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LATEST UPDATE: Just got my Japanese copy of Monster Hunter X so I've started a Monster Hunter X Key Quests Guide! As for previous updates, I posted a guide on how to unlock every guild quest monster from low rank to G-rank via the Everwood. Make sure to check it out if you haven't unlocked all the guild quest monsters yet! Now on to the Key Quest guide.

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

A wise person once said, 'Haste makes waste.'

That is, unless you've played the Japanese version of the latest Monster Hunter game to death like I did and now need to blaze through your village/caravan and gathering hall quests to reach the endgame quickly in Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate. Maybe it's your first crack at the latest game in the series but you still want to progress in a jiffy.

Then it becomes 'He who strikes first, wins.' Just ask Charlie 'Tigrex Blood' Sheen.

For newcomers to the game, you don't have to finish every quest to unlock the next rank or batch of missions in Monster Hunter. Instead, you can finish what are called 'key quests' to unlock the next set of missions right away.

If you're in a rush to get to 10-star village/caravan quests or those tougher Gathering Hall missions to be able to craft better gear, here's a list of key quests to speed up your progress.

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CARAVAN AND VILLAGE QUESTS

These refer to the campaign mode of the game, which progresses the story. Monsters are not quite as tough as they are in online/multiplayer mode but you have to solo them.

LOW RANK

1-star

Steak Your Ground

Deliver 1 Well-done Steak or Rare Steak

A Winning Combination

Deliver 1 Mega Potion

Subquest: Slay 3 Jaggi

— Pretty basic stuff. Just talk to your caravan leader, the hat maniac to unlock. No, your goofy little hat ain't worth risking my life by jumping onto a Dah'ren Mohran. But, hey, I'll do it anyway.

2-star

Ancestral Steppe Fungus Run

Deliver 5 Unique Mushrooms

Sub: Deliver 1 Choice Mushroom

Den Mothers

Slay 5 Jaggia

Kelbi Cure-All

Deliver 3 Kelbi Horns

Sub: Slay 8 Kelbi

— These quests are unlocked once you finish 'A Winning Combination.'

Chip Off the Old Blockade

Slay 8 Konchu

— Unlocked by finishing any of the quests mentioned above.

The Stinking Seltas

Hunt a Seltas

Sub: Break the Seltas's horn

— Unlocked by finishing 'Chip Off the Old Blockade.' Finishing this mission upgrades your grain/bread and vegetable ingredients at the canteen. For the full scoop, check out my MH4U Canteen Food Ingredients Upgrade Guide. It also unlocks expeditions, which lets you do free hunts in the Everwood. To progress further, you'll need to do two expeditions: Kill Velocidrome and Kill Yian Kut Ku. These unlock:

Urgent Quest: Swing Into Action

Hunt a Kecha Wacha

Sub: Topple monster while mounted

— Finish this 3-star quest and you unlock the 3-star caravan/village quests.

3-star

Boulder-bash

Hunt a Tetsucabra

Sub: Wound the Tetsucabra's jaw

— Unlocked after finishing 'Swing Into Action.'

Shipshape Skin

Hunt a Gypceros

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Sub: Wound the Gypceros's crest

— Unlocked after finishing 'Boulder Bash.'

Road Work

Capture a Gendrome (Village: 3 Star)

Sub: Slay 5 Genpreys

— Unlocked after finishing 'Shipshape Skin.' Finish this to trigger:

Urgent: Nerscylla Thrilla

Hunt a Nerscylla

Sub: Break Nerscylla's poison spikes.

— Finish this to unlock 4-star caravan/village quests.

Before going further, I also noticed one more urgent pop up while I was doing 3-star quests. I believe this appeared after I finished 'Kecha Wacha Wallop,' which is not considered a key quest.

Urgent: Research Basarios

Hunt a Basarios

Sub: Topple monster while mounted

— Makes Basarios show up in the Everwood.

