Capcom's Monster Hunter franchise, celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2024, roars back in 2025 with Monster Hunter Wilds. This prolific series, spanning generations of consoles, achieved new heights with Monster Hunter World (2018) and Monster Hunter Rise (2021), Capcom's two best-selling games ever.
Launching February 28th, Monster Hunter Wilds prompts a retrospective look at the franchise's key titles, chronologically ordered.
The Monster Hunter Universe:
While over 25 Monster Hunter games exist (including spin-offs, mobile titles, and enhanced versions), this list focuses on the 12 most significant, excluding mobile, arcade, and discontinued MMO entries, along with the Japan-exclusive Monster Hunter Diary: Poka Poka Airou Village.
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The Monster Hunter series lacks a continuous narrative, allowing players to choose their entry point. Newcomers in 2025 might prefer to await Monster Hunter Wilds' reception. However, Monster Hunter World (emphasizing exploration) or Monster Hunter Rise (prioritizing speed and fluidity) offer excellent starting points.
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Monster Hunter Games: A Chronological Overview:
Initially conceived to test the PS2's online capabilities, the original Monster Hunter established core gameplay: players undertake quests, hunt monsters, gather materials, craft equipment, and face progressively tougher challenges, solo or cooperatively. Monster Hunter G, an expanded version, followed exclusively in Japan.
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This enhanced PSP port of Monster Hunter G marked the series' successful transition to handheld consoles, selling over a million copies and establishing a trend of portable versions outselling their console counterparts – a trend that lasted until Monster Hunter World.
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Future of Monster Hunting:
Beyond Monster Hunter Wilds, Capcom and TiMi Studio Group are developing Monster Hunter Outlanders, a free-to-play mobile game with a large open world and multiplayer hunting. The release date remains unannounced.
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