The Third Fleet Podcast #32 | MH Stories 2 Special | MH Rise Ultimate ? | Nintendo Switch OLED

[@Ryio5]

Everyone's getting Stories 2 but here I am cracking open a fresh copy of the first game to finally start it.

[@Ar0474]

Same tho! Only mine is using Bluestacks on PC to play the android version! I just set it up this morning!

[@WildPortraitArtist]

Also RIP TotalBiscuit :( I miss that guy so bloody much.

[@primitivepug2687]

Man I miss totalbiscuit. The guy was a legend

[@Hibernial]

I remember coming across the guy years ago but never followed or subscribed to him. Just learned now he’d already passed away. Man.

[@sgarrinda6948]

my first knowledge of total biscuit was polaris civil war, i started watching a lot of people from that event, biscuut included. may he rest in peace

[@bousch8253]

Liked and replied only because your name and profile pic. Pug life!

[@primitivepug2687]

@@bousch8253 haha thanks man. Thats my fur child Penny in the pic 🐶

[@L0rdp3achtr33]

32 already? Damn.. It feels like this podcast started yesterday.

[@raggedyexynos9487]

Half a year went by so fast...

[@Robodob0]

"I dont want Ultimate, i want DLC like Iceborne!!!" ^How to spot a fiver.

[@darkbritt265]

Lmao easy to get though, that was a lot of people's intro to MH as a series. If they looked into it after that entry point they'd see the Ultimates having released as full-priced new games entirely. As someone who started at MHFU, I honestly also hope they go the DLC G-rank route. Edit: to clarify, I do get what these two were saying, the expansion in itself not DLC vs. Ultimate releases. Just mentioning how I can see where newbies to the series would hear that and think something else 😊

[@rowellbeast]

That's just an uneducated hunter.

[@CarneDeBlaQ]

Love the podcast guys. I've made a habit of doing many hour long bike rides on the weekends and the nice long format makes for a good chunk of listening time. Obviously I discovered this from my love of monster hunter but I enjoy all topics you cover. Keep up the good work, from another third fleeter. Thanks guys

[@Cassapphic]

I’ve been calling a potential rise ultimate just “g rank” saying stuff like “if/when we get g rank” as I feel thats an easy way to understand.

[@ChompDude]

The more they talk about it the more hyped I get for MHS2. I can't wait to run around on Brachy again and just have it roar.

[@shindoushuichi0287]

geez that Totalbiscuit name drop. miss that guy.

[@lonewolfnergiganos4000]

It's nice seeing most people enjoying Stories 2, even though it isn't fully out.

[@jackkrell4238]

Agreed

[@HitsuruKun]

Playing MH, while run 3rdfleet, is pure gold love!!!

[@RedBarchettaYYZ]

Im glad that Monster hunter stories 2 is getting the spotlight for now, it really deserves all the attention on it, rise had its spotlight, its time for stories to be the center of attention because it worked very hard to get at the point it is now and the fans of stories 1 really deserves this too. Also we only saw the roadmap for rise up until august, we still havent seen what we have in store for rise in september, october, november, and december, theres also the fact we havent seen what the cross over content for july and august actually is, it could be something pretty enjoyable.

[@maxkalina1955]

doubt it for rise. All the monsters already came out and the director had said some non-sense about difficult event quests (what was said was disscussed on last podcast) but i hope your right and im wrong. Stories looks dope wish i was into turn based games :( but still hope it does well

[@harrisonwhaley7872]

It’s been confirmed that the download message on the box was a misprint

[@DragonFangX]

At Gaijin - Regarding Animal Crossing, you can back up your save file if you enable it via the start up's secret menu. I have it linked all the time as a back up. Lets you transfer your island over from the last save file to a new Switch if something happens.

[@Cap_The_Captain]

Damn man RIP TotalB! I literally cried so hard when he passed... the first ever time I'd come across his channal and one other, the one and only Jesse Cox! I was on a bus journey home from school watching youtube on a shitty, busted up Iphone 4s & a video appeared on the feed with a Terraria thumbnail, I remember thinkin "What the fuck is this shit?" So I loaded up the video, and found not only one of my favourite games of all time, but two of my favourite tubers of all time! *sighs internally* Simpler times man, simpler times.

[@codename_d3vl863]

For IVs In stories 2, there is the rainbow shine on eggs, when the eggs hatch, the monstie does get stat boosts. Also show heavy the egg is and how stinky they are. So I guess theres that. But they aren’t hidden so that’s good.