4-star

Pink Stink

Hunt a Congalala

Sub: Wound the Congalala's comb

— Maybe I was just sleep-deprived, but I could've sworn this was called 'Wild Palico Panic' when I first tried it. Anyway, now it says 'Pink Stink' in my mission board so 'Pink Stink' it is.

An Ice Surprise

Hunt a Zamtrios

Sub: Wound the Zamtrios's top fin

— I could've sworn this one was named 'Meownster Hunt Havoc' the first time I did it, too. Seriously, I think I'm losing my mind. Maybe I already did.

Najarala Hunt

Hunt a Najarala

Sub: Wound the Najarala's back

— Take down this snake in the grass and you'll get an emergency Gore Magala expedition if I remember correctly. Repel that sucker and you should unlock:

Urgent: Tipping the Scales

Hunt Gore Magala

Sub: Wound Gore Magala's feelers

— Gore! Gore! Gore! With apologies to JR's Barbecue Sauce. Bring down the flagship monster and say hello to 5-star quests.

5-star

Major Miner Problem

Hunt a Gravios

Sub: Wound the Gravios' chest

— Hello, big guy. Just bring him down, baby

Advanced: Odd Ape Out

Hunt a Congalala

Sub: Break the Congalala's claw

— I was reading a Japanese forum once and some dude didn't even mention him by name and just said 'that filthy ape.' I don't know why but that made me laugh. Yes, I'm easy to please.

Now do two of the following quests:

Zinogre Zone

Hunt a Zinogre

Sub: Wound the Zinogre's head

The Royal Guard

Hunt a Seltas Queen

Sub: Hunt a Seltas

King of the Skies

Hunt a Rathalos

Sub: Sever the Rathalos' tail

This will unlock:

Advanced: Tigrex Terror

Hunt a Tigrex

Sub: Break the Tigrex's claw

— Tigrex, he's grrrreat. At unlocking the next quest:

6-star

Urgent: Advanced: Heaven's Wheel

Slay Shagaru Magala

Sub: Break Shagaru Magala's horns

— Finish Gore Magala's true form after shedding its skin and you're on the fast track to high rank questing.

HIGH RANK

7-star

Skiff Scuttler

Hunt a Daimyo Hermitaur

Sub: Break D. Hermitaur's claw

— I was in a rush to go through quests so I waltzed into this quest while still using a bone weapon. Can you say Bounce City?

Hot-air Buffoon

Hunt an Emerald Congalala

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Sub: Deliver 1 Territorial Dung+

Facility Facilitation

Hunt a Cephadrome

Sub: Hunt 6 Cephalos

Hunt-a-thon: Nerscylla

Hunt 2 Nerscylla before time expires or deliver a Paw Pass ticket

Sub: Deliver 1 Queen Substance

These missions will unlock:

Urgent: Skiff Competition

Hunt a Monoblos

Sub: Break the Monoblos's horn.

— Charge! Have fun Guard Point masters. Oh yeah, welcome to 8-star quests

8-star

Finish one of the two following missions:

Hide-and-Freak

Hunt a Khezu

Sub: Wound the Khezu's head

— Man, this guy… A bonafide troll.

Take a Powderstone

Deliver 1 Powderstone

Sub: Hunt an Iodrome

Either of the previous missions will unlock:

In the Pink

Hunt a Pink Rathian

Sub: Wound the Pink Rathian's head

— One of my favorite monsters to hunt. I personally find her more challenging than Azure Rathalos. Whatever you do, stay away from her left cheek… Take her down and you get:

Ladykiller

Hunt a Seltas Queen

Sub: Wound the Seltas Queen's head

— Lets… volt… in! I still remember the first time my cousins saw the docking manuever while playing the Japanese version of the game. 'Wait, did they just combine? That's awesome!' Finishing this also unlocks the Wyceum research center, which will be key later when fighting frenzied and extreme monsters, especially those that make your weapons and bullets bounce.

Nocturnal Commission

Capture a Rathian

— This unlocks a pretty cool cut scene, plus your next urgent.

