I made a lore when i started playing this game. I chose the Nyanta and made a backstory of my Nyanta being saved once by a passing Hunter from Pokke, (aka my first game being Freedom Unite), and it inspired her to fight and defend her hometown. When the town was safe and no big monsters appeared for a long time, my Nyanta left in search of the Hunter. Going through towns of old and hearing stories of other hunters achievements. Joining the Wycadamy helped my character travel and fund her adventures. At the end of the Nyantas quest she was reunited with not the Hunter, but a gravestone with the Hunters Narga Sword and Shield, (main weapon i used in Freedom Unite), with a story of how the Hunter drove back the Yama Tsukami but was fatally wounded. Depressed and sad the Nyanta mourned the death of the hunter that saved her before before having to fight the Glavenus. After the fight she would come back to the grave and just chat with it, telling stories and adventures to the deceased hunter. Where she would later meet the daughter of her idol and thats where my hunter comes in. So yea, thats the backstory of my Nyanta and Hunter if anyone cared to read this far.
For me my whole lore thing is that Gen 1 2 and 5 are all blood line. My gen 1 hunter became a simple hunter for Kokoto going off on his own and occasionally with a group of people that eventually became his squad. Sometime later he had a son who would watch him hunt. Until he was tasked with fighting fatalis. I never actually killed Fatalis in gen 1 because around that time 2nd game out. So I had my 1st hunter "die" to fatalis. 2and generation I played as that man's son. Who became a hunter in memory of his father. For a while I had people to play with but I moved and had to solo everything. Which resulted in him becoming a Famous hunter who could take on anything he then teamed up with a Felyne who wanted to get revenge for the destruction of his tribe from a Diablod then the two became an unseperatable pair. Then one day Fatalis returned boistered by his resolve and with his trusted friend they slew the beast. Only to find out it had brothers. Still one by one they fell. But due to guild regulations at the time his conquests had to be kept secret. Eventually his Granddaughter and the Granddaughter of his Felyene compatriot were sent off to the new world coming from a prestigious family they had high Hopes for them. Then from out of the wood work and old Family nemesis has returned.
@@thundergod9696 When I play 4U I have a story that my character's ancestor made Fatalis armor. They became possessed by it. They rode on the back of a Gore Mangala and brought terror to the world. Now a new Gore Mangala wants to corrupt my character and bring them to their Fatalis master.
This is where I spend my time in Gen. I put hundreds of hours into the original title. I would headlock for those in need of the 1% drop rate rath plates that could only be obtained from a single tail carve. I took on the original Fatalis with dual blades, which was unheard of (it was pretty much mandatory to go 4 gunners using only clust lv2). Even got the Eternal Annihilator. That was my game. And this is its village. Thanks for shedding some light on its heritage, Gaijin.
I used to collect bottles at events, give them back and earn money by this as a child to afford the first Monster Hunter. Eventually bought it and played many hours along with a friend ~ so many painful but sweet memories of unfair-hitbox-rathalos
Anyone else sees connection between the Kokoto and Cheeko's leaders? I don't remember al the details, but the hero's sword was also there in Cheeko. Plus, the old lady leading Cheeko says she lose her husband long ago and attempted to search for him with the help of felynes. Is it possible that Kokoto chief's wife didn't actually die, but somehow (and probably because of Lao Shan) was casted away and ended up in a far away hidden island? About the 4/Gen hero's sword, I guess it's simply an easter egg. It's easy to say Generations happens after 4, and 4 also happens after 1, since there's no data about Magalas on 1 but it's an already listed species on Generations.
The original MH Freedom, not Unite was my first Monster Hunter, and so I was ecstatic and brought nearly to tears when I saw Kokoto in the first trailer for Generations. I had no idea there was so much backstory and lore to it, or even a world map of Schrade! I love this video, thank you so much for making it.
I usually hang out in kokoto village not because I've played the original mh, but because everyone there treats you like dirt (at least in the beginning). They're like the physical representation of git gud (especially the Hell Hunters) and there's something I love about being surrounded by that lol.
Man I started playing Monster Hunter with Freedom Unite in the PSP, and the nostalgia hit me hard the first time I arrived at Pokke Village in Generations.
Same ^^ And Snowy Mountains/Arctic Ridge was the first zone i ever set foot in back in MHFU and it started my love with the series. There's just something special about the place for me because of that.
I always enjoy your tutorials ghunter, but I really liked this sort of lore video. Being a hunter dating back from Kokoto in the PS2 days, I was so happy to see this village brought back. Thanks for this video and even revealing some lore I didn't know about :D
It's really cool that every player of the series has a starting point, and for almost everyone, that starting point has a village that they have the most emotional attachment to. I think it's cool that capcom decided to let everyone re-live that feeling by bringing back these villages for Generations, because one of the problems I have with 4 and 4U is that, since you're traveling around to different villages constantly, you never get attached to anyone or anything there. The only village you stay in for a prolonged amount of time is Dundorma, and that's only for half the game. Compare this to 3U or Freedom Unite where you spend the entirety of the offline quests in the same village. Eventually you get attached and it starts to feel like home, and while Generations has the same village switching mechanic that 4 and 4U did, it has you switching between these old villages, where you can also accept quests. Essentially allowing you to choose the village you feel most "at home" in and do the offline quests. That being said, it makes me sad that my "home" isn't in this game. I started with 3U, and Moga Village will always be the village I have the most attachment to. Instead I've had to settle for Pokke, which isn't bad, it's just not the same.
