I tried to start a monster Hunter club in Seattle during portable 3rd times. Our most successful meetup was during PAX. Yuri from Capcom actually came and played with us! He wasn't allowed to play portable 3rd though haha. We played Unite instead. He was very skilled at the hammer. I remember this one kid, who was probably 14, came up to us and there was about 6 of us all playing 3rd on beanbags. He was very awkward and nerdy. He asked me "is this the Seattle monster Hunter society?" And I said "yah! Do you live in Seattle?" And he kind of bashfully said "no, I live in Idaho" and then began to walk away. I was like "wait, do you have your psp on you?" And he turned around and was like "yeah . . . Is it okay if I play with you guys?" I laughed and told him it absolutely was. He grinned ear to ear and sat down on a bean bag. He was a hunting horn user and super funny. It felt so awesome to engage strangers about this weird game we were all playing in Japanese. It felt so secret and awesome. I'm so happy seeing the success of this title and the evolution to the next gen. I hope that kid still uses hunting horn 🖤
when i was a child i was so scared of rathalos in monster hunter ps2 that i just circled around him without him noticing me and then i turn off the game lol
lmao same, i still remembered that i change from gs to hbg and back then iirc rathian can go to map no 6 in forest&hills map and i just wait her on top of the clif to shoot at her lol, such a good memories
Started with the original Monster Hunter back on PS2. Oh, the memories... ... When you attacked with the right stick, moved camera with the D-pad, and one of the buttons that would later be used for attacks was "open tutorial menu for the like three quests that had tutorials". When gathering spots would still let you try to gather when there was nothing left. When hammer didn't stun and greatsword didn't charge. When subspecies weren't even a concept, and the big final boss of single player was the Monoblos. When there was no canteen or Felyne Helpers. When "verticality" just meant Zone 6 in the Forest & Hills. When the fighting Plesioth required you to bring a rare gatherable item from a DIFFERENT MAP just to START the fight. When you had to buy the little blurb and logo for every monster from the shop. When you had to bring five combo books in your twenty-slot inventory to make sure you would actually craft a potion instead of garbage. When I would go to school in the morning and tell my friend about how I couldn't get past Rathalos STILL because I would run out of time because he WOULD SPEND HALF OF THE QUEST IN THE SKY, JUST CIRCLING THE AREA, ... Good times.
i was just a child when i started on the first MH game. I couldn't get past rathalos too until i came back on it after playing MHFU on psp. I can relate to every single point you made. I'm crying of nostalgia...
Ah the best monster hunter game of them all. When the GS only had 3 moves and you could chain them into an infinite combo. Or the fact the lance was the most popular weapon as it allowed you to headlock the monsters. What a great time.
Started with World and got addicted, I've been slowly playing through the older games and I can confirm that Monster Hunter is indeed life, just wish it entered mine sooner.
My hunting carrier began in the waters of Moga. Diving below the surface, getting livers of the Epioths... ...and witnessing how an azure scaled thunder tore through the dark depths and killing my prey in seconds. I once saw Tri on the shelves and what hooked me to it was the image of the Lagiacrus roaring down at the hunter. If it hadn't been for Lagiacrus, I would have probably never joined this awesome community. I sank countless hours into this game's online mode, but was unable to witness Loc Lac's dying breaths. The hub always had a soft spot in my heart. Can't believe so much time has passed already. It still feels like yesterday when I picked it up. It really is incredible how far the franchise has come over the years.
That was my first game as well. However I was terrified of playing online for a very long time, afraid I would suck lol. Which I did, until finally after almost a year I started online and started LEARNING SO MUCH from watching people and learning all the little tricks. Trap, flashbomb, trap, flashbomb. Sleep-bombing. I had no idea. Tactics are so cultural in this game, it's amazing. God I know I'm in the minority but I miss underwater. It was so awesome.
@@natbvm1880 I liked the underwater combat as well. I like foward to it returning with improvements and the Leviathan class's return. That fear of playing online is pretty much natural. It is human to go into a new environment with mixed feelings and be scared of messing up. Be it in games, be it in real life with school, work, moving. But the most you learn is from watching and hunting with others. This community is very welcome and helpful. If you are new, you are no scorned at, but there will always be people who will show you the ropes. Yes, there are elitists, but they are in every community and in most cases, are drowned in supportive voices of the masses. That is what I always like about the community. Because these new ones can be staple partners before you know it ;)
I started with World but when I went back to play the older games I felt right at home in MH3U, I love Moga Village, the Leviathans and the underwater combat, I just really wish I was able to play online.
My dad got me MH Freedom for the PSP when I was a child because I loved dragons and dinosaurs. I sucked at the games until Tri but I loved them anyways and I've been a diehard fan ever since.
I played freedom unite on my psps as my first mh game but being a kid of 8 urs old I could never get past 2 stars quest.... Literally had no idea I can make armour from the hide of monsters lol... But since then I loved the concept of hunting monsters
Fahad_Nomna7 They will make another portable MH it’s just how it is. I also would like to stay on home consoles but it’s inevitable. Whatever they come up with whether it’s portable console or home console I will still look forward to it because in the end it’s still monster hunter
@@MegadetH666ksa they will make two versions from now on, one mainstream monster hunter for pc and home consoles, and another one for portable consoles
I remember playing monster hunter on the bus and train with my friends while going to school. Ahhh thinking about those times kind of makes me teary eyed. I can never forget the good feeling of hoping on a warm train during winter with some family mart sandwiches and onigiris and hunt monster with my friends.
I really wish MH was popular at my school back in the day, me and my friends all had PSPs at the time and it would have been nice to have memories of playing through Freedom Unite with them
Man, I wish I could say the same... I started in iceborne but I'd known about monster hunter for a long time. I just never got to play any of them because my family was too poor to afford much in the form of gaming... I guess with how many hours I have on mhw now, I'm making up for all the games I missed...
Yooooo, I'm currently stationed in Japan and family mart sandwiches and onigiris are FIRE, by far my favorite snack while playing monster hunter right now
@@thebaseandtriflingcreature174 Was the transition to Freedom difficult for you? I STARTED on Freedom but it was a LONG time ago and I didn't understand any of the mechanics very well. I'm pretty sure I never beat Rathalos in that game.
7:18 Technically the one that's playing in the background is the Generations Version, but Pokke Village theme is Pokke Village theme and it feels like home.
Alongside my MH adventures, there has been one friend I could count on - Gaijin Hunter. Thank you for the years of shared excitement, guides, and discussions!
I remember when playing MH1, the movements feels really heavy like you're actually wearing a heavy armor. I guess after 5 generations the humans in that world is so used to heavy armors that they can do aerial acrobats and stuff.
They didn't even know how to use Longswords properly. There are some "Longswords" in the first game like the iron katana, but they are Greatswords and are used as such.
I understand that Japan is different with their love for portable, but no one who has played MHW can deny how incredible it is to play it at a high frame-rate and with HD textures. One of the most beautiful games ever made with BY FAR the best animations every put in a game. It was my first MH experience and I'm sold for life on this series.
While I owned MH Freedom, my true introduction to the series was Freedom 2. So many memories, the game starting out with Tigrex hospitalizing you, his subsequent invasions of your village quests, that exciting discovery of the game’s diverse roster of monsters (and having none of them spoiled by obnoxious thumbnails), our ominous introduction to the elder dragons, all my walls, Khezu, Shogun Ceanataur, Gravios, EACH of the true elder dragons, and, most important to me, Tigrex. Then I upgraded to Freedom Unite and with it came Nargacuga, forgotten favourites if mine Hypnocatrice and Yamatsukami, the HELL that was farming FIVE heavenlies for Gold Rathian’s armour, then after months, my triumph over Ukanlos.
11:31 There's a tiny mistake here where you accidentally mentioned Switch instead of Wii. Also, the HD version of P3rd is just the PSP version running on PS3 (That's why you can run the HD version on PSP emulator)
@@klauserji yes, that is why he said "That's why you can run the HD version on PSP emulator". he didnt said that you can run the non hd version on a psp emulator
@@jpraczbr8413 ermm, just no... OP actually just stated that you can run the HD version as an emulation, he never implied or mentioned anything about the original, so not the reason why the statement was made, the statement was made to make clear, that the HD version is LITERALLY the PSP version without any code changes, which does not imply the normal version does not run on emulator. So the statement about the original not running on emulation is a good point for those not knowing it, considering the HD version does, and literally is the same game code, kinda, sorta
found mh game 2007 cause i was wondering if should pick shooting game or game where u hunt dragons and dad said why not take one where u can hunt dragons kinda amazing right ?
I wish same could be said about Pokemon.. I feel like Monster Hunter is among the few rare franchises that have kept a steady growth in greatness while many beloved ones like Pokemon have fallen for corporate greed and are barely even trying anymore.
I started with the first monster hunter way back in 2004 when a friend of mine rented it from a blockbuster and we got hooked. I begged my mom to buy it for me after that and she eventually relented. I sunk almost 400hrs into it doing nothing but village quests because I was very young and didn't even know about the online capability lol. Talk about a missed opportunity. Also, "Hey guys, it's Gaijin Hunter" 2020 may be pre-apocalyptic but at least we got that back.