Urgent: Dance of a Thousand Blades

Hunt a Seregios

Sub: Topple monster while mounted

— Say hello to the flagship monster of Monster Hunter 4G. This, by the way, provides the earliest opportunity to craft those Seregios weapons, which was quite helpful when I started doing Guild Hall quests.

9-star

Say hello to key quests galore. Here's the order that I went through them:

Black Rock Down

Hunt a Black Gravios

Sub: Wound Black Gravios's back

An Omen in the Skies

Hunt an Azure Rathalos

Sub: Deliver 1 Large Wyvern Tear

The Echoing Roar

Hunt a Brute Tigrex

Wound the Brute Tigrex's head

Forge Ahead

Hunt a Stygian Zinogre

Sub: Wound Stygian Zinogre's back

Advanced: Glacier's Bane

Hunt a Brachydios

Sub: Suppress Brachydios's frenzy

Advanced: Tyrant's Maw

Hunt a Deviljho

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Sub: Topple Monster While Mounted

These will unlock

Urgent: Death by a Thousand Cuts

Hunt an Apex Seregios

— Whee, apex monsters! Don't forget to use that Wystone.

Urgent: Kushala Kushowdown

Hunt a Rusted Kushala Daora

— This a siege-style battle in Dundorma with your NPC allies. Finish it and you level up your Wystone and unlock 10-star quests, which are the final batch of hunts for offline mode. Enjoy!

GATHERING HALL QUESTS

Say hello to the multiplayer part of MH4U. Yes, you can still solo missions if you want but keep in mind that the monsters will be tougher. For the bulk of these, I basically formed a two-man party with my cousin, which provides just the right balance difficulty-wise. Plus we only had to do the urgents twice as opposed to three or four times with a bigger team. Then again, feel free to do whatever works for you.

LOW RANK

Hunter Rank 1

Bug Burger

Hunt a Seltas

Sub: Break the Seltas's horn

Kecha Konundrum

Hunt a Kecha Wacha

Sub: Wound the Kecha Wacha's ears

Tackling a Tetsucabra

Hunt a Tetsucabra

Sub: Wound the Tetsucabra's jaw

The Gypceros Project

Capture a Gypceros

Sub: Slay 5 Konchu

2-star Urgent: Web Sighting

Hunt a Nerscylla

Sub: Break Nerscylla's poison spikes

HR2

Royal Assassination

Hunt a Rathian

Sub: Wound the Rathian's head

A Ghastly Gift

Capture a Khezu

Sub: Wound the Khezu's body

Zamtrios of the Deep

Hunt a Zamtrios

Sub: Wound the Zamtrios's head

Nix the Najarala

Hunt a Najarala

Sub: Wound the Najarala's back

3-star Urgent: Dark Wings, Dark Work

Hunt Gore Magala

Wound Gore Magala's wing

HR3

Tigrex Tough Love

Hunt a Tigrex

Sub: Break the Tigrex's Claw

Temper Tantrum

Hunt a Gravios

Sub: Wound the Gravios's back

Royal Audience

Capture a Rathalos

Sub: Wound the Rathalos's wings

Tuff Turf

Hunt a Zinogre

Sub: Wound the Zinogre's head

The Royal Guard

Hunt a Seltas Queen

Sub: Wound the Seltas Queen's tail

4-star Urgent: Sand Sailor

Slay a Dah'ren Mohran or repel it.

Sub: Btreak Dah'ren Mohran's horn

— Unlocks drinks at the canteen and High-Rank Expeditions

HIGH RANK

HR4

Face Two Face

Hunt 2 Kecha Wacha

Sub: Deliver 1 Large Beast tear

Purple People Eater

Hunt a Purple Gypceros

Sub: Wound Purple Gypceros's chest

Buffoonish Baboon

Hunt an Emerald Congalala

Sub: Wound Emerald Congalala's comb

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Dastardly Duo

Hunt a Gendrome and Tetsucabra

Sub: Wound the Gendrome's head

5-star Urgent Quest: Rathian's Wrath

Hunt a Pink Rathian

Sub: Wound the Pink Rathians wings

HR5

Writer's Block

Hunt a Najarala and a Rathian

Sub: Deliver 1 Large Wyvern Tear

The Red Menace

Hunt a Red Khezu

Sub: Wound the Red Khezu's head.