[@AuronCommander]

Rurikhan: Ipads are the devil's work Amen Ruri, Amen

[@NachoTheDog]

Well it was at this point 1:12:38 that I was finally decided on I’ll be playing stories. Got the demo last night and my ability to get distracted kicked in immediately. It’s honestly more fun than I thought it was going to be for me so I’m pretty happy lol. Once I can I’ll go ahead and buy the full version can’t wait to get to hang out with a qurupeco nothing else matters at that point

[@totalwarlock9498]

13:20 ive been geting refreshed with Dragon's Dogma on the Switch

[@Svoorhout85]

The simplest way to use rites is to use duplicate monsties to rank up their default genes. You can use regular eggs for this so dont skip those.

[@Acrobuster]

The Dragon Quest Monsters games were super fun!

[@joshuacarrey9318]

Yes dragon quest monsters on gameboy color doesnt get enough love

[@justsomejojo]

Still one of my favorite games to this day.

[@darkbritt265]

Great series! I remember being *mind blown* about being able to recruit the boss monsters lol

[@guardian_of_the_rune]

Rise can be Gayjin's favorite MonHun and it's very understandable since he's playing in with her daughter. But I got 200 hours out of Rise where as I spent months playing base World and GenU. I still think fighting in Rise is the most fun but it's less content then GenU and had me much less immersed than World.

[@GamerTalk8]

I’ve played rise about 200 hrs and come back occasionally but something about it just feels small, amazingly designed great game but just feels compact and small.

[@Jereb343]

Player count on PC peaked at 34k and seem to maintain around 15 to 20k. I think a pc community will cement itself with time especially with capcoms content patches. PC gamers like long term games like this and with all the positive feedback the game is bound to have gotten traction in the wider community

[@bangkitsamudro3487]

The poison chaser etc was also in the first game btw. Just to clear stuff out.

[@meikahidenori]

That's me and Rise atm. It's my comfort game where i just zone out with friends or my daughter. Both of us are looking forward to picking up stories 2 today! Edit: also you only needed 3 genes of an element to change on a monster. It was something you could do early game in stories 1 as I did that from the get go for a water type azurous who was fully blue and I was nowhere near the hunter's city when I did it. In stories 2 demo you can get an aptanoth with 3 dragon genes which turns red once they're unlocked.

[@sarcirinsdaefarin3950]

Cant wait to see the extra content soon at the end of a podcast!

[@taichiixsan4619]

The pro accessory move is going to be impressive

[@crispy_querem]

I clicked NOT because of the thumbnail. Just clarifying

[@markf.l.8001]

LIAR! You are not immune to Capcom's tall non-human beautiful ladies

[@markos50100]

I will make the perfect aptonoth named meat

[@ajakks6551]

I laughed a little too hard at this.

[@Svoorhout85]

I only revently learned that kinship attack completely cancel a monsters move. When fighting a hard monster save it to stop their special aoe.

[@lgdragon2610]

dragonquest monster jokers was awesome my favorite was omnislash/multiheal mumboh jumboe.

[@vinnyvanhoe5614]

Honestly I don't enjoy Navis English voice, but I watch my anime and play anime games subbed anyway so its really a non issue for me. I recommend anyone who dislikes him to try Japanese VO

[@banedeath]

Same. Only problem with subs is when games do something like battle callouts that are not translated.

[@tydresen3905]

I’m so excited for stories 2. I’m not sure if I’ll be able to play it on release day but I’m really looking forward to it. Update: I just bought stories 2 and I’m incredibly excited to start. I didn’t get the demo because I wanted to learn the game in the full thing. I’m probably not going to sleep for the next week so I can play.

[@RetroTSSoS]

The limit of monsties is 500 according to Paradise

[@banedeath]

I certainly hope so, because I'm throwing monsties away left and right with my 24 limit and no rite of channeling yet!

[@r3gret2079]

Ya those royal monsters had me triple hearting every time the first go.

[@banedeath]

Really loving Stories 2! Bout 26 hours in and still don't have my Rite of Channeling... I also think I overleveled a bit too much for the area. And that was all just exploring and egg hunting and everdens. Still throwing Sony shade, eh? 😆 @Gaijin Hunter.

[@WildPortraitArtist]

19:40 dude, I have a 500gb sd card on my switch and it is FULL. I have to keep uninstalling games when I buy a new one. What the heck are you talking about lol. And not everyone can afford dropping £170+ on a 1TB microSD card.