I started in MHFU with Pokke village and it brought me to tears when I walked around the village once again like I did 8 years ago. The BGM is slightly remixed but the feelings are still there. I am glad to see that you like it as well. :)
Cate Siff Pokke village is easily my second favorite village second only to Moga. The music and the atmosphere are just so comfy, and the fact that I really like snow and cold weather helps too.
It's mainly due to the fact Generations was more of a throwback to the Portable games, Portable 1st (Freedom), Portable 2nd and it's G version (Freedom 2 and Unite), and Portable 3rd had Kokoto, Pokke and Yukumo, that's why they were brought back. That's why there's no Dundorma or Moga or Port Tanzia.
This village brings back so many memories from MH Freedom for the PSP, all the way back in 2005... It's been a heck of a journey, and I'm happy that this is probably one of the few series in which every installment seems to build up and improve on the previous one. Keep up the great work Gaijin, much
All the villages have something unique and i personally like and have enjoyed all of them. But Kokoto to me is just as symbolic as Kanto is in pokemon. I got my bearings here, hunted my first Rathalos here and began my journey here. With all this being said Kokoto will forever and always be home in my eyes. Also that original OST that played when you were saving the game entitled "An hours rest" in MH1 is to this day the absolute best save game OST i have ever heard. Kokoto always with love
MH1 - I was hyped by a promotional booklet given by the Playstation rep so I was one of the guys spreading the news in the early days. So to all you new guys joining in at 3 and above- Be glad they fixed the controls, and have a good hunt!
Like the video, ahh Kokoto, the village I started from on MH1. Just to add here's info of another famous person from Kokoto, the Legendary Gunner, a famous gunner who's hometown is Kokoto, his hunting life came to an end when a Monoblos ram it's horn in his leg! On the first MH he sits under the tree to the north. Later he wrote the bowgun articles in the Hunting Life magazine for the Freedom series.
I picked up Monster Hunter (PS2) 3 days before generations was released, and I honestly feel the nostalgia that other players would feel if they were playing it. The soundtrack for the village just gives you that sort of feeling of "This is a sacred place remembered and cherished by many"
Man, the nostalgia of this town.. Back when shit was 3x as expensive, the ps2 controller made it slightly less strange than it could've been, and those damn piscine livers..... Dear god those livers......
Monsters always had such good lore that it never really decides to showcase. Like the ancient civilization that is only hinted throughout the games through stuff like the worn weapon, artian armors, the towers and so on.
I didn't know the reasoning behind Monoblos always being solo! That's super cool. Kokoto really feels like the start of it all with all these reasons behind what I've just accepted all this time... I started my career with Tri, so I'm glad to get a glimpse of the original game. My most memorable hunt was actually in the original Monster Hunter. Scrounging up herbs to desperately fight off the hordes of velociprey with a shitty SnS (I love SnS, that one was just super weak) to kill a Velocidrome while listening to the Fatalis theme was a special kind of horror that I'll never forget
Lao Shan Lung was the epitome of epicness in the 1st monster hunter! :[ There wasn't online gathering halls via wireless in the past which makes it hard to find random hunters off the street to help fight against him xD Great video!!
Gotta admit, when I saw that Kokoto was available to visit and then doing so brought back so many memories for me. Having started playing the series with the PSP release for the first generation it was a great nostalgia trip for me.
Wow, great video! I did start from the very original PS2 Monster Hunter, and I didn't know of all that lore! I hope to see more of these types of videos in the future. :)
Please make more videos like this! I love lore in games, and with Generations featuring so many characters from previous titles I'd love to learn more about them. This made my day, thank you.
I feel bad now cuz I just kept pressing A when I had to talk to an NPC lol "Just give me my quest / reward!" The only NPC I bother listening to is Guildmarm ♡
I played MH for ps2, and returning to Kokoto in MHGen with that music made me cry a bit. Where it all began! wow, I love this game, I love this series! the time spent with friends on Psp and now on 3ds, so much fun! Nice video Gaijin!
Kinda sad that they haven't included the farms. I loved the insect tree at kokoto farm. It was nice to see Threshy back, back in the days his "treasure hunt" quests were refreshing.
yup. this is the village that made me a hunter today. Realy like the game in ps2 it was super hard. Killing a Kutku is such an achievement and killing Rathalos is a proof of a real hunter.
GOD those bullfangos were a PAIN in the ass. I remember a quest where you had to kill 10 of them and I stood in Area 9 on top (where the honey is) and watched them kill each other. I was so afraid of them xD
@@QocaPoca This is the first and the ONLY village where I picked up my first Greatsword and killed my first Aptonoth. I also slayed my very first Azure Rathalos with my signature Greatsword as well!
When I walked through kokoto for the first time in years it was unreal. The very first thing I did was to go see if the sword was back in the stone. I never had access to the online in the first multiplayer so the 300+ hours I had were all in kokoto.
Cant wait for (hopefully) more village and maybe even lore videos since Monster Hunter has such a rich history, and the lore is usually hidden, in a bunch of text or not even told at all
I still love Kokoto and missed it since I've had the original monster hunter and since i have gen ultimate I can finally hear the relaxing and nostalgic music from the village that I love. Amazing video and happy hunting if you are still hunting if not have a great day.