Dread Locked

Hunt a Gore Magala

Sub: Wound Gore Magala's wingarm

Advanced: Frenzied Foe

Hunt a Tigrex

Sub: Break the Tigrex's claw

6-star Urgent Quest: Ore D'Ouvre

Hunt a Black Gravios

Sub: Wound Black Gravios's back

HR6

Bring Down the Sky King

Hunt an Azure Rathalos

Sub: Wound the Azure Rathalos's wing

Infernal Overlord

Hunt a Stygian Zinogre

Sub: Wound Stygian Zinogre's head

Ear Ache

Hunt a Brute Tigrex

Sub: Wound the Brute Tigrex's head

Brimstone and Brachydios

Hunt a Brachydios

Sub: Wound the Brachydios's head

7-star Urgent: Advanced: Stop the Wheel

Slay Shagara Magala

Sub: Break Shagaru Magala's horns

HR7

Advanced: Grim Tidings

Slay an Akantor

Sub: Wound Akantor's head

Advanced: Storm Front

Slay a Kushala Daora or repel it

Sub: Wound Kushala Daora's head

Advanced: Teostra Tangle

Slay a Teostra or repel it

Sub: Wound Tesotra's head

Advanced: Fleet Action

Slay Dah'ren Mohran or repel it

Sub: Break Dah'ren Mohran's horns

Urgent: Advanced: Speartip Menace

Slay a Dalamadur

Sub: Wound Dalamadur's head

— Finish this and you unlock the cap on your hunter rank, which should jump up pretty high. It also unlocks:

Urgent: Advanced: Glacial Grinder

Slay an Ukanlos

Sub: Topple monster while mounted

— This unlocks G-rank quests. Woot!

While I've sunk in a ton of time in the Japanese version of the game, I haven't gone through all the G-rank quests in the Western version so I don't know the English names of all the stuff yet. For such quests, I will name the monsters you need to hunt as part of G-rank key quests. I'm adding subquests, too, in case there are non-key quests that feature the same monster. I will update this section as I verify information in my U.S. copy:

G-Rank 1

Sculptural Seltas

Hunt a Desert Seltas

Seeing Spots

Hunt an Ash Kecha Wacha

Sub: Wound Ash Kecha Wacha's ears

— Apparently, someone in Monster Hunter's localization team is an Ash Ketchum fan..

Berserker Rage

Hunt a Berserk Tetsucabra

Sub: Wound the B. Tetsucabra's jaw

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Line in the Sand

Hunt 2 Cephadrome x2

Sub: Wound the Cephadrome's tail

Fashion Victim

Hunt a Daimyo Hermitaur

Sub: Break D. Hermitaur's shell

— These missions will unlock…

Hit List: Plum Daimyo Hermitaur

Hunt a Plum Daimyo Hermitaur

Sub: Break P.D. Hermitaur's Claw

— The Diablos skull accessory always cracks me up

Grand Finals Confrontation

Hunt a Tigerstripe Zamtrios

Sub: Wound T.Zamtrios's dorsal fin

— This guy loves switching to Jabba the Hutt mode

Serpent Serenade

Hunt a Tidal Najarala

Sub: Wound Tidal Najarala's head

Hunter in Green and Red

Hunt a Rathian and a Red Khezu

Sub: Deliver 1 Large Wyvern Tear

— No matter the color, Khezu remains a cave-dwelling troll.

Urgent:Seer of the Swords

Hunt a Seregios

Sub: Sever the Seregios's tail

— Bring dung bombs just in case he grabs ya'.

