Capcom's Monster Hunter franchise, celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2024, roars back in 2025 with Monster Hunter Wilds. The series, spanning generations of consoles, achieved new heights with Monster Hunter World (2018) and Monster Hunter Rise (2021), Capcom's two top-selling games ever.
Launching February 28th, Monster Hunter Wilds prompts a retrospective look at the franchise's most impactful titles.
The Monster Hunter Universe: A Vast Landscape
The Monster Hunter series boasts over 25 games, encompassing core titles, spin-offs, mobile releases, and enhanced editions. This list focuses on the 12 most significant entries, excluding mobile and arcade-only games, defunct MMOs (Monster Hunter Frontier, Monster Hunter Online), and the Japan-exclusive Monster Hunter Diary: Poka Poka Airou Village.
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Starting Your Monster Hunter Journey
The Monster Hunter series lacks a continuous narrative, offering flexibility in choosing a starting point. Newcomers in 2025 might consider awaiting reviews of Monster Hunter Wilds. However, Monster Hunter World (exploration and immersion) or Monster Hunter Rise (speed and fluidity) are excellent entry points.
Out February 28### Monster Hunter Wilds - Standard Edition
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A Chronological Hunt: Every Monster Hunter Game
Monster Hunter (2004)
Initially conceived to test the PS2's online capabilities, the original Monster Hunter established the series' core gameplay: players undertake quests to hunt monsters, utilizing harvested materials to craft and upgrade weapons and armor for increasingly challenging hunts. An expanded version, Monster Hunter G, followed exclusively in Japan.
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Monster Hunter Freedom (2005)
The PSP's Monster Hunter Freedom, an enhanced port of Monster Hunter G, marked the series' successful transition to portable consoles. Its million-plus sales initiated a trend of portable versions outselling their console counterparts, a trend that persisted until Monster Hunter World.
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