When I first got to Kokoto in my game I just kinda sat there for a good few minutes listening to the remastered village theme. I nostalgia'd reeeeeeeeeeally hard. Haven't played MH1 since 2007, good times.
I love the music for this town. I can't have enough of this lore videos, I really hope you consider to continue with the not included towns and villages once you get done the four included in X/Gen
The village of memories I can call it It deserves more and more The theme is absolutely fabulous and rings to it. Just I like it since 2004 and it deserves more...
Wow! Thanks a lot, man! This got my heart warmed up about this village! I didn't know that story since I started playing in MH3U. I feel sorta like I'm in that "new hunters generation"!
When you mentioned lore, I was thinking "great, now I have to go into the comments and point out how he missed the lore about why you can't hunt with 5 or more." Glad to see I was wrong. On a side note, the other reason he said it was no longer allowed was because more than 4 people makes thing too hectic, and the battlefield becomes a confusing mess. At least I believe he said that...
The first game I owned for my PS2 was the original Monster Hunter, so the call back was beautiful. The grassy hills and mountains from the first hunting area is loved as well.
I kinda hate that i started my MH gaming in MH4U, i missed out on alot, I can't fully appreciate the old towns as much. i hope you can keep doing this for all the towns i would like to know more about them, gotta respect the past you know.
Mh4u was a changing point to the series. Before that the controls were frustrating (used to be no lock-on!), it was a more static experience, and there weren't as many people to play with. I'd say be happy you got in right as everything skyrocketed!
There was still a lock on feature in MH3U, but the underwater combat was frustrating, and not having online capability with the 3DS also was a bummer, but yes, MH4U was where the series REALLY started to shine here in the west.
I started on MHF and for a portable monster hunter you would be surprised how much of the staples you are missing. some notable bad experiences. camera control... (search up PSP claw hand) Forest and hills area 9. GS don't charge.... the moment when you miss your only dragonator against a lao shung.
This kind of lore video is nice, it lets us take a breath inbetween more technical stuff. I find it nice to hear about Kokoto's history since I didn't play the original Monster Hunter on PS2 (I started playing MH with Freedom Unite, like a lot of other westerners I guess).
Remembering booting up my Ps2 and getting greeted with this village and the difficulty and pain it had back then, doesn't mean it's a bad thing, you keep pushing and eventually you'll overcome it.
I just checked on your videos and noticed that you haven't reviewed Pokke village just yet. You have no idea how nostalgic I am when I hear the Pokke sound again as my very first village I played many years ago in MH2ndG I cried, seriously, I cried. To look at I was not even able to beat Khezu to now I beat many elder dragons myself, it was a very long journey.
Kokoto is home for me, I started there and it will always be my home as a hunter, the music always takes me back to those early days, even the Schrade region in which it is located is special to me as it is the location of the castle where you fight the black Fatalis an old foe of mine.
Kokoto Village ahh brings back many wonderful memories. shame the server got shut down on the PS2 game of MH but thankfully i reached HR20 and made the Black Dragon Spear (and sword) and that lance could headlock Rathalos and Rathian to death lol. im glad MH Gen brought the village and Forest and Hills back (now called Verdant Hills)
I didn't start my hunting career in this town, but I still enjoy it solely because of its music theme. It's very nostalgic-sounding and soothing. And I knew everything about Kokoto's lore already because I'm an info sponge and read everything the NPCs have to say... I also spent way too much time on the Monster Hunter Wikia. So yeah, I fail to understand the argument of "newer players can't appreciate the older towns as much". Sorry if I'm an oddball.
Nice to see some lore videos mixed in with your great guides. Would be awesome if you made one for all villages and maybe even start a whole series about monsters and the world of Minegarde. ^^
I haven't bought the game yet, to anyone that played the original PS2 version, is the gunner in kokoto village still there, or did they remove him? He was posted up by the tree at 3:50 in the original game, but did see him anywhere in the video.
I started my trip on Monster Hunter Freedom Unite so my most nostalgic village is Pokke Village. I did however watch video's on the first monster hunter as i was intrigued about how it started so this village does bring back memories too :)
Huh. Neat! Do you think that in-lore superstition about the number five is also why the game is called Monster Hunter X/Generations despite Capcom saying that it is the next "main" installment? If so that's really cool, was curious why they just didn't call it MH5!
Nice video! I really like this lore videos and I always thought that a series of lore videos for Monster hunters will be awesome. Monsters lore, villages lore, etc.....
that story was awesome!!! do more of these please! I wish Moga Village was in this monster hunter, MH3U is where it all started for me and it would be nice to revisit all of that.
Kokoto the village that started me as a hunter, I have to be honest I cry a lil the first time I got to Kokoto in MHG, the music, the people all my memories from back then came rushing back, it has been so long Kokoto ....im back home. :')
I love these videos about Monster Hunter lore. It'd be cool if you would cover the Pokke village at some point in the future; the ever popular village for people who played freedom unite. Or maybe the ever-important Dundorma.
Thank you I started in Freedom Unite and gen is my scond monster hunter so I don't know much about these villages I unlocked lol. Knowing they are previous main towns makes them so good
I watched this video years before, & I liked it, but I have a question that been nagging me. Starting @ 1:40 through 2:50 may I ask where you got this info, the source? Besides the “Five” MH wiki page, have their been a clearer official confirmation from Capcom that’s a Lao killed his fiancée? If so, from where this info from & what the year? In 2013 , for no one else did it or ever brought up as a lore subject anywhere, I created a blog on the MH wiki (& the gone forums of Capcom Unity) based on my research & also assumptions, that it was an Lao that killed his fiancée from the Hero of Kokoto story in the Hunting Life magazine from MHF1 in mostly attempt to debunk those kept saying it was a Monoblos that killed her.