[@banedeath]

I had the same problem and ended up spending a fortune on a 1TB card. Its nice, but I only have 2-300g left already.

[@GarliccDread]

I play on 2 or 3x speed on Stories 1 and did on demo as well. If 1x makes it seem smoother though I may keep it there. It can feel like the fight takes a while if not speeding up, especially during grinding. In pokemon I'd always disable animations after the first 30 minutes or so

[@tammywacha]

The LAN port on the OLED Switch came way too late. I bought a USB adaptor for that exact reason, and I don't want to have to buy a slightly better version of the console, so really it does nothing for me.

[@dyllwill]

I think I hit 15 hours on the Demo, the grind to get the perfect monstie is so addicting and with the right of channeling in the full game plus all the extra monsters I can really see myself losing myself in it.

[@SPYRALQuikFix]

woah gaijin's palico is animated

[@xHideousFoxx]

I name the herbivores snack (おやつ）and i named all my other monsters "where's mom" （ママはどこ）

[@itarokiurochi6006]

They don't hide IV anymore Rurikhan in Pokemon. You can even boost the IV unlike before...

[@guardian_of_the_rune]

Capcom: "it's time to stop. STOP! Rise is done! Where are your parents? It's time for Stories 2!" Me head turned to the side: "Yes"

[@nuke2099]

But Rurikhan you can make the Pokemon you get at the start as good as a high end one. Sword and Shield changed all that however it's also a lot more grindy and less fun to do so in comparison to Stories 2. As for element changing existing in Stories 2. It exists except not really. When a monster levels enough it reverts and the devs said they removed it in that interview at the end of the title update stream they did.

[@RagnorokGundam]

To answer your question gaijin about appearance change though gene it does happen at about 5 of a element for certain monsties with certain elements in stories one

[@justsomejojo]

Gaijin finally namedropping Dragon Quest Monsters! YES! Dragon Quest Monsters is a much more apt comparison than Pokemon for breeding and gene systems, because those games actually focus their gameplay around that stuff (whereas Pokemon makes it a competitive-only thing). Dragon Quest Monsters also allows you to make any monster endgame viable, like Stories, whereas Pokemon limits its monsters by very set in stone stat caps. It's so much more fun for me than Pokemon at this point.

[@cpicard6561]

Monsters not chasing you? In a Monster Hunter game? I'm sorry Ruri but, Konchus and Bnahabras never gave a rath's ass about your endgame gear X'D

[@javieraguilar2660]

My current relaxing hunt is crimson glow because my goal is to make an immortal set for every weapon I’m pretty sure he hits the hardest

[@EMG725]

Playing stories and listening to the pod.

[@sylverlune]

People who bought MH Stories 2 for the switch: I bought it for the switch for portability Steam: *Releases Steam Deck* MH stories 2 switch players: ...

[@KageMH]

I'm such an mh nerd I thought they were talking about the small monsters jaggis when they said u could see jaggis on the switch

[@weshverified]

You see, on PC, you get Jaggis. But on Switch, you get Great Jaggis.

[@Runaetus]

Donuts, go nuts!

[@banedeath]

"Alwin still doesn't understand"

[@team1x7]

But one for you and Littlekhan!

[@TerminusTartaros]

Nintendo fans: I will buy the new Switch Scalpers: yeah. If you pay 1000$ premium to us.

[@jockpackage1770]

rage gaming did a video on the element swap and it's weird. TLDR is they have numbered stats 4 all elements and they use the highest 1 so u have 2 use element attack genes but those only go so far and the more they level the more their base element numbers go up so eventually changing it is impossible

[@NeoZanther]

Here I’m making a Nightshade Palumu lol

[@tys9610]

They will probably follow up with a oled switch lite before the pro. Honestly the pro will probably be a new system kinda like the wiiu. Also genjin Nintendo recommends not letting your switch lite chill it causes battery Flux charge it up weekly even if not using it

[@MrGhosta5]

pokemon sword/shield made breeding almost unnecessary. post game you can just use bottlecaps to raise you're pokemon's ivs. you can use nature mints to change your pokemon's nature. you can use ability capsules and ability patches to change the pokemon's ability. You only need to breed if you need a specific speed stat or egg move.

[@jaderock1623]

Dragon quest monsters!!! I played the ds one monsters joker which was fun!

[@gaijinhunter]

Joker 2? Or so was the peak of the franchise. It was sooooo god like

[@jaderock1623]

monsters joker 1. Never got around to 2. But am loving stories 2 so far!

