Looking Back at Monster Hunter Rise, 4 Years Later - Heavy Wings

Monster Hunter Rise turns 4 years old today, so I decided I wanted to take a look back at the game. The things it did well, the things it did poorly, how people viewed the game next to Monster Hunter World and it's legacy as a Monster Hunter game built for the Nintendo Switch.

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Sources:
Ichinose Talks about the RE Engine on Switch
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/202...
MHRise Dev Interviews
https://www.monsterhunter.com/mha/en/...
Battlefront 2 controversy
https://www.polygon.com/2017/11/13/16...

Music
Introduction + Chapter 1
Rise Arena Theme
Rise Nargacuga Battle
Rise Magnamalo Battle
Rise Mizutsune Battle
Rise Sandy Plains Battle
Rise Sandy Plains Chase
Chapter 2
Rise Frost Islands Battle
Rise Lava Caverns Battle
Tri Flooded Forest Theme
Rise Flooded Forest Battle
Mizutsune - Monster Hunter Orchestra 2021
Chapter 3
Brave Hunters - Piano Version
MHRise Brave Hunters
Portable 3rd Zinogre
Rise Rajang Battle

Chapter 4
Rise The Rampage
Rise The Rampage: Counter Signal

Chapter 5
Kamura’s Song of Purification
Making Yummy Dango - Summer Remix

Chapter 6
Breath of Ire
Lady of Lightning
Lady of Lightning - Dance Remix

Chapter 7
Rise Magnamalo Battle
Rise Magnamalo Chase
Magnamalo - Monster Hunter Rise Orchestra 2021
Frontier Odyvataurus Theme
Rise Kushala Battle
Chapter 8
Scarlet Nexus - Stairway to the “One and Only Future”
Rise Narwa the Allmother Battle
Scarlet Nexus - Abandoned Highway to Eden
Scarlet Nexus - Human Wisdom “Hallowed Grounds”
Scarlet Nexus - Human Wisdom “Worship Hall”
Scarlet Nexus - Frozen Breath
Great Ace Attorney Barok Van Zieks Theme
Great Ace Attorney 2 Revival of the Prosecutor (spoilers)
Great Ace Attorney Summation Examination
Lady of Lightning - Rock Remix

Chapter 9
World Lunastra Battle
World Vaal Hazak Battle
Rise Teostra Battle
Rise Chameleos Battle

Chapter 10
Rise Infernal Springs Battle
GU Valstrax Theme

Contents
0:00 Introduction
1:09 Wirebugs, Combat and the Monsters
22:29 The Hunting Locales
32:30 The Quest Structure
37:32 Rampages
42:09 Kamura Village
44:50 The Story
52:43 Rise’s Identity
1:09:17 The Post-Launch
1:40:08 Rise as the Follow-Up to World
1:49:42 Difficulty
1:54:50 Conclusion