Just to clarify the thing with Rathian and Rathalos, there are the same species, it’s just that Females are called Rathian and Males are called Rathalos.
When the guild first encountered rathian & rathalos, they actually thought they were different species. And when they found out they’re the same species, they were already named that way
They're kinda like the Nidoking and Nidoqueen of the MH franchise (fitting considering they're poisonous monarchs). I still prefer Teostra and Lunastra as a couple tho, their "bonding" attack is hot... I mean you can literally feel the love melting you away... heh!
ya. MAJOR sexual dimorphism Rathian is heavier and tends to stay on the land,her scales are green so she has better camoflauge in the forests. Rathalos is lighter and tends to fly around alot more. he's red (with white underbelly) to work his camaflouge him self in the sky (or with the volcanic ground if something bigger is above him. similar to sharks)
There's actually some monsters that weren't included here, likely because they were added later in updates. Check out the intros for Bazelgeuse, Teostra, Kushala Daora, Chameleos, and ESPECIALLY check out the intro for Crimson Glow Valstrax, as its one of the coolest and most creative monsters in the whole franchise. Dragons don't get much cooler than one with literal organic jet engines for wings.
Fun fact: All of the monsters introduced in Rise are based off a Japanese yokai. With the new Sunbreak expansion coming out, those monsters are instead drawn from Western folklore (Dracula, werewolves, etc.). I highly recommend checking out the trailers for Sunbreak, they are all awesome.
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames Well to be exact the 3 main focus monsters for Sunbreak’s story are an Elder Dragon, Melzeno, which is the vampire inspired of the triad, Lunagaron, the werewolf inspired Fanged Wyvern, and Garangolm, the golem or Frankenstein’s Monster inspired Fanged Beast
The funny thing about Azuros is that he loves honey so much that he fails to notice any potential predators sneaking up on him and get killed. Should a hunter be carrying honey on then (a main ingredient for Mega Potion) Azuros will grab the hunter, shake them until they drop the honey and eat it to regain health. A lot of people were laughing at the title card he got ‘Bloodlust Incarnate’ when he isn’t that all aggressive as they claim to be.
The two serpents at the end are rather unique, the soothing voices are part of the story and are actually two characters that are telepathically linked to the monsters and are speaking for them unwillingly. Two of the scariest final bosses in my opinion that Monster Hunter's ever had.
The flying squirrel you mentioned is tobi kadachi kadachi is also a yokai that has their legs and arms like blades that could cut through bamboo or any type of debris
Rise! I was curious if you guys were going to touch on this one. With the DLC expansion coming out at the end of this month, your timing is impeccable. Now, for some fun tidbits of ecological and biological information. I’ll try to avoid duplicate monsters - as all the ecological information stated on the Iceborne video would just be redundant. 2:00 Arzuros, Ken hit it right on the head. He is a big ole’ bear that likes fish and honey. A daily low tier monster, and likely one of the first new hunters tend to fight. His first appearance was in Monster Hunter Portable Third. A fun fact about his fight: if your character is carrying any sort of honey on their person, he’ll pin you down and steal it for himself! He’ll be so enticed by it that he’ll stop mid fight to eat his fill of your honey, he just loves it that much. 3:15 The Great Baggi - one of the many “Great” archetype monsters in the franchise. Any monster with the prefix “great” is often the leader of its pack, likely being the dominant male of the group. There is of course one exception which you find in this video - but the general rule applies. Great Baggi uses tranquilizing venom to put prey and hunters to sleep, which it will then follow up with a devastating bite. He first appeared in the same game as Arzuros: portable third. 5:25 Tetrandon, he was actually one of the new editions, being exclusive to Rise. The sumo slamming platypus will in fact shoot globs of water at its opponents. Also, he has a nasty habit of swallowing his enemies whole during a sumo match - don’t let him grapple you! He’sl also based on the Yokai: Kappa. 5:50 Remember that aforementioned “exception”? Royal Ludroth is in fact it, as he’s another “great” archetype, in spite of his name. The “royal” comes from the fact that Royal Ludroth are all male, as the dominant male grows out his spongy mane and takes a harem of female ludroth with him, much like a Zebra. 9:50 Another MHR original, Bishaten. An herbivorous monster themes after modern day lemurs and primates. A fun fact about the poor animals its torturing with nuts, those are Bombadgys. They carry explosive gas from the plants they eat, which causes them to kinda blow up under stress - like getting pelted by berries and nuts. 7:00 Yup, that's an apt reaction to your first Khezu. He's another oldie, coming from the original Monster Hunter. As you can see, he is a giant leech with wings. He swallows his prey hole and sits on the ceiling. His neck can stretch to incredible lengths - and oh, did I mention he's bioelectric? He'll spit lighting at you from left and right, even turn himself into a giant taser and ram into you. All the while he sniffs the air for your location, because as you can see, it's blind. Khezu is the only Monster in the franchise to have no theme music, literally nothing. The entire fight is just him screaming at you: no music - not even the generic battle theme. Terrifying, no? 10:40 The Queen of the Skies herself, Rathian. She’s on oldy, being with the game series since the very beginning. She is also one of the series only examples of Sexual Dimorphism, a real life biological phenomenon where males and females of a species look radically different. The best real world examples would be Lions and Peacocks. All Rathian you see are females, and their male counterparts are Rathalos. The females are ground based to protect their eggs, while the males are more efficient fliers and go out hunting for their mates while she guards the eggs and hatchlings. Fun fact, a baby Rathalos or Rathian is called a Rathlet - and they’re brown until they mature into a green or red hue depending on their gender. Absolutely adorable. 12:21 Sommacanth is another rise original, being themed after both a siren and a sea otter. Oftentimes you can see wild sommacanth cracking open shells on their bellies much like modern day otters do with sea urchins. Sommacanth also possesses a strong sleep tranquilizer much like Baggi, which lures unsuspecting prey to sleep. 15:35 Basirios, he’s a rock dragon. First appearing in the original Monster Hunter, he’s another oldie come to the modern age. This monster is actually a baby, as it's a younger version of another monster - Gravios. It can’t really control its fire yet, so it just expels it in a gaseous form. Adult basarios (Or Gravios as they’re known in game) are capable of breathing straight up flaming lasers instead of gas. 16:00 Magnamalo, the flagship monster of Monster Hunter rise. His picture is on the box, and he makes it known. His name literally translates to “Great Evil” in latin. That purple flame is likely based on a modern day compound named Nitrogen Trioxide Trioxide is exceedingly flammable when mixed with flammable materials, and due to its constant diet of other animals Magnamalo oozes the stuff. When it gets angry, its entire body lights up in those purple flames, and it inflicts the status Hellfire Blight - causing hunters and prey to explode if left exposed for too long. 20:22 Mizutsune: the bubble wyvern! This was one of the four flagships of Monster Hunter Generations - along with Glavenus (the sword tailed dinosaur from the last video). It secretes literal suds and soap from its body in the form of a special oil. Getting hit by a bubble inflicts bubble blight, which will cause you to slip and slide all across the battlefield. All the Mizutsune you hunt in game are males, as they tend to get overly aggressive during breeding season. 25:20 Rakna-Kadaki - its a spider nuff-said. Okay - it's a tad more than a spider. Most of the monsters created in Rise are themed after Japanese Yokai - or spirits. Kadaki is based on the Jorōgumo and Tsuchigumo, the former being a ghost from Japanese folklore, and the former the latter being spider-human hybrid based Yokai. She wears her kids on her back and will even attack them during combat. 26:55 and 27:50 The final bosses of Monster Hunter Rise: Wind Serpent Ibushi and Thunder Serpent Narwa. These two are a pair, which is why their timestamps are the same. As with Rathian, this is another example of Sexual Dimorphism in Monster Hunter: Ibushi being the male and Narwa being female. The reason you hear Narwa call out to Ibushi is due to it attempting to mate. However, this pair has an more - gruesome methodology for mating, Much like praying mantis and spiders, these animals are sexual cannibals. Narwa after mating with Ibushi will shortly thereafter cannibalize him, and use the added energy to become Allmother Narwa, a far stronger version in which she gains his wind powers and mixes them with her lighting powers. The male dies, and she uses his lifeforce to fertilize her eggs and keep herself alive long enough to nurture then, Oh, and did I forget to mention that these two are Elder Dragons: A.K.A apocalyptic in nature? Ibushi before was strong enough to nearly nuke a village, and he’s the smaller, weaker male. Imagine what a juiced up Allmother Narwa could do.
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The female species, Rathian (Queen of the land) and male species, Rathalos (King of the skies) are always a duo. They’re the only monsters that are programmed unable to hit each other in Monster Hunter World. They always work together as King and Queen
I love the animations of this, the creatures is like Jurassic dinosaurs that once set foot of Asia’s environment. I love the crane looking bird-creature, I find it’s classic for the environment. I won’t be looking upon cranes the same way now, lol.
