– Each egg has a different pattern on it that should make it easy to see what monster it will be – At one point during the gameplay session, they’re at a Khezu’s nest – Lagiacrus can swim, but it can also roar to scare small monsters off so you don’t have to fight them in Monster Caves if you’re short on time – Switch monsters at any point by pressing a button on the touch screen – Ex: Qurupeco can’t swim, so switch to Lagiacrus to cross a freezing lake – Need certain monsters to reach some of the caves – Better tether genes and stats for rarity – Caves vary in rarity (ex: grey are average, gold are rare) – Monster Caves can be found on the overworld – Another part of the footage is from the snowy mountain area Talju Heights Myvern Abilities, Hunting Horn, and Finding/Hatching Eggs – World map features a number of villages, including ones situated in snowy mountains (Talju Heights), a desert (Kuba Desert), a volcano range (Twin Peaks), the coast, and a mysterious island called Naobaku Island – A darkness awakens in Shuval as he grips his mother’s treasured mirror and vows to stop this evil – The hit scars Rathalos’ left eye, and it tumbles off the cliff into the darkness below – The Rathalos comes to your aid, but it takes a strong hit from Nargacuga’s tail – A Nargacuga attacks the rider village, crushing Shuval’s home and supposedly killing his mother – A village horn sounds to signal that a monster is attacking – See the village elder, who reconsiders punishment after discovering you’ve made a bond with a Myvern – It then lunges at Shuval, but instead nuzzles with the main character – Voice 1 is the voice actor from the game’s accompanying anime – Customize your facial expression, mouth, hair, eyes, eye/hair color, skin tone, and voice – Lilia mentions that you have to introduce yourself to the soon-to-by Myvern before it hatches – Customize your character when the group finds an egg – Tsujimoto joked that the voice actors understand the language and they even own a dictionary detailing the Monster Hunter lexicon – Language used is the same as other Monster Hunter games – Lilia mocks Shuval for being a scaredy-cat – Game begins as the three friends Lilia (female rider), Shuval (possible rival), and the protagonist head to the mysterious woods to search for Wyvern Eggs – Riders never had reason to venture into the hunter’s world until a growing darkness pushes itself into their village – Once again, the story involves people who learned to develop bonds with monsters – Monster Hunter Stories and Monster Hunter share the same world World Background, First Ten Minutes, and Character Customization We’ve rounded up the tidbits below, though be sure to check out the original report here as well.

Siliconera has translated a massive amount of information about Monster Hunter Stories from the game’s appearance on Capcom TV earlier today.

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