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Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate

An enhanced version of Monster Hunter Generations. It features new monsters, hunting styles, and the more challenging G-Rank quests. Game data from Monster Hunter Generations can be carried over, with a one…

80 18 March 2017

Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Capcom, released 18 March 2017 on Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo Switch.

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What Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate is

Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Capcom and released in 2017. It is available on Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo Switch.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Monster Hunter Generations is an action role-playing game developed and published by Capcom for the Nintendo 3DS. Announced in May 2015, the game was released in Japan as Monster Hunter X in November 2015 and internationally in July 2016. Like other titles in the Monster Hunter series, players undertake quests that involve hunting large dangerous creatures, either solo or in multiplayer. Major additions in this installment include special attacks, new combat styles, and the ability to play as Felynes who have traditionally only appeared as a companion to the player. Monster Hunter Generations is considered the fourth major portable title in the series, following Monster Hunter Portable 3rd…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Monster Hunter series

Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate is the 30th of 62 entries we hold in the Monster Hunter series. The next entry was Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite - Monster Hunter in 2017. Its critic score of 80 is 4 points below the series average of 84. The highest-rated entry is Monster Hunter: World at 93.

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How it was received

Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 71% of the 1,124 rated hack and slash/beat 'em up games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 9 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate launched on 18 March 2017, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Horizon Zero Dawn, Mass Effect: Andromeda and Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4. It was a Nintendo Switch launch-window title.

Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Horizon Zero Dawn, Mass Effect: Andromeda, Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition.

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When did Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate come out?
Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate was released on 18 March 2017 for Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo Switch.

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