Man I love your content when you cover things like this. Alot of the people who started with World have no idea about the details surrounding the history of Monster Hunter. I have absolutely fallen in love with the franchise so it's great to learn from the past too. Thank you so much!
I'm an OG player since the very beginning in the states. I remember reading a game magazine and then seeing a copy for rental at a blockbuster. Since then I've been hooked.
Also since the start in Germany but it was all a coincidence for me. Was looking for a game saw the cover and liked it. So I bought it and regretted it not, even once.
@@johannesnagengast7643 Kinda the same here. I was a huge fan of Devil May Cry and there was the demo of MH1 along the collector edition of DMC2. Ended up playing the demo more than DMC2 lmao
Tristan Hakaize back than I didn’t liked DMC so I never had the Demo. As I said was just a coincidence for me I found that masterpiece. But good to know now I want to get that Demo. 🤣
3U is my favorite but only because of nostalgia (tri was my first). But being unbiased, purely based on how much fun I had and how great the game itself it, 4U probably takes the cake.
And through it all, one thing remained consistent throughout the entire evolution of the franchise: Rathalos. They could not have made a better choice choosing him as the poster boy for the franchise. Edit: So apparently, everyone reading my comment has misinterpreted what I meant. Everyone reading my comment has thought I was talking about the DESIGN of Rathalos, when that was NOT what I was originally talking about. I was talking about his POPULARITY. He and Rathian have appeared in EVERY game, and neither of them have ever NOT given players an epic fight. And when Monster Hunter decides to do a crossover with another franchise, which Monster do they pick to represent them? You guessed it, RATHALOS!
As someone who's played all MH available to the UK, I'm absolutely happy and proud of the team behind the game for constantly making great iterations each time, MH is the only game I'll pre-order/buy on release as it's the only game that has my confidence. I look forward to the future of the series and will be there to support it.
I've been playing MH3U (3DS) lately, and so far, about my favorite moment was of all things a Plesioth hunt. Because when Plesioth dove into the water on the Deserted Island I think to myself _"why are you running?"_ and just dove right in after it. Also, in the process I've learned how to Lance.
Played since 3 Ultimate. My friend also played 3 Ultimate but never got past low rank. I played every game and got to g rank at least in all of them. Oddly one if my favorite hunting experiences is seeing my friend find his calling as a hunter in world. While playing monster hunter world he was fighting odogaron and he finally started to fight with desire to win. The music the tension the desire to fight it reminded of when I truly felt a desire to hunt. God now I remember my call of the hunter. Mh3u on the Wii u. A young teen me was playing on a summer night. I was playing online and still learning strategies and was helped out along the way by others teaching me. My first rathalos hunt. We had got it about 3/4 of the way, but then I disconnected from the other. I didn't want to give up. I fought and fought. I ran out of healing items, but still kept fighting to get my rewards. At one point I was running to the bed everytime I was below half health. I was worrying I would time out or faint. Then at my fifth go I did it slayed my first rathalos... My first true hunting struggling and desire to complete the mission. Always have the G rank rathalos armor as a trophy.
Just did the same thing with Gravios urgent quest in MHF1, ran out of healing items, fainted twice but had broken his chest and he was limping, so I took my time with him and after a few close calls and running back to camp 4 times to sleep I managed to slay him
My call of a hunter was kehzu. Yes, khezu. I was young (maybe 11) and mhf was my first "real" game I ever played, ignoring racing games here. Khezu urgent quest. I was trying over and over, I hadn't understood the mechanics of mh at this point. Light bow gun, the basic one without any improvements. I guess I already fainted one or two times. I was fiering my shots, which were starting to run out, I mostly relied on normal S 1 . Time was running out, the khezu left the icy cave, I ran behind him to the first "ice cold" area. I fiered paralyzing ammo to paralyze him from distance. He hitted the ground lifeless, I've slayed my first big monster. I was so exited I runned and told my dad😅 Still one of my core memories of my monster hunter live
You reminded me of myself years ago😂. This is why mh games always reach my passion to hunt, to learn, discover, and thrive with seemingly vibrant, abstract thoughts everytime I play.
I started with MH3U on the 3DS. By the time I got a feel for that game (I was just getting to fighting Crimson Qurupeco) MH4U was released. To this day, even after putting 1000 of hours into MHG, MHGU, MHW, and MHWI my favorite will always be MH4U. The story, environments, gameplay, and community within MH4U was just a phenomenal experience. The weapons felt amazing, armor had great stats and skills, and the progression of monsters felt challenging. Out of all the Monster Hunter games, the story in MH4U truly made me feel like a caravan hunter that saved so many people through the climax of Shagaru Magala and Gogmazios (with Gogmazios and Dalamadur being my favorite monsters/fights). Whenever my friends tell me they don't find Monster Hunter games appealing I recommend playing MH4U, because it truly made me feel like a growing hunter.
I just started getting my friend into monster hunter with iceborne and i’m hoping he likes it just as much as me so I can also tell him about 4U. Idk if he’d like to buy a 3ds but I’m hoping he trusts me like he did when I told him to get iceborne
"Monster Hunter does not normally go quiet for over a year unless something big is happening" Seeing as Iceborne's content is coming to a close and we haven't seen an announcement for the new installment yet, I'd say we're due for an interesting next game and soon
@@ThatsOk83 it is different, I get why people want MH like how it was before world and I also get why people want another MH like world, both are good in their own respects, but people have preferences
Lucas Peixoto I get it I really do. There are times where I would rather play an older monster hunter than iceborne I just thought you were one of those people that hated world for being really new. Whether they release another monster hunter like world or go back to the old mechanics I’ll still be excited because it’s still monster hunter
Got a bit teary-eyed there through the memory lane. This is one of my most loved franchises and I'm so glad to see how far it has gone. Started with MHF2 on the PSP up to present and I can't wait for the next installment, be it on the Switch or the PS5. :)
so disappointed i never knew about Monster Hunter until Generations, its easily one of my favorite game series ever now. im so excited for the next game!
I started with World, but I love watching the history of this amazing game series and appreciate all you guys who supported it through its whole journey!
This makes me kinda sad that I only got into the series since Iceborne. Even with the short time I've been playing, this game has become one of my favorites.
@@Aerthkil Jesus, people really love ruining things for others huh. If you want to gate-keep go do it somewhere else - Monster Hunter isn’t about that.
i started way back when i was 8 years old on MH Freedom, but my PSP broke then some years have passed and i discovered MHFU when i was 11. and committed my life in this game series since then :))
Goddamn, back then I was a naive kid with no access to the internet. I really thought the "playstation" my parents got me was the real deal, turns out it was a knockoff. How did I discover it? I bought a game magazine and was shocked that playstation uses CDs... and not bricks. Good times tho, I thought contra was the "shit" back in 2001.
Ahhh the memories.... one day suddendly I started to wonder: why aren't there games (RPG, Adventure, etc) in which equiping new armors or clothes alteres the appeareance of the character using them? Another day I wondered: Is there a game where I can fight dragons or huge monsters? These two questions put me to search through the internet and my prayers where answered with Monster hunter Freedom Unite for PSP. I got so hooked to this game but as a rookie hunter, my ass was handed down to me so many times that I started to get frustrated... until I finally managed to capture a HUB velocidrome... yes, I was being chewed by a monster intended to be hunted by 4 players while still in my starting gear.... I really am glad that I did not stopped trying, the sensation of accomplishment was so powerful that I am not able to put down GenU to this day even after hundreds of hour playing. I may not be the best hunter out there, but man, this game is so fun be it solo or co-op. For me, Monster hunter is the best series of games ever along with Metroid. Happy hunting!!! \\( *w* )//
Your videos are always incredibly comforting to watch. The time and dedication you have shown this series is astounding. It’s appreciated. Now we just need Capcom to announce a new game already!