G-Rank 2

Course Correction

Hunt a Shrouded Nerscylla

Sub: Wound S.Nerscylla's outer hide

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The Azure King and the Tyrant

Hunt an Azure Rathalos and a Tigrex

Sub: Deliver 1 large Wyvern Tear

Temper Tantrum

Hunt a Gravios

Sub: Wound the Gravios's head

How to Zap your Zinogre

Hunt a Zinogre

Sub: Slay 5 Slagtoth

These quests will unlock:

Brute Force

Hunt a Brute Tigrex

Sub: Wound the Brute Tigrex's head

Pestering Pest

Hunt a Desert Seltas Queen

Sub: Wound D.Seltas Queen's tail

Hollow Promise

Hunt a Black Gravios

Sub: Wound the Black Gravios's chest

Fire Drill

Hunt a Brachydios and a Stygian Zinogre

Sub: Sever the Stygian Zinogre's tail

Showdown at High Noon

Hunt a Diablos

Sub: Sever the Diablos's tail

Then..

Hunt Black Diablos (Sub: break both horns)

Urgent: Chaos Gore Magala

G-Rank 3

Advanced Chameleos (Sub: break horns)

Advanced Kushala Daora (Sub: cut tail)

Advanced Teostra (Sub: wound wings)

Advanced Ukanlos (Sub: wound front feet)

Urgent: Gogmazios (Sub: destroy back)

Well, that's it for now. Make sure to check out the Technobubble hub for more of our guides for Monster Hunter Ultimate 4!

Ten times. That’s how many times I’ve bought and re-bought games in the Monster Hunter Generations series, including Japanese versions Monster Hunter X and XX.

That doesn’t even include all the times I’ve bought multiple versions of other entries in the overall series since Monster Hunter Freedom Unite. Heck, I remember arriving in Japan for vacation several years ago and asking my ex-girlfriend to take me to a video game store so I can buy the newly released Monster Hunter 4. Correction, buy two copies of MH4.

They say the definition of insanity is to do the same thing over and over again. If that’s the case, then I’m clearly insane about the Monster Hunter series. Unlike crazy people who do the same thing over and over, though, I wasn’t really expecting a different result each time like insane people supposedly do. Nope, I usually buy multiple copies of the game so I could spread the word and share the love by playing it with other people in my family. I mean, if they ever make an embassy for Monster Hunter, they could name me its ambassador for sure.

All that being said, Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate comes at a bit of a strange time. First off, I’ve played this game twice now — first when it came out on the Nintendo 3DS in Japan in March of last year and then a second time when it was released in Japan on the Switch last August. Technically, you can even say that I played it four times when you include my time with MHX and Generations. On top of that, Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate arrives AFTER I’ve plunked in 600 hours on the newer Monster Hunter World, which I gave a 10 out of 10, by the way (only the second time I’ve given a game such a high score since I started doing reviews). At the time, I called World arguably the best Monster Hunter game ever released, thanks to its improved presentation and visuals, fine-tuned mechanics and large number of quality-of-life improvements. Some might find it blasphemous to call World the best in the series but it’s something I continue to stand by. Yes, it doesn’t have as many monsters but neither did Tri when it first came out, and that game pretty much kickstarted the last generation before World. Basically, World is the Tri of the new Monster Hunter generation and serves as an excellent foundation for upcoming games in the series.

Needless to say, there are a bunch of factors that definitely impact how I view Generations Ultimate now. Let’s just say that my review probably would be a bit different if I wrote it back in early 2017 when MHXX first came out. To be fair, I felt that MHXX at the time was already starting to feel a bit old — and that’s even before I knew World existed. It’s strange, too, given that I rated Monster Hunter Generations a 9.5 out of 10. Even Monster Hunter fans might consider that an overly generous score, which I understand. In my case, I gave it that score primarily due to one key reason: hunting styles. Hunting styles, along with the ability to play as a Palico, are pretty much the biggest change in the base mechanics of the series in a long, long time. Prior to that, the only big notable changes I remember to the core gameplay of Monster Hunter are underwater combat in Tri and mounting in MH4. Otherwise, Monster Hunter really hasn’t had any groundbreaking changes in its base experience outside of the improved hitboxes that Tri thankfully brought about.