This is the first "lore" video I have seen of yours. Have you done others in the past? If not please do more, I've only been playing since the original tri for the wii, and love MH lore. Thanks for the great video as well.
extra fun fact! one of the request for the becky i kokoto asks you to get supplies for her to go hunting! you eventually have to go hunt a hyper rathalos for the other guild gale before becky goes hunting. perhaps another nod to that novel?
Love getting to know more of MH lore.it is underdeveloped in my opinion. Gaijin,could you possibly make a video about obtaining yukumo eggs?Perhaps during a similar video to this one for Yukumo?
If you plan to do a retrospective of the other two villages, I for one would love some footage of you running around in the original village from FU and P3rd. I was kind of hoping I'd see you do that with the PS2 MH1 in this video, but oh well :p
Would love to have more videos talking about the old villages since some of us started with Tri on the Wii, so a lot of the history is lost to us. (Speaking of, super bummed about Moga Village not being a hub)
I feel the same, I started in 3U and I feel like there just trying to forget about it because a lot of people hated the water fights, which honestly, I hated them to. But they have the Moga Chief and his son, as well as the Moga Smith and Sweetheart, all of which are in Yokomo so I've made my new home in Yokomo because its the closest the Moga as were gonna get
Just wanted to say I appreciate your videos! You give so much detail! I really enjoy the palicoes after seeing your videos and I was wondering if you have suggestions for my support palicoes to use on solo hunts.
i have to say that POKKE VILLAGE is my favorite, because that is where I honed my skills as a hunter on the psp in mhfu (the hardest of them all) I just love seeing POKKE VILLAGE in 3d!! it brings back so many memories from 2008....i only wish u could still go to POKKE farm...but still I think that and of course kokoto village
wow, i didnt know this was the 1st village since my 1st game was 3U,but now i like this village even more. im guessing your gonna do a video on each village?
Don't know if you're awake, but can you consider making one video demonstrating every hunter art in the game? At the moment you can only weapon specific ones, and I think it would be convenient to have them all in one video
I made a lore when i started playing this game. I chose the Nyanta and made a backstory of my Nyanta being saved once by a passing Hunter from Pokke, (aka my first game being Freedom Unite), and it inspired her to fight and defend her hometown. When the town was safe and no big monsters appeared for a long time, my Nyanta left in search of the Hunter. Going through towns of old and hearing stories of other hunters achievements. Joining the Wycadamy helped my character travel and fund her adventures. At the end of the Nyantas quest she was reunited with not the Hunter, but a gravestone with the Hunters Narga Sword and Shield, (main weapon i used in Freedom Unite), with a story of how the Hunter drove back the Yama Tsukami but was fatally wounded. Depressed and sad the Nyanta mourned the death of the hunter that saved her before before having to fight the Glavenus. After the fight she would come back to the grave and just chat with it, telling stories and adventures to the deceased hunter. Where she would later meet the daughter of her idol and thats where my hunter comes in. So yea, thats the backstory of my Nyanta and Hunter if anyone cared to read this far.
For me my whole lore thing is that Gen 1 2 and 5 are all blood line.
My gen 1 hunter became a simple hunter for Kokoto going off on his own and occasionally with a group of people that eventually became his squad. Sometime later he had a son who would watch him hunt. Until he was tasked with fighting fatalis. I never actually killed Fatalis in gen 1 because around that time 2nd game out. So I had my 1st hunter "die" to fatalis.
2and generation I played as that man's son. Who became a hunter in memory of his father. For a while I had people to play with but I moved and had to solo everything. Which resulted in him becoming a Famous hunter who could take on anything he then teamed up with a Felyne who wanted to get revenge for the destruction of his tribe from a Diablod then the two became an unseperatable pair. Then one day Fatalis returned boistered by his resolve and with his trusted friend they slew the beast. Only to find out it had brothers. Still one by one they fell. But due to guild regulations at the time his conquests had to be kept secret.
Eventually his Granddaughter and the Granddaughter of his Felyene compatriot were sent off to the new world coming from a prestigious family they had high Hopes for them. Then from out of the wood work and old Family nemesis has returned.
@@thundergod9696 When I play 4U I have a story that my character's ancestor made Fatalis armor. They became possessed by it. They rode on the back of a Gore Mangala and brought terror to the world. Now a new Gore Mangala wants to corrupt my character and bring them to their Fatalis master.
That was such a good story thank you for sharing I enjoyed reading it
This is where I spend my time in Gen. I put hundreds of hours into the original title. I would headlock for those in need of the 1% drop rate rath plates that could only be obtained from a single tail carve. I took on the original Fatalis with dual blades, which was unheard of (it was pretty much mandatory to go 4 gunners using only clust lv2). Even got the Eternal Annihilator. That was my game. And this is its village. Thanks for shedding some light on its heritage, Gaijin.
Atra Is it possible to fight the original Fatalis still?