The really first MH game i played is MH 2dos, back then when i don't even know that my ps2 was jaibreak-ed and i buy the game from some store clerk in the side of the road, which is pirated disc, and only for half to quarter dollar. It's very very cheap. I don't know what this game is so i played it and the game stuck on hub area, and i just recently found out that mh2dos is japan only game and don't have any localization. I can't play anything, can't do any quest, just running around and talking to all the npc. Fast forward to middle school, i forgot why but i don't have my ps2 anymore. But i got this friend, i always sleep over in his house, and we played this game, just called "monster hunter" since he had ps2 back then. I don't even remember that this game and the game i played back then is the same franchise, but what i remember is, the first time i saw forest and hill, my jaw drop and I'm speechless for how gorgeous the game is. The aptonoth in the distance, the "velociraptor-like" velociprey, and the gathering area, which unlike the recent game, back then they don't have any button prompt so you have to guess where to find any herb/mining/mushroom/fishing point is. I don't know why, but the feeling of exploring and searching for the monster, while trying to find its pattern before eventually find it and throw the paintball is so satisfying. I remember once, me and my friend tried to find rathalos in forest and hill, for almost half an hour we can't find it because we don't know what psychoserum is, so we just running around trying to find it. I don't know is it a curse or something but it seems we always half a minute too late when we got to the area its in, the rathalos already gone to other area. But it was fun. It gave you the sense of "hunting" in the truest sense. You just hope your luck gave you the opportunity to find the monster. After that, i got into the game really fast, and i played freedom unite, 3rd portable and that's it. Due to family financial condition, I can't afford to buy any console, and the franchise just disappeared from my life. Although once in a while i played 3rdp on emulator just to feed my craving for some hunting action. But when MHW wad announced, i really can't believe it. Not only the franchise is back to the home console, but also come to PC. Maeby I'm too biased to this franchise, but i can say that is one of the happiest moment in my life. I'm sorry for the long comment and sorry for the broken english since is not my first language, and i think nobody will read this but to all of you from MH community and also to the dev, thank you, for making this franchise, bigger than life experience that i won't forget, and keep making awesome contents, the game for the dev, and video like this for content creators, or just sharing the experience with friends for us who just love this game. Once again, thank you to all of you, and happy hunting!
If they actually announce a Stories game for the Switch instead of a main series one I'm pretty sure the japanese fans are gonna riot in front of the Capcom HQs. And I'd be happy to join them.
@@MarcoSantiago1 I would have mixed feelings. Sure a main MH on switch would be nice, but also a sequel to Stories... I guess, at the end, i would be happy either way
@@MarcoSantiago1 Why would you want MH 6 on the Nintendo Switch and not on the upcoming PS5 and Xbox Series X (as well as PC)? That would be a massive downgrade and disservice for the fans after how fantastic MH World (aka MH 5) was.
@@unicorntomboy9736 Never said anything about it being MH6 on Switch or not wanting a new game for the PS5/SeriesX. I just want to play a new game on the Switch that isn't a 3ds port and makes good use of the system. The more Monster Hunter the better.
I’m fairly new to the MH franchise. When I was in job corps, I didn’t really talk to anybody. I just sat in my room and played my 3ds. A couple guys noticed this, and asked if I had MH. I said I’d never heard of it, so the next time we got to the store, i walked over to a GameStop, and I traded bravely default and rune factory for MH4U. They were all g crown already, so I couldn’t hunt with them, but they walked me through how to play, and even helped me through low rank + high rank hub quests. After I graduated, I kept playing, but my little hunting group never kept in touch. I bought every release since, using the same name I had in 4 in hopes I would run into them in a hub. I haven’t yet, but Ill keep playing, and holding out hope that I will someday. So, thank you, Jason and Ian. If you somehow see this, I miss y’all, and I’m itching to hunt with y’all again.
Man, I can't believe the levels of nostalgia I went through while watching this video, I've been playing MH since freedom unite with my wife and we are huge fans of the saga. thank you for your great content. Can't wait to have MH Rise in my hands to play with my wife and to watch your videos covering it!
Man, it's so fascinated to see just how much monster hunter has evolved over the years and yet it stills feels familiar, also i'm with you on wanting a portable friendly new monster hunter game.
I have the unpopular opinion that MH Generations Ultimate was a pointless game. It's a expansion of a spin-off game that was just there to occupy us until MH World (aka MH 5) was ready.
@@unicorntomboy9736 I dont really like the game either. I pretty much only like the new monsters they added but thats pretty much it. I dont like the styles, mechanics, prowler, millions of useless weapons and armor, the game being incredibly easy due to styles and how they massacred my boy Charge Blade with its undeserved nerfs.
I have always been fascinated with this series, but I started with Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate. I've actually been replaying it over the summer because I never reached G Rank the first time. I wouldn't have gotten as far in that game or Generations/GU without your videos. Keep up the great work!
Since I started with FU and have heard Pokke Village Theme so much I didn't even realize it was that theme playing in the background before you mentioned it :D
Personally started with MH Freedom on PSP as a kid, I love the game system (but was too bad at it). Years later I played 3U on Wii. Then 4U. And finally World in late 2019 which reignited my love for the series. With Iceborne, I wanted to try old games again, bought XX, and so far I love it. Great video, as always!
I was lucky enough to play the first MH game when it came out. For the longest time the only other MH fan I knew was my brother, since no one else really had heard about the game. It wasn’t until Freedom Unite came out that I had other friends to play with. The Monster Hunter series has always been a great inspiration to me, and I makes me happy to see more and more people fall in love with it. It’s amazing to see how far it’s come, but i can’t help but get a little emotional (in the happy way) going down memory lane. Thanks for this video, and I can’t wait to see where the future of Monster Hunter takes us
im not a veteran by any means since i started with 4U but man.. the memories of me buying the game, looking at the super cool gore magala cover and just binge watching your guides during the holidays and trying to understand how to play! i almost quit the game due to the difficulty but thanks to your guides i pulled through and am proud to say that i still play to this day :D
MH Freedom - My bundled game with the PSP for Christmas (Thanks Dad) but until Unite I didnt get the full experience of playing with a team. Great video Gaijin missed your videos like this.
Mh4u in 2016 was when I first discovered monster hunter. I remember I played til I got to the gore magala and for the life of me I couldn't beat it lol I ended up putting the game down for months and nearly forgot about it. At some point I discovered your channel and was really motivated by your passion for the game. I gave the game another try and fell in love with it. I have over 2000 hours in 4 ultimate alone now and it is by far the most rewarding, most satisfying game I've ever played. Thank you, gaijin hunter!
I first got into the game when the first reveal came out for monster hunter generations and I was hooked.I started with MH 4 Ultimate and then to generations and later GU.Finally I am now on World/Iceborne
Man, im getting nostalgic here...... I remember at first having at most a mild interest in 4U. Until I fought my first tigrex. The brutal yet easily learned attacks along with his theme and design made him the first monster I actually loved and enjoyed! Before i was simply fighting the monsters because I wanted to progress the story. Now here i am, with 400 hours on just that one profile, with countless more in world, gen and GU, and 3U! Thanks for the amazing series, capcom! And to you Gaijin hunter, thanks for the awesome videos, and may you have many more great hunts!
Looking at the history of MH announcements and releases, I guess it's safe to assume that the next MH game will be announced at TGS or next week with the rumoured Direct on the 28th. Most likely will be Ichinose's game, the director of the portable games (MHX and Portable 3rd).
@@gaijinhunter I honestly can't wait. I'm really really really hoping that the next MH game at the very least is on Switch or best case scenario, full multiplatform, everyone gets it. Honestly, with all the hints from Capcom and your tweets, I have been really excited to see the next game. It won't be long either. As always, keep up the wholesome content and amazing videos!
@@ozzie4863 Tell me about it... I had to switch consoles since I upgraded from Switch Lite to a regular Switch (gotta experience Rise on the TV screen) but I did make sure to use up all my Demo hunts. I'm loving the longsword and honestly I might even go from blademaster to gunner this time around. All the weapons just feel so god damn good to use... And the wirebug acrobatics are so fun! Already preordered the Collector's edition... The wait is killing me.
Thanks a lot for this Gaijin, and for everything you contributed to the community to this day, I teared up a little... All my hunting life flashed before me, starting late in the MH1 circa 2008? I stumbled across the game in a yard sale here in Brazil, going all the way Japan and buying a 3DSLL and MH4G during the launch weekend in some small store in Tokyo, whose owner was a MonHan fan kind enough to give me a small discount because I was clutching a plush Palico I got from an UFO catcher earlier that week, and round back to Brazil and my fond memories of B52 air raid sirens waking me up at night amidst cold sweat PTSD-induced nightmares :')
I started out the playing MH4G around 2015 on the 3DS and haven't missed a title yet. Now that I think about it, that's when I found this channel through the weapon tutorials! I hope you'll be covering this series for the years to come and thanks as always for the happy hunting reminder!
Same, i first found this channel through tutorials. My cousin convinced me to get the game but there was a shortage of nintendo products in early 2015 so i was a month late
When I started with MH3U on the 3DS, I didn't know anyone who played the game nor was I online-savvy enough to go onto forums and the like. Your tumblr is what gave me my first legs into the series, and to see how far the game and the community has come since then just feels surreal. Here's to many more years of Monster Hunter.
I’ve been playing since 3G. My friend was the one who originally got me into playing it. It was just unfortunate that I never really enjoyed it at the time because it initially felt really slow. I felt like I was going nowhere with the small monsters and fetch quests of low rank. However that changed really quickly as soon as the same friend as before got me into 4 ultimate (my favorite in the series.) That’s when the series finally clicked for me. I have such fine memories of the game, like one time where the gore magala and I were charging towards each other and I jumped, smashing it’s head with my hammer and putting it in a KO’d state. Moments like these really cemented my love for the series. Now both my friend and I have kept up with the series till now. I love the monster hunter franchise with a fiery passion and only hope that more people find the same enjoyment out of it that I do. Thank you for the video gaijin hunter and for helping me relive the history I have with the franchise thus far.
