Capcom Shows Off First ‘Monster Hunter Wilds’ Trailer
by Sage Ashford
Capcom presented a first look at Monster Hunter Wilds in a State of Play trailer entitled “1st trailer”. While the trailer teases a bit of the story, most things remained focused on the monsters and different biomes players will encounter.
A PlayStation Blog entry goes into further detail on the biomes, characters, and weapons:
In Monster Hunter Wilds, locales are dense, deep, and three-dimensional. Let’s start with the Windward Plains shown in the trailer, which is a vast, untamed land ready to be explored. While exploring this new locale, hunters will discover harsh environments contrasted by abundant landscapes teeming with life, and even extreme weather conditions that transform the locale in unexpected ways.
In Monster Hunter Wilds, environments will change drastically. Monsters and organisms will change and adapt according to changes in the environment, resulting in a world that feels truly alive.
Monsters act independently to survive in these harsh environments. In Monster Hunter Wilds, hunters can expect to immerse themselves in a vibrant ecosystem of monsters living in nature, including large-scale groups of monsters that move in herds and packs and interact with one another.
The 14 iconic weapon types make their return in Monster Hunter Wilds. Choose from the Great Sword, Long Sword, Sword & Shield, Dual Blades, Hammer, Hunting Horn, Lance, Gunlance, Switch Axe, Charge Blade, Insect Glaive, Light Bowgun, Heavy Bowgun, and Bow.
While series veterans should find themselves right at home, there’s plenty of new actions for each weapon type that will take your hunt to the next level. We shared a small look at a few of these for the Great Sword and Heavy Bowgun, and we look forward to sharing more information on all the new actions in the future!
Monster Hunter Wild is coming to PlayStation 5, Steam, and Xbox Series, there’s still no release date yet. We know it’s 2025, but people were still hoping it would come out in the first quarter of next year, and their silence here would be a problem on that. That said, Capcom will show this game off several more times over the next few weeks and months, and it’s still possible this gets another trailer at Summer Game Fest to show off the date.
