Monster Hunter 4 Monster List

2013 video game

Monster Hunter 4
Developer(s)	Capcom
Publisher(due south)	Capcom
Manager(s)	Kaname Fujioka
Producer(southward)	Hironobu Takeshita
Composer(s)	Marika Suzuki Miwako Chinone Reo Uratani
Serial	Monster Hunter
Engine	MT Framework Mobile
Platform(southward)	Nintendo 3DS
Release	Original Version JP: 14 September 2013 4G JP: eleven October 2014 Ultimate NA: xiii February 2015 European union: 13 February 2015 AU: xiv Feb 2015
Genre(s)	Action role-playing
Manner(s)	Unmarried-player, multiplayer

Monster Hunter 4 ^[a] is an action role-playing video game developed and published past Capcom. It is the fourth game in the Monster Hunter series and the second to be released on the Nintendo 3DS. Originally released in Japan on September 14, 2013. On January 26, 2014, an enhanced edition titled Monster Hunter 4G was announced for release in Japan on Oct 11, 2014, and immune players to apply Monster Hunter 4 save files.^[1] This version was released in Northward America and Europe as Monster Hunter four Ultimate on February xiii, 2015.^[2] The new version of the game was released alongside New Nintendo 3DS in all regions except Australia, and in addition to the separate game release, it is available bundled with a 3DS 40 variant of the newer panel model.

Gameplay [edit]

As with the other games in the series, Monster Hunter 4 has the player accept the part of a fresh Hunter that undertakes quests and challenges to hunt unsafe creatures that inhabit various locales. As they keep through these quests, they will gain various items, in-game coin, and other rewards that are used to craft new weapons, armor, additional gear, and health, restoration, and temporary buffing items that can be taken into after quests. The player's character does not intrinsically amend over the course of the game, but their abilities are set by the weapon and armor they carry into the quests, which improve equally the player takes on more challenging quests. The game allows the actor to use any of the twelve basic weapon types in the game, each having unique battle approaches that the actor must main, and can switch between these weapons before departing on quests.

When on a quest, the player is taken to a remote location made up of several smaller areas, where both passive and aggressive creatures roam. The histrion can explore through these areas, taking the fourth dimension to accrue materials such every bit ores, bugs, and found parts used to make gear and potions, or by slaying creatures throughout the areas. Some quests let the actor to explore the surface area equally long as they want to accumulate goods, while other quests accept the thespian attempt to slay a number of smaller creatures. The majority of the quests in the game requiring hunting ane or more of the larger monsters that can inhabit the areas, and ending the quest by killing or trapping the animate being. These quests are limited by time, equally well every bit the resources available to role player. The character can fall in battle due to loss of health twice, causing the player to continue the quest from the starting area, only after falling a 3rd fourth dimension, the quest is considered failed, as is running out of time. The role player tin can as well quit out of any quest at any time, foregoing whatever rewards for it, only also retaining the items you used.

The player's health and stamina are limiting factors on the field. The character's wellness is lost due to taking damage merely can be restored past health potions. Stamina depletes with many actions including running or using their weapon, and if this runs depression, the character will tedious down or fifty-fifty stop until their stamina is restored. Stamina volition be restored ordinarily by doing less aggressive actions. The maximum stamina will bleed over time, and though some can exist restored through various wellness items, depression stamina can limit the player'south effectiveness on the field.

New to Monster Hunter 4 is motility and combat that places more than emphasis on 3-dimensional motility. Walls can be climbed more fluidly, and players can use height advantages to jump on and attack or even mount creatures. The game too eliminates underwater sections that were present in Monster Hunter iii.^[3] The monsters are terrain-aware and use the environment to their advantage. 2 new weapons accept been added: the Insect Glaive and the Charge Blade.

The game'due south director, Kaname Fujioka, stated that Monster Hunter 4 has a larger focus on chance and story progression than previous Monster Hunter titles.^[4] Multiple base camps unlock as the player progresses, creating the largest bandage of NPCs of any Monster Hunter game to appointment.

Monster Hunter 4 is the get-go Monster Hunter game appearing on a handheld to characteristic fully integrated online multiplayer.^[5] Previous titles in the series on PSP and 3DS consoles only allowed local area connections, although online play was possible past linking through a PS3 or Wii U console.

A new "Gild Quest" organization has been added. Society Quests feature dissimilar missions for each player, and volition generate random equipment with slightly contradistinct stats. In order to access more weapons and armor, players must trade their Gild Quests with other players using Society Cards or the StreetPass function. Up to 50 missions can be saved for futurity utilise. The solo counterpart to Club Quests—the "Exploration Missions"—generates a dissimilar map and different equipment each fourth dimension it is played. Some of the equipment is unique to Guild Quests and Exploration, and features old armor designs from monsters that appeared in previous installments of the series but that do not appear in Monster Hunter 4, including simply not limited to former Khezu, Rathian, and Rathalos armor sets, and the Barroth Great Sword.