Timestamps + info. Any brand new monsters introduced in Rise will be given a quick line mentioning their Japanese Yokai origins. 1:14 Great Izuchi, Bird Wyvern. Great Izuchi are the large alpha male version of the smaller Izuchi. They’re raptors with sharp hand talons and a sickle-like claw on the ends of their tails they use to attack prey and opponents. Unlike older Great monsters who use dog piling tactics to overwhelm a hunter with their underlings, Great Izuchi picks out two Izuchi with the sharpest tails and recruits it into its mini pack. It then does synchronized team attacks with them with varying Attack patterns and such. They are based on the Japanese yokai, Kamaitachi, or Sickle Weasel. The thing they’re chasing is called a Gargwa, chunky flightless bird that eats grass and small insects. 2:02 Arzuros, Fanged Beast. Arzuros is a big blue bear that eats fish. Despite what this entry might tell you, Arzuros are some of the coolest monsters around. They spend most of their time at the end of rivers catching fish and foraging for honey. Sometimes they get so distracted with their honey eating that larger monsters sneak up and eat them because they’re not very perceptive creatures. Cute, almost. 2:48 Great Baggi, Bird Wyvern. A raptor native is ice regions, it can spit a liquid that induces sleep on prey and opponents. It is usually followed by two smaller Baggi but they don’t so cool team attacks like Izuchi do. They just spit globs of sleep juice at you and are annoying. 3:52 Lagombi, Fanged Beast. Extremely chunky and furry rabbit-like bears, they live in ice regions and slide around like sleds on their stomachs. They primarily eat mushrooms but do eat fish, herbs, and insects occasionally. They have a tendency to pick up snowballs and toss them as projectiles at potential threats. 4:35 Aknosom, Bird Wyvern. Aknosom are large bird-like creatures that live near water. They hop around on one leg for fun sometimes and eat mostly fish and Altaroth, the little ant creature you see here. They have a crest on their head that resembles an eye for intimidation. They use their wings to create shadows in water to help hunt fish, like some real-world birds. Aknosom also can spit small bouncing fireballs. Fans are still trying to figure this out. Aknosom is based on the yokai Kasa-Obake, or spirit parasol that hops on one leg and has one eye and the Basan, a big fire breathing bird. 5:16 Tetranadon, Amphibian. Tetranadon are large semi-aquatic egg laying monsters of justice. They love to eat these small creatures called Goocumbers, so they swallow up water and gravel to try and find them, causing them to bloat up. When in this state they can either projectile spew it at you or fight you like a sumo wrestler, using ear clapping techniques, squashes, and throws. Tetranadon is based off of the yokai, Kappa. Small turtle men known to love cucumbers and sumo wrestling. Originally meant to keep children away from rivers, now a symbol for anti-river pollution in modern Japan. 5:54 Royal Ludroth, Leviathan. Royal Ludroth are the male version of the smaller Ludroth. They have a sponge-like mane around their neck which stores water, keeping them moist as they travel across land to reach their next water destination. They can spit globs of mucous from their mouths to trap small prey. Dried out Ludroth turn grey and are really sad to look at. 6:48 Khezu, Flying Wyvern. A mostly albino species, completely blind cave dwellers who prefer frozen regions. Their screams invoke terror in small children and most adults. Capable of crawling in cave walls and ceilings, stretching their neck to horrifying proportions, and also can generate electricity to paralyze prey. Also has a lovely smile. 7:21 Kulu-Ya-Ku, Bird Wyvern. Chicken-like raptors that sneak into herbivore nests and steal eggs with their specialized hands. They like eating eggs. Kulu are intelligent enough to pick up small boulders and pots to use as shields and blunt weapons against hunters. Kinda clumsy though. 8:09 Great Wroggi, Bird Wyvern. Raptor that enjoys hot locations, these pig snouted creatures enjoy spewing toxic globs and gas at prey and other monsters and people. The little ones act like Baggi, taking pot shots to try and slow you down while dad does all the work. 8:54 Barroth, Brute Wyvern. A creature with similar personality to a hippo. They live in mud pools and primarily eat termites, smashing open their mounds with its tough head. Barroth are very territorial. Their nose is broken up into multiple pipes that stick out of the top of its head, allowing them to breathe while completely submerged. 9:48 Bishaten, Fanged Beast. A monkey-like mammal with wings and a grabby hand tail. These guys eat persimmons and store them in a pouch on their chest. These persimmons can have a varying selection of effects ranging from hard and blunt projectile, Poison gas grenade, paralysis inducing gas grenade, or a glowing flash bang one. Bishaten itself is not immune to these effects and often users it’s nose after throwing these fruit at you. It’s a really cool touch to make it seem more real. You can actually steal these persimmons and use them against Bishaten which is fun. Bishaten is based on the Japanese yokai, the Tengu. Bird based wind manipulators. It likes to prank Bombadgy, fat little creatures full of a highly combustible gas. Whack em hard enough and they go boom. 10:38 Rathian, Flying Wyvern. The female counterpart to Rathalos, it can shoot fireballs and has venomous barbs on its tail. Rathian is known for performing backflips to fight ground based opponents. 11:22 Pukei Pukei, Bird Wyvern. Pukei Pukei use their long tongues to slurp up and eat various mushrooms, herbs, and nuts to turn into poison for it to spit out of its mouth or blast a gas cloud out of its gross tail. They’re cute, I like them. 12:18 Somnacanth, Leviathan. These creatures produce a Sleep-inducing powder from their throats which can be ejected from either the slits on their necks or from their mouths. They use the round drum-like part on their stomach to crack open clam shells like an otter. They sing their songs to communicate to each other. In some instances, sailors have confused a distant Somnacanth for a beautiful woman. Somnacanth are based on old Japanese mermaid renditions. 13:09 Tobia Kadachi, Fanged Wyvern. Fast and agile snake headed creatures, they generate electricity from their movements and can rip static charge out of trees to boost up. They also have flaps of skin like a flying squirrel or some lizard species. Known for throwing electrified quills as well. 13:45 Barioth, Flying Wyvern. Capable of flight, it uses the unique scales on its wings and claws to have strong traction on ice. They also can spit out frosted hurricanes, I don’t know how that works. 14:30 Volvidon, Fanged Beast. An armadillo-like bear monster mostly known for eating flying insects. They roll and cannonball around as a general means of life. Due to their diets they can spit globs of paralytic yuck at things to force them to stop moving. They also are known to release a foul smelling gas from their behind. This prevents the player from using any consumable items because ew. 15:02 Basarios, Flying Wyvern. Covered in armour that is like rock but not quite, it likes to hide around and sleep. Capable of producing lava, fire, Poison gas, and sleep gas. The gas comes from its underside as a defensive measure to protect the soft belly. Basarios is actually the young juvenile stage of a monster known as Gravios, who isn’t in Rise or Rise Sunbreak. 15:58 Magnamalo, Fanged Wyvern. Magnamalo are extreme apex predators. Covered in samurai-like armour, it uses its flexible tail to duel opponents like a spirit warrior with a spear. Magnamalo feast upon monsters and releases a byproduct of the excess energy in the form of Hellfire. A highly flammable purple gas they Magnamalo to ignite with certain parts of its body. In many cases, Magnamalo produce this gas behind them and light it, allowing them to rocket jump forward or into the sky to take out airborne target, like Rathalos. Magnamalo is the primary Flagship or Mascot of MHRise and unfortunately I’m not 100% certain on its design origins. 17:03 Anjanath, Brute Wyvern. Large trex creature that hunts smaller prey. It uses an organ in its throat that contains a fine powder to create fire, spewing it out flames from its mouth and nose. Speaking of which, Anjanath can release a pair of large sails on its back that help with heat distribution and open up a large bony protrusion from its snout to intake more oxygen through its nose. This helps cool off and collect oxygen to help the fire burn. Anjanath are also known to spit snot mucous on rocks and trees to mark territory. 18:15 Rathalos, Flying Wyvern. The mascot of the whole franchise! Rathalos is the male counterpart to Rathian, and unlike her lacks venomous tail spines. Instead Rathalos have venomous glands in their feet talons, much more effective for air combat and from above ambushes. Rathalos also uses many more fire breath based attacks compared to Rathian. Together they are the King of the Sky and Queen of the Land. 19:05 Nargacuga, Flying Wyvern. Nargacuga are fast ambush hunters with bladed wings and barbed tails with fireable quills. Their tails are slightly stretchy and can be used as a slamming weapon. Nargacuga are unfortunately incapable of powered flight. Their eyes also glow, it’s pretty.
Globs of sleep juice definitely sounds annoying. Anything that freezes you or makes you fall asleep always frustrating 😝 Thanks so much for giving time stamps with the info 😀
Actually, apparently Nargacuga (and Tigrex) are in fact capable of powered flight, they're just not very good at it, so prefer to glide from place to place~ I was shocked and a little scared when I found out XD
@@LewisRJHope Tigrex and Nargacuga could leap into the air and glide in games before World, however since then they’ve always ran to their destinations. The gliding seems to have been retconned as it was remnants of them being old Rathalos animation rips. Diablos is capable of hovering for a couple of seconds after leaving a Pitfall, but due to the weight it can’t properly fly. It simply doesn’t have the energy nor build for it. Gracious also could do this in older games but his son, Basarios, now simply climbs out of or hops out of traps rather than hovering for a second. They can however se their wings to do a big jump and come back down like a Thwomp, but otherwise they’re not really doing what I would call “Flying”
@@itsturniptime3699 I apologise, my other reply doesn't seem to be showing up for some reason, not for me at least. But lore wise, they are capable of flight. In a previous game Tigrex was actually seen flying away from an area. In games I believe they only fly to escape pitfalls. The Monster Hunter wiki also confirms that they can fly. So to sum up, they don't fly in the games, but lore they are capable of doing so~
I'm glad to say Bethany's pick was one of my favorites as well, Zinogre (or Jinouga, as I prefer to call it as that was its name when it was first introduced) is definitely one of my favorite monsters. Along with Nargacuga and Tigrex. I know, all old monsters but that was back when I had all the time in the world to get immersed in the franchise, so they definitely stuck with me.
It's been pointed out before but many of the newer monsters introduced in Rise were based off Yokai of Japanese lore. The Great Izuchi is based off the Yokai known as the Kamaitachi, a single yokai, or a trio depending on the region that tells the legend. Kamaitachi are weasels that have sickles for limbs in place of their arms and legs (Kama meaning sickle and Itachi meaning Weasel in Japanese so "Sickle Weasel"). The Aknosom is based on a type of yokai that is an umbrella with one eye and a long tongue that hopes around on one leg..the yokai comes into being when an umbrella is neglected and not cared for for 100 years..it's from an entire subclass of yokai that are common everyday items that come to life after being around for 100 years and gain sentience. Tetranodon is based of the Kappa, river dwellers that have a penchant for sumo and are notorious for their strength. They drag children into the water and drown them, you can prevent people from being taken by the Kappa by carving their name into a cucumber (a favorite treat of the Kappa) and throwing it into the water as an offering. If you are confronted by one on land you can trick them into bowing because they are very traditional and by bowing to one they will return the gesture...and lose the water that's in the depression in their head and thus have to rush to the water lest they die as that bit of water is what keeps them alive and gives them their strength when on land. Bishaten is based on the Tengu, legendary swordsmen with raven heads and wings that live high in the mountains. But DON'T try and play a trick on them, lest they drop you in an active volcano in retaliation. The Almudron is based on a yokai that lives in swamps and resembles an old man. The "fat racoon" monsters that were in Bishaten's intro are called Bombadgy and based on the Tanuki a yokai that has a long time rivalry with the Kitsune...and are rather famous for the size of the balls..no I'm not lying about that, look them up. Also Tom Nook from Animal Crossing is supposed to be a Tanuki, and Tanuki are real creatures in Japan sometimes called "Badger Dogs" for their looks, Shukaku in Naruto, the 1 Tailed Beast is a Tanuki. That's just off the top of my head so I'd suggest doing a little research on Yokai if that catches your interest.
I always loved how they name different monster on the bottom right and their title on the top left is really good too and this is why Monster Hunters is my top favorite
I can't wait to see you two react to the Sunbreak intros. Personally, I can't wait to see my favorite flagship and your reactions to it, granted many people wanted it to return.
Not sure if someone's mentioned it in another MH reaction, but Rajang is one big reference to the saiyans from dragonball. Hence why it has that super golden mode.
Believe that had been told to us before in another video but when we get so much info our way it’s nice to have reminders. Makes us like the Rajang bit more 🙂
Something interesting about Rise's new monsters is they're all based on japanese yokai. Like Tetranadon is based on the kappa who are amphibious and apparently love sumo wrestling. Which is why Tetranadon has attacks heavily inspired as such like stomping it's foot and throwing palm strikes after it makes itself bigger and it's title of amphibious wrestler in the intro. Interesting stuff
Magnamolo is a powerful monster and one of the few monsters that can go head to head with elder dragons. If you watch a game play of Magnamolo do a turf war against Kushala doara, their battle looks so epic because they take their battles high into the sky and you see them doing flashy attack moves
@@radiogobrrrrrrr1949 I'm just saying it's one of the few monster that can go head to head with elder dragons that's why it can do a turf war against them, other monsters just run away if the they do a turf war against elder dragons
Monster Hunter is such a great franchise, I love the diversity and uniqueness of all the creatures, while still giving them a sense of "evolution" by re-using certain base models to hint at some sort of evolutive tree. "King of the Sky" and "Queen of the Land" AKA Rathalos and Rathian, as you guessed are "related" as in they are the same species: namely the Rathios is the male and the Rathian is the female. Fun fact about the Diablos: many monsters have chromatic variations or "rare species", like the Rathalos is ordinarily red, but can also be found blue and silver, the Diablos can also be found black (and I mean completely matte black with only the eyes shining yellow) with the black one being the more powerful variant AKA the female; in past games one of the hardest monster to hunt was a black Diablos called "Kuroneko" meaning "black cat", this is because both her horns were already broken when you start the fight and the stumps remind of a cat's round eyes. As always, for MH, I higly recommend you check the size comparisons, but aside from that, great video and I hope you had a great time seeing these videos, Monster Hunter always fills me with childish glee (I mean, a world of dinosaurs and dragons, can you blame me?) and I hope it does the same for you too.