Objectively speaking, Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate is a better version of Generations. For starters, it has all the content, hunter styles and hunting arts from its predecessor and then some. It also brings in G-rank quests and the tougher monsters that come with them. While it has more content, however, it does not feel as fresh as Generations did when I first played it. That’s because it simply builds on its predecessor as opposed to drastically changing the formula like Generations did. It’s an interesting conundrum for a reviewer such as myself who tries to consider a wide range of factors and viewpoints in my reviews. This includes factoring in the experience and expectations of gamers who never played Generations, those who played it but never played MHXX, and those who count Monster Hunter World as their first ever game in the franchise. A review, by definition, is subjective but I still try to bring in as many objective elements as I can while accounting for the various viewpoints and needs of gamers who might read my articles. What might feel like old hat to me could be totally fresh for others.

Given all that, I will try my best to factor in all those varying experiences as I dissect MHGU for this review. Now, I’ll be the first to admit that I’ve always scored Monster Hunter games higher than the norm. I remember giving MH3U the equivalent of a score of 90 way back in the day when we still used our old website. That’s eight points higher than its Metacritic average. Although more reviewers were starting to warm up to the series at the time, many still considered the mechanics clunky and unwieldy. In contrast, Monster Hunter veterans such as myself saw a more deliberate system that typically encouraged discipline and purpose as opposed to mindless hacking. I just historically enjoy this series more than the average person.

The good news is that despite having played Monster Hunter X, Generations and XX to death — as well as getting used to the mechanics introduced by World — Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate’s weapon mechanics still feel great. In fact, I was surprised at just how much I enjoyed playing it even after getting used to the changes brought about by World. The base mechanics for combat, for example, remained spot-on and I was able to adjust in no time with the timing and combos for the weapons, especially those I was most familiar with.

I started with the last weapon I had equipped in my old Generations save file, the Sword and Shield, which I’ve rarely used in 3U, 4, 4U and Generations. See, I normally main Bowguns and the Insect Glaive but I didn’t have a good status-based Light or Heavy Bowgun to test with my Level 10 Dreadqueen Rathian Gunner nor a good paralysis Glaive to use with my Level 10 Dreadqueen Rathian Blademaster set. So I decided to test the status-based armor with a Viper Bite 4 paralysis SnS instead. Despite now being more used to World and its more forgiving Spiral Slash mechanic for Sword and Shield, the SnS combat with MHGU actually still felt great and I found myself quickly adjusting to it in no time. I especially loved the weapon’s synergy with Striker Style, which allows you to use three hunting arts at the expense of losing your backhop, which is a minor sacrifice. I ended up having a blast using Chaos Oil to buff my attacks with exhaust, stun, affinity, partbreaker and Mind’s Eye to prevent weapon bounce, then weaving in Sword Dance into my attacks and eventually knocking out monsters with Shoryugeki.

Admittedly, there are a few nuances with some weapons where I do miss the changes brought about by World. I now find Kinsect control and essence gathering, for example, a lot easier in World than MHGU. Marking a body part on a monster with your Insect Glaive in World, for example, pretty much guarantees your bug will extract that part’s color. That’s not the case in MHGU where your bug can get the wrong color if the monster moves, which it almost always does. I also find aiming and hitting ideal spots with the Light and Heavy Bowguns easier in World thanks to the latter’s more intuitive controls and added mobility. For Sword and Shield, I miss World’s Spiral Slash, which allowed you to readjust the direction of your attacks on the fly and made SnS combat feel much more fluid.