Plot [edit]

The actor's character is a fledgling Hunter, on the way to the port town of Val Habar via sandship equally to get part of the Hunters's Guild. The ship is attacked by a giant Dah'ren Mohran, a sand dwelling Elder Dragon, and the Hunter is able to protect the ship long enough before the Lodge'due south Ace Hunters arrive to bulldoze the beast abroad. Safely in boondocks, 1 of the transport'due south passengers, the Caravaneer, introduces himself to the Hunter, and describes his Capital letter Caravan, consisting of him, a blacksmith simply known as The Man, and a guild stewardess. Impressed by the Hunter'south capabilities, he invites the Hunter to join the Caravan as they try to discover the purpose of a strange antiquity the Caravaneer plant years earlier which he calls the Article and is attempting to achieve Cathar to speak to their wise people most it. The Hunter helps to enlist the aid of a cook and a merchant as to be able to make for their next port of call, the volcanic village of Harth, the home to the Troverians, a dwarf-like race of blacksmiths.

The Troverians are willing to aid the Caravan to build them an sea-worthy send. The Hunter helps to clear monsters that have prevents the Troverians from properly working their kilns, and the Hunter's abilities are recognized by the Ace Hunters as they pass through. As they gear up to exit, the daughter of the Troverian chief offers to come forth equally to learn from the Caravan's smith, The Man. The Caravan sets the ocean on their new ship, the Arluq, simply are attacked by a black Elder Dragon, the Gore Magala. The Hunter attempts to defend the ship but is infected with a strange illness from the Gore Magala that diminishes their combat potential, though by attacking the creature they manage to fight off the disease. Though the fauna is driven abroad with the help of the Ace Hunters, the Caravan's ship is damaged and arrive at Cheeko Sands to affect repairs. The Ace Hunters and then inform the Caravan that Cathar is not an island in the ocean, but a hamlet loftier upwards in the mountains. The Caravan proceeds help of the local Calico citizens with the Hunter's help. As they near completion, they acquire that the Ace Hunters were sent by the Guild to stop the Gore Magala merely ii of its members never made it dorsum. After the Hunter rescues the two missing members from Gore Magala, the Guild entrusts the task to the Hunter, who successfully defeats the black dragon, which flees after the fight.

With the Caravan able to travel once again, the Caravaneer suggests they return to Harth and ask for help to convert the Arluq to an airship. With the modifications, the Caravan finally reaches Cathar. They are told that the Commodity is a bad omen that caused a calamity in the nearby mountains. The Hunter, in aiding the Cathar residents, learns that the disease that the Gore Magala had carried has started to spread to other monsters, driving them into a frenzy-like country before dying out a few days later. The Ace Hunters make it in Cathar to inform the Caravan virtually the "Frenzy Virus" and that the original Gore Magala had vanished, having shed its peel to become its adult class, the much more dangerous golden Elder Dragon, Shagaru Magala. The Hunter takes on the beast when it threatens Cathar, and on its demise, finds that the Article is a scale taken from the Shagaru Magala.

With the threat seemingly concluded, the Caravan is surprised to larn that the Guild needs their assistance in the capital letter city of Dundorma, where another powerful monster, Kushala Daora a metallic skinned Elder Dragon, has been spotted. The Caravan helps to secure the city'south defense in apprehension of an attack by the dragon. While the Hunter searches for materials to build a weapon against the Elderberry Dragon, numerous rare gilt Wyverns known as the Seregios take suddenly made frequent appearances all over the world. The Ace Hunters are dispatched to investigate the anomaly, just to discover the resurgence of the Frenzy Virus. Further investigations reveal these two events are caused by a Seregios that has gone Noon, a frenzied monster that had overcome the virus' fatal afflictions while possessing fifty-fifty greater power. However, as the Hunter goes out to hunt the Apex Seregios, the Kushala Daora begins assaulting Dundorma. The Ace Hunters manage to successfully defend the metropolis when the Hunter returns, and with their combined efforts they utilize the newly created weapon to drive away the Elder Dragon.

Development [edit]

Monster Hunter 4, similar previous titles in the series, was primarily developed for a Japanese audience; though previous games had been localized for release in English-speaking markets, no localized version had broken over one meg units sold.^{[half dozen]}