[@Svoorhout85]

Suggestion: invite Angbata11 to the podcast and debate him about bowguns.

[@Markus1229]

Great idea!!

[@Solfonix]

Omg I love the new gaijin icon

[@taichiixsan4619]

Narwa challenge ideas: No silkbind Or No dodge

[@GamerTalk8]

Classic MH with no silkbind would be great but no dodge nah lol

[@MeekCrayon]

Looking forward to getting this on every Thursday helps to get me up in the morning!

[@BlueNip]

I’m over here with no ssd and only can use my switch memory. Had to archive mhgu and mhr:(

[@cgswizzel4186]

WE NEED SOMEONE TO DO A LORE VIDEO BEHIND ALL THESE PODCASTS AND GUEST!

[@kyril98741]

Well what if they made the dock pro actually a console and it connect the switch like wiiu tablet.

[@yaviolo9664]

The Nintendo oled version should have different color joy cons

[@WildPortraitArtist]

aww heck yis it's 3rd fleet time

[@DraegoMH]

For someone who understands the Pokemon IV/EV system like the back of my hand, I also prefer the Gene system on MHS.

[@Wazza25]

Watching people play online. I see most ppl running around crazy in the open world tryna avoid 80% of fights. Then complaining about the slow af animation before every fight begins We only a few days in 🙈.. its crazy

[@javieraguilar2660]

I know were not talking spoilers but are glitches ok. I was wondering if having an anjanath from the demo would corrupt your save ?

[@gaijinhunter]

It doesn’t so you are safe!

[@nergalrior7841]

Quick question for Demo, I did not get a single herbivore egg Inter entire run at 20 hours. Is it not as common as Vilocedrome or was it just me. I never got a single aptenoph

[@fortunavixen3210]

You need to find them in normal dens

[@Qballiz2kool]

You could try possibly dropping an Aptonath to pretty low health and paint-balling it to get it to retreat to a den, I had a hard time getting one for a quest board mission and that’s what I did, just equip a pretty low power weapon, so You don’t almost kill it with one attack and paint ball it so it retreats into a den, that way you have a higher chance of getting its egg.

[@Vulcanfaux]

I did a bunch of cleaning to this,

[@jaketracy7330]

Blue arzuros (Arzzy Arzborne) is the best monstie

[@propastypete1958]

I'm so torn on Stories 2. It looks great, I enjoyed the demo, but I don't know if I want to buy it when the Skyward Sword remaster comes out a week afterwards and I've already got that pre-ordered. This year is too good for games...

[@Elyakel]

Wait for discount ? Tbh skyward sword is not that long so... As you want

[@propastypete1958]

@@Elyakel I'm thinking of saving Stories 2 until August- there's not much out then (for me at least) so it'll fill that month in for games. It's gonna be hard to wait on such a fun game, but oh well.

[@Hibernial]

I wish they’d do the same for Twilight Princess porting the wii-u remaster to the Switch, but eh. Nintendo is Nintendo, sigh. MH games are still where it’s at though.

[@Elyakel]

@@propastypete1958 they're some good games coming like Cris tales or tales of arise too don't forget :p

[@capellozapellini6074]

Can’t wait ❤️

[@Solfonix]

If anyone wants someone to play co-op with I’m down

[@ValkeersYT]

14:15 dont they still age in the time chamber?

[@VenomBurger]

Bought the Xenoblade 2, Smash Ultimate, and Rise Pro Controllers Day 1. None of them have had a single issue. I play with them both on Switch and PC, keep them charged, let friends/siblings use them when over, then return them to their shelf. Not a single issue. No dissconects. No sticky buttons. No drift. But I got looooots of drift in my Joycons. Man I bought the Pro Controllers because they were sturdier and more reliable than Joycons. So the constant issues that Ruri and Gaijin have seem so out-of-place.

[@vivid8979]

It still depends on alot of factor but the mechanism on Joycons is techniclly weaker compred to the one in the Pro controller but if you use you Pro con like a madman it can stil drift fast.

