Capcom has just announced that Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate will be arriving exclusively on the Nintendo Switch on August 28th, 2018. Those who embark on this journey will go against the largest roster of unique monsters and are chosen to defend four villages from major threats known as the Fated Four. This title will support local wireless and online multiplayer with up to three hunters, and you are able to transfer your save data from the original 3DS version to Ultimate. In addition, there will be a new Elder Dragon, new areas, and the return of fan-favorite monsters like Zinogre and Naragacuga. Lastly, Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate will introduce the “G” rank quest level that allows you to face more dangerous and deadly versions of monsters you have faced on your journey.
Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate is the definitive version of Monster Hunter Generations that released on the Nintendo 3DS in North America on July 15th, 2016. This title in the long-running Monster Hunter series introduced new gameplay mechanics including Hunting Styles and Hunter Arts that allows players to customize and vary up their playstyles. These new Hunting Styles include the Guild Style, which is the most traditional, and allows you to equip two Hunting Arts (Special Skills). If you wish for something a bit more dramatic and flashy, you can choose the Aerial Style that adds a little jump when you dodge, allowing for greater movement abilities and mounting monsters, but you only get to equip one Hunter Art.
In Japan, Monster Hunter Generations was released as Monster Hunter X in May 2015. On March 18th, 2017, Japan received their version of Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate as Monster Hunter XX on the Nintendo 3DS and just a few months later, on August 25th, 2017, Monster Hunter XX was ported to the Nintendo Switch, once again, in Japan only.
Are you excited for Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate? Hopefully this is the first step in the Nintendo Switch receiving a port of Monster Hunter World. Also, if you’d like to learn more about Monster Hunter Generations, check out our review of the title, and get excited to hunt away!