I used to collect bottles at events, give them back and earn money by this as a child to afford the first Monster Hunter. Eventually bought it and played many hours along with a friend ~ so many painful but sweet memories of unfair-hitbox-rathalos
Hearing that Kokoto Village would be back in MHG was a big reason for me to buy it actually
Anyone else sees connection between the Kokoto and Cheeko's leaders? I don't remember al the details, but the hero's sword was also there in Cheeko. Plus, the old lady leading Cheeko says she lose her husband long ago and attempted to search for him with the help of felynes. Is it possible that Kokoto chief's wife didn't actually die, but somehow (and probably because of Lao Shan) was casted away and ended up in a far away hidden island?
About the 4/Gen hero's sword, I guess it's simply an easter egg. It's easy to say Generations happens after 4, and 4 also happens after 1, since there's no data about Magalas on 1 but it's an already listed species on Generations.
Kokoto is the only villages that feels like home to me. The good old PSP days.
Back when the game was about predicting and avoiding attacks. Not facetanking and tunneling almighty damage. And OMG SnS in Freedom was AMAZING.
i feel like i'm the only one who still predicts and avoids instead of facetanking.
How exactly do you facetank in MH anyway?
You cannot blatantly take hits up front in this game without severe drawbacks, such as, well, dying.
+DarklordAbraxas Adept my boy
the sleeping sun
Which still requires you to actually time your evades with the monsters attack, which in turn requires muscle memory and prediction.
The original MH Freedom, not Unite was my first Monster Hunter, and so I was ecstatic and brought nearly to tears when I saw Kokoto in the first trailer for Generations. I had no idea there was so much backstory and lore to it, or even a world map of Schrade! I love this video, thank you so much for making it.
I usually hang out in kokoto village not because I've played the original mh, but because everyone there treats you like dirt (at least in the beginning). They're like the physical representation of git gud (especially the Hell Hunters) and there's something I love about being surrounded by that lol.
I like the idea of "proving yourself" first before you gain other's respect.
Ok you masochist
Man I started playing Monster Hunter with Freedom Unite in the PSP, and the nostalgia hit me hard the first time I arrived at Pokke Village in Generations.
It's like being punched in the face by Scarlett Johanson
That's a simile I'll never hear anything like ever again.
+Zhang Brian It hurts, but it's strangely arousing.
Same ^^ And Snowy Mountains/Arctic Ridge was the first zone i ever set foot in back in MHFU and it started my love with the series. There's just something special about the place for me because of that.
same. then I had to listen to the jazz version again
I always enjoy your tutorials ghunter, but I really liked this sort of lore video. Being a hunter dating back from Kokoto in the PS2 days, I was so happy to see this village brought back. Thanks for this video and even revealing some lore I didn't know about :D
For me,the best of all villages! The song is eternal.
I love how much deeper you make my Monster Hunter experience on all levels: skills, hunts, and lore. You are still the best MH channel, Gaijin!
It's really cool that every player of the series has a starting point, and for almost everyone, that starting point has a village that they have the most emotional attachment to.
I think it's cool that capcom decided to let everyone re-live that feeling by bringing back these villages for Generations, because one of the problems I have with 4 and 4U is that, since you're traveling around to different villages constantly, you never get attached to anyone or anything there. The only village you stay in for a prolonged amount of time is Dundorma, and that's only for half the game.
Compare this to 3U or Freedom Unite where you spend the entirety of the offline quests in the same village. Eventually you get attached and it starts to feel like home, and while Generations has the same village switching mechanic that 4 and 4U did, it has you switching between these old villages, where you can also accept quests. Essentially allowing you to choose the village you feel most "at home" in and do the offline quests.
That being said, it makes me sad that my "home" isn't in this game. I started with 3U, and Moga Village will always be the village I have the most attachment to. Instead I've had to settle for Pokke, which isn't bad, it's just not the same.
damn right, I feel the same, I wanted moga to return, I loved the music for moga
I started in MHFU with Pokke village and it brought me to tears when I walked around the village once again like I did 8 years ago. The BGM is slightly remixed but the feelings are still there. I am glad to see that you like it as well. :)
Cate Siff Pokke village is easily my second favorite village second only to Moga. The music and the atmosphere are just so comfy, and the fact that I really like snow and cold weather helps too.
RandomNPC Tri was my first, so Moga will always be home.
I also miss Shakalakas...
It's mainly due to the fact Generations was more of a throwback to the Portable games, Portable 1st (Freedom), Portable 2nd and it's G version (Freedom 2 and Unite), and Portable 3rd had Kokoto, Pokke and Yukumo, that's why they were brought back. That's why there's no Dundorma or Moga or Port Tanzia.
This village brings back so many memories from MH Freedom for the PSP, all the way back in 2005... It's been a heck of a journey, and I'm happy that this is probably one of the few series in which every installment seems to build up and improve on the previous one. Keep up the great work Gaijin, much
All the villages have something unique and i personally like and have enjoyed all of them. But Kokoto to me is just as symbolic as Kanto is in pokemon. I got my bearings here, hunted my first Rathalos here and began my journey here. With all this being said Kokoto will forever and always be home in my eyes. Also that original OST that played when you were saving the game entitled "An hours rest" in MH1 is to this day the absolute best save game OST i have ever heard. Kokoto always with love
MH1 - I was hyped by a promotional booklet given by the Playstation rep so I was one of the guys spreading the news in the early days. So to all you new guys joining in at 3 and above- Be glad they fixed the controls, and have a good hunt!
Like the video, ahh Kokoto, the village I started from on MH1.
