E3 2016: Monster Hunter Generations Gameplay Revealed

<p>Nintendo posted a 15-minute video featuring gameplay of the upcoming <em>Monster Hunter Generations<&sol;em>&period; You can check out the video above&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In this video&comma; two of the developers&comma; along with other Capcom and Nintendo employees&comma; discuss the new monsters&comma; Hunting Styles&comma; Hunting Arts and some new info regarding details in gameplay&period; <em>Monster Hunter Generations<&sol;em> is part of Capcom&&num;8217&semi;s <em>Monster Hunter<&sol;em> series that lets you become a mighty hunter and battle against monsters that threaten villages&comma; trade routes and people&period; Quests are placed with the Hunting Guild&comma; and it is up to you to take on the adventures proposed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In<em> Generations<&sol;em>&comma; four of the known monsters have survived generations of hunters and they have adapted and evolved into fearsome beasts&period; Their attacks and defenses have changed so it is up to the hunter&comma; later on in the game&&num;8217&semi;s story&comma; to adapt to the monster&&num;8217&semi;s changes and take them out&period; There will be the 14 weapon classes and hundreds of armor sets to craft and mix&period; The Hunting Styles are chosen during character creation&comma; and they allow the player to have certain abilities and advantages during the game&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A new mode is going to be added to the <em>MH<&sol;em> game&colon; the Prowler Mode gives hunters a chance to become a Felyne &lpar;the cute kitties that can wear armor and wield weapons&comma; who were companions in<em> MH 4 Ultimate<&sol;em>&rpar;&period; Playing as a prowler felyne&comma; gives you both advantages and disadvantages&period; As a felyne&comma; you don the role of a support character and aid your fellow hunters in multiplayer every way you can&period; Without the limitations of stamina&comma; felynes can run and attack &sol; aid without needing to refill the stamina bar or eat a cooked stake&period; The boomerang is a powerful weapon for the weakened defense of felynes&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s best to hang back and let the human hunters attack the monster while you throw the boomerang and deal considerable damage&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;108967" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-108967" style&equals;"width&colon; 380px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-108967" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;06&sol;03140018&sol;new-trailer-shows-off-prowler-mode-in-monster-hunter-generations&lowbar;1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Monster Hunter Generations &sol; Nintendo &amp&semi; Capcom" width&equals;"380" height&equals;"219" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-108967" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Monster Hunter Generations &sol; Capcom &amp&semi; Nintendo<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>A rather big change to the mounting concept in <em>Generations&comma;<&sol;em> is the ability for the mounter to stay on top of the monster and attack without being thrown off because their mates are attacking the same monster&period; Instead&comma; the developers have tweaked it so that hunters on the ground can attack while the monster is mounted&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The new monster to <em>Generations<&sol;em> played during the live-play of the demo is an owl-shaped one that uses its jeweled-colored wings to urge the wind to knock down it&&num;8217&semi;s attackers&period; The bird wyvern&comma; Malfestio&comma; has two types of beams that hunters need to watch out for&colon; the blue beam that induces sleep and the orange beam that sparks confusion for the hunter hit with it&period; Once a hunter is hit with confusion&comma; all of their controls are backwards until the confusion wears off or until you eat a bitterbug which brings you back to your senses&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;108966" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-108966" style&equals;"width&colon; 270px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-108966" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;06&sol;03140025&sol;MHGen-Malfestio&lowbar;Screenshot&lowbar;001&period;png" alt&equals;"Monster Hunter Generations &sol; Capcom &amp&semi; Nintendo " width&equals;"270" height&equals;"162" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-108966" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Monster Hunter Generations &sol; Capcom &amp&semi; Nintendo<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Beginning June 30<sup>th<&sol;sup>&comma; anyone can download the demo for their 3DS&comma; but select <em>Monster Hunter 4<&sol;em> hunters have been given 2 codes in their email already&period; Those who previously played &lpar;or currently are playing&rpar; <em>MH 4 Ultimate<&sol;em> and have the save data on their 3DS will be given special extras when beginning <em>Generations<&sol;em>&colon; one reveal was the Baby Tigrex Felyne armor &lpar;an exclusive to <em>MH 4 U<&sol;em> players&rpar;&comma; extra bonus zenny &lpar;in-game currency&rpar; and other helpful items&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Monster Hunter Generations<&sol;em> will be released exclusively for the Nintendo 3DS in both digital and physical retail form on July 15&comma; 2016&period; Do you dare to hunt monsters that have survived for generations&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source&colon; Nintendo Treehouse<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;