My brother had mh4u but I didn't like it when I tried it. Felt slow. My friends introduced me to mhgu and I sunk 900 hours into it in 8 months. Currently playing mh4u and loving every second of it (although I still hate the silver rathalos)
Man, Silver Rathalos made me drop the game for almost months until I came back to it, I was mad at him, but I will forever remember those hunts lol. Also it happened the opposite to me, I started with Gens and didn't hook me, I instantly dropped it... so my friend told me "You need to play 4U" and oh boy... there is where my journey began, I loved it sooo damn much, I think the narrative was good enough to hook me at first and then I loved the NPCs and the game overall, I then was going to move into XX with a different approach but World was announced and I remember buying a PS4 Pro exclusively for it and played the Beta days nonstop with my friend online feeling like Gaijin said "This was the best time to be a Monster Hunter fan"
Great overview, really enjoying these videos. I remember playing the orginal as a demo disk for the PS2, but it wasn't until Freedom Unite on the PSP that I was truly sucked into Monster Hunter. I haven't been able to claw my way back out of being a fan ever since.
I started out with Monster Hunter 3, honestly, when I first heard about it I thought it was some weird Pokemon rip-off game. xD (turns out I was mixing the name up with Monster Rancher...>.>) At first I didn't care when it was announced for the Wii, but then someone told me that the series was basically nothing but boss battles. So here I am...a Monster Hunter fan. lol
I thought it was Dinosaur like Game and Still dont know how to play it(im 7 years that time) and after getting Wifi i Touch the game again untill stuck with Yian kut ku that force me to prepared and strategize the monster patterns up until Rathalos that stuck me in 3 month untill i pack my Mega Potion and Well done Steak in Hunts. It was a Fun times Untill Handle With Care......(Bad Memories) and Beating the Troublesome pair. What a good Childhood
@@Zacharie27 u can use codebreaker or oldschool discord too tho, not very sure abt oldschool discord working for a physical PS2, I used the emulator for that after they shut down the srvers iirc
Great coverage GH, myself having only started first on PS4 world this was quite interesting. Switching over to PC for iceborne was probably perfect timing as pretty much everything was superseded and ive met some good people whom I play with regularily now, in fact I would not have played as much as I have without them. I love capcoms approach to content for this series and really look forward to more.
Monster Hunter Tri - It was mentioned in that Nintendo magazine I always bought and I thought it looked cool. Little did I know the frustration Alatreon would cause me as an 11 year old 😂
Watching this now makes me even more nostalgic. I started playing mh on my friends psp good old mhfreedom1 and unite my own hunt began with mhtri and now after more than 11 years I still love the games as much as I did as a kid. Glad that it got the attention it deserves and looking forward to rise in 4 days and to a bright future for the franchise it gave me great memories and Im still playing 4u and 4u to this day
My first monster hunter game was 4 Ultimate. I remember actually getting it as part of a 4 pack of games for Christmas, but it quickly ended up being my favorite 3DS game of all time. It was so thrilling to play, each new monster was like this insurmountable wall and each one felt incredible when I beat them. That was the only game in the series I actually had a lot of friends to play it with (I couldn't get into world cause of it being on a home console and GU was harder to find people still playing), but I can't wait to experience that again with a new monster hunter on switch.
Personally wasn’t a fan of the “portable” age of monster hunter. Mainly because it’s a fast pace action game on a tiny little hand held. Also I started with monster hunter 3 so I was way more used to playing it on a console. But My patience seems to have paid off.
I still remember being introduced to Monster Hunter Tri through the arena mode at a friend's house. I was absolutely blown away by the monster design and how challenging the fights were. I went out and bought myself a copy the next day and I've never missed a title since!
Played for ten years. Monster hunter games helped me in so many aspects in life. This is the best video game that i discovered, glad it happenned :) I regret that i sold my psp mh games, my tri copy, GU etc... (money needed lol) but this serie will remain in my heart for ever ! Never played any 3ds games but i played everything else :) Maybe i'll start buying them back, for collection !
I am quite new, just started with World on the PC, but immediately became enamored with everything the franchise represents and embodies. I needed to get something I could play on the fly since I need to travel a lot, so Generations Ultimate for the switch fit like a glove. It was kinda hard to not become overwhelmed by all the stances and options in GU being new to the game, but it is a magnificent entry in the series, and I just wish I could have had the time or the platforms back then to try some of the older entries. Truly an awesome community to be a part of!
I tried to start a monster Hunter club in Seattle during portable 3rd times. Our most successful meetup was during PAX. Yuri from Capcom actually came and played with us! He wasn't allowed to play portable 3rd though haha. We played Unite instead. He was very skilled at the hammer. I remember this one kid, who was probably 14, came up to us and there was about 6 of us all playing 3rd on beanbags. He was very awkward and nerdy. He asked me "is this the Seattle monster Hunter society?" And I said "yah! Do you live in Seattle?" And he kind of bashfully said "no, I live in Idaho" and then began to walk away. I was like "wait, do you have your psp on you?" And he turned around and was like "yeah . . . Is it okay if I play with you guys?" I laughed and told him it absolutely was. He grinned ear to ear and sat down on a bean bag. He was a hunting horn user and super funny. It felt so awesome to engage strangers about this weird game we were all playing in Japanese. It felt so secret and awesome. I'm so happy seeing the success of this title and the evolution to the next gen. I hope that kid still uses hunting horn 🖤
Wholesome
This right here is why I love video games so much
You’re pretty awesome
Great story, my friend.
kinda wish there was a website or phone app for finding MH players in your area
“It probably makes sense that the next big game is coming for the switch”
I’ve never heard anything that aged better than that sentence in my life
yep
Monster hunter rise should be in pc. Why because almost all monster hunter franchise was in console only world was in pc
@@Zireaelq lol, your jokes are funny
Not sure if the requisite graphical downgrades would go over well.
@@kittenburger_prime game looks good to me
when i was a child i was so scared of rathalos in monster hunter ps2 that i just circled around him without him noticing me and then i turn off the game lol
🤣 that'll show him
lmao same, i still remembered that i change from gs to hbg and back then iirc rathian can go to map no 6 in forest&hills map and i just wait her on top of the clif to shoot at her lol, such a good memories
Started with the original Monster Hunter back on PS2. Oh, the memories...
...
When you attacked with the right stick, moved camera with the D-pad, and one of the buttons that would later be used for attacks was "open tutorial menu for the like three quests that had tutorials".
When gathering spots would still let you try to gather when there was nothing left.
When hammer didn't stun and greatsword didn't charge.
When subspecies weren't even a concept, and the big final boss of single player was the Monoblos.
When there was no canteen or Felyne Helpers.
When "verticality" just meant Zone 6 in the Forest & Hills.
When the fighting Plesioth required you to bring a rare gatherable item from a DIFFERENT MAP just to START the fight.
When you had to buy the little blurb and logo for every monster from the shop.
When you had to bring five combo books in your twenty-slot inventory to make sure you would actually craft a potion instead of garbage.
When I would go to school in the morning and tell my friend about how I couldn't get past Rathalos STILL because I would run out of time because he WOULD SPEND HALF OF THE QUEST IN THE SKY, JUST CIRCLING THE AREA,
...
Good times.
Wow I didn't know all of that, guess the series has really come a long way
i was just a child when i started on the first MH game. I couldn't get past rathalos too until i came back on it after playing MHFU on psp. I can relate to every single point you made. I'm crying of nostalgia...
This comment hit me in the feels, thank you!
Yeah the good old days... That nostalgic feeling don't know how to describe it...
Ah the best monster hunter game of them all. When the GS only had 3 moves and you could chain them into an infinite combo. Or the fact the lance was the most popular weapon as it allowed you to headlock the monsters. What a great time.
Been playing since 2G (freedom unite), haven’t skipped a game since... Monster Hunter is life!
Same man I love you
Have you played World?
Started with World and got addicted, I've been slowly playing through the older games and I can confirm that Monster Hunter is indeed life, just wish it entered mine sooner.
@@JoCoHo Same i just got mhgu
Mhfu gang let’s goo
My hunting carrier began in the waters of Moga. Diving below the surface, getting livers of the Epioths...
...and witnessing how an azure scaled thunder tore through the dark depths and killing my prey in seconds.
I once saw Tri on the shelves and what hooked me to it was the image of the Lagiacrus roaring down at the hunter. If it hadn't been for Lagiacrus, I would have probably never joined this awesome community. I sank countless hours into this game's online mode, but was unable to witness Loc Lac's dying breaths. The hub always had a soft spot in my heart. Can't believe so much time has passed already. It still feels like yesterday when I picked it up. It really is incredible how far the franchise has come over the years.
That was my first game as well. However I was terrified of playing online for a very long time, afraid I would suck lol. Which I did, until finally after almost a year I started online and started LEARNING SO MUCH from watching people and learning all the little tricks. Trap, flashbomb, trap, flashbomb. Sleep-bombing. I had no idea. Tactics are so cultural in this game, it's amazing. God I know I'm in the minority but I miss underwater. It was so awesome.