Such niggles shouldn’t be as big of a deal for veterans of the classic Monster Hunter games, who have invested countless hours using the old mechanics and can reacquire them the same way one can always ride a bicycle once he or she learns how to, even after not using a bike for a long time. If Monster Hunter World was your first game, however, even minor changes to the combat mechanics can feel annoying. This is especially true when you factor in older mechanics like flexing your arms while being rooted on the spot when drinking a potion or having to deal with pickaxes that break when mining. If The fact that online Urgent Quests — missions you need to finish successfully in order to unlock the next batch of quests — can only be cleared by the person who posts it can make tougher missions such as Lao-Shan Lung a giant pain, literally. This is especially true if you help folks clear their Urgent, only for them to bail and leave you when your turn comes around. Unlike World, MHGU does not scale down its online quests for solo players, making team play practically a necessity for the game's harder monsters (it would be akin to soloing Kulve Taroth and Behemoth). Ultimately, if you’re used to the quality-of-life changes from World, the mechanics for MHGU can feel disjointed and archaic, perhaps even trollish. In fact, I can actually see some folks quitting because they find it too cumbersome.

Then again, that would be a shame because players who decide not to stick with Generations Ultimate will be missing out on the biggest advantage that the game has over World: hunting styles. I know I already mentioned them but I can’t say enough how much of a game changer these are, especially given how the franchise has stuck to the tried-and-true “Guild-style” mechanics pretty much throughout its whole life.

As much as I love the fine-tuned Heavy Bowgun mechanics used by World, it still has no replacement for the airborne spread shot shenanigans of the Aerial Style introduced in MHG, which can make short work of a Zinogre’s horns. Neither does it have an alternative that replicates MHGU’s new Valor Style ability that lets you literally do a power run with your HBG drawn out, then slide into a special Siege Mode that shoots bullets at an ever-increasing rate of speed. For folks who enjoyed the crazy dodge counters of Adept Style, the closest thing you’ll get to experiencing that in World is seeing the special dodge animation when using the Temporal Mantle.

When you multiply the six hunting styles with the 14 weapons, that’s a lot of combinations to choose from. That doesn’t even factor in the so-called “15th weapon,” the Palicoes, which come with various weapon subtypes of their own. You can hunt as a cat that specializes in boomerangs, bombs, healing or one that even turns into a miniature Wolverine-style beast. It’s literally something I miss in World and wish would be added in the future, especially given how nice cats look in the new game.

Another advantage for MHGU is its insane monster count, which makes World’s number of creatures piddly in comparison. Granted, it’s not really a fair comparison as MHGU is the culmination of a generation that technically started way back in Tri, so it has the advantage of being able to build on assets that have been amassed over several years. Nevertheless, the monster count remains a clear-cut advantage for MHGU over World. Add the ability to play it on the go and you’ve got the true spiritual successor to the portable Monster Hunter experience that thrived on the PSP and 3DS.

Having said all that, MHGU is admittedly showing its age even for this Monster Hunter fan. While World magnifies the advantages of Generations Ultimate, it also makes its warts more obvious. It’s not even the graphics as MHGU, while not as visually impressive as World, looks surprisingly good on the Switch for an older game. Instead, it’s the quality-of-life changes that make dealing with some of the game’s older mechanics and limits a bit more difficult than before.

It’s almost ironic how a newer Monster Hunter game ultimately ends us showing what MHGU can do better. It’s still a great game that boasts, in my opinion, the cooler mascot (I mean, Nergigante looks cool but Valstrax is a freaking jet-powered dragon). At the same time, it also appears to serve as a fitting bookend to the end of an era, even for a fan who would love to see Capcom continue the old series, at least on portable systems.

FINAL THOUGHTS

Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate is like my old 300ZX from years past. It’s not as comfortable or as fast as newer sports cars. But boy did I have fun driving that thing. Let’s just hope that Monster Hunter World or its successor incorporates the fun parts from MHGU, whether it be stuff like hunting styles or being able to play as a cat. Like its flagship monster, if this is the last hurrah for the previous monster hunter generation, it’s certainly going out with a jet-powered bang.

• Rating: 8.5 out of 10
• Cost: $59.99, Switch
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