Matter of fact, black diablos isn't as much evolution as a female diablos in heat Guess you could say it's a pretty 'horny' monster That one was terrible I'll be seeing myself out now XD
Timestamps (just doin these for fun, and this might be complete tomorrow, so, yea) 1:13 izuchi, great izuchi, bird wyverns: pack monsters added in monster hunter rise, these have the habit to Run in packs as large as three members with the biggest one being the leader, they use the scythe like formations on their tails as their primary way of offense 1:55 arzuros, added in monster hunter portable 3rd, a fanged beast and one of the few monsters to get an "apex" form in rise 2:48 baggi, great baggi, bird wyverns, added in MH 3, these monsters usually spit out a sleeping agent that forces their prey into a deep sleep, just so they can finish them off without much of a fight 3:50 lagombi, fanged beast and snowy counterpart to arzuros, also added in MH (monster hunter) portable 3rd, it slides around the snow on it's belly and launches big snowballs as a form of ranged attack 4:27 aknosom, bird wyvern added in MH rise, it uses it's beak to stab opponents and it's able to fire off powerful fireballs similarly to the rathis (fan name for the rathian, rathalos duo) 5:09 tetranadon, amphibian, added in MH rise, this monster swallows water and soil to make itself heavier, it then uses the added weight to push it's opponents around, similar to sumo wrestlers using their weight to the same effect 5:52 ludroth, royal ludroth, Leviathans, added in MH 3, these aquatic monsters are pack creatures, leaded by a bigger, maned member, wich is known as "royal" 6:37 khezu, flying wyvern, added in the first MH game, this white wyvern uses powerful electric attack to stun it's prey, it lack eyes meaning that it tracks prey via sound and smell, and neat little trivia here, it's the one monster who consistently, in all of his appearances, lacks a battle theme, also there's the running joke that it's neck looks like a male's genitals, the central part to be exact 7:21 kulu-ya-ku, bird wyvern added in MH world, it feeds off of eggs that it steals from nests, this task is reasonably dangerous and require some planning hence kulu's inmense intelligence, wich has allowed the speciese to become the most efficient egg stealers around 8:07 wroggi, great wroggi, bird wyvern added in MH portable 3rd, these pack monsters use powerful poison to defeat their opponents, while still packing a nasty punch without the poison 8:54 barroth, brute wyvern, added in MH 3, it uses mud as his armor and tends to move in mud ponds, it has it's nostrils on the top of his head, and it eats ant nests 9:46 bishaten, fanged beast added in MH rise, it uses the pouchs on it's Chest to store fruits and with it's arm like tail it hangs on trees or high up places 10:38 rathian, flying wyvern added in the og MH, female counterpart to rathalos, this angry female dragon has the nasty habit of doing a backflip in the air to use it's spiked tail tip as a weapon, these spikes are highly poisonous, and it's part of the select group of monsters to get an apex form in mh rise 11:22 pukei pukei , bird wyvern added in MH world, this omnivorous chameleon bird it's capable of spitting poison from it's mouth and if i remember correctly it's tail aswell 12:16 somnacanth, leviathan, added MH rise, this leviathan type monster uses it's ability to sing in combat. By putting foes to sleep 13:06 Tobi-kadachi fanged wyvern, added in MH world, this snake-flying squirrel hybrid looking monster charges up it's fur by brushing against trees and other surfaces, building up static that it then uses in combat 13:43 barioth flying wyvern, added in MH 3, one of the "four legged wyverns" alongside nargacuga and tigrex, barioth is the only one in the group capable of flight
Wind Serpent Ibushi haiku voice: I am storm incarnate Vergil, somewhere off in the distance: I AM THE STORM THAT IS APPPPPPPPPPPROOOOOOOOOOACHIIIIIIIIIIIING!
Timestamps 2, because TH-cam said my comment was too long 19:43 Zinogre, Fanged Wyvern. Zinogre are giant wolf-like monsters that share a symbiotic relationship with Thunderbugs, a common prey item of Gargwa, the fat ducky things. Zinogre lets the Thunderbugs nest in its fur and built-in hives on its back made from its scales. In exchange Zinogre can charge itself up with lightning and call upon the bugs as projectiles and the bugs get a safe place to live that happens to love eating their own main predator. Wonders of nature! 20:18 Mizutsune, Leviathan. Mizutsune are normally very docile and passive creatures that live by riverbanks and eat fish. They them selves are not incredible swimmers. Mizutsune secrete this slimy fluid from their bodies which rub against their bristly purple hairs and the ground to create bubbles and soap. Mizutsune use this bubble fluid to slide around quickly and travel, using their insanely sharp claws to keep traction and maneuver better. Mizutsune claws are some of the toughest materials known to The Guild. During the mating season, male Mizutsune became extra aggressive, which then leads to them getting to close to villages forcing Hunters to spook them away or kill them. Mizutsune was actually a Flagship, and part of a group of Flagships known as the Fated Four. The members include Glavenus the sword tail fire dinosaur, Mizutsune the bubble fox, Astalos the literal electric dragon fly (now in Sunbreak), and Gammoth the ice mammoth. The four haven’t been in a game together since Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings or Ruin, a spin-off, and their last proper game appearance together was in Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate, the 15’th anniversary game. 21:12 Almudron, Leviathan. Almudron are large leviathans that live in mud pools and watery areas with soil. They produce a golden substance from their mouths and tail which acts as a kind of acid, melting dirt into mud for them to swim through. Almudron can stick their tails in the earth and push up mud, creating pillars and walls to trap and halt enemies. Almudron are based off of the Japanese myth of an earthquake causing catfish. 22:01 Goss Harag, Fanged Beast. My favourite! Goss Harag are giant bears native to frosted regions. They carry an organ that produces a “bile” that they can projectile vomit. Once it makes contact with air, it instantly freezes. Goss can spray this on his arms and by manipulating the movements, can create giant ice swords or clubs for his hands. Goss Harag’s arms, legs, and face will turn red when using its ice abilities. This is because it pumps blood to these parts of the body to prevent frostbite. It’s also why Goss Harag lacks a snout despite being a bear, helps with the cold. Goss Harag is based on the Namahage, a Japanese yokai or oni known to carry around giant knives and are kinda like Japan’s krampus, spooking naughty kids every year. 22:51 Tigrex, Flying Wyvern. Tigrex are brutal, high stamina beasts that just are really good at running. Tigrex are known for having a roar so strong and mighty that their bones may begin to rattle and crack from the sheer force it can let out. Fairly simple animal, but an effective hunter. 23:39 Diablos, Flying Wyvern. Big horned sand digger, extraordinarily territorial and dangerous. Eats purely cacti and will protect it to the grave. “Protect the cornucopia.” When angry they may huff black smoke out of their mouths. Doesn’t really mean anything, it’s just scary. 24:32 Jyuratodus, Piscine Wyvern. Big fish with legs that lives in mud and swamps. He spit mud sometimes. He like mud. 25:14 Rakna-Kadaki, Temnoceran (spider). Rakna keeps an egg sac on its behind constantly, always producing and storing its babies called Rachnoids. It can toss them out to act as little flamethrower or web turrets because yes, Rakna Kadaki can breathe fire for some strange reason. It can also produce a gas around its underside that it can ignite to go fwooosh, big fire. She’s quite pretty. I forget exactly what Rakna is based on since there are so many spider based yokai. She’s also based on the assassin spider, known for having a long freaky neck. 25:58 Rajang, Fanged Beast. The monkey tough enough to challenge Elder Dragons. Rajang are little packages of fury and muscle, capable of ripping huge boulders of of the earth and tossing them like basketballs. Rajang can flare up and turn their fur yellow, building up charge to then fire electrical shots and laser beams as well as just electrifying their punches. Due to being a mammal and made of meat, Rajang can compensate for lack of armour by pumping ridiculous amounts of blood into its arms, tightening the muscles to be harder than rock. Not even the sharpest of weapons can make a scratch. Rajang are highly nomadic and travel basically anywhere they damn please. 26:52 Wind Serpent Ibushi, Elder Dragon. A male prince looking for its mate, capable of producing and utilizing Dragon Element to manipulate wind currents. Ibushi is a mysterious flying terror who floats upside down simply because he knows it confuses the hell out of us. Ibushi appears to be one of few monsters who can purify Dragon Element from its red chaotic state into a blue bioenergy state, only seen in one other monster. 27:53 Thunder Serpent Narwa. Holder of the largest thunder organ in the series, she produces an intense amount of electro magnetic energy that can lift boulders from the ground. She also can shoot giant rings of electricity from her hands and mouth. Ibushi and Narwa are tiring to reproduce, every 50 years this happens. When they travel though, Ibushi and Narwa’s Dragon Element and electro magnetic field cause a disturbance in the balance of nature, causing the monsters below to go crazy and start The Rampage. A horde of monsters rushing to Kamura Village, that you need to stop. Some monsters even go further beyond and get new Apex forms. Together they are based on Fujinn and Raijinn, the Japanese gods of Wind and Thunder. There are at least five more monsters with intros in this game because of free Updates as well as six other Apex monsters who don’t but really don’t matter that much in your case.
We plan to check out the ones we missed in this in our Sunbreak reaction for intros. Hopefully you were able to just copy and paste this after TH-cam said it was too long 🙂
so ..just for the information.. the first one was rathian (rathalos's female counter) and the 2nd one was rathalos.. they are a couple..rathian means queen of the land and rathalos means king of the skies...and onthe topic of rajang..the monkey was modeled after goku from dragon ball z.... and his yellow lightning form was modeled after goku's super saiyan form..that's why we called him super saiyan monkey
I think its so interesting, Diablos is actually just a hyper aggressive, super territorial Herbivore, it eats cactus, thats why it went for the Anjanath over the Barroth in the cutscene, Anja was in, and by extension: threatening, the cactus patch, it will kill any intruder for sure but it doesnt eat their meat and i mentioned the Barroth, that massive muddy monster is actually an insectivore that primarily eats ants
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames Due to Khezu being terrifying, it is the only monster that hasn’t a soundtrack. Or to call it short, he has a soundtrack, but it’s just complete silence. Even the map music cuts out
A great reaction but im afraid you guys missed 6 intros, they all come after the final one you watched so I don’t know if you’ll ever go back for them but they have the best monsters in rise so would be cool.
fun fact: a lot of the mosters in this game are based on mythological creatures from japanese folklore (commenly know as yokai). Some of said creatures even appears in Smite's shinto pantheon.
The dlc comes out on the 30th so there will be more intros to keep an eye out for. I really do love the elder dragon ones though. They came after the base game since delays pushed them back. They were supposed to drop with the base game so i've been told.
It’s hilarious that arzuros of all monsters is bloodlust incarnate. Leave him alone and he is blue from the jungle book. Also fun fact. The reason tigrex’s intro went on longer than usual, is because they were showing one of its most prominent attacks, he is one of the few monsters whose roar can actually damage the player
Monster hunter rise monsters are loosely themed based on japanese mythology yokai(demon/monster). Theres is phenomenon in the game call rampage(which is also a game mode) where a large amount of monsters comes attacking the base which is also based on the japanese mythology phenomenon call “night parade of a hundred yokai”.
the voices for the last 2 were not the voices of the dragons directly. there are 2 female shrine maidens in your village. they were resignating with the dragons and thier voice spoke through the shrine maidens, thus the female voices.
They skipped a bunch of intros though, they skipped Kulve Taroth in MH World, and they did not do all the intros in the main game of MH Rise, that is some consistency issues there.
I suggest trying out one of these of the games :) Rise is a great way for people to get into the game as its a nice simple way to learn and such :) But people say it's short and not as much content, but with the new DLC in Sunbreak coming out, people are excited to play it! If you're looking for one that gives alot of content then Monster Hunter World would be another start block too!
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames They can be but it is fun if you do it with other people who can work together with. But understandable though, But i do suggest maybe trying the demo on the Switch or PC just to try a feel if you can. :) You never know but fair do.
Rise is certainly fun and has its fair share of really popular monsters. I'm still holding on and praying my boy Odogaron makes an appearance somewhere in all the dlc updates later on down the line. But for now, top spots for me go to Zinogre, my boy Tobi-Kadachi, and the ever-so-beautiful Mizutsune. Somnicanth's up there too, but...top 3 for Rise is already taken.
I'd have to agree to the part with kids in (horror) movies being creepy. The 'evil incarnate' monster with the purple flame is Rise's "flagship" monster, meaning he (Magnamalo, barbarous beast), is featured on the games box art. (Every monster Hunter game has a specific monster that is integral to a certain part of the story, thus becoming the "poster/pin-up gal" of the game). Without spoiling anything, it has a very specific reason why the voiceover/narrator for the Wind and Thunder Serpents wasn't the same as all the others. You missed some monster intros that were added as free title updates after the Wind and Thunder Serpents (those are pretty charming and funny too, I promise!) Also, Monster Hunter Rise is getting a massive DLC soon (similar to how Monster Hunter World got Iceborne), where a whole load of new monsters with new intros to react to will appear.
For context Rise monsters were based on yokai. The entire theme of Rise was based on Japanese traditional Folklore and monster myths Izuchi is based on the Kamiitachi (the trio of sickle wielding weasels, always in threes) Tetranadon was based on the Kappa Almudron off of the Dorotabo, or the restless spirits of the dead typically found on battlefields Magnamalo was based on haunted Samurai armor, will-o-wisps, grudge spirits, and Byakko the Tiger of the East Goss Harag was based on Namahage Bishaten was based off of the Tengu Somnacanth was based on the Japanese version of the mermaid Rakna-kadachi was based on Jorugumo, or a spider version of a centaur Aknosom was based on the kasa-obake, or a one-eyed, one-legged umbrella spirit Narwa and Ibushi were based on Raijin and Fujin, two Japanese gods Rajang was actually based on Goku from Dragon Ball if it wasn’t obvious enough. His entire character design and move set was based on him, rage state is Super Saiyan, red areas are Kaioken, and his beam is the Kamahameha and if you cut his tail off you prevented him from going rage mode in older games. It’s actually a common trend in the series to have the monsters be based on folklore or mythology. And most of them can be quite interesting and recognizable when you look at them.