@@natbvm1880 I liked the underwater combat as well. I like foward to it returning with improvements and the Leviathan class's return.
That fear of playing online is pretty much natural. It is human to go into a new environment with mixed feelings and be scared of messing up. Be it in games, be it in real life with school, work, moving.
But the most you learn is from watching and hunting with others. This community is very welcome and helpful. If you are new, you are no scorned at, but there will always be people who will show you the ropes. Yes, there are elitists, but they are in every community and in most cases, are drowned in supportive voices of the masses. That is what I always like about the community.
Because these new ones can be staple partners before you know it ;)
I started with World but when I went back to play the older games I felt right at home in MH3U, I love Moga Village, the Leviathans and the underwater combat, I just really wish I was able to play online.
Me too! I picked it purely based of the cover art when i was like 10 years old, if it wasnt for lagiacrus i wouldnt be here
I wish I'd gotten to properly see Loc Lac City, it was replaced by Port Tanzia in MH3U and as nice as it was it was no great stone city
I started with Monster Hunter: Freedom on the PSP in 2005. MH is my favorite franchise of all time.
Same here, my friend. Freedom on PSP helped me get through some very difficult times and I owe a lot to that copy of Freedom.
And don't forget the hip check :D
Same here, one of my favourite games of all time
same, but i did not apreciate it on my 1st time, then go back after a year or so and BOOM, now i became a big fan...
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My dad got me MH Freedom for the PSP when I was a child because I loved dragons and dinosaurs. I sucked at the games until Tri but I loved them anyways and I've been a diehard fan ever since.
I played freedom unite on my psps as my first mh game but being a kid of 8 urs old I could never get past 2 stars quest.... Literally had no idea I can make armour from the hide of monsters lol... But since then I loved the concept of hunting monsters
Most shocking thing to me about this video is how monster hunter 4 outsold MH World in Japan. Really tells you how big portable gaming is in Japan.
and i hope it stays this way from now on. i don't wanna see a portable monster hunter game after MHW.
Fahad_Nomna7 They will make another portable MH it’s just how it is. I also would like to stay on home consoles but it’s inevitable. Whatever they come up with whether it’s portable console or home console I will still look forward to it because in the end it’s still monster hunter
@@MegadetH666ksa I'm sorry then, though switch is still better than 3ds
@@MegadetH666ksa they will make two versions from now on, one mainstream monster hunter for pc and home consoles, and another one for portable consoles
Right!
I remember playing monster hunter on the bus and train with my friends while going to school. Ahhh thinking about those times kind of makes me teary eyed. I can never forget the good feeling of hoping on a warm train during winter with some family mart sandwiches and onigiris and hunt monster with my friends.
Such a good memory
I really wish MH was popular at my school back in the day, me and my friends all had PSPs at the time and it would have been nice to have memories of playing through Freedom Unite with them
Man, I wish I could say the same...
I started in iceborne but I'd known about monster hunter for a long time.
I just never got to play any of them because my family was too poor to afford much in the form of gaming...
I guess with how many hours I have on mhw now, I'm making up for all the games I missed...
I'm just imagining the bus reaching your stop and having to cancel your hunt because the monster isn't close to being dead yet
Yooooo, I'm currently stationed in Japan and family mart sandwiches and onigiris are FIRE, by far my favorite snack while playing monster hunter right now
I started with Stories. You probably don't hear that too often
Holy crap, really? I'm not hating, but dang... I've never heard that one before ^^;
i sorta did too. really liked the rise demo and im looking forward to the sequel this year.
Better than starting with MHWorld. That would be an awful way to start.
@@NostaleFreak96 hello
Started on world, hopped onto freedom on my psp later
@@thebaseandtriflingcreature174 Was the transition to Freedom difficult for you? I STARTED on Freedom but it was a LONG time ago and I didn't understand any of the mechanics very well. I'm pretty sure I never beat Rathalos in that game.
7:18
Technically the one that's playing in the background is the Generations Version, but
Pokke Village theme is Pokke Village theme and it feels like home.
Alongside my MH adventures, there has been one friend I could count on - Gaijin Hunter. Thank you for the years of shared excitement, guides, and discussions!
I remember when playing MH1, the movements feels really heavy like you're actually wearing a heavy armor. I guess after 5 generations the humans in that world is so used to heavy armors that they can do aerial acrobats and stuff.
That makes a lot of senses, they must be pretty strong generations by now... considering how admiral block rajang's breath
@@extexc280 and the fact the boulder he used was easy over 900 lbs haha
They didn't even know how to use Longswords properly. There are some "Longswords" in the first game like the iron katana, but they are Greatswords and are used as such.
Actually did you know that in the games, the longsword uses chi to do its sprit combos
Verismilitude can go take a running jump when it's getting in the way of fun.
I understand that Japan is different with their love for portable, but no one who has played MHW can deny how incredible it is to play it at a high frame-rate and with HD textures. One of the most beautiful games ever made with BY FAR the best animations every put in a game. It was my first MH experience and I'm sold for life on this series.
While I owned MH Freedom, my true introduction to the series was Freedom 2. So many memories, the game starting out with Tigrex hospitalizing you, his subsequent invasions of your village quests, that exciting discovery of the game’s diverse roster of monsters (and having none of them spoiled by obnoxious thumbnails), our ominous introduction to the elder dragons, all my walls, Khezu, Shogun Ceanataur, Gravios, EACH of the true elder dragons, and, most important to me, Tigrex.
Then I upgraded to Freedom Unite and with it came Nargacuga, forgotten favourites if mine Hypnocatrice and Yamatsukami, the HELL that was farming FIVE heavenlies for Gold Rathian’s armour, then after months, my triumph over Ukanlos.
11:31 There's a tiny mistake here where you accidentally mentioned Switch instead of Wii. Also, the HD version of P3rd is just the PSP version running on PS3 (That's why you can run the HD version on PSP emulator)
No one is perfect, but I didn’t even notice that, cool that you noticed it.
And u can't run the original psp version on the emulator lmao
@@klauserji yes, that is why he said "That's why you can run the HD version on PSP emulator".
he didnt said that you can run the non hd version on a psp emulator
@@jpraczbr8413 ermm, just no... OP actually just stated that you can run the HD version as an emulation, he never implied or mentioned anything about the original, so not the reason why the statement was made, the statement was made to make clear, that the HD version is LITERALLY the PSP version without any code changes, which does not imply the normal version does not run on emulator. So the statement about the original not running on emulation is a good point for those not knowing it, considering the HD version does, and literally is the same game code, kinda, sorta
You must be fun at parties.
Been here since 2004, I’ve had a great time ever since. It’s been nice to see the series grow as I’ve gotten older
found mh game 2007 cause i was wondering if should pick shooting game or game where u hunt dragons and dad said why not take one where u can hunt dragons kinda amazing right ?
I wish same could be said about Pokemon.. I feel like Monster Hunter is among the few rare franchises that have kept a steady growth in greatness while many beloved ones like Pokemon have fallen for corporate greed and are barely even trying anymore.
I started with the first monster hunter way back in 2004 when a friend of mine rented it from a blockbuster and we got hooked. I begged my mom to buy it for me after that and she eventually relented. I sunk almost 400hrs into it doing nothing but village quests because I was very young and didn't even know about the online capability lol. Talk about a missed opportunity.
Also, "Hey guys, it's Gaijin Hunter"
2020 may be pre-apocalyptic but at least we got that back.
I shudder to imagine an AU where the first game never took off and they didn’t bother to continue this awesome series. Ugh no thanks lol
Man I love your content when you cover things like this. Alot of the people who started with World have no idea about the details surrounding the history of Monster Hunter. I have absolutely fallen in love with the franchise so it's great to learn from the past too. Thank you so much!
I'm an OG player since the very beginning in the states. I remember reading a game magazine and then seeing a copy for rental at a blockbuster. Since then I've been hooked.
Also since the start in Germany but it was all a coincidence for me. Was looking for a game saw the cover and liked it. So I bought it and regretted it not, even once.
@@johannesnagengast7643 Kinda the same here. I was a huge fan of Devil May Cry and there was the demo of MH1 along the collector edition of DMC2. Ended up playing the demo more than DMC2 lmao
Tristan Hakaize back than I didn’t liked DMC so I never had the Demo. As I said was just a coincidence for me I found that masterpiece. But good to know now I want to get that Demo. 🤣
@@johannesnagengast7643 ja ja wir deutsche werden immer vergessen bei den statistiken
I still feel that 4G is my favorite to date. I love the maps and controls feel pretty comfortable. Not mentioning the monsters.
3U is my favorite but only because of nostalgia (tri was my first). But being unbiased, purely based on how much fun I had and how great the game itself it, 4U probably takes the cake.
