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Monster Hunter Stories, series’ chirpy turn-based spin on Pokémon, gets its first PC release in a new remasterWith full voiceover, HD visuals and previously Japan-only content
With full voiceover, HD visuals and previously Japan-only content
Image credit:Capcom
Image credit:Capcom
The originalMonster Hunter Stories, the turn-based take on the long-running hack-and-craft series, will finally see a release on PC this summer in the form of an upcoming remaster.
Monster Hunter Stories - Announcement Trailer | Nintendo Switch, PC, PS4Watch on YouTube
Monster Hunter Stories - Announcement Trailer | Nintendo Switch, PC, PS4
Monster Hunter Stories released on the Nintendo 3DS back in 2016 (2017 for those of us not in Japan), and later found its way onto mobile. While its sequel, 2021’sWings of Ruin, came to PC alongside Switch, the first instalment was left behind on handhelds.
Until now, that is! Today’s Nintendo Direct revealed that the OG Monster Hunter Stories will see a remastered re-release this summer, marking the first time theRPGspin-off been (officially) playable on PC.
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Stories offers a distinctly different approach to whacking dragons and dinosaurs over the head with the sharpened thighbone of their upcycled offspring, changing from real-time action combat to turn–based battles. It’s got a more family-friendly tone, too, in that you can hatch monsters (after stealing their eggs from their parents, mind) and raise them to fight other monsters for you. Er, that’s family-friendly, right?
Overall, the overall tone and gameplay is closer to something like Pokémon, with cutesy takes on usually vicious beasties like the Rathalos who will let you ride on them as you explore the open world and fight in battles with similar rock-paper-scissors matchups.
The remaster of Monster Hunter Stories is due to arrive on Steam sometime this summer.