[@vinnyvanhoe5614]

Gaijin starting waifu wars already 😂

[@bryanovando741]

I’ll wait to buy a new switch as a rise ultimate edition

[@raggedyexynos9487]

Or better, get it on PC if you have a decent rig

[@bryanovando741]

@@raggedyexynos9487 I bought a MacBook last years so no new computers for a while

[@perisbizarrecorner7443]

I don't know exactly where to voice this criticism(?) on Stories 2 combat [from all gameplay that I've seen] but the double attacks kinda bother me because they make the battle seem less eventful, since double attacks are always the same animation, you don't see your monstie's attack animations, and because double attacks stop the enemy from attacking as well, the monsters can be somewhat stunlocked, which while is an available strategy to you, seeing the enemy just basically stand there and not attack you while taking hits for a good portion of the fight seems really idk, not fun to me personally, this is more of a meta thing, because double attacks seem to be the optimal strategy, but the fact that the best option is the least visually entertaining or engaging seems off to me, I don't know if I'm on the minority on this aspect. Regardless, fun podcast!!

[@yoastertoaster8306]

I mean you can skip the the super animation if you really want to.

[@CodinskiSchwartzando]

I get what you’re saying, and it’s definitely noticeable when it’s just you and your monstie facing off against 1 monster. It’s less noticeable when you have a buddy and their monstie with you, or when you’re fighting multiple monsters at once, because it creates opportunities to do things other than constant head-to-head clashes.

[@nelsonparsifalcantebury5083]

I didn’t care for Rise. Maybe G version will grab me.

[@Absent641]

Ok Rurikhan we got it you dont get enough sleep. You dont have to keep saying every god damn podcost

[@Backinmywhey]

Wait so if I wanted a new switch I wouldn't be able to transfer my MHR save to the new switch?

[@luck3971]

When do they talk about that ?

[@raggedyexynos9487]

You can, it support cloud save i think

[@kuroki9114]

For me 0:00:00 Bla Bla Bla 1:53:50 Switch OLED

[@jackkrell4238]

The switch oled is lame, tho

[@kuroki9114]

@@jackkrell4238 yes, but for handheld player like me its like a godsend

[@payatyo]

1:40:00

[@oceanman6530]

my download speed is 2mb/s lol

[@oscarduron6606]

does anyone know if rurikhan has another channel under a different alias because i swear he sounds just like VinylicPumaGaming , it's ridiculous how close their voices are at least to me.

[@Mgkamiolo]

I just checked out the channel they sound similar but definitely not the same person.

[@Qballiz2kool]

I used to watch that guys videos when I played Borderlands, they do sound similar but their not the same guy.

[@TecnoRase]

A dock Pro is unrealistic and honestly, a horrible idea. The switch is already having troubles running some games like Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity and Disgaea 6, if we were to have a dock that upscales resolution the performance would still be awfull, I'd rather have performance over graphics. Only my opinion tho.

[@arisenpawn425]

Did Gaijins profile pic always move his mouth when he speaks?

[@achro2491]

no they just added it an episode or two before

[@justalex4214]

Switch oled is a hard pass for me since I only play in docked mode with a pro controller cos I can't use the joy cons...they're too small for me and make my fingers hurt after just a few short minutes :(

[@kyril98741]

Try using Pro controller clip to hook the tablet.

[@Vulcanfaux]

I've seen that canceling pre-orders happen with best buy alot specifically. So far I haven't seen it happen with gamestop, then again I don't pre-order much to begin with. I mean outside of stories 2, the only other thing I have pre-ordered is metroid dread and the amiibo.

[@jackkrell4238]

Agreed, but I also preordered rise

[@Vulcanfaux]

@@jackkrell4238 so did I, but what I'm saying is what I currently have pre-ordered.

[@gavin274]

I’m not too hung up on this and I could be wrong since I haven’t played it myself or watched all the videos released about MHST 2 so far, but it seems to me from Rurikhan’s responses that the game may be more of a “solid / good game” rather than an “amazing / one-of-a-kind experience” like how I would the consider the mainline mh games as.

[@hiddenfeather9564]

The thing that I look forward to this game is the pvp but yeah ,I don't expect anything so amazing and it looks like this will be like the first one. I will still buy it because I had fun playing the first mhst and the demo.

[@jackkrell4238]

Collecting all the monsters and appreciating the world of mh all ready makes it a masterpiece

[@n64central]

I agree with Gaijin. I don’t buy a switch game if it doesn’t support cloud saving

[@Ringabels_Edea_L_pickup_lines]

Lol what is with people and recorders 🤣

[@matanuywild2726]

i don't like naviru... but i have no problem with his vioce.... i just feal he is only there because our Main chars can not have a voice for himself. i like the puns... but thats it.

[@alexxcheetos8265]

0/10 they spoiled the credits never watching again (this is a joke btw)