Just to add here's info of another famous person from Kokoto, the Legendary Gunner, a famous gunner who's hometown is Kokoto, his hunting life came to an end when a Monoblos ram it's horn in his leg! On the first MH he sits under the tree to the north. Later he wrote the bowgun articles in the Hunting Life magazine for the Freedom series.
I remember the first time I played Monster Hunter. I spent 2 hours trying to pull the sword off without starting a quest. My PS2 got so hot that time
I picked up Monster Hunter (PS2) 3 days before generations was released, and I honestly feel the nostalgia that other players would feel if they were playing it. The soundtrack for the village just gives you that sort of feeling of "This is a sacred place remembered and cherished by many"
Man, the nostalgia of this town.. Back when shit was 3x as expensive, the ps2 controller made it slightly less strange than it could've been, and those damn piscine livers..... Dear god those livers......
So nostalgic, my noob days back when THE Monster Hunter released for the West!
Amen.
back when you could only fight using the analog stick.
+Daft Solution Yes, broke my analog stick rubber off lol
+WilfredoMH lmao I know that feeling too well. i actually had to buy a Network adapter for my fat ps2 online
Daft Solution
Preach brother, preach.
Monsters always had such good lore that it never really decides to showcase. Like the ancient civilization that is only hinted throughout the games through stuff like the worn weapon, artian armors, the towers and so on.
I didn't know the reasoning behind Monoblos always being solo! That's super cool. Kokoto really feels like the start of it all with all these reasons behind what I've just accepted all this time... I started my career with Tri, so I'm glad to get a glimpse of the original game.
My most memorable hunt was actually in the original Monster Hunter. Scrounging up herbs to desperately fight off the hordes of velociprey with a shitty SnS (I love SnS, that one was just super weak) to kill a Velocidrome while listening to the Fatalis theme was a special kind of horror that I'll never forget
Lao Shan Lung was the epitome of epicness in the 1st monster hunter! :[ There wasn't online gathering halls via wireless in the past which makes it hard to find random hunters off the street to help fight against him xD Great video!!
Gotta admit, when I saw that Kokoto was available to visit and then doing so brought back so many memories for me. Having started playing the series with the PSP release for the first generation it was a great nostalgia trip for me.
Wow, great video! I did start from the very original PS2 Monster Hunter, and I didn't know of all that lore! I hope to see more of these types of videos in the future. :)
Please make more videos like this! I love lore in games, and with Generations featuring so many characters from previous titles I'd love to learn more about them. This made my day, thank you.
I feel bad now cuz I just kept pressing A when I had to talk to an NPC lol "Just give me my quest / reward!"
The only NPC I bother listening to is Guildmarm ♡
I played MH for ps2, and returning to Kokoto in MHGen with that music made me cry a bit. Where it all began! wow, I love this game, I love this series! the time spent with friends on Psp and now on 3ds, so much fun! Nice video Gaijin!
Kinda sad that they haven't included the farms. I loved the insect tree at kokoto farm. It was nice to see Threshy back, back in the days his "treasure hunt" quests were refreshing.
yup. this is the village that made me a hunter today. Realy like the game in ps2 it was super hard. Killing a Kutku is such an achievement and killing Rathalos is a proof of a real hunter.
GOD those bullfangos were a PAIN in the ass. I remember a quest where you had to kill 10 of them and I stood in Area 9 on top (where the honey is) and watched them kill each other. I was so afraid of them xD
That Cephadrome urgent though..... Also the nightmare that was given the quest title "Handle With Care".
#neverforget the worst of them all... the Plesioth DUM DUM DUM!
I just killed a Rathalos in mhf1
@@QocaPoca
This is the first and the ONLY village where I picked up my first Greatsword and killed my first Aptonoth.
I also slayed my very first Azure Rathalos with my signature Greatsword as well!
When I walked through kokoto for the first time in years it was unreal. The very first thing I did was to go see if the sword was back in the stone. I never had access to the online in the first multiplayer so the 300+ hours I had were all in kokoto.
Cant wait for (hopefully) more village and maybe even lore videos since Monster Hunter has such a rich history, and the lore is usually hidden, in a bunch of text or not even told at all
first! (so you don't have to)
lol well played
I wonder what his reaction to prowlers would be if he had different lines for hunters and prowlers
CURSES
Gaijin Hunter how do u get the hero DB?
There's a chain of quests in Pokke village from a character who appears near the Blacksmith there.
I still love Kokoto and missed it since I've had the original monster hunter and since i have gen ultimate I can finally hear the relaxing and nostalgic music from the village that I love. Amazing video and happy hunting if you are still hunting if not have a great day.
Dude I will always support your channel as much as I can because of videos like this. You are awesome man.
When I first got to Kokoto in my game I just kinda sat there for a good few minutes listening to the remastered village theme. I nostalgia'd reeeeeeeeeeally hard. Haven't played MH1 since 2007, good times.
I didn't know that was the reason that Monoblos is a solo-only quest in MH4U. Thanks for the info, Gaijin! :D
this is what I'm looking for..
legit history or lore of the monster hunter series.. gaijin hunter please make more of this..
I love the music for this town. I can't have enough of this lore videos, I really hope you consider to continue with the not included towns and villages once you get done the four included in X/Gen
Been on my journey hunting monsters for over a decade. Finally, I can return to Kokoto Village. I can go home.
The village of memories I can call it
It deserves more and more
The theme is absolutely fabulous and rings to it.