Just so you know the reason Ibushi and Narwa have different voices is because their like possessing the quest maidens who normally give you your missions. All the voices re actually members of the hub village who are saying the poems
If for nothing else, I recommend RageGamingVideos's Pro vs Newb Monster Hunter series as a "just for fun" watch because they come up with a short rap for every new monster they encounter. I personally like it because they also give some lore for returning monsters and give very amusing commentary on their hunts. But beyond the amusing raps, just watching two guys banter while hunting isn't for everyone. Still, glad you got to see these intros. Hopefully in a few months you can react to the intros for the monsters released after this batch and in the Sunbreak expansion!
The evil incarnate (magnamalo), is the flagship of rise, but i cant wait till you react to later games! Both youre reaction and the cutseans are great to see!
YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE NEW OVERWTACH CINEMATIC CALLED "THE WASTELANDER"!!! JUNKER QUEEEEEN!!! sorry for screaming. I just love you two reacting to overwatch stuff.♥
SPOILERS FOR RISE AHEAD The reason why Ibushi and Narwa had different voices is because they have the ability to possess Hinoa and Minoto, two sisters from the village, in order to communicate. This is because they are both wyverians, which are are race that descends from wyverns.
I have only played World and Rise, but out of those two, Magnamalo is my absolute all time favorite monster. It used to be a tie between Deviljho and Bazelgeuse, and they are still dear to my heart, but Magnamalo is just such a complete and utter badass. Spoilers below. The "final story boss" for base Rise has Magnamalo show up and basically save your ass. You end up falling down into a pit while fighting the final boss, Magnamalo hears her screaming while fighting you and jumps down to fight her. He gives no fucks. You can then mount and ride him into battle for a bit. When he duels other monsters it's also really fun to watch. If they are flying monsters, they will usually try to fly up into the air to keep distance from him, and he will use his hellfire blasts to explode and launch himself up into the air, grab them, and slam them back to earth.
Please watch the Japanese version on your off camera time now that you're seen the english dub. It's a really treat like a kabuki performance. Also, TH-camr Gaijin Goombah does a series talk about the Folk origin for many of the Monster in the MH franchise, as well as many other gaming series in general.
The thing with the size of these compared to iceborn is that iceborn was a master rank expansion so it had almost exclusively harder bigger monsters compared to rise which is a base game
I mean wyverns are still dragons, just that for physical traits they have 2 legs and a pair of wings were as actual dragons have 4 legs and wings, with wings being technically optional based on which culture’s depiction of a dragon(ie Chinese dragons)
Rajang is one of those monsters that you generally want to _avoid_ unless you absolutely _must_ fight it. Usually whenever Rajang is present on a map, it will just be sleeping peacfully off in some isolated area of the map minding it's own business until you or another monster winds up rousing it (intentionally or otherwise), at which point it will just attack whatever is within reach with extreme prejudice. Rajang is hyper-aggressive and one of the few non-Elder Dragons that not only _can_ tangle with Elder Dragons, but _will_ tangle with Elder Dragons. Rajang is extremely fast, hits like a freight train, and has only two moods: Angry, and Furious. The thing is like the physical manifestation of rage itself. If it's awake, then it's pissed off. The only time it's not pissed off is when it's sleeping, and even _then_ it might still be pissed off. Rajang also has one of the most blatantly (and cruelly) one-sided Turf Wars in existence. It has a Turf War with poor _Pukei-Pukei_ of all things, and Pukei-Pukei doesn't even _try_ to fight back, it knows it can't win so it just tries to run away as soon as it sees Rajang, but Rajang won't _let_ Pukei-Pukei escape and just beats the poor thing around like a ragdoll. It's one of the few Turf Wars where I legitimately feel bad for one of the participants (that being Pukei-Pukei). That Turf War is basically pitting an "endgame" tier monster against a "beginner" tier minster, as Rajang can hold it's own against Elder Dragons, while Pukei-Pukei is consistently one of the earliest monsters you can run into. Rajang is always the a-hole in a given fight, but it's deadly enough that you'd generally just feel pity for whatever pissed it off but let Rajang pound on it's current victim than put yourself in Rajang's crosshairs. And Rajang always has the advantage when fighting Thunder-element monsters, as Rajang is totally immune to Thunder damage (in fact, hitting Rajang with Thunder damage just supercharges it and makes it stronger), meaning monsters like Zinogre are at a massive disavantage against Rajang.
I think it would be great now if you reacted to the monster hunter generations intros as you've now watched world, iceborne and rise. The older games also had intros so it would be cool if you reacted to more of them. This would then help you understand the monsters more once you started warching the turf wars (which are only in world, iceborne and rise). Then you could also watch the size comparison. Also just to let you guys know, monster hunter will be celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2024, which is year that mh 6 should be released. Edit: I just remembered that the generations monster intros are very short (like 3 seconds) so its probably better to watch the 4 Ultimate monster intros and just watch the ecology of the generations monsters.
What I love about these is that it gives it a feel of a documentary or like an old animal planet show. Here's a question, If you could keep one of these monsters as a pet which one and why?
Oh man. None cuz wild beasts shouldn’t be tamed. That’s how faces get ripped off . But I guess I would take the Bear one because then I could calm it down with honey 🙂
I would personally recommend you guys to watch the Kaiju intros on Godzilla 2014 the PS4 game, and if you don’t know any of the Kaiju in the game, you can let me know and I’ll tell you about them
Rise added five monsters as free DLC in the summer of 2021! The below video shows all five, plus a new cutscene with Ibushi and Narwa together: th-cam.com/video/MyEFsFLACl4/w-d-xo.html
I think you guys would enjoy watching the opening cutscenes from the older monster hunter games, here is a link to the best compilation of those that I found if you guys decide to: th-cam.com/video/iOr0d1hNuH0/w-d-xo.html
Aaah!!! Real Monsters!!!....wait, wrong thing.😁 Loved this, Monster Hunter is always worthwhile! Cheers!! The Japanese version is very cool, you must learn to speed read! 😁 And good call on the late, great Vincent Price being someone whose voice would have been perfect for this! 👍
So alot of monster hunter games are split into two parts a low to high rank game and than a part 2 which has the master rank and G rank monsters. So for Instance World was the base game and Iceborn was the master rank game. So by design those monsters on master rank sets are always going to be more epic because by that point the players are experienced and geared enough to take on harder hurts out the gate.
If you thought that Magnamalo, the purple flamed beast, was cool, then wait until you hear it's theme! As a matter of fact... Don't wait! Here ya go; th-cam.com/video/Q71EdQ3XT4Q/w-d-xo.html
You two should definitely do the Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak monster intros. A lot of really cool and interesting ones there like vampire dragons and living hurricanes
Just to clarify the thing with Rathian and Rathalos, there are the same species, it’s just that Females are called Rathian and Males are called Rathalos.
When the guild first encountered rathian & rathalos, they actually thought they were different species. And when they found out they’re the same species, they were already named that way
They're kinda like the Nidoking and Nidoqueen of the MH franchise (fitting considering they're poisonous monarchs).
I still prefer Teostra and Lunastra as a couple tho, their "bonding" attack is hot... I mean you can literally feel the love melting you away... heh!
ya. MAJOR sexual dimorphism
Rathian is heavier and tends to stay on the land,her scales are green so she has better camoflauge in the forests.
Rathalos is lighter and tends to fly around alot more. he's red (with white underbelly) to work his camaflouge him self in the sky (or with the volcanic ground if something bigger is above him. similar to sharks)
@@MrOrdosan Oh bet. I spent all this time thinking the only differences were name and color
If you think about it, this is some confusing shit for biologists
There's actually some monsters that weren't included here, likely because they were added later in updates. Check out the intros for Bazelgeuse, Teostra, Kushala Daora, Chameleos, and ESPECIALLY check out the intro for Crimson Glow Valstrax, as its one of the coolest and most creative monsters in the whole franchise. Dragons don't get much cooler than one with literal organic jet engines for wings.
Well, with Sunbreak coming out soon, there will be a whole bunch of additional monster intros to cover! Can't wait!
you forgot bazelgeuse
Bazelgeuse
@@ecridemon7644 if they continue the intro, I can’t wait to see what they got for Gore Magala
@@Mr.2Dirty And probably with a different style, mostly, if what the one in the trailers for Melzeno is to believe.
Fun fact: All of the monsters introduced in Rise are based off a Japanese yokai. With the new Sunbreak expansion coming out, those monsters are instead drawn from Western folklore (Dracula, werewolves, etc.). I highly recommend checking out the trailers for Sunbreak, they are all awesome.
Well to be exact the majority of new monsters
Holy crap vampire and werewolf monsters are coming?! 😀😁🥳🥳
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames Well to be exact the 3 main focus monsters for Sunbreak’s story are an Elder Dragon, Melzeno, which is the vampire inspired of the triad, Lunagaron, the werewolf inspired Fanged Wyvern, and Garangolm, the golem or Frankenstein’s Monster inspired Fanged Beast
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames This excludes Somnicanth, who's based on mermaids from the west.
@@bigmoe9856 Somnacanth is actually based on western mermaids and ningyo, essentially Japanese mermaids.
Arzuros being called "Bloodlust incarnate" will never stop being hilarious
I mean that title is more befitting of its deviant species the Redhelm Arzuros and by technicality it’s Apex variant.
Deviljho feels deeply offended by such mockery
@@陳嘉宇-y4q Deviljho is generally offended by anything not already in its stomach
The funny thing about Azuros is that he loves honey so much that he fails to notice any potential predators sneaking up on him and get killed.
Should a hunter be carrying honey on then (a main ingredient for Mega Potion) Azuros will grab the hunter, shake them until they drop the honey and eat it to regain health. A lot of people were laughing at the title card he got ‘Bloodlust Incarnate’ when he isn’t that all aggressive as they claim to be.
We love the Winnie the Pooh of Monster Hunter 😀
I bet Bear Necessity’s is just constantly playing through its head lol
Apex Arzuros: Allow me to introduce myself.
@@captainsoldier774 Red Helm Arzuros: And who are you?
25:22 fun fact: that monster is based off the Japanese demon known as Jurogumo(which means "entangling bride" and "whore spider")
The two serpents at the end are rather unique, the soothing voices are part of the story and are actually two characters that are telepathically linked to the monsters and are speaking for them unwillingly. Two of the scariest final bosses in my opinion that Monster Hunter's ever had.
The flying squirrel you mentioned is tobi kadachi kadachi is also a yokai that has their legs and arms like blades that could cut through bamboo or any type of debris
😯 cool 🤩
Fun thing about rakna to make her less creepy, she throws her children that are connected to webs to drift around it's hilarious
😯 That’s both funny and also horrifying 😂😨
All monster hunter opening cg cutscenes are amazing! Highly recommend reacting to those next!
😎👍😀
Nargacuga intro be like "look at this dude, look at his hair. Oh no no no *dies of laughter* "
Rise! I was curious if you guys were going to touch on this one. With the DLC expansion coming out at the end of this month, your timing is impeccable. Now, for some fun tidbits of ecological and biological information. I’ll try to avoid duplicate monsters - as all the ecological information stated on the Iceborne video would just be redundant.
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Arzuros, Ken hit it right on the head. He is a big ole’ bear that likes fish and honey. A daily low tier monster, and likely one of the first new hunters tend to fight. His first appearance was in Monster Hunter Portable Third. A fun fact about his fight: if your character is carrying any sort of honey on their person, he’ll pin you down and steal it for himself! He’ll be so enticed by it that he’ll stop mid fight to eat his fill of your honey, he just loves it that much.
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The Great Baggi - one of the many “Great” archetype monsters in the franchise. Any monster with the prefix “great” is often the leader of its pack, likely being the dominant male of the group. There is of course one exception which you find in this video - but the general rule applies. Great Baggi uses tranquilizing venom to put prey and hunters to sleep, which it will then follow up with a devastating bite. He first appeared in the same game as Arzuros: portable third.
