is bazel and ngl, id still rather have a brand new invader that gets to have the spotlight. Bazels turf wars were cut so he wouldn't over shadow jho (favoritism at its finest) and i dont wish the wilds invader the same fate.