5 Games Monster Hunter Rise Should Crossover With

By Michael Gibson

Posted on July 1, 2021

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5 Games Monster Hunter Rise Should Crossover With

the monster hunter franchise is known for welcoming guests from other countries to join its hunt. 2018Monster Hunter WorldCollaborations were made with horizon Zero Dawn The Witcher, And even more Street Fighter. Based monster Hunter Rises Content roadmap for summer 2021. It looks like the most recent game in the series will get at least two more crossovers.

Monster Hunter Rise already collaborated with Monster Hunter Stories 2 and will continue to feature two crossover events with other Capcom franchises through August. As a result, it’s impossible to predict what Capcom will add next once summer is over. However, given the series’ track record, it’s likely that the game could partner up with other franchises than Capcom.

NieR

This crossover between Monster Hunter Rise & Square Enix’s NieR would not be the first time the two series have met; Monster Hunter Frontier Z collaborated previously with the hit NieR: Automata in 2019. However, it’s important to note that Frontier Z was an exclusive MMO for Japan, and its servers were shut down to make NieR content unavailable.

The recent NieR Replicant remake has brought the series back to the forefront. Now seems like a great moment for Capcom to partner with Square Enix to bring NieR into Monster Hunter again, but for a wider audience. Monster Hunter Rising would be a great addition to the series’ Shades.

Final Fantasy

Monster Hunter World and Final Fantasy 14 worked together before. Monster Hunter Rise should incorporate elements from other Final Fantasy installments.

Many weapons from Final Fantasy are available in Monster Hunter. __S.30__ You can also use elements from the RPG series to create armor that resembles the Warrior of Light or new hunts that feature Bahamut, Ifrit, or Final Fantasy 15’stitanic Adamantoise.

Metal Gear Solid

This pairing may seem a little odd, but the two series have a fairly strong connection. Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker featured Monster Hunter-inspired missions where players could fight notable monsters like Tigrex and Rathalos. Monster Hunter Portable 3rd also had armor sets and accessories inspired by Metal Gear. However, like NieR, the Metal Gear content never made its way west, as Monster Hunter Portable 3rd wasn’t released outside of Japan.

In the event of a future crossover, Metal Gear Solid has a wide variety of characters that Monster Hunter Rise could draw inspiration from for armor sets. For example, while Metal Gear’s large mechs might not make suitable hunts, Rise could try to include Gear REX, an original monster created for Peace Walker based on Metal Gear REX.

Shin Megami Tensei

These two series haven’t crossed paths before, but their publishers have. Shin Megami Tensei 3: Nocturne notably featured Dante from Capcom’s Devil May Cry series as both a boss and a party member. Both franchises were also thought to be fairly niche until Monster Hunter World and SMT’s subseries, Persona, each saw great success in the west.

Shin Megami Tensei has an extensive list of monsters like Moloch, Jack Frost, and Cerberus that would make some good hunts. Additionally, armor sets based on the distinct looks of SMT 3, 4, or 5’s protagonists would be welcome, too.

The Legend Of Zelda

It’s well known that Monster Hunter and The Legend of Zelda are frequent collaborators, as previous Monster Hunter games have featured armor, weapons, and accessories from multiple generations of Zelda. 

With Breath of the Wild 2 on the horizon, armor sets based on Link’s new look along with hunts featuring Lynels, the dragons from Breath of the Wild, or perhaps any of Ganon’s forms could allow the two series to join forces yet again while still delivering some fresh content.

5 Games Monster Hunter Rise Should Crossover With