Summary
It’s safe to say that excitement forMonster Hunter Wildshas reached a fever pitch. Despite somepretty awful performance issues, the recent beta was played by463,798 players at its peak, making it one ofthe most-played games of this year, having the 22nd-highest concurrent player count onSteamof all time in the process.
With the game now a little over two months from launch, players are clamoring to find any crumb of information they can about the game. And there’s been some success, with a new datamine potentially revealing a second set of monsters returning from previousMonster Huntergames.
As with all leaks, take this with a pinch of salt until confirmed by Capcom.
Blangonga And Lagiacrus Could Be Returning For Monster Hunter Wilds
A couple of weeks back, datamining began, revealing the potentialreturns of the Gravios, Gypceros, Nerscylla, and Gore Magala. Now, new information fromReddit user TheNadei, has revealed a bunch more monsters that could be making a comeback.
It appears that theBlangonga, a fanged ape-like monster similar to Rajang, will be returning to the game.
Every monster in the Monster Hunter series is given an ID that it retains across every game. By looking at the game’s source code, TheNadei has managed to match some of the Wild’s monster IDs with previous games.
Using this method, it appears that theBlangonga, a fanged ape-like monster similar to Rajang, will be returning to the game for the first time since Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate. It will be joined byLagriacrus, a Leviathan that’s not been seen since Generations Ultimate, and theSeregios,Anjanath, andOdogaron, which were inMonster Hunter Rise SunbreakandMonster Hunter World, respectively.
Alongside the returning monsters, the datamine hints at six potential locations, which the game’s files call Desert, Forest, Oil, Grave, Priestess, and Wall. And TheNadei also broke down the game’s potential breaks, which could hint at some new monsters, with parts such as Trunk and Antennae found in the files.
Of course, until this is confirmed byCapcom, don’t count your chickens. But it certainly seems exciting.
Monster Hunter Wilds
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The unbridled force of nature runs wild and relentless, with environments transforming drastically from one moment to the next. This is a story of monsters and humans and their struggles to live in harmony in a world of duality.Fulfill your duty as a Hunter by tracking and defeating powerful monsters and forging strong new weapons and armor from the materials you harvest from your hunt as you uncover the connection between the people of the Forbidden Lands and the locales they inhabit.The ultimate hunting experience awaits you in Monster Hunter Wilds.
