

Successful completion of the offered quests provides loot, typically in the form of various monster parts from the monster, which are used to forge new armor and weapons that can be used to take on more powerful monsters, forming the series' notable core loop. It has sold more than 12 million copies worldwide since launch, making it the second best-selling game in the series.Īs with previous Monster Hunter titles, Monster Hunter Rise has the player take the role of a Hunter, tasked with slaying or capturing large monsters using a variety of weapons, tools, and environmental features to damage and weaken them while surviving their attacks. The game received generally positive reviews upon release with critics praising the gameplay and its expansion of the mechanics introduced in World. Rise follows many of the new conventions established in Monster Hunter: World while also introducing new features and mechanics, including a new animal companion called a Palamute that can be used to ride across the map or into battle, and the use of Wirebugs to traverse the world and mount and ride certain monsters. Ports for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S were released on January 20, 2023, with the Sunbreak expansion to follow on April 28 that year.

An expansion pack, Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak, was released in June 2022. The sixth mainline installment in the Monster Hunter series, it was released worldwide in March 2021, with a Windows port released in January 2022. Monster Hunter Rise is an action role-playing video game developed and published by Capcom for the Nintendo Switch.
