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Monster Hunter Stories |OT| Pi-Khezu, I Choose You!

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PhoenixSFT

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All credit goes to Camjo-Z for the thread title

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Title: Monster Hunter Stories
Platform: Nintendo 3DS/2DS
Release Date: 9-8-2017 (US/EU), 9-9-2017 (AU)
Genre: RPG/Monster Collector
Publisher: Capcpom
Player(s): 1-2, has Streetpass Functionality and online battles
ESRB: E (Everyone 10+)
Price: 3DS Physical/eShop: $39.99 (Digital Blocks 14,736, roughly 1.8 gigs)
Main Site: Monster Hunter Stories Site
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Features:
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When a monster infected by the Black Blight attacks your remote village of riders, tragedy will thrust you into an exciting yet dangerous world, where you must bond with monsters on your adventure. As the story snakes along, you'll encounter a wealth of side quests and hours of challenging turn-based battles where you must coordinate monster skills, rider skills and enemy attack patterns. The instinctive rock-paper-scissors combat system is a series first, a breath of fresh air for veterans and newcomers alike. It's the perfect entry point into the popular Monster Hunter universe and a game unlike anything else in the series! You can even battle other players online, locally, or via the StreetPass™ feature!

  • A vast world filled with uniquely skilled monsters to hatch, ride, and fight beside
  • Form a team of monsters and execute powerful combo attacks
  • Every monster's genes contain a unique set of skills and attributes. Channel genes from one to another to customize your own monster!
  • Varied side quests and challenging battles bolster hours of gameplay
  • The first ever turn-based battles in Monster Hunter series history!

Find eggs to make Monsties your companions
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  • Throughout the game you'll explore various monster dens to scavenge for items and eggs. Egg patterns determine what monster is inside, and monsters can earn various stat bonuses depending on where you tap an egg to hatch it.
  • Through the Rite of Channeling, you can move genes from one monster to another, giving them new skills, stats, or even new resistances.
  • MHKita is a pretty useful site for determining what type of monster you'll get from each egg: MHKita Egg/Quest Site

Form a Kinship with your monsters to be able to ride them and explore various locales!
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Run, swim, and fly across multiple areas in your search for the cause of the Black Blight!
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Fight off monsters in turn-based, rock-paper-scissors combat!
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  • Foes will pick either a Power, Speed, or Technical attack move. Power beats Tech, Tech beats Speed, and Speed beats Power. Predict your opponent's moves to be able to counter and do extra damage to them.
  • Pick the right moves to quickly boost your Kinship with your Monsties to be able to perform special attacks with them by riding them in battle!

Other activities available throughout the game:
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  • Search across the world for 100 lost Poogies to earn rewards
  • Upgrade your gear through the smithy
  • Use Catavans to fast travel across the land
  • Scavenge for materials in true Monster Hunter fashion

Amiibo Functionality
You can tap in a compatible Amiibo figure to get special items once a day:
Compatible Amiibo List

Alternatively, if you own the Japanese Monster Hunter Amiibo, you can get special monsters depending on the Amiibo you tap in.
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Unlocks:
Male/Female Rider - Rathalos from the MHS anime, rarity level is 5
Navirou - unlocks Aptonoth from the MHS anime, rarity level is 2
Cheval - Rathian from the MHS anime, rarity level is 4
Dan - Quiropecco from the MHS anime, rarity level is 3
Avinia - Barioth from the MHS anime, rarity level is 6
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Battle Tips and Tricks from ggx2ac
Double Attack > Combo > Basic Attack

Basic attacks are good but combos give you extra damage on the finishing move if you can pull it off.

However, Double Attacks can do more damage than combos so prioritise a double attack if you can see it happening.

The Rider's notes in-game tells you the weapon combos, here are the combos:

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To restore Hearts (The things you lose when you run out of HP in the game), go to your house and rest.

During battle, you can press the X button to increase animation speed by upto 3x.


Online Functionality
  • Challenge a friend in 1 vs. 1 battles via local wireless or online. You can set the rules and even earn experience and rewards.
  • Create QR codes to share your battle party with other players. Select the ”Battle Preparation" menu item under Network Battle to get started.
  • Streetpass other players to exchange Battle Party details, Rider Cards, and Monster Dens!
  • Battle Party – Players exchange details like Monsties and Equipment, then they can battle against the Streetpassed player's party at the Rider Arena
  • Rider Card – Share your card, which has customized titles and backgrounds
  • Monster Dens – Venture into a Streetpassed Monster Den to be able to forage for items and eggs, perhaps even of the rare variety...

DLC
  • No word on the updated, 1.2 version of the game coming West. Hopefully it does, but it seems odd to release the old version of the game so long after it came out in Japan.
  • Like the other Monster Hunter 3DS games, there are various additional quests and items you can download through a Palicoe located in your home village.