"add too much stuff it became it's own game"
man, these guys love what they are doing
Can feel stress levels rising seeing the jho invasion warning
And through it all, one thing remained consistent throughout the entire evolution of the franchise: Rathalos. They could not have made a better choice choosing him as the poster boy for the franchise.
Edit: So apparently, everyone reading my comment has misinterpreted what I meant. Everyone reading my comment has thought I was talking about the DESIGN of Rathalos, when that was NOT what I was originally talking about. I was talking about his POPULARITY. He and Rathian have appeared in EVERY game, and neither of them have ever NOT given players an epic fight. And when Monster Hunter decides to do a crossover with another franchise, which Monster do they pick to represent them? You guessed it, RATHALOS!
That's literally the first thing they changed lmao
rathalos has been changed so many times lmao, even his armor got redesigned after 2nd G
We're probably on the third new Rathalos. They changed him a lot.
@@kingofflames738 every gen has a new one, so literally fifth.
Rathian is better, particularly when looking at Pink vs. Azure.
As someone who's played all MH available to the UK, I'm absolutely happy and proud of the team behind the game for constantly making great iterations each time, MH is the only game I'll pre-order/buy on release as it's the only game that has my confidence. I look forward to the future of the series and will be there to support it.
I've been playing MH3U (3DS) lately, and so far, about my favorite moment was of all things a Plesioth hunt. Because when Plesioth dove into the water on the Deserted Island I think to myself _"why are you running?"_ and just dove right in after it.
Also, in the process I've learned how to Lance.
Played since 3 Ultimate. My friend also played 3 Ultimate but never got past low rank. I played every game and got to g rank at least in all of them.
Oddly one if my favorite hunting experiences is seeing my friend find his calling as a hunter in world. While playing monster hunter world he was fighting odogaron and he finally started to fight with desire to win. The music the tension the desire to fight it reminded of when I truly felt a desire to hunt.
God now I remember my call of the hunter. Mh3u on the Wii u. A young teen me was playing on a summer night. I was playing online and still learning strategies and was helped out along the way by others teaching me. My first rathalos hunt. We had got it about 3/4 of the way, but then I disconnected from the other. I didn't want to give up. I fought and fought. I ran out of healing items, but still kept fighting to get my rewards. At one point I was running to the bed everytime I was below half health. I was worrying I would time out or faint. Then at my fifth go I did it slayed my first rathalos... My first true hunting struggling and desire to complete the mission. Always have the G rank rathalos armor as a trophy.
Just did the same thing with Gravios urgent quest in MHF1, ran out of healing items, fainted twice but had broken his chest and he was limping, so I took my time with him and after a few close calls and running back to camp 4 times to sleep I managed to slay him
My call of a hunter was kehzu. Yes, khezu. I was young (maybe 11) and mhf was my first "real" game I ever played, ignoring racing games here. Khezu urgent quest. I was trying over and over, I hadn't understood the mechanics of mh at this point. Light bow gun, the basic one without any improvements. I guess I already fainted one or two times. I was fiering my shots, which were starting to run out, I mostly relied on normal S 1 . Time was running out, the khezu left the icy cave, I ran behind him to the first "ice cold" area. I fiered paralyzing ammo to paralyze him from distance. He hitted the ground lifeless, I've slayed my first big monster. I was so exited I runned and told my dad😅
Still one of my core memories of my monster hunter live
That is dedication, my friend. Ha!
You reminded me of myself years ago😂.
This is why mh games always reach my passion to hunt, to learn, discover, and thrive with seemingly vibrant, abstract thoughts everytime I play.
I started with MH3U on the 3DS. By the time I got a feel for that game (I was just getting to fighting Crimson Qurupeco) MH4U was released. To this day, even after putting 1000 of hours into MHG, MHGU, MHW, and MHWI my favorite will always be MH4U. The story, environments, gameplay, and community within MH4U was just a phenomenal experience. The weapons felt amazing, armor had great stats and skills, and the progression of monsters felt challenging. Out of all the Monster Hunter games, the story in MH4U truly made me feel like a caravan hunter that saved so many people through the climax of Shagaru Magala and Gogmazios (with Gogmazios and Dalamadur being my favorite monsters/fights). Whenever my friends tell me they don't find Monster Hunter games appealing I recommend playing MH4U, because it truly made me feel like a growing hunter.
Dude. Yeah, dalamadur was sooooo epic
I just started getting my friend into monster hunter with iceborne and i’m hoping he likes it just as much as me so I can also tell him about 4U. Idk if he’d like to buy a 3ds but I’m hoping he trusts me like he did when I told him to get iceborne
AlexZander actually started in 4U! And it’s still my favorite monster hunter game even after trying all the other American released games!
"Monster Hunter does not normally go quiet for over a year unless something big is happening"
Seeing as Iceborne's content is coming to a close and we haven't seen an announcement for the new installment yet, I'd say we're due for an interesting next game and soon
"soon" for capcom probably means a year or so
There are strong rumors for a new title on the Switch, and as a veteran, I sincerely hope we’ll see a new classic MH soon. World isn’t just the same.
Spin0saure Which isn’t bad
@@ThatsOk83 it is different, I get why people want MH like how it was before world and I also get why people want another MH like world, both are good in their own respects, but people have preferences
Lucas Peixoto I get it I really do. There are times where I would rather play an older monster hunter than iceborne I just thought you were one of those people that hated world for being really new. Whether they release another monster hunter like world or go back to the old mechanics I’ll still be excited because it’s still monster hunter
Got a bit teary-eyed there through the memory lane. This is one of my most loved franchises and I'm so glad to see how far it has gone. Started with MHF2 on the PSP up to present and I can't wait for the next installment, be it on the Switch or the PS5. :)
so disappointed i never knew about Monster Hunter until Generations, its easily one of my favorite game series ever now. im so excited for the next game!
Same
Can't wait for MH6 on it's whole glory in PS5, and for Fatalis to appear in MHW:I
At least you now know how awesome is.
Monster Hunter Rise, my friend. Monster Hunter Rise. 'Nuff said.
Same I remember seeing gen at Walmart it looking cool it was 30 bucks asked my mom if I could get it and I got lucky and she said yes
proof of a hero and it's remixes are my favorite video game anthem of all time.
I started with World, but I love watching the history of this amazing game series and appreciate all you guys who supported it through its whole journey!
This makes me kinda sad that I only got into the series since Iceborne. Even with the short time I've been playing, this game has become one of my favorites.
Lol f don't play the other games and don't taint it with your disgusting claws
@@Aerthkil Jesus, people really love ruining things for others huh. If you want to gate-keep go do it somewhere else - Monster Hunter isn’t about that.
@@Aerthkil
What the fuck dude? Who hurt you?
i started way back when i was 8 years old on MH Freedom, but my PSP broke then some years have passed and i discovered MHFU when i was 11. and committed my life in this game series since then :))
Kudos!
me back then: Mom can i get PSP?
Mom: we got portable console at home
Me:looks angrily at game boy advance ._.
You're still considerably lucky. I only got like those tetris brick game console.
the gba is a fucking amazing console
That was me.
Mom: You have a Gameboy. What do you want this for?
Me: My friend has this Monster Hunter game.
Goddamn, back then I was a naive kid with no access to the internet. I really thought the "playstation" my parents got me was the real deal, turns out it was a knockoff. How did I discover it? I bought a game magazine and was shocked that playstation uses CDs... and not bricks. Good times tho, I thought contra was the "shit" back in 2001.
@@joshuasantiagojr5082 was it one of those crazy brazilian consoles you see on hardware channels?
Ahhh the memories....
one day suddendly I started to wonder: why aren't there games (RPG, Adventure, etc) in which equiping new armors or clothes alteres the appeareance of the character using them?
Another day I wondered: Is there a game where I can fight dragons or huge monsters?
These two questions put me to search through the internet and my prayers where answered with Monster hunter Freedom Unite for PSP. I got so hooked to this game but as a rookie hunter, my ass was handed down to me so many times that I started to get frustrated... until I finally managed to capture a HUB velocidrome... yes, I was being chewed by a monster intended to be hunted by 4 players while still in my starting gear.... I really am glad that I did not stopped trying, the sensation of accomplishment was so powerful that I am not able to put down GenU to this day even after hundreds of hour playing. I may not be the best hunter out there, but man, this game is so fun be it solo or co-op. For me, Monster hunter is the best series of games ever along with Metroid.
Happy hunting!!! \\( *w* )//
Your videos are always incredibly comforting to watch. The time and dedication you have shown this series is astounding. It’s appreciated. Now we just need Capcom to announce a new game already!
The really first MH game i played is MH 2dos, back then when i don't even know that my ps2 was jaibreak-ed and i buy the game from some store clerk in the side of the road, which is pirated disc, and only for half to quarter dollar. It's very very cheap. I don't know what this game is so i played it and the game stuck on hub area, and i just recently found out that mh2dos is japan only game and don't have any localization. I can't play anything, can't do any quest, just running around and talking to all the npc.