Just I like it since 2004 and it deserves more...
Wow! Thanks a lot, man! This got my heart warmed up about this village! I didn't know that story since I started playing in MH3U. I feel sorta like I'm in that "new hunters generation"!
When you mentioned lore, I was thinking "great, now I have to go into the comments and point out how he missed the lore about why you can't hunt with 5 or more." Glad to see I was wrong.
On a side note, the other reason he said it was no longer allowed was because more than 4 people makes thing too hectic, and the battlefield becomes a confusing mess. At least I believe he said that...
Thanks for doing this video. Sometimes it's hard to remember that there's more to the world of Monster Hunter than just . . . well hunting monsters.
The first game I owned for my PS2 was the original Monster Hunter, so the call back was beautiful. The grassy hills and mountains from the first hunting area is loved as well.
I kinda hate that i started my MH gaming in MH4U, i missed out on alot, I can't fully appreciate the old towns as much. i hope you can keep doing this for all the towns i would like to know more about them, gotta respect the past you know.
You're not missing much. The older games were fun, but they're very dated. I just hold dear to the fact I still have an original copy of MH1.
Mh4u was a changing point to the series. Before that the controls were frustrating (used to be no lock-on!), it was a more static experience, and there weren't as many people to play with. I'd say be happy you got in right as everything skyrocketed!
There was still a lock on feature in MH3U, but the underwater combat was frustrating, and not having online capability with the 3DS also was a bummer, but yes, MH4U was where the series REALLY started to shine here in the west.
I started on MHF and for a portable monster hunter you would be surprised how much of the staples you are missing.
some notable bad experiences.
camera control... (search up PSP claw hand)
Forest and hills area 9.
GS don't charge....
the moment when you miss your only dragonator against a lao shung.
+Justin White it started shining in the west with mhfu. and this is a few years ago.
Even though I've played since MHP, I learned some new lore watching this video. I hope you continue with the rest of the villages, please!
Shame I started my MH gaming in MH4U, I can't fully appreciate the old towns as much.
most hunters never played in this Town it was japan only
+Alexis The Transgender Duelist Wasn't Kokoto in the very first MH game? I'm pretty sure the first MH was released outside of Japan.
lol i started with freedom unite
+Andrei “Wimpybuster” It was the main and only Village in Monster Hunter Freedom and it was released everywhere ;)
+Alexis The Transgender Duelist Nope.
This kind of lore video is nice, it lets us take a breath inbetween more technical stuff. I find it nice to hear about Kokoto's history since I didn't play the original Monster Hunter on PS2 (I started playing MH with Freedom Unite, like a lot of other westerners I guess).
This is great, i really didn't know there was this much actual backstory to things in the games.
Remembering booting up my Ps2 and getting greeted with this village and the difficulty and pain it had back then, doesn't mean it's a bad thing, you keep pushing and eventually you'll overcome it.
Man this sure brings back nostalgia to the series veterans. Great video gaijinhunter!
I just checked on your videos and noticed that you haven't reviewed Pokke village just yet.
You have no idea how nostalgic I am when I hear the Pokke sound again as my very first village I played many years ago in MH2ndG
I cried, seriously, I cried.
To look at I was not even able to beat Khezu to now I beat many elder dragons myself, it was a very long journey.
Kokoto is home for me, I started there and it will always be my home as a hunter, the music always takes me back to those early days, even the Schrade region in which it is located is special to me as it is the location of the castle where you fight the black Fatalis an old foe of mine.
Wow! So many things that were there and I did not notice... Great video keep it up! Pokke next?
You mean being tossed against a Rathalos Without knowing How the fuck to play?
Kokoto Village ahh brings back many wonderful memories.
shame the server got shut down on the PS2 game of MH but thankfully i reached HR20 and made the Black Dragon Spear (and sword) and that lance could headlock Rathalos and Rathian to death lol.
im glad MH Gen brought the village and Forest and Hills back (now called Verdant Hills)
These types of lore stories are fantastic! They're always so interesting and I could definitely listen to them all day. ^^
Thank you, thank you, thank you, Gaijin Hunter! I love these lore videos!
Great video, can't wait to see the other villages get videos as well.
That "Thanks for Watching" at the end felt shoplifted straight from Luluco.
Yes ! Another video about the lore ! I was waiting for this, thx gaijin :D (and please do more...please ? :c)
I didn't start my hunting career in this town, but I still enjoy it solely because of its music theme. It's very nostalgic-sounding and soothing. And I knew everything about Kokoto's lore already because I'm an info sponge and read everything the NPCs have to say... I also spent way too much time on the Monster Hunter Wikia. So yeah, I fail to understand the argument of "newer players can't appreciate the older towns as much". Sorry if I'm an oddball.
This is where it all started, god, the nostalgia, making me wanna go back and play the original ps2 game.
This is awesome! Monster Hunter lore videos! I'm super hyped for the next one! haha
OMG I was up long enough to watch a freshly released video. Show some love from the Philippines please Gaijin!!!
Nice to see some lore videos mixed in with your great guides. Would be awesome if you made one for all villages and maybe even start a whole series about monsters and the world of Minegarde. ^^
I haven't bought the game yet, to anyone that played the original PS2 version, is the gunner in kokoto village still there, or did they remove him? He was posted up by the tree at 3:50 in the original game, but did see him anywhere in the video.