Videos:
11 Tips and Tricks for Monster Hunter Stories by Game Taco (I've found this video very useful)
Amiibo Unlock video from IGN
Monster Hunter Stories Trailer

Reviews:
Metacritic - Currently 78
Review Thread
 
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redcrayon

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Just received my copy this morning, am looking forward to importing my demo data over the weekend and getting going.

Thanks for setting up the OP, I'll pop back when I've played a bit (and probably with a barrage of questions in tow!) :D

If anyone is looking to try it out, the free demo is really good and covers the first five hours or so of the game.
 
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TheGrue

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I really enjoyed the demo of this, but it made me get back into Generations and now I think I'm too addicted again to stop and play this. Really captures that MH feel while being a casual-focused turn-based JRPG.
 
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ilium

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TheGrue said:
I rest really enjoyed the demo of this, but it made me get back into Generations and now I think I'm too addicted again to stop and play this. Really captures that MH feel while being a casual-focused turn-based JRPG.
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lmao same here. Although I might have reached the point again where I'm out of ideas what sets to make. I really don't want to do all village quests to get the Hayabusa Feather ._.
 
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ggx2ac

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The tips and tricks video from Game Taco is pretty handy.

I'll repost some hints from having played the demo:

Double Attack > Combo > Basic Attack

Basic attacks are good but combos give you extra damage on the finishing move if you can pull it off.

However, Double Attacks can do more damage than combos so prioritise a double attack if you can see it happening.

How you do a combo is just three basic attacks in a certain order. It does not matter which basic attacks you use (Power, Tech, Speed). Just do it in a certain order and you'll do a combo.

One example is Power -> Power -> Tech
Another is Power -> Tech -> Speed

You can use different basic attacks, it doesn't have to be the exact ones as those in that order.
E.g. Speed -> Speed -> Power is the same kind of combo as the first one.

Apparently there should be Hunter notes in the game for weapon combos.

To restore Hearts (The things you lose when you run out of HP in the game), go to your house and rest.

During battle, you can press the X button to increase animation speed by upto 3x.
 
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PhoenixSFT

Member
ggx2ac said:
The tips and tricks video from Game Taco is pretty handy.

I'll repost some hints from having played the demo:

Double Attack > Combo > Basic Attack

Basic attacks are good but combos give you extra damage on the finishing move if you can pull it off.

However, Double Attacks can do more damage than combos so prioritise a double attack if you can see it happening.

How you do a combo is just three basic attacks in a certain order. It does not matter which basic attacks you use (Power, Tech, Speed). Just do it in a certain order and you'll do a combo.

One example is Power -> Power -> Tech
Another is Power -> Tech -> Speed

You can use different basic attacks, it doesn't have to be the exact ones as those in that order.
E.g. Speed -> Speed -> Power is the same kind of combo as the first one.

Apparently there should be Hunter notes in the game for weapon combos.

To restore Hearts (The things you lose when you run out of HP in the game), go to your house and rest.

During battle, you can press the X button to increase animation speed by upto 3x.
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Ooh this is helpful, especially the battle speed up button. Mind if I add this to the OT?
 
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Ridley327

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The OT title is pretty, pretty good.

Grabbing my copy after work today. The demo sure picked a nice cliffhanger to end it on.
 
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teeny

Member
Amazing thread title :D

I've been waiting for this game for so long, can't believe it's right around the corner. Apparently, my copy is delivered on Monday. Should be enough time for me to polish off Mario + Rabbids and Splatoon 2 over the weekend.

It's going to be weird going back to the 3DS. This should ease me in ready for Metroid :p
 
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ryushe

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If not for M+R (which I'm still playing and enjoying) and Metroid next week, this would've been mine. Alas, I'll just have to wait until later in the year to pick this up. Until then, I'll just go through the demo in anticipation.

Edit:
Wait, there were MH Amiibo's released?

hmmm...
 
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Zutrax

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Anyone know how the story compares to the anime adaptation? I got maybe 10-15 episodes in and it felt like nothing was happening and they were still kind of training in their village. I grew pretty bored and dropped it.

I can't see the game lingering around that long in the beginning village, but I'm curious to know for sure.
 
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Piscus

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Game should be delivered today. It's a miracle I finished Mario + Rabbids in time! Now we have to see how much I can get done before Samus Returns comes out next week....

By the way, the amiibo for this game are pretty awesome. I bought them before the game was even announced for localization, haha.
 
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Camjo-Z

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I'm just glad the amiibo are all of monsters I'm mostly neutral about, if they'd done ones for Khezu or Lagiacrus my wallet would be weeping. I'm still a little tempted to get one of the Rath figures but I think my preorder of the Metroid 2-pack means I've hit my monthly allowance for buying pointless crap.
 
mindatlarge

mindatlarge

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That's a damn fine looking 3DS game. Gonna check out the demo and get the whole game if I dig it. Pretty sure I will.
 
