Capcom released various new information about the “Monster Hunter Rise” expansion “Monster Hunter Rise Dawn” through an online live broadcast today (15th). First of all, the most important release date of the Nintendo Switch version is determined to be June 30, tomorrow (16) Pre-orders will be opened, and the PC version has not yet been released.
In the story, after repelling the great invasion of the monster “Hundred Dragon Night Walk”, Shenhuo Village returned to peace. However, this peace was broken by the “Ice Wolf Dragon” who suddenly appeared in the ruins of the Taisha Shrine, and the kingdom knight Fiorini who met because of it. After receiving a request from the kingdom’s messenger Fiorini, the hunter left Shenhuo Village in order to investigate the “Monster Mutation”, and set off for the observation base “El Cardo” in a distant and exotic country.
The new map is “Fortress Heights”, a new terrain of ruins, a new hunting stage with multiple appearances such as forest areas and ice and snow areas. And includes new environmental creatures.
In terms of monsters, the brand-new dragon-type monster “Gonzomon” has both fire and water attribute arms. In addition, the previously announced monster “Ice Wolf Dragon” has also released its new battle screen. Together with the ancient dragon “Jueyinlong” that was first revealed, these three monsters are called “Three Princes of the King’s Domain” and will be the monsters that run through the core of the story.
In addition, there is also a subspecies of the original monster. This time, “Hittengumon” is displayed, and the very popular old monster “Electric Dragon” will also appear. In addition to the previously announced General Crab, the currently known new monsters include this 6 types.
This live broadcast also revealed El Cardo’s new NPCs, the most notable being the new receptionist “Qi Jie”, but even the Admiral and Fiorini paid tribute to her, her identity Doesn’t seem like an ordinary loli on the surface.
Although the introduction this time only ends here, the new promotional video actually exposes some things that were not mentioned in this announcement, such as the new skills of Galk and Ailu, and the new use of flying insects to pull monsters. Hit the wall, new tricks for each weapon, etc.
In terms of sales information, it should be noted that although “Monster Hunter Rise Dawn” has a digital/physical version of the expansion pack sold separately, the download serial number is given inside the physical version box instead of the game cartridge. There is also a Digital Deluxe Edition with additional DLC.
In addition, there is also a combination pack of “Monster Hunter Rise” + “Monster Hunter Rise Dawn”, which also has a physical version (Monster Hunter Rise and Dawn also has a serial number), and the above versions can be obtained before a certain period of time. In addition, there are also corresponding amiibo for sale, and you can get the appearance of the silver dragon equipment.
In order to correspond to the update of “Monster Hunter Rising Dawn”, players must remember to free up 13GB of space. Post-release update plans will be announced at a later date.