On starting the development of Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, the Westernized version of the game, Andrew Alfonzo, the localization director for Capcom, wanted to strive to make the title appeal to the Western audience more than previous games, and had his squad involved early on during the game'southward evolution procedure to provide input and start localization.^[6] Alfonzo spent time researching the differences between Western and Japanese players, which showed that Western players tended to be older than those playing the Japanese versions. He further spent time to understand how business decisions are fabricated in Japan as to be able to better communicate his squad's suggestions to the lead developers. Some of the squad's suggestions required altering some aspects of the game that would see gameplay expectations of Western gamers, such as irresolute loading screen data to provide useful tips rather than narrative data, and changing the footstep of the introductory quests that human activity every bit tutorials for the game. They also wanted to trim the length of some of the dialog segments, and provide a means for players to skip over the introductory tutorial or let helpful messages to be turned on or off. Not all changes that Alfonzo's team suggested were fabricated past the Japanese developers, but many of these did make information technology into the final released version both in Japan and in the Western releases.^[vi] For localization, Alfonzo wanted to stay away from the utilize of memes, believing that they would not age well with the game.^{[half dozen]} Alfonzo'southward team too crafted a social media campaign prior to the game'southward Western release that helped to introduce potential players to gameplay concepts.^[6] Every bit Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate sold well in backlog of 1 million copies, and that the game'southward improved learning bend was well received by reviewers, Alfonzo believed that his team did the best job to create a "smart localization" given that they did not have direct control on the game'south ultimate development, but establish ways to evoke change on the "tangibles" in the procedure.^[six]

Release [edit]

On December 19, 2012, Capcom posted a notice on the official page, changing the release date to Summertime 2013 and stating that "further quality enhancements are needed in order to run into the expectations and wishes of users."^[seven]

On May 30, 2013, it was appear that 2 Special Edition Nintendo 3DS Twoscore consoles would be released on the same date as the game in Nippon (the "Gore Magala black version 3DS" and the "Felyne white version 3DS").^[eight]

On June iii, 2013, Capcom announced unlike editions for their game, sectional to the due east-Capcom shop. The "consummate ready" includes a strap, a figure, a pouch, and the game.^[9]

A limited edition Monster Hunter iv Ultimate themed version of the New Nintendo 3DS Twoscore launched on February thirteen, 2015, in North America.^[10]

Following the launch of Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, Capcom released a free downloadable starter pack via Nintendo eShop. The pack contains various items and allows the histrion to forge Super Mario themed equipment.^[11] In March 2015, Capcom released a second set of downloadable content featuring new quests and The Legend of Zelda themed equipment.^[12]

Reception [edit]

Sales [edit]

Monster Hunter 4 sold more than 1.8 million copies in its kickoff 2 days on the market.^[xiii] By the end of 2013, it had sold 3.9 one thousand thousand copies in Japan, more than than double any other game in the region except for Pokémon X and Y.^[14] As of March 31, 2014, the game has sold 4.1 million copies.^[15] The enhanced Monster Hunter 4G was a launch title for the New Nintendo 3DS revision in Nihon. Released on October 11, 2014, the game sold one.6 million copies in its first 2 days alone.^[16] As of November 2014, the game has sold 2.two 1000000 copies.^[17] Information technology was reported in Capcom's consolidated financial report on February 3 that the game had sold 2.vii meg copies since its release in Nippon.^[xviii] Presently following its N American release, Capcom announced that the title had shipped more than 3 million units worldwide.^[19] In Monster Hunter iv Ultimate 's first calendar month on auction in Due north America, 290,000 combined physical and downloaded copies were sold, making it the fastest-selling Monster Hunter title in that region.^[20] In April 2015, Capcom appear that Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate was the get-go title in the series to surpass i million units shipped in Europe and Northward America.^[21] As of Oct 2015^[update], Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate has sold more than 4 million units worldwide.^{[22] [23]}

Critical reception [edit]

Upon release, Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate received positive reviews, with numerous critics calling it the best title in the series so far. Review aggregator website Metacritic assigned scores of 86/100.^[24] Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu gave the game overwhelming scores.^{[26] [27]} Destructroid gave a score of ix/x calling the game a authentication of excellence.^[25] Gamespot praised the game by stating "Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate manages to aggrandize upon the things that people love about the series, while simultaneously making concessions to those getting involved for the first time. It's an absolutely astonishing time-sink, but it rarely feels like a grind; when the game gets its hooks into you, you tin can expect to observe yourself engrossed for at least 80 hours. Those who become truly invested can expect to find their in-game clock running into the hundreds of hours. Certain, Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate isn't without some of the serial' time-honoured idiosyncrasies, only it's the most streamlined and accessible game however, and one that's hard not to truly obsess over."^[xxx] Gamesradar agrees their statement by saying "Monster Hunter four Ultimate doesn't offer much new beyond its predecessors, but it perfects so much of what they tried that information technology's undoubtedly the series' best, and amid the best games on 3DS."^[31] USgamer gave a score of 4.5 out of 5 and stated "Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate is merely the most approachable and playable version of Capcom's action-RPG to appointment—but be warned, it all the same requires a hefty investment. If you lot're willing to take the leap, though, you'll shortly understand why Monster Hunter has become such a phenomenon."^[37] Metro calls Monster Hunter 4 the best in the serial so far.^[38]

Awards [edit]

List of awards and nominations
Award	Category	Result	Ref.
The Game Awards 2015	Best Mobile/Handheld Game	Nominated	[39]

Notes [edit]

1. ^ Japanese: モンスターハンター4, Hepburn: Monsutā Hantā Fō

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External links [edit]

• Official website
• Official website (in Japanese)

Monster Hunter 4 Monster List,

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_Hunter_4

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