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Tetrandon, he was actually one of the new editions, being exclusive to Rise. The sumo slamming platypus will in fact shoot globs of water at its opponents. Also, he has a nasty habit of swallowing his enemies whole during a sumo match - don’t let him grapple you! He’sl also based on the Yokai: Kappa.
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Remember that aforementioned “exception”? Royal Ludroth is in fact it, as he’s another “great” archetype, in spite of his name. The “royal” comes from the fact that Royal Ludroth are all male, as the dominant male grows out his spongy mane and takes a harem of female ludroth with him, much like a Zebra.
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Another MHR original, Bishaten. An herbivorous monster themes after modern day lemurs and primates. A fun fact about the poor animals its torturing with nuts, those are Bombadgys. They carry explosive gas from the plants they eat, which causes them to kinda blow up under stress - like getting pelted by berries and nuts.
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Yup, that's an apt reaction to your first Khezu. He's another oldie, coming from the original Monster Hunter. As you can see, he is a giant leech with wings. He swallows his prey hole and sits on the ceiling. His neck can stretch to incredible lengths - and oh, did I mention he's bioelectric? He'll spit lighting at you from left and right, even turn himself into a giant taser and ram into you. All the while he sniffs the air for your location, because as you can see, it's blind. Khezu is the only Monster in the franchise to have no theme music, literally nothing. The entire fight is just him screaming at you: no music - not even the generic battle theme. Terrifying, no?
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The Queen of the Skies herself, Rathian. She’s on oldy, being with the game series since the very beginning. She is also one of the series only examples of Sexual Dimorphism, a real life biological phenomenon where males and females of a species look radically different. The best real world examples would be Lions and Peacocks. All Rathian you see are females, and their male counterparts are Rathalos. The females are ground based to protect their eggs, while the males are more efficient fliers and go out hunting for their mates while she guards the eggs and hatchlings. Fun fact, a baby Rathalos or Rathian is called a Rathlet - and they’re brown until they mature into a green or red hue depending on their gender. Absolutely adorable.
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Sommacanth is another rise original, being themed after both a siren and a sea otter. Oftentimes you can see wild sommacanth cracking open shells on their bellies much like modern day otters do with sea urchins. Sommacanth also possesses a strong sleep tranquilizer much like Baggi, which lures unsuspecting prey to sleep.
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Basirios, he’s a rock dragon. First appearing in the original Monster Hunter, he’s another oldie come to the modern age. This monster is actually a baby, as it's a younger version of another monster - Gravios. It can’t really control its fire yet, so it just expels it in a gaseous form. Adult basarios (Or Gravios as they’re known in game) are capable of breathing straight up flaming lasers instead of gas.
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Magnamalo, the flagship monster of Monster Hunter rise. His picture is on the box, and he makes it known. His name literally translates to “Great Evil” in latin. That purple flame is likely based on a modern day compound named Nitrogen Trioxide Trioxide is exceedingly flammable when mixed with flammable materials, and due to its constant diet of other animals Magnamalo oozes the stuff. When it gets angry, its entire body lights up in those purple flames, and it inflicts the status Hellfire Blight - causing hunters and prey to explode if left exposed for too long.
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Mizutsune: the bubble wyvern! This was one of the four flagships of Monster Hunter Generations - along with Glavenus (the sword tailed dinosaur from the last video). It secretes literal suds and soap from its body in the form of a special oil. Getting hit by a bubble inflicts bubble blight, which will cause you to slip and slide all across the battlefield. All the Mizutsune you hunt in game are males, as they tend to get overly aggressive during breeding season.
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Rakna-Kadaki - its a spider nuff-said.
Okay - it's a tad more than a spider. Most of the monsters created in Rise are themed after Japanese Yokai - or spirits. Kadaki is based on the Jorōgumo and Tsuchigumo, the former being a ghost from Japanese folklore, and the former the latter being spider-human hybrid based Yokai. She wears her kids on her back and will even attack them during combat.
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The final bosses of Monster Hunter Rise: Wind Serpent Ibushi and Thunder Serpent Narwa. These two are a pair, which is why their timestamps are the same. As with Rathian, this is another example of Sexual Dimorphism in Monster Hunter: Ibushi being the male and Narwa being female. The reason you hear Narwa call out to Ibushi is due to it attempting to mate. However, this pair has an more - gruesome methodology for mating, Much like praying mantis and spiders, these animals are sexual cannibals. Narwa after mating with Ibushi will shortly thereafter cannibalize him, and use the added energy to become Allmother Narwa, a far stronger version in which she gains his wind powers and mixes them with her lighting powers. The male dies, and she uses his lifeforce to fertilize her eggs and keep herself alive long enough to nurture then,
Oh, and did I forget to mention that these two are Elder Dragons: A.K.A apocalyptic in nature? Ibushi before was strong enough to nearly nuke a village, and he’s the smaller, weaker male. Imagine what a juiced up Allmother Narwa could do.
Arzuros is beast from Winnie the Pooh! 🤣😊😁🤗 A new favorite
Thank you very much for continuing to make real videos every time I see them, they give me incredible energy, I love you very much, I hope you get more subscribers and never leave TH-cam, we would not do it without you, we love you very much, greetings from Chile
Thanks so much for the kind words 😊🤗 🇨🇱 🥳
Oooh, I love the intros in this game, and you guys are gonna love the expansion
They did not even finish the ones in the main game, very disappointing.
Looking forward to seeing the new expansion 😎🤟🥳
The female species, Rathian (Queen of the land) and male species, Rathalos (King of the skies) are always a duo. They’re the only monsters that are programmed unable to hit each other in Monster Hunter World. They always work together as King and Queen
Nice! 😀
I love the animations of this, the creatures is like Jurassic dinosaurs that once set foot of Asia’s environment. I love the crane looking bird-creature, I find it’s classic for the environment. I won’t be looking upon cranes the same way now, lol.
Fun fact! it can shoot globs of venom that are set ablaze at anything it deems a threat!
Love the playing around with animals we know but twisted into a monster 😀
Timestamps + info. Any brand new monsters introduced in Rise will be given a quick line mentioning their Japanese Yokai origins.
1:14 Great Izuchi, Bird Wyvern. Great Izuchi are the large alpha male version of the smaller Izuchi. They’re raptors with sharp hand talons and a sickle-like claw on the ends of their tails they use to attack prey and opponents. Unlike older Great monsters who use dog piling tactics to overwhelm a hunter with their underlings, Great Izuchi picks out two Izuchi with the sharpest tails and recruits it into its mini pack. It then does synchronized team attacks with them with varying Attack patterns and such. They are based on the Japanese yokai, Kamaitachi, or Sickle Weasel. The thing they’re chasing is called a Gargwa, chunky flightless bird that eats grass and small insects.
2:02 Arzuros, Fanged Beast. Arzuros is a big blue bear that eats fish. Despite what this entry might tell you, Arzuros are some of the coolest monsters around. They spend most of their time at the end of rivers catching fish and foraging for honey. Sometimes they get so distracted with their honey eating that larger monsters sneak up and eat them because they’re not very perceptive creatures. Cute, almost.
2:48 Great Baggi, Bird Wyvern. A raptor native is ice regions, it can spit a liquid that induces sleep on prey and opponents. It is usually followed by two smaller Baggi but they don’t so cool team attacks like Izuchi do. They just spit globs of sleep juice at you and are annoying.
3:52 Lagombi, Fanged Beast. Extremely chunky and furry rabbit-like bears, they live in ice regions and slide around like sleds on their stomachs. They primarily eat mushrooms but do eat fish, herbs, and insects occasionally. They have a tendency to pick up snowballs and toss them as projectiles at potential threats.
4:35 Aknosom, Bird Wyvern. Aknosom are large bird-like creatures that live near water. They hop around on one leg for fun sometimes and eat mostly fish and Altaroth, the little ant creature you see here. They have a crest on their head that resembles an eye for intimidation. They use their wings to create shadows in water to help hunt fish, like some real-world birds. Aknosom also can spit small bouncing fireballs. Fans are still trying to figure this out. Aknosom is based on the yokai Kasa-Obake, or spirit parasol that hops on one leg and has one eye and the Basan, a big fire breathing bird.
5:16 Tetranadon, Amphibian. Tetranadon are large semi-aquatic egg laying monsters of justice. They love to eat these small creatures called Goocumbers, so they swallow up water and gravel to try and find them, causing them to bloat up. When in this state they can either projectile spew it at you or fight you like a sumo wrestler, using ear clapping techniques, squashes, and throws. Tetranadon is based off of the yokai, Kappa. Small turtle men known to love cucumbers and sumo wrestling. Originally meant to keep children away from rivers, now a symbol for anti-river pollution in modern Japan.
5:54 Royal Ludroth, Leviathan. Royal Ludroth are the male version of the smaller Ludroth. They have a sponge-like mane around their neck which stores water, keeping them moist as they travel across land to reach their next water destination. They can spit globs of mucous from their mouths to trap small prey. Dried out Ludroth turn grey and are really sad to look at.
6:48 Khezu, Flying Wyvern. A mostly albino species, completely blind cave dwellers who prefer frozen regions. Their screams invoke terror in small children and most adults. Capable of crawling in cave walls and ceilings, stretching their neck to horrifying proportions, and also can generate electricity to paralyze prey. Also has a lovely smile.
7:21 Kulu-Ya-Ku, Bird Wyvern. Chicken-like raptors that sneak into herbivore nests and steal eggs with their specialized hands. They like eating eggs. Kulu are intelligent enough to pick up small boulders and pots to use as shields and blunt weapons against hunters. Kinda clumsy though.
8:09 Great Wroggi, Bird Wyvern. Raptor that enjoys hot locations, these pig snouted creatures enjoy spewing toxic globs and gas at prey and other monsters and people. The little ones act like Baggi, taking pot shots to try and slow you down while dad does all the work.
8:54 Barroth, Brute Wyvern. A creature with similar personality to a hippo. They live in mud pools and primarily eat termites, smashing open their mounds with its tough head. Barroth are very territorial. Their nose is broken up into multiple pipes that stick out of the top of its head, allowing them to breathe while completely submerged.
9:48 Bishaten, Fanged Beast. A monkey-like mammal with wings and a grabby hand tail. These guys eat persimmons and store them in a pouch on their chest. These persimmons can have a varying selection of effects ranging from hard and blunt projectile, Poison gas grenade, paralysis inducing gas grenade, or a glowing flash bang one. Bishaten itself is not immune to these effects and often users it’s nose after throwing these fruit at you. It’s a really cool touch to make it seem more real. You can actually steal these persimmons and use them against Bishaten which is fun. Bishaten is based on the Japanese yokai, the Tengu. Bird based wind manipulators. It likes to prank Bombadgy, fat little creatures full of a highly combustible gas. Whack em hard enough and they go boom.
10:38 Rathian, Flying Wyvern. The female counterpart to Rathalos, it can shoot fireballs and has venomous barbs on its tail. Rathian is known for performing backflips to fight ground based opponents.
11:22 Pukei Pukei, Bird Wyvern. Pukei Pukei use their long tongues to slurp up and eat various mushrooms, herbs, and nuts to turn into poison for it to spit out of its mouth or blast a gas cloud out of its gross tail. They’re cute, I like them.
12:18 Somnacanth, Leviathan. These creatures produce a Sleep-inducing powder from their throats which can be ejected from either the slits on their necks or from their mouths. They use the round drum-like part on their stomach to crack open clam shells like an otter. They sing their songs to communicate to each other. In some instances, sailors have confused a distant Somnacanth for a beautiful woman. Somnacanth are based on old Japanese mermaid renditions.
13:09 Tobia Kadachi, Fanged Wyvern. Fast and agile snake headed creatures, they generate electricity from their movements and can rip static charge out of trees to boost up. They also have flaps of skin like a flying squirrel or some lizard species. Known for throwing electrified quills as well.
13:45 Barioth, Flying Wyvern. Capable of flight, it uses the unique scales on its wings and claws to have strong traction on ice. They also can spit out frosted hurricanes, I don’t know how that works.
14:30 Volvidon, Fanged Beast. An armadillo-like bear monster mostly known for eating flying insects. They roll and cannonball around as a general means of life. Due to their diets they can spit globs of paralytic yuck at things to force them to stop moving. They also are known to release a foul smelling gas from their behind. This prevents the player from using any consumable items because ew.
