'Of Course We're Not Going to Stop Here' — Monster Hunter Developers Talk About the Future of the Series at PlayStation Awards

At the PlayStation Partner Awards 2025 Japan Asia held successful Tokyo connected December 3, Monster Hunter Wilds won the Grand Award and the User's Choice Award.

In an interrogation held earlier the grant ceremony, Ryozo Tsujimoto, the shaper of this work, and Yuya Tokuda, the director, answered questions from section media. IGN Japan was successful attendance.

When Monster Hunter Wilds was archetypal released connected February 28, immoderate players near harsh feedback, but Tokuda said the squad worked to amended the crippled by taking vantage of that feedback.

"Immediately aft the release, we apologized for the inconvenience caused by the measurement of contented and the trouble level. Despite this, we were delighted to person assorted awards, including Users' Choice awards. We would similar to convey each the players who person fixed their opinions and spoken lukewarm words adjacent successful this situation. The improvement squad was capable to crook everyone's feedback into an plus and enactment connected the update with each our strength, and I deliberation the effect was besides the crushed wherefore players voted for us," said Tokuda.

Yuya Tokuda (left) and Ryozo Tsujimoto (right) astatine the PlayStation Partner Awards 2025 Japan Asia held successful Tokyo connected December 3. Image credit: IGN.

"Monster Hunter has the characteristics of a rubric that gets regular updates, but subordinate opinions were precise adjuvant during the update process, and successful bid to marque Monster Hunter Wilds better, the fans’ voices gave america power. There are inactive updates near to come, truthful we volition proceed to bash our best," added Tsujimoto.

The Monster Hunter bid celebrated its 20th day past year. The franchise was a deed successful Japan, and aft the merchandise of Monster Hunter: World successful 2018, it grew into a literal monster rubric overseas. According to Tokuda, the Monster Hunter Wilds squad were much alert than ever of being accepted by newcomers oregon those who had occupation beating the games.

"We analyzed what benignant of places beginners were stuck in, including Monster Hunter: World. We person worked connected these points successful crook to marque it easier for caller users to wide hurdles specified arsenic being capable to scope definite monsters oregon to trade definite types of armor. In addition, we person tried to follow arsenic galore caller elements arsenic imaginable that are beneficial for some beginners and existing users, specified arsenic Focus Mode. This time, arsenic a effect of making the crippled casual to bushed adjacent for caller players and players who could not wide it before, I deliberation the trouble curve was a small lacking for existing users,” said Tokuda.

Tokuda said the squad has focused connected creating much hard contented with each update.

"If you bushed the crippled instantly aft its merchandise and stopped playing, I would admit it if you could prime it up again," said Tokuda.

Monster Hunter Wilds inactive has updates to come, but Tsujimoto besides talked a small astir the aboriginal of the series.

"Of course, we don’t mean to halt the bid here. We program to continue, and we privation to fto much radical play. In addition, I would similar to deliberation astir things beyond the games truthful that we tin further grow the imaginable of the Monster Hunter IP," said Tsujimoto.

From Tsujimoto's remarks, it seems we tin proceed to look guardant to caller games and much successful the Monster Hunter series.

Tsujimoto was besides asked wherever Monster Hunter stands wrong the wide catalog of Capcom IP, which helium answered diplomatically.

"Capcom is simply a institution with assorted IPs, and each IP is precise important. I'm successful complaint of Monster Hunter now, that’s each I tin remark on, but arsenic Capcom, we privation to grow each our IPs,” helium said.

Capcom is scheduled to merchandise Resident Evil Requiem, Onimusha Way of the Sword, and Pragmata successful 2026.

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