I started my trip on Monster Hunter Freedom Unite so my most nostalgic village is Pokke Village. I did however watch video's on the first monster hunter as i was intrigued about how it started so this village does bring back memories too :)
Nostalgia hit me like a freight train when kokoto village theme played in generations.
Huh. Neat! Do you think that in-lore superstition about the number five is also why the game is called Monster Hunter X/Generations despite Capcom saying that it is the next "main" installment? If so that's really cool, was curious why they just didn't call it MH5!
Wait, could that mean Becky is the hammer user from the opening cinematic for Generations?
no that's a diff girl. In MH the females are often hammer users (this is also a trend in Japan for actual players)
Nice video! I really like this lore videos and I always thought that a series of lore videos for Monster hunters will be awesome. Monsters lore, villages lore, etc.....
Gajin, I love your work and keep up what you're doing!
I didn't know everything you said about the lore of this village so...thanks for that ^^
that story was awesome!!! do more of these please! I wish Moga Village was in this monster hunter, MH3U is where it all started for me and it would be nice to revisit all of that.
Kokoto the village that started me as a hunter, I have to be honest I cry a lil the first time I got to Kokoto in MHG, the music, the people all my memories from back then came rushing back, it has been so long Kokoto ....im back home. :')
I love these videos about Monster Hunter lore. It'd be cool if you would cover the Pokke village at some point in the future; the ever popular village for people who played freedom unite. Or maybe the ever-important Dundorma.
I'm loving these lore videos. Can't wait for Pokke village.
Thank you I started in Freedom Unite and gen is my scond monster hunter so I don't know much about these villages I unlocked lol. Knowing they are previous main towns makes them so good
So with Bherna new to the series and Yukumo done during MHX, I am guessing the next village will be Pokke?
Ooooh i like this!! I don't know much of the lore, but this is really interesting! Are you making more?
Kokoto was where I started out in the original MH. Never forget headlocking Rath.
I watched this video years before, & I liked it, but I have a question that been nagging me. Starting @ 1:40 through 2:50 may I ask where you got this info, the source? Besides the “Five” MH wiki page, have their been a clearer official confirmation from Capcom that’s a Lao killed his fiancée?
If so, from where this info from & what the year?
In 2013 , for no one else did it or ever brought up as a lore subject anywhere, I created a blog on the MH wiki (& the gone forums of Capcom Unity) based on my research & also assumptions, that it was an Lao that killed his fiancée from the Hero of Kokoto story in the Hunting Life magazine from MHF1 in mostly attempt to debunk those kept saying it was a Monoblos that killed her.
This is the first "lore" video I have seen of yours. Have you done others in the past? If not please do more, I've only been playing since the original tri for the wii, and love MH lore. Thanks for the great video as well.
I did a lore video on Amatsu, Yamatsukami, and Yukumo village before!
+gaijin hunter speaking of, do you think you'll re-review it? Or note it in another video.
extra fun fact! one of the request for the becky i kokoto asks you to get supplies for her to go hunting! you eventually have to go hunt a hyper rathalos for the other guild gale before becky goes hunting. perhaps another nod to that novel?
Monster Hunter lore.....ooooh man I need more of that. Weapon and armor descriptions are such a tease.
Love getting to know more of MH lore.it is underdeveloped in my opinion.
Gaijin,could you possibly make a video about obtaining yukumo eggs?Perhaps during a similar video to this one for Yukumo?
Great video, thanks for the info! MH4U was my first Monster Hunter game, so this was really informative
If you plan to do a retrospective of the other two villages, I for one would love some footage of you running around in the original village from FU and P3rd. I was kind of hoping I'd see you do that with the PS2 MH1 in this video, but oh well :p
Would love to have more videos talking about the old villages since some of us started with Tri on the Wii, so a lot of the history is lost to us. (Speaking of, super bummed about Moga Village not being a hub)
I feel the same, I started in 3U and I feel like there just trying to forget about it because a lot of people hated the water fights, which honestly, I hated them to. But they have the Moga Chief and his son, as well as the Moga Smith and Sweetheart, all of which are in Yokomo so I've made my new home in Yokomo because its the closest the Moga as were gonna get
great video! id love to see more videos like this, as a mh4u noob I didnt have any idea of the history for Kokoto
I knew about the village but that was very interesting to know more about characters, very good video
It was pretty nostalgic just going back to the village. I kinda miss the MH days on Psp.
Just wanted to say I appreciate your videos! You give so much detail! I really enjoy the palicoes after seeing your videos and I was wondering if you have suggestions for my support palicoes to use on solo hunts.
i have to say that POKKE VILLAGE is my favorite, because that is where I honed my skills as a hunter on the psp in mhfu (the hardest of them all) I just love seeing POKKE VILLAGE in 3d!! it brings back so many memories from 2008....i only wish u could still go to POKKE farm...but still I think that and of course kokoto village
Gosh how nostalgic can't wait to get home and start playing MHGen :D
When I see the Village Elder and the house in Kokoto Village... mah god the nostalgia.
wow, i didnt know this was the 1st village since my 1st game was 3U,but now i like this village even more. im guessing your gonna do a video on each village?
Don't know if you're awake, but can you consider making one video demonstrating every hunter art in the game? At the moment you can only weapon specific ones, and I think it would be convenient to have them all in one video
when kokoto's theme plays, nostalgia hits really hard, btw, i'm a the only one who notice, kokoto elder voice is change?