Fast forward to middle school, i forgot why but i don't have my ps2 anymore. But i got this friend, i always sleep over in his house, and we played this game, just called "monster hunter" since he had ps2 back then. I don't even remember that this game and the game i played back then is the same franchise, but what i remember is, the first time i saw forest and hill, my jaw drop and I'm speechless for how gorgeous the game is. The aptonoth in the distance, the "velociraptor-like" velociprey, and the gathering area, which unlike the recent game, back then they don't have any button prompt so you have to guess where to find any herb/mining/mushroom/fishing point is. I don't know why, but the feeling of exploring and searching for the monster, while trying to find its pattern before eventually find it and throw the paintball is so satisfying.
I remember once, me and my friend tried to find rathalos in forest and hill, for almost half an hour we can't find it because we don't know what psychoserum is, so we just running around trying to find it. I don't know is it a curse or something but it seems we always half a minute too late when we got to the area its in, the rathalos already gone to other area. But it was fun. It gave you the sense of "hunting" in the truest sense. You just hope your luck gave you the opportunity to find the monster.
After that, i got into the game really fast, and i played freedom unite, 3rd portable and that's it. Due to family financial condition, I can't afford to buy any console, and the franchise just disappeared from my life. Although once in a while i played 3rdp on emulator just to feed my craving for some hunting action.
But when MHW wad announced, i really can't believe it. Not only the franchise is back to the home console, but also come to PC. Maeby I'm too biased to this franchise, but i can say that is one of the happiest moment in my life.
I'm sorry for the long comment and sorry for the broken english since is not my first language, and i think nobody will read this but to all of you from MH community and also to the dev, thank you, for making this franchise, bigger than life experience that i won't forget, and keep making awesome contents, the game for the dev, and video like this for content creators, or just sharing the experience with friends for us who just love this game. Once again, thank you to all of you, and happy hunting!
Loved this story
subliminal message : bring next MH to switch or I'll be an angry gaijin.
Maybe Monster Hunter Stories 2 for the Nintendo Switch
If they actually announce a Stories game for the Switch instead of a main series one I'm pretty sure the japanese fans are gonna riot in front of the Capcom HQs. And I'd be happy to join them.
@@MarcoSantiago1 I would have mixed feelings. Sure a main MH on switch would be nice, but also a sequel to Stories... I guess, at the end, i would be happy either way
@@MarcoSantiago1 Why would you want MH 6 on the Nintendo Switch and not on the upcoming PS5 and Xbox Series X (as well as PC)? That would be a massive downgrade and disservice for the fans after how fantastic MH World (aka MH 5) was.
@@unicorntomboy9736 Never said anything about it being MH6 on Switch or not wanting a new game for the PS5/SeriesX. I just want to play a new game on the Switch that isn't a 3ds port and makes good use of the system. The more Monster Hunter the better.
I’m fairly new to the MH franchise. When I was in job corps, I didn’t really talk to anybody. I just sat in my room and played my 3ds. A couple guys noticed this, and asked if I had MH. I said I’d never heard of it, so the next time we got to the store, i walked over to a GameStop, and I traded bravely default and rune factory for MH4U. They were all g crown already, so I couldn’t hunt with them, but they walked me through how to play, and even helped me through low rank + high rank hub quests. After I graduated, I kept playing, but my little hunting group never kept in touch. I bought every release since, using the same name I had in 4 in hopes I would run into them in a hub. I haven’t yet, but Ill keep playing, and holding out hope that I will someday. So, thank you, Jason and Ian. If you somehow see this, I miss y’all, and I’m itching to hunt with y’all again.
Man, I can't believe the levels of nostalgia I went through while watching this video, I've been playing MH since freedom unite with my wife and we are huge fans of the saga. thank you for your great content. Can't wait to have MH Rise in my hands to play with my wife and to watch your videos covering it!
Man, it's so fascinated to see just how much monster hunter has evolved over the years and yet it stills feels familiar, also i'm with you on wanting a portable friendly new monster hunter game.
As a hunter who started playing in generations ultimate its hard to believe that so many of these weapon types didn't exist in the first game
I have the unpopular opinion that MH Generations Ultimate was a pointless game.
It's a expansion of a spin-off game that was just there to occupy us until MH World (aka MH 5) was ready.
@@unicorntomboy9736 I dont really like the game either. I pretty much only like the new monsters they added but thats pretty much it. I dont like the styles, mechanics, prowler, millions of useless weapons and armor, the game being incredibly easy due to styles and how they massacred my boy Charge Blade with its undeserved nerfs.
At least using aerial style means LS wont trip you in multiltiplayer XD
Started 3 years ago with Generations, got hooked, have played hundreds of hours between it and GenU. Can't imagine the game without Hunting Styles!
Right now me neither. The jump to MHW will be traumatizing this winter when I get my new PC so I can play it properly
Started with 3 Ultimate and haven't missed a title yet, love your videos, enjoy the hunting life!
I started in Freedom Unite (2G) First PSP, Wii, 3ds, and now in Switch and PC
7:06 "portable is were monster hunter was meant to be"
As a switch player, i'm still waiting.
Amen to that.
soon my friend, soon
MH Switch announcement is pretty likely at Tokyo Game Show later this month.
An then Rise was announced😍
This video needs way more views than it has, damn. Thanks for compiling all this for us!
I’m so glad Your back to Monster Hunter , When You stoped so many hunters went in the dark.
I always enjoy Your content it’s very high quality.
I started with mh portable 3rd, never dropped the series since, it's my favorite game franchise hands down.
Honestly felt kind of left out since I started at tri g but it's nice to know there are others like me
I have always been fascinated with this series, but I started with Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate. I've actually been replaying it over the summer because I never reached G Rank the first time. I wouldn't have gotten as far in that game or Generations/GU without your videos. Keep up the great work!
Since I started with FU and have heard Pokke Village Theme so much I didn't even realize it was that theme playing in the background before you mentioned it :D
Personally started with MH Freedom on PSP as a kid, I love the game system (but was too bad at it). Years later I played 3U on Wii. Then 4U. And finally World in late 2019 which reignited my love for the series. With Iceborne, I wanted to try old games again, bought XX, and so far I love it.
Great video, as always!
Love these kind of videos gaijin! Keep it up!
so many cherished memories with this game, really appreciate your videos g hunter!
I was lucky enough to play the first MH game when it came out. For the longest time the only other MH fan I knew was my brother, since no one else really had heard about the game. It wasn’t until Freedom Unite came out that I had other friends to play with. The Monster Hunter series has always been a great inspiration to me, and I makes me happy to see more and more people fall in love with it. It’s amazing to see how far it’s come, but i can’t help but get a little emotional (in the happy way) going down memory lane. Thanks for this video, and I can’t wait to see where the future of Monster Hunter takes us
Been playing since the first game and still playing till now...
The only game franchise that i still follow faithfuly
Generations remix of pokke village not the original theme from freedom unite though that's obvious for most of us 😁
Tri was my first Monster Hunter game but 4 Ultimate will always have a special place in my heart
im not a veteran by any means since i started with 4U but man.. the memories of me buying the game, looking at the super cool gore magala cover and just binge watching your guides during the holidays and trying to understand how to play! i almost quit the game due to the difficulty but thanks to your guides i pulled through and am proud to say that i still play to this day :D
Great video. Started watching your weapon guides since MH3G. Thanks for being my weapon instructor all the way up to MHWorld :)
Ditto. Thank you sensei
I'm thankful for it that you explain the story of "Monster Hunter" reallly I started on monster at generation 4u/3u so I'm glad to go into it
MH Freedom - My bundled game with the PSP for Christmas (Thanks Dad) but until Unite I didnt get the full experience of playing with a team. Great video Gaijin missed your videos like this.
Mh4u in 2016 was when I first discovered monster hunter. I remember I played til I got to the gore magala and for the life of me I couldn't beat it lol I ended up putting the game down for months and nearly forgot about it. At some point I discovered your channel and was really motivated by your passion for the game. I gave the game another try and fell in love with it. I have over 2000 hours in 4 ultimate alone now and it is by far the most rewarding, most satisfying game I've ever played. Thank you, gaijin hunter!
This video made me tear up I also hate when he says “Several Years”
I first got into the game when the first reveal came out for monster hunter generations and I was hooked.I started with MH 4 Ultimate and then to generations and later GU.Finally I am now on World/Iceborne
Long time fan here!! Love the video! You packed in a ton of info! Well done! TASTY!!
Man, im getting nostalgic here...... I remember at first having at most a mild interest in 4U. Until I fought my first tigrex. The brutal yet easily learned attacks along with his theme and design made him the first monster I actually loved and enjoyed! Before i was simply fighting the monsters because I wanted to progress the story. Now here i am, with 400 hours on just that one profile, with countless more in world, gen and GU, and 3U! Thanks for the amazing series, capcom! And to you Gaijin hunter, thanks for the awesome videos, and may you have many more great hunts!
10:00 Ah yes the dark years before they started releasing in the west again
Looking at the history of MH announcements and releases, I guess it's safe to assume that the next MH game will be announced at TGS or next week with the rumoured Direct on the 28th.