15:02 Basarios, Flying Wyvern. Covered in armour that is like rock but not quite, it likes to hide around and sleep. Capable of producing lava, fire, Poison gas, and sleep gas. The gas comes from its underside as a defensive measure to protect the soft belly. Basarios is actually the young juvenile stage of a monster known as Gravios, who isn’t in Rise or Rise Sunbreak.
15:58 Magnamalo, Fanged Wyvern. Magnamalo are extreme apex predators. Covered in samurai-like armour, it uses its flexible tail to duel opponents like a spirit warrior with a spear. Magnamalo feast upon monsters and releases a byproduct of the excess energy in the form of Hellfire. A highly flammable purple gas they Magnamalo to ignite with certain parts of its body. In many cases, Magnamalo produce this gas behind them and light it, allowing them to rocket jump forward or into the sky to take out airborne target, like Rathalos. Magnamalo is the primary Flagship or Mascot of MHRise and unfortunately I’m not 100% certain on its design origins.
17:03 Anjanath, Brute Wyvern. Large trex creature that hunts smaller prey. It uses an organ in its throat that contains a fine powder to create fire, spewing it out flames from its mouth and nose. Speaking of which, Anjanath can release a pair of large sails on its back that help with heat distribution and open up a large bony protrusion from its snout to intake more oxygen through its nose. This helps cool off and collect oxygen to help the fire burn. Anjanath are also known to spit snot mucous on rocks and trees to mark territory.
18:15 Rathalos, Flying Wyvern. The mascot of the whole franchise! Rathalos is the male counterpart to Rathian, and unlike her lacks venomous tail spines. Instead Rathalos have venomous glands in their feet talons, much more effective for air combat and from above ambushes. Rathalos also uses many more fire breath based attacks compared to Rathian. Together they are the King of the Sky and Queen of the Land.
19:05 Nargacuga, Flying Wyvern. Nargacuga are fast ambush hunters with bladed wings and barbed tails with fireable quills. Their tails are slightly stretchy and can be used as a slamming weapon. Nargacuga are unfortunately incapable of powered flight. Their eyes also glow, it’s pretty.
Globs of sleep juice definitely sounds annoying. Anything that freezes you or makes you fall asleep always frustrating 😝 Thanks so much for giving time stamps with the info 😀
Actually, apparently Nargacuga (and Tigrex) are in fact capable of powered flight, they're just not very good at it, so prefer to glide from place to place~
I was shocked and a little scared when I found out XD
@@LewisRJHope Tigrex and Nargacuga could leap into the air and glide in games before World, however since then they’ve always ran to their destinations. The gliding seems to have been retconned as it was remnants of them being old Rathalos animation rips.
Diablos is capable of hovering for a couple of seconds after leaving a Pitfall, but due to the weight it can’t properly fly. It simply doesn’t have the energy nor build for it.
Gracious also could do this in older games but his son, Basarios, now simply climbs out of or hops out of traps rather than hovering for a second. They can however se their wings to do a big jump and come back down like a Thwomp, but otherwise they’re not really doing what I would call “Flying”
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I apologise, my other reply doesn't seem to be showing up for some reason, not for me at least.
But lore wise, they are capable of flight.
In a previous game Tigrex was actually seen flying away from an area.
In games I believe they only fly to escape pitfalls.
The Monster Hunter wiki also confirms that they can fly.
So to sum up, they don't fly in the games, but lore they are capable of doing so~
I'm glad to say Bethany's pick was one of my favorites as well, Zinogre (or Jinouga, as I prefer to call it as that was its name when it was first introduced) is definitely one of my favorite monsters. Along with Nargacuga and Tigrex. I know, all old monsters but that was back when I had all the time in the world to get immersed in the franchise, so they definitely stuck with me.
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I agree, those are some of my faves in base rise, especially tigrex
Kent and Bethany, I love you guys so much. I watch your videos all the time whenever I feel down and it just helps me so much, thank you so, so much.
Glad our videos can help put you in a good mood 🥳🥳😀😊
5:46 The only word I thought: platypus
Honestly on this time i like this channel and the reactions for both of u, keep growing like this🫶
Thanks so much! 😊🤗
I would love for them to react to the intros to the games personally.
i made a playlist for that
th-cam.com/play/PLWZwfu9v7FTSIySC5KRmfBzkGBBtCGd_t.html
BIG FAT YES
*All of the yes.* The intros for MH3U, MH4U, MHX, and MHXX are amazing. MH4U from a lore perspective and MHX and MHXX from a player perspective.
Hail yeah!
Seems you are not alone in wanting that. It’s on our request list for the series but good to know there is interest 😀
It's been pointed out before but many of the newer monsters introduced in Rise were based off Yokai of Japanese lore. The Great Izuchi is based off the Yokai known as the Kamaitachi, a single yokai, or a trio depending on the region that tells the legend. Kamaitachi are weasels that have sickles for limbs in place of their arms and legs (Kama meaning sickle and Itachi meaning Weasel in Japanese so "Sickle Weasel"). The Aknosom is based on a type of yokai that is an umbrella with one eye and a long tongue that hopes around on one leg..the yokai comes into being when an umbrella is neglected and not cared for for 100 years..it's from an entire subclass of yokai that are common everyday items that come to life after being around for 100 years and gain sentience.
Tetranodon is based of the Kappa, river dwellers that have a penchant for sumo and are notorious for their strength. They drag children into the water and drown them, you can prevent people from being taken by the Kappa by carving their name into a cucumber (a favorite treat of the Kappa) and throwing it into the water as an offering. If you are confronted by one on land you can trick them into bowing because they are very traditional and by bowing to one they will return the gesture...and lose the water that's in the depression in their head and thus have to rush to the water lest they die as that bit of water is what keeps them alive and gives them their strength when on land.
Bishaten is based on the Tengu, legendary swordsmen with raven heads and wings that live high in the mountains. But DON'T try and play a trick on them, lest they drop you in an active volcano in retaliation. The Almudron is based on a yokai that lives in swamps and resembles an old man. The "fat racoon" monsters that were in Bishaten's intro are called Bombadgy and based on the Tanuki a yokai that has a long time rivalry with the Kitsune...and are rather famous for the size of the balls..no I'm not lying about that, look them up. Also Tom Nook from Animal Crossing is supposed to be a Tanuki, and Tanuki are real creatures in Japan sometimes called "Badger Dogs" for their looks, Shukaku in Naruto, the 1 Tailed Beast is a Tanuki. That's just off the top of my head so I'd suggest doing a little research on Yokai if that catches your interest.
Getting dropped in a volcano for a trick seems excessive but we’ve been fairly warned 😇
I always loved how they name different monster on the bottom right and their title on the top left is really good too and this is why Monster Hunters is my top favorite
I can't wait to see you two react to the Sunbreak intros. Personally, I can't wait to see my favorite flagship and your reactions to it, granted many people wanted it to return.
We look forward to it 😀
Not sure if someone's mentioned it in another MH reaction, but Rajang is one big reference to the saiyans from dragonball. Hence why it has that super golden mode.
Yup, in frontier it even had a spiritbomb move.
And why if you attack the tail enough it goes out of the super Saiyan form
Believe that had been told to us before in another video but when we get so much info our way it’s nice to have reminders. Makes us like the Rajang bit more 🙂
Something interesting about Rise's new monsters is they're all based on japanese yokai.
Like Tetranadon is based on the kappa who are amphibious and apparently love sumo wrestling. Which is why Tetranadon has attacks heavily inspired as such like stomping it's foot and throwing palm strikes after it makes itself bigger and it's title of amphibious wrestler in the intro. Interesting stuff
Bishanten is based on the tengu: bird/goblin mountain spirits who are said to punish sinning monks (that where the ascetic part comes from).
It actually every monster in base rise have inspiration from yokai.
Nice fun fact 🙂
Also, If Tetranadon gets into a turf war with Volvidon or Azuros, the two will fight in a very sumo-like match up.
just a minor details guys: the name of the monster is the one in bottom right corner the one in the top left is just a title.
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Magnamolo is a powerful monster and one of the few monsters that can go head to head with elder dragons. If you watch a game play of Magnamolo do a turf war against Kushala doara, their battle looks so epic because they take their battles high into the sky and you see them doing flashy attack moves
Looking forward to seeing some of the turf wars 😀
All of Manga’s turf wars with flying wyverns involve him throwing them at you
@@radiogobrrrrrrr1949 I'm just saying it's one of the few monster that can go head to head with elder dragons that's why it can do a turf war against them, other monsters just run away if the they do a turf war against elder dragons
Monster Hunter is such a great franchise, I love the diversity and uniqueness of all the creatures, while still giving them a sense of "evolution" by re-using certain base models to hint at some sort of evolutive tree.
"King of the Sky" and "Queen of the Land" AKA Rathalos and Rathian, as you guessed are "related" as in they are the same species: namely the Rathios is the male and the Rathian is the female.
Fun fact about the Diablos: many monsters have chromatic variations or "rare species", like the Rathalos is ordinarily red, but can also be found blue and silver, the Diablos can also be found black (and I mean completely matte black with only the eyes shining yellow) with the black one being the more powerful variant AKA the female; in past games one of the hardest monster to hunt was a black Diablos called "Kuroneko" meaning "black cat", this is because both her horns were already broken when you start the fight and the stumps remind of a cat's round eyes.
As always, for MH, I higly recommend you check the size comparisons, but aside from that, great video and I hope you had a great time seeing these videos, Monster Hunter always fills me with childish glee (I mean, a world of dinosaurs and dragons, can you blame me?) and I hope it does the same for you too.
It’s a fun series to check out for sure. And we definitely are interested in the size comparison videos 😀
Matter of fact, black diablos isn't as much evolution as a female diablos in heat
Guess you could say it's a pretty 'horny' monster
That one was terrible I'll be seeing myself out now XD
Timestamps (just doin these for fun, and this might be complete tomorrow, so, yea)
1:13 izuchi, great izuchi, bird wyverns: pack monsters added in monster hunter rise, these have the habit to Run in packs as large as three members with the biggest one being the leader, they use the scythe like formations on their tails as their primary way of offense
1:55 arzuros, added in monster hunter portable 3rd, a fanged beast and one of the few monsters to get an "apex" form in rise
2:48 baggi, great baggi, bird wyverns, added in MH 3, these monsters usually spit out a sleeping agent that forces their prey into a deep sleep, just so they can finish them off without much of a fight
3:50 lagombi, fanged beast and snowy counterpart to arzuros, also added in MH (monster hunter) portable 3rd, it slides around the snow on it's belly and launches big snowballs as a form of ranged attack
4:27 aknosom, bird wyvern added in MH rise, it uses it's beak to stab opponents and it's able to fire off powerful fireballs similarly to the rathis (fan name for the rathian, rathalos duo)
5:09 tetranadon, amphibian, added in MH rise, this monster swallows water and soil to make itself heavier, it then uses the added weight to push it's opponents around, similar to sumo wrestlers using their weight to the same effect
5:52 ludroth, royal ludroth, Leviathans, added in MH 3, these aquatic monsters are pack creatures, leaded by a bigger, maned member, wich is known as "royal"
6:37 khezu, flying wyvern, added in the first MH game, this white wyvern uses powerful electric attack to stun it's prey, it lack eyes meaning that it tracks prey via sound and smell, and neat little trivia here, it's the one monster who consistently, in all of his appearances, lacks a battle theme, also there's the running joke that it's neck looks like a male's genitals, the central part to be exact
7:21 kulu-ya-ku, bird wyvern added in MH world, it feeds off of eggs that it steals from nests, this task is reasonably dangerous and require some planning hence kulu's inmense intelligence, wich has allowed the speciese to become the most efficient egg stealers around
8:07 wroggi, great wroggi, bird wyvern added in MH portable 3rd, these pack monsters use powerful poison to defeat their opponents, while still packing a nasty punch without the poison
8:54 barroth, brute wyvern, added in MH 3, it uses mud as his armor and tends to move in mud ponds, it has it's nostrils on the top of his head, and it eats ant nests
9:46 bishaten, fanged beast added in MH rise, it uses the pouchs on it's Chest to store fruits and with it's arm like tail it hangs on trees or high up places
10:38 rathian, flying wyvern added in the og MH, female counterpart to rathalos, this angry female dragon has the nasty habit of doing a backflip in the air to use it's spiked tail tip as a weapon, these spikes are highly poisonous, and it's part of the select group of monsters to get an apex form in mh rise
11:22 pukei pukei , bird wyvern added in MH world, this omnivorous chameleon bird it's capable of spitting poison from it's mouth and if i remember correctly it's tail aswell
12:16 somnacanth, leviathan, added MH rise, this leviathan type monster uses it's ability to sing in combat. By putting foes to sleep
13:06 Tobi-kadachi fanged wyvern, added in MH world, this snake-flying squirrel hybrid looking monster charges up it's fur by brushing against trees and other surfaces, building up static that it then uses in combat
13:43 barioth flying wyvern, added in MH 3, one of the "four legged wyverns" alongside nargacuga and tigrex, barioth is the only one in the group capable of flight
Way to go for this man right here to time stamp it alll
@@radiogobrrrrrrr1949 i got inspired by other users timestamping even longer vids with more facts about monsters
Thanks so much for the time stamped info 😯😀🥳 Also, seems like Monster hunter 3 added quite a few monsters that they’ve kept over the years 🧐
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames yes, it appears that MH 3 was one of the more iconic games when it came to monsters
Wind Serpent Ibushi haiku voice: I am storm incarnate
Vergil, somewhere off in the distance: I AM THE STORM THAT IS APPPPPPPPPPPROOOOOOOOOOACHIIIIIIIIIIIING!