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KirbYuuYuu

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Zutrax said:
Anyone know how the story compares to the anime adaptation? I got maybe 10-15 episodes in and it felt like nothing was happening and they were still kind of training in their village. I grew pretty bored and dropped it.

I can't see the game lingering around that long in the beginning village, but I'm curious to know for sure.
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From what i gatherd, the anime spends more time in the village in order to build up Cheval before the Nargacuga incident, which is why it takes so long
 
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13ruce

Banned
Oh fuck got the game today but forget to took it with me after school to my dad well will play tonight.

Did take my Switch with me tho lol. (package was there at my moms place but just took it upstairs and left it)
 
BamFuller

BamFuller

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Do I receive something special for going through the demo? My copy will get delivered later today, but I will start via the demo if there is enough incentive.
 
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Dandy Crocodile

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BamFuller said:
Do I receive something special for going through the demo? My copy will get delivered later today, but I will start via the demo if there is enough incentive.
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I got a cute costume for Navirou.
It's the beginning of the game and your save transfers so no reason not to do it I guess.
 
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spyroflame0487

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So despite the amiibo functionality, they're not bringing the amiibo over at all? That's pretty bizarre.

I mean, I had figured maybe they just didn't want to talk about it to diminish the Metroid/other amiibo announced at the time, but this is super sad. I really wanted to get them, but didn't want to pay the import fees. I shoulda hopped on the ami ami deal the other week, but they're all gone now.

I mean...it's not that hard to slap the monster name and new logo on the box, right?
 
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Ridley327

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killroy87 said:
What's the updated version?
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They released a patch for the game and an updated retail version back in July (I think?), and this is what it added:

•Newly added Otomon (monsters) – Teostra, Kushala Daora, and Rajang have been added.
•Additional parts to customize your appearance and the ability to change your gender – You can change your gender at your house, allowing you to try out each gender’s armor. Customization parts that reflect the appearance of characters that appear in the game, as well as equipment that lets you change completely into them have also been added. Parts have also been added that allow you to change your appearance to look like Hakum Village Riders Jini, Hyoro, and Mil from the TV anime Monster Hunter Stories: Ride On.
•Otomon previously only available as downloadable content now obtainable at the “Monster Nest” after clearing the game – Oroshi Kirin, White Monoblos, Glavenus, and Molten Tigrex can be obtained.
•Monster Hunter XX Save Data Bonus – If you have save data from Monster Hunter XX on your 3DS, you will get a Barufaruku costume for Nabiru.
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Nothing game changing, especially since I believe we're still getting the download quests for the monsters they mentioned in the third bullet point, but man, I really do want a Teostra mount. I'm sure most would want the gender swap option, especially since Monster Hunter has always been big on creating unique appearance for each armor depending on the gender.
 
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killroy87

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Ridley327 said:
They released a patch for the game and an updated retail version back in July (I think?), and this is what it added:


Nothing game changing, especially since I believe we're still getting the download quests for the monsters they mentioned in the third bullet point, but man, I really do want a Teostra mount. I'm sure most would want the gender swap option, especially since Monster Hunter has always been big on creating unique appearance for each armor depending on the gender.
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Ah, I see. Thanks for the info!

Yeah, would have been nice to have. Hopefully they push a free update sooner rather than later.
 
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NeonZ

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Zutrax said:
Anyone know how the story compares to the anime adaptation? I got maybe 10-15 episodes in and it felt like nothing was happening and they were still kind of training in their village. I grew pretty bored and dropped it.

I can't see the game lingering around that long in the beginning village, but I'm curious to know for sure.
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The game is much faster paced than the anime. You can linger around in the village for a while doing all optional quests, but it's all after a certain event that actually starts the story for real but that takes more than 10 episodes to happen in the anime.

The anime wanted to make people connect more to the village, the Rathalos and Cheval, but they kind of forgot they needed a hook for the show if they wanted to make stories taking place before the game's actual beginning.
 
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redcrayon

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Just entered my DLC code for the monsters that came with my purchase from Nintendo UK, and I also apparently received two more items (including a rustshard?) for having save data from MH Generations on the system, in addition to the outfit for having played the demo! Great stuff.
 
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BooJoh

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Ridley327 said:
They released a patch for the game and an updated retail version back in July (I think?), and this is what it added:


Nothing game changing, especially since I believe we're still getting the download quests for the monsters they mentioned in the third bullet point, but man, I really do want a Teostra mount. I'm sure most would want the gender swap option, especially since Monster Hunter has always been big on creating unique appearance for each armor depending on the gender.
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So I will be able to get a Glavenus even if we don't get the patch? This is the main thing I care about, it's my favorite mon.
 
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