Most likely will be Ichinose's game, the director of the portable games (MHX and Portable 3rd).
Exactly ^^ this my excitement lol
@@gaijinhunter I honestly can't wait. I'm really really really hoping that the next MH game at the very least is on Switch or best case scenario, full multiplatform, everyone gets it.
Honestly, with all the hints from Capcom and your tweets, I have been really excited to see the next game. It won't be long either.
As always, keep up the wholesome content and amazing videos!
@@ozzie4863 I guess you're feeling pretty excited now?
@@MKWander Beyond excited lol. I already spent 30 hours on the demo. March can't come soon enough!
@@ozzie4863 Tell me about it... I had to switch consoles since I upgraded from Switch Lite to a regular Switch (gotta experience Rise on the TV screen) but I did make sure to use up all my Demo hunts.
I'm loving the longsword and honestly I might even go from blademaster to gunner this time around. All the weapons just feel so god damn good to use...
And the wirebug acrobatics are so fun!
Already preordered the Collector's edition... The wait is killing me.
Thanks a lot for this Gaijin, and for everything you contributed to the community to this day, I teared up a little...
All my hunting life flashed before me, starting late in the MH1 circa 2008? I stumbled across the game in a yard sale here in Brazil, going all the way Japan and buying a 3DSLL and MH4G during the launch weekend in some small store in Tokyo, whose owner was a MonHan fan kind enough to give me a small discount because I was clutching a plush Palico I got from an UFO catcher earlier that week, and round back to Brazil and my fond memories of B52 air raid sirens waking me up at night amidst cold sweat PTSD-induced nightmares :')
I started out the playing MH4G around 2015 on the 3DS and haven't missed a title yet. Now that I think about it, that's when I found this channel through the weapon tutorials! I hope you'll be covering this series for the years to come and thanks as always for the happy hunting reminder!
Same, i first found this channel through tutorials. My cousin convinced me to get the game but there was a shortage of nintendo products in early 2015 so i was a month late
Rewatching this after Rise was announced
Rewatching this a month before rise comes out
@@auroraborealis9763 watching this the day Rise came out (Waiting for my copy in the mail, trying hard to distract myself)
@@TheBestPikachuFan I’m about buy it once I get back from school
It's kind of funny how Rise got announce just a few weeks after you released this video.
When I started with MH3U on the 3DS, I didn't know anyone who played the game nor was I online-savvy enough to go onto forums and the like. Your tumblr is what gave me my first legs into the series, and to see how far the game and the community has come since then just feels surreal. Here's to many more years of Monster Hunter.
I’ve been playing since 3G. My friend was the one who originally got me into playing it. It was just unfortunate that I never really enjoyed it at the time because it initially felt really slow. I felt like I was going nowhere with the small monsters and fetch quests of low rank.
However that changed really quickly as soon as the same friend as before got me into 4 ultimate (my favorite in the series.) That’s when the series finally clicked for me. I have such fine memories of the game, like one time where the gore magala and I were charging towards each other and I jumped, smashing it’s head with my hammer and putting it in a KO’d state. Moments like these really cemented my love for the series.
Now both my friend and I have kept up with the series till now. I love the monster hunter franchise with a fiery passion and only hope that more people find the same enjoyment out of it that I do. Thank you for the video gaijin hunter and for helping me relive the history I have with the franchise thus far.
@aevanko, will you be doing Monster Hunter lore videos again? Really love those. Or at least MH trivia. 🙂
My brother had mh4u but I didn't like it when I tried it. Felt slow. My friends introduced me to mhgu and I sunk 900 hours into it in 8 months. Currently playing mh4u and loving every second of it (although I still hate the silver rathalos)
Apex monsters are what nightmares are made of.
Man, Silver Rathalos made me drop the game for almost months until I came back to it, I was mad at him, but I will forever remember those hunts lol. Also it happened the opposite to me, I started with Gens and didn't hook me, I instantly dropped it... so my friend told me "You need to play 4U" and oh boy... there is where my journey began, I loved it sooo damn much, I think the narrative was good enough to hook me at first and then I loved the NPCs and the game overall, I then was going to move into XX with a different approach but World was announced and I remember buying a PS4 Pro exclusively for it and played the Beta days nonstop with my friend online feeling like Gaijin said "This was the best time to be a Monster Hunter fan"
Great overview, really enjoying these videos. I remember playing the orginal as a demo disk for the PS2, but it wasn't until Freedom Unite on the PSP that I was truly sucked into Monster Hunter. I haven't been able to claw my way back out of being a fan ever since.
I missed this kind of content so much! Thank you Gaijin :D
Been a MonsterHunter addict since Freedom 2 on psp !
I started out with Monster Hunter 3, honestly, when I first heard about it I thought it was some weird Pokemon rip-off game. xD (turns out I was mixing the name up with Monster Rancher...>.>) At first I didn't care when it was announced for the Wii, but then someone told me that the series was basically nothing but boss battles. So here I am...a Monster Hunter fan. lol
I started my journey in monster hunter with monster hunter on ps2.
I thought it was Dinosaur like Game and Still dont know how to play it(im 7 years that time) and after getting Wifi i Touch the game again untill stuck with Yian kut ku that force me to prepared and strategize the monster patterns up until Rathalos that stuck me in 3 month untill i pack my Mega Potion and Well done Steak in Hunts. It was a Fun times Untill Handle With Care......(Bad Memories) and Beating the Troublesome pair.
What a good Childhood
@@Zacharie27 those were the golden memories.... facing off against lao and fatalis were diamond memories, if tht is an expression one can use
@@utsugixragon9999 unfortunately Capcom Shut Down The server so i cant go to town. But I can Faced Fatalis and Lao Shan Lung with Codebreaker
@@Zacharie27 u can use codebreaker or oldschool discord too tho, not very sure abt oldschool discord working for a physical PS2, I used the emulator for that after they shut down the srvers iirc
Great coverage GH, myself having only started first on PS4 world this was quite interesting. Switching over to PC for iceborne was probably perfect timing as pretty much everything was superseded and ive met some good people whom I play with regularily now, in fact I would not have played as much as I have without them. I love capcoms approach to content for this series and really look forward to more.
gaijin hunter, I thank you for showing how kickass the Monster Hunter series, and I hope this series keep on going
Monster Hunter Tri - It was mentioned in that Nintendo magazine I always bought and I thought it looked cool. Little did I know the frustration Alatreon would cause me as an 11 year old 😂
Ay my fellow tri guy from that ad in Nintendo Power 👊
Oh wow cool, I caught this within the first minute!
Watching this now makes me even more nostalgic. I started playing mh on my friends psp good old mhfreedom1 and unite my own hunt began with mhtri and now after more than 11 years I still love the games as much as I did as a kid. Glad that it got the attention it deserves and looking forward to rise in 4 days and to a bright future for the franchise it gave me great memories and Im still playing 4u and 4u to this day
My first monster hunter game was 4 Ultimate. I remember actually getting it as part of a 4 pack of games for Christmas, but it quickly ended up being my favorite 3DS game of all time. It was so thrilling to play, each new monster was like this insurmountable wall and each one felt incredible when I beat them. That was the only game in the series I actually had a lot of friends to play it with (I couldn't get into world cause of it being on a home console and GU was harder to find people still playing), but I can't wait to experience that again with a new monster hunter on switch.
Personally wasn’t a fan of the “portable” age of monster hunter. Mainly because it’s a fast pace action game on a tiny little hand held. Also I started with monster hunter 3 so I was way more used to playing it on a console. But My patience seems to have paid off.
Oh man, reading this reminds me of the 'Claw' technique. MH has gone through a lot lol.
The Pokke Village theme is probably my favourite piece of game OST of all time. It's so timeless and beautiful. Takes me back to a simpler time!
I still remember being introduced to Monster Hunter Tri through the arena mode at a friend's house.
I was absolutely blown away by the monster design and how challenging the fights were.
I went out and bought myself a copy the next day and I've never missed a title since!
I been playing since mh1 on ps2. That OG intro cinematic always gets me warm and moist
Been playing since Freedom. First-gen vet, I rarely get to say I was there when it all started!
My first game was 4U which I started playing in middle school. Since then, I've played all the other mainline games that released in the west
Played for ten years. Monster hunter games helped me in so many aspects in life. This is the best video game that i discovered, glad it happenned :) I regret that i sold my psp mh games, my tri copy, GU etc... (money needed lol) but this serie will remain in my heart for ever ! Never played any 3ds games but i played everything else :)
Maybe i'll start buying them back, for collection !
I am quite new, just started with World on the PC, but immediately became enamored with everything the franchise represents and embodies. I needed to get something I could play on the fly since I need to travel a lot, so Generations Ultimate for the switch fit like a glove. It was kinda hard to not become overwhelmed by all the stances and options in GU being new to the game, but it is a magnificent entry in the series, and I just wish I could have had the time or the platforms back then to try some of the older entries. Truly an awesome community to be a part of!