Timestamps 2, because TH-cam said my comment was too long
19:43 Zinogre, Fanged Wyvern. Zinogre are giant wolf-like monsters that share a symbiotic relationship with Thunderbugs, a common prey item of Gargwa, the fat ducky things. Zinogre lets the Thunderbugs nest in its fur and built-in hives on its back made from its scales. In exchange Zinogre can charge itself up with lightning and call upon the bugs as projectiles and the bugs get a safe place to live that happens to love eating their own main predator. Wonders of nature!
20:18 Mizutsune, Leviathan. Mizutsune are normally very docile and passive creatures that live by riverbanks and eat fish. They them selves are not incredible swimmers. Mizutsune secrete this slimy fluid from their bodies which rub against their bristly purple hairs and the ground to create bubbles and soap. Mizutsune use this bubble fluid to slide around quickly and travel, using their insanely sharp claws to keep traction and maneuver better. Mizutsune claws are some of the toughest materials known to The Guild. During the mating season, male Mizutsune became extra aggressive, which then leads to them getting to close to villages forcing Hunters to spook them away or kill them.
Mizutsune was actually a Flagship, and part of a group of Flagships known as the Fated Four. The members include Glavenus the sword tail fire dinosaur, Mizutsune the bubble fox, Astalos the literal electric dragon fly (now in Sunbreak), and Gammoth the ice mammoth. The four haven’t been in a game together since Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings or Ruin, a spin-off, and their last proper game appearance together was in Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate, the 15’th anniversary game.
21:12 Almudron, Leviathan. Almudron are large leviathans that live in mud pools and watery areas with soil. They produce a golden substance from their mouths and tail which acts as a kind of acid, melting dirt into mud for them to swim through. Almudron can stick their tails in the earth and push up mud, creating pillars and walls to trap and halt enemies. Almudron are based off of the Japanese myth of an earthquake causing catfish.
22:01 Goss Harag, Fanged Beast. My favourite! Goss Harag are giant bears native to frosted regions. They carry an organ that produces a “bile” that they can projectile vomit. Once it makes contact with air, it instantly freezes. Goss can spray this on his arms and by manipulating the movements, can create giant ice swords or clubs for his hands. Goss Harag’s arms, legs, and face will turn red when using its ice abilities. This is because it pumps blood to these parts of the body to prevent frostbite. It’s also why Goss Harag lacks a snout despite being a bear, helps with the cold. Goss Harag is based on the Namahage, a Japanese yokai or oni known to carry around giant knives and are kinda like Japan’s krampus, spooking naughty kids every year.
22:51 Tigrex, Flying Wyvern. Tigrex are brutal, high stamina beasts that just are really good at running. Tigrex are known for having a roar so strong and mighty that their bones may begin to rattle and crack from the sheer force it can let out. Fairly simple animal, but an effective hunter.
23:39 Diablos, Flying Wyvern. Big horned sand digger, extraordinarily territorial and dangerous. Eats purely cacti and will protect it to the grave. “Protect the cornucopia.” When angry they may huff black smoke out of their mouths. Doesn’t really mean anything, it’s just scary.
24:32 Jyuratodus, Piscine Wyvern. Big fish with legs that lives in mud and swamps. He spit mud sometimes. He like mud.
25:14 Rakna-Kadaki, Temnoceran (spider). Rakna keeps an egg sac on its behind constantly, always producing and storing its babies called Rachnoids. It can toss them out to act as little flamethrower or web turrets because yes, Rakna Kadaki can breathe fire for some strange reason. It can also produce a gas around its underside that it can ignite to go fwooosh, big fire. She’s quite pretty. I forget exactly what Rakna is based on since there are so many spider based yokai. She’s also based on the assassin spider, known for having a long freaky neck.
25:58 Rajang, Fanged Beast. The monkey tough enough to challenge Elder Dragons. Rajang are little packages of fury and muscle, capable of ripping huge boulders of of the earth and tossing them like basketballs. Rajang can flare up and turn their fur yellow, building up charge to then fire electrical shots and laser beams as well as just electrifying their punches. Due to being a mammal and made of meat, Rajang can compensate for lack of armour by pumping ridiculous amounts of blood into its arms, tightening the muscles to be harder than rock. Not even the sharpest of weapons can make a scratch. Rajang are highly nomadic and travel basically anywhere they damn please.
26:52 Wind Serpent Ibushi, Elder Dragon. A male prince looking for its mate, capable of producing and utilizing Dragon Element to manipulate wind currents. Ibushi is a mysterious flying terror who floats upside down simply because he knows it confuses the hell out of us. Ibushi appears to be one of few monsters who can purify Dragon Element from its red chaotic state into a blue bioenergy state, only seen in one other monster.
27:53 Thunder Serpent Narwa. Holder of the largest thunder organ in the series, she produces an intense amount of electro magnetic energy that can lift boulders from the ground. She also can shoot giant rings of electricity from her hands and mouth.
Ibushi and Narwa are tiring to reproduce, every 50 years this happens. When they travel though, Ibushi and Narwa’s Dragon Element and electro magnetic field cause a disturbance in the balance of nature, causing the monsters below to go crazy and start The Rampage. A horde of monsters rushing to Kamura Village, that you need to stop. Some monsters even go further beyond and get new Apex forms. Together they are based on Fujinn and Raijinn, the Japanese gods of Wind and Thunder.
There are at least five more monsters with intros in this game because of free Updates as well as six other Apex monsters who don’t but really don’t matter that much in your case.
We plan to check out the ones we missed in this in our Sunbreak reaction for intros. Hopefully you were able to just copy and paste this after TH-cam said it was too long 🙂
so ..just for the information.. the first one was rathian (rathalos's female counter) and the 2nd one was rathalos.. they are a couple..rathian means queen of the land and rathalos means king of the skies...and onthe topic of rajang..the monkey was modeled after goku from dragon ball z.... and his yellow lightning form was modeled after goku's super saiyan form..that's why we called him super saiyan monkey
Making us like the super saiyan monkey more 🙂 nicknames for some reason are easier to remember than actual names 😂🤗
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames yes.. that's why we rarely call they by their actual name😅
I think its so interesting, Diablos is actually just a hyper aggressive, super territorial Herbivore, it eats cactus, thats why it went for the Anjanath over the Barroth in the cutscene, Anja was in, and by extension: threatening, the cactus patch, it will kill any intruder for sure but it doesnt eat their meat
and i mentioned the Barroth, that massive muddy monster is actually an insectivore that primarily eats ants
You should also check out the amazing soundtracks they give to some of the monsters. Khezu's is an absolute banger!
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@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames Eh he's joking
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames Due to Khezu being terrifying, it is the only monster that hasn’t a soundtrack. Or to call it short, he has a soundtrack, but it’s just complete silence. Even the map music cuts out
I'd also check out the Japanese version of these! The vocals give it a totally different vibe
You guys will love the monster hunter series as much as we love you guys❤❤❤
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A great reaction but im afraid you guys missed 6 intros, they all come after the final one you watched so I don’t know if you’ll ever go back for them but they have the best monsters in rise so would be cool.
Bummer we missed them. We missed some in world too so altogether we will have 11-12 more to check out 🙂😅
12:00 Pukei: “GIMME THAT MUSHROOM!”
20:09 Indeed, there’s your thunder puppy!
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Omg more monster hunter! I love these reactions so much!!!
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fun fact: a lot of the mosters in this game are based on mythological creatures from japanese folklore (commenly know as yokai). Some of said creatures even appears in Smite's shinto pantheon.
Some Smite crossover 😀😁
"Come on, a cat vs a trex!"
My palico: (throws barrel bombs and flies through the air breaking it parts)
Zinogre's intro always gives me chills
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The dlc comes out on the 30th so there will be more intros to keep an eye out for. I really do love the elder dragon ones though. They came after the base game since delays pushed them back. They were supposed to drop with the base game so i've been told.
Ah, so that’s why they weren’t in this original video. Oh well, can add them to sunbreak I guess since it’s an expansion on Rise 😅
It’s hilarious that arzuros of all monsters is bloodlust incarnate. Leave him alone and he is blue from the jungle book. Also fun fact. The reason tigrex’s intro went on longer than usual, is because they were showing one of its most prominent attacks, he is one of the few monsters whose roar can actually damage the player
You guy should watch the intro Japanese voiced but Eng subtitles cos then the music will flow accordingly with the vocal. This is the Haikyu.
Monster hunter rise monsters are loosely themed based on japanese mythology yokai(demon/monster). Theres is phenomenon in the game call rampage(which is also a game mode) where a large amount of monsters comes attacking the base which is also based on the japanese mythology phenomenon call “night parade of a hundred yokai”.
the voices for the last 2 were not the voices of the dragons directly. there are 2 female shrine maidens in your village. they were resignating with the dragons and thier voice spoke through the shrine maidens, thus the female voices.
Ah, okay. Thanks for clearing that up 🙂
I love how they react to the monster hunter games I hope they keep on doing it
They skipped a bunch of intros though, they skipped Kulve Taroth in MH World, and they did not do all the intros in the main game of MH Rise, that is some consistency issues there.
We will. Fun series to check out 🙂
I suggest trying out one of these of the games :) Rise is a great way for people to get into the game as its a nice simple way to learn and such :) But people say it's short and not as much content, but with the new DLC in Sunbreak coming out, people are excited to play it! If you're looking for one that gives alot of content then Monster Hunter World would be another start block too!
We heard they are tough games though. And also bit of a grind. Time and skill are not things we have in abundance 😂🤗
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames They can be but it is fun if you do it with other people who can work together with. But understandable though, But i do suggest maybe trying the demo on the Switch or PC just to try a feel if you can. :) You never know but fair do.
The thunder puppy 🤣 Best Zinogre reaction! Every time
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Rise is certainly fun and has its fair share of really popular monsters. I'm still holding on and praying my boy Odogaron makes an appearance somewhere in all the dlc updates later on down the line.
But for now, top spots for me go to Zinogre, my boy Tobi-Kadachi, and the ever-so-beautiful Mizutsune. Somnicanth's up there too, but...top 3 for Rise is already taken.
Glad Zinogre made top three 🥳🥳
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames oh, he and his variant, Stygian Zinogre, will always be in my top 3. Right up alongside the Odogarons and the Kadachis.
I'd have to agree to the part with kids in (horror) movies being creepy.
The 'evil incarnate' monster with the purple flame is Rise's "flagship" monster, meaning he (Magnamalo, barbarous beast), is featured on the games box art. (Every monster Hunter game has a specific monster that is integral to a certain part of the story, thus becoming the "poster/pin-up gal" of the game).
Without spoiling anything, it has a very specific reason why the voiceover/narrator for the Wind and Thunder Serpents wasn't the same as all the others.
You missed some monster intros that were added as free title updates after the Wind and Thunder Serpents (those are pretty charming and funny too, I promise!)
Also, Monster Hunter Rise is getting a massive DLC soon (similar to how Monster Hunter World got Iceborne), where a whole load of new monsters with new intros to react to will appear.
Yeah we will have to add the missing ones to the Sunbreak intros 😀
when the sunbreak expansion arrives and they meet gore, seregios, asthalos or the shogun ceneatur hehe
Looking forward to it 😀
Guys there’s a new Apex Legends Stories from the outlands out about Lifeline it’s called Family Business!!! Can’t wait to see u guys reaction!!
Looking forward to seeing it 😀
For context Rise monsters were based on yokai. The entire theme of Rise was based on Japanese traditional Folklore and monster myths
Izuchi is based on the Kamiitachi (the trio of sickle wielding weasels, always in threes)
Tetranadon was based on the Kappa
Almudron off of the Dorotabo, or the restless spirits of the dead typically found on battlefields
Magnamalo was based on haunted Samurai armor, will-o-wisps, grudge spirits, and Byakko the Tiger of the East
Goss Harag was based on Namahage
Bishaten was based off of the Tengu
Somnacanth was based on the Japanese version of the mermaid
Rakna-kadachi was based on Jorugumo, or a spider version of a centaur
Aknosom was based on the kasa-obake, or a one-eyed, one-legged umbrella spirit
Narwa and Ibushi were based on Raijin and Fujin, two Japanese gods
Rajang was actually based on Goku from Dragon Ball if it wasn’t obvious enough. His entire character design and move set was based on him, rage state is Super Saiyan, red areas are Kaioken, and his beam is the Kamahameha and if you cut his tail off you prevented him from going rage mode in older games.
It’s actually a common trend in the series to have the monsters be based on folklore or mythology. And most of them can be quite interesting and recognizable when you look at them.
Always love the skits with the Felyne or Melynxs (small cats). There's a skit with them and Mitsune that's cute and funny (intro).
*_"With a butt that is ready to twerk"_*
This got me, I was *_NOT_* expecting that🤣🤣🤣
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I think the narration and them focusing on the monsters instead of the humans give this video a documentary-style feel. 😀😀👍👍
Yup 🙂😀
Just so you know the reason Ibushi and Narwa have different voices is because their like possessing the quest maidens who normally give you your missions. All the voices re actually members of the hub village who are saying the poems
If for nothing else, I recommend RageGamingVideos's Pro vs Newb Monster Hunter series as a "just for fun" watch because they come up with a short rap for every new monster they encounter.
I personally like it because they also give some lore for returning monsters and give very amusing commentary on their hunts. But beyond the amusing raps, just watching two guys banter while hunting isn't for everyone.
Still, glad you got to see these intros. Hopefully in a few months you can react to the intros for the monsters released after this batch and in the Sunbreak expansion!
Thanks for the channel rec 🙂
There are monsters to hunt.
Also if you have any questions about any monsters feel free to ask i can try and answer any
Thanks! Right now we don’t know enough to properly ask the right questions 🙂
You missed 6 of the intros: Bazelgeuse, and some elder dragons.
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The evil incarnate (magnamalo), is the flagship of rise, but i cant wait till you react to later games! Both youre reaction and the cutseans are great to see!
YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE NEW OVERWTACH CINEMATIC CALLED "THE WASTELANDER"!!! JUNKER QUEEEEEN!!! sorry for screaming. I just love you two reacting to overwatch stuff.♥
And we love reacting to Overwatch 🙂
Just for a quick short, you guys need to check out the MH Generations Ultimate Cinematic Trailer. Enjoy the majesty that is Valstrax
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25:40 the scary part about the spider monster is she can breathe fire definitely a nightmare for people who have arachnophobia
😨 yeah no thanks 🫣😨
SPOILERS FOR RISE AHEAD
The reason why Ibushi and Narwa had different voices is because they have the ability to possess Hinoa and Minoto, two sisters from the village, in order to communicate. This is because they are both wyverians, which are are race that descends from wyverns.
😯 thanks for explaining that for us 😀
ibushi and narwa are also mates hence the final battle is agaisnt narwa the allmother cause she goes prying mantis on ibushi
I don’t know if any told you in the last one but Rathian an Rathalos are the same species of monster. Females are Rathians and males are Rathalos.
Thanks! 🙂
Yes they did it. They reacted to rise intros
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I have only played World and Rise, but out of those two, Magnamalo is my absolute all time favorite monster. It used to be a tie between Deviljho and Bazelgeuse, and they are still dear to my heart, but Magnamalo is just such a complete and utter badass.
Spoilers below.
The "final story boss" for base Rise has Magnamalo show up and basically save your ass. You end up falling down into a pit while fighting the final boss, Magnamalo hears her screaming while fighting you and jumps down to fight her. He gives no fucks. You can then mount and ride him into battle for a bit.
When he duels other monsters it's also really fun to watch. If they are flying monsters, they will usually try to fly up into the air to keep distance from him, and he will use his hellfire blasts to explode and launch himself up into the air, grab them, and slam them back to earth.
He gives no fucks 😂 Nice. Making us like Magnamalo 😎🤟
Please watch the Japanese version on your off camera time now that you're seen the english dub. It's a really treat like a kabuki performance.
Also, TH-camr Gaijin Goombah does a series talk about the Folk origin for many of the Monster in the MH franchise, as well as many other gaming series in general.
Thanks for the channel rec 🙂
The thing with the size of these compared to iceborn is that iceborn was a master rank expansion so it had almost exclusively harder bigger monsters compared to rise which is a base game
Ah okay. That makes sense 🙂
Because of this game I now questioned any Draconic beings in movies,games and other media if it is a Dragon or a Wyvern
I mean wyverns are still dragons, just that for physical traits they have 2 legs and a pair of wings were as actual dragons have 4 legs and wings, with wings being technically optional based on which culture’s depiction of a dragon(ie Chinese dragons)
Yeah we keep getting the two mixed up and look out for the legs now to tell difference but wouldn’t have done that before covering this game 😅
Rajang is one of those monsters that you generally want to _avoid_ unless you absolutely _must_ fight it. Usually whenever Rajang is present on a map, it will just be sleeping peacfully off in some isolated area of the map minding it's own business until you or another monster winds up rousing it (intentionally or otherwise), at which point it will just attack whatever is within reach with extreme prejudice. Rajang is hyper-aggressive and one of the few non-Elder Dragons that not only _can_ tangle with Elder Dragons, but _will_ tangle with Elder Dragons. Rajang is extremely fast, hits like a freight train, and has only two moods: Angry, and Furious. The thing is like the physical manifestation of rage itself. If it's awake, then it's pissed off. The only time it's not pissed off is when it's sleeping, and even _then_ it might still be pissed off.
Rajang also has one of the most blatantly (and cruelly) one-sided Turf Wars in existence. It has a Turf War with poor _Pukei-Pukei_ of all things, and Pukei-Pukei doesn't even _try_ to fight back, it knows it can't win so it just tries to run away as soon as it sees Rajang, but Rajang won't _let_ Pukei-Pukei escape and just beats the poor thing around like a ragdoll. It's one of the few Turf Wars where I legitimately feel bad for one of the participants (that being Pukei-Pukei). That Turf War is basically pitting an "endgame" tier monster against a "beginner" tier minster, as Rajang can hold it's own against Elder Dragons, while Pukei-Pukei is consistently one of the earliest monsters you can run into. Rajang is always the a-hole in a given fight, but it's deadly enough that you'd generally just feel pity for whatever pissed it off but let Rajang pound on it's current victim than put yourself in Rajang's crosshairs.
And Rajang always has the advantage when fighting Thunder-element monsters, as Rajang is totally immune to Thunder damage (in fact, hitting Rajang with Thunder damage just supercharges it and makes it stronger), meaning monsters like Zinogre are at a massive disavantage against Rajang.
Trivia: The Wind Serpent Ibushi and Thunder Serpent Narwa is designed and named after god of wind and thunder of Shinto religion: Fūjin and Raijin
Nice fun fact 😀
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames Thank you 😊
I think it would be great now if you reacted to the monster hunter generations intros as you've now watched world, iceborne and rise. The older games also had intros so it would be cool if you reacted to more of them.
This would then help you understand the monsters more once you started warching the turf wars (which are only in world, iceborne and rise). Then you could also watch the size comparison.
Also just to let you guys know, monster hunter will be celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2024, which is year that mh 6 should be released.
Edit: I just remembered that the generations monster intros are very short (like 3 seconds) so its probably better to watch the 4 Ultimate monster intros and just watch the ecology of the generations monsters.
you mean the game intro? because monster intro in that game is like 3 sec short
@@hentacletentai2160 well I totally forgot that they were only 3 seconds long so maybe its best if they watch 4u monster intros.
I think you mean the ecology cutscenes not the intros because the intro is just the monster posing then it's name sides in.
Appreciate the recommendation on meow stuff to check out from Monster Hunter 😀
Not generations. Those are pretty short and lackluster compared to the rest of the games
Jinouga will always be in number 1 spot in my MH favourite list 🤩
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Nice reactions, it’d be cool to see you guys react to some actual gameplay of Monster Hunter
To make things extra creepy, the voice-over for the both monsters at the end were also done by twins
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What I love about these is that it gives it a feel of a documentary or like an old animal planet show.
Here's a question, If you could keep one of these monsters as a pet which one and why?
Oh man. None cuz wild beasts shouldn’t be tamed. That’s how faces get ripped off . But I guess I would take the Bear one because then I could calm it down with honey 🙂
Oh damn! Can't believe I missed this! Ya love to see these videos! \[T]/
Glad you found it 😀 we will have one coming for Sunbreak in future 🙂
Fun fact about the spider monster, it’s heavily based on a real animal, look up pelican spider if you need to avoid sleep for a week.
I would personally recommend you guys to watch the Kaiju intros on Godzilla 2014 the PS4 game, and if you don’t know any of the Kaiju in the game, you can let me know and I’ll tell you about them
New request to add to our list 😇
Rise added five monsters as free DLC in the summer of 2021! The below video shows all five, plus a new cutscene with Ibushi and Narwa together:
th-cam.com/video/MyEFsFLACl4/w-d-xo.html
You’re a life saver! Thanks so much for sharing that link. Looks like it has all 6 we missed 🙂
I think you guys would enjoy watching the opening cutscenes from the older monster hunter games, here is a link to the best compilation of those that I found if you guys decide to: th-cam.com/video/iOr0d1hNuH0/w-d-xo.html
Dang it it starts in the middle of the video
Thanks for sharing the link! 🙂
I currently have COVID, thanks for keeping me entertained while being forced to lie in bed all day
Glad we can help in some small way. Hope you feel better soon! 🤗
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames Thanks to a lot of Anti Biotics I am feeling a lot better, and on a quick road to recovery
Aaah!!! Real Monsters!!!....wait, wrong thing.😁 Loved this, Monster Hunter is always worthwhile! Cheers!! The Japanese version is very cool, you must learn to speed read! 😁 And good call on the late, great Vincent Price being someone whose voice would have been perfect for this! 👍
We will work on our speed reading 😇🤗
the little grey ones are Bombadgy, based on the badger.
Ive been waiting for mhr reaction, suggesting to react trailers next :)
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I'd be cool to see you react to the weapon videos they released for sunbreak or the ones they did earlier for rise to see how each plays different
Hmm. The weapons are pretty sweet looking in this so we can add that to our Monster Hunter request list 🙂
They made a new overwatch origin story and a cinematic 👀 the character’s name is “Junker Queen”
We will be checking it out 😀
So alot of monster hunter games are split into two parts a low to high rank game and than a part 2 which has the master rank and G rank monsters. So for Instance World was the base game and Iceborn was the master rank game. So by design those monsters on master rank sets are always going to be more epic because by that point the players are experienced and geared enough to take on harder hurts out the gate.
Thanks for explaining that for us. 🙂
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames My pleasure can not wait to see your reaction to Sunbrake.
If you thought that Magnamalo, the purple flamed beast, was cool, then wait until you hear it's theme!
As a matter of fact... Don't wait! Here ya go; th-cam.com/video/Q71EdQ3XT4Q/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for sharing the link 🙂
You two should definitely do the Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak monster intros. A lot of really cool and interesting ones there like vampire dragons and living hurricanes
That monster in the mud that you only caught a glimpse of?
That was by design. It's just a fish with legs.
Diablos' main diet is cactus.
Wouldn’t have guessed that 😯🙂