Taking a Ride in the Monster Hunter Stories Demo

<p>It&&num;8217&semi;s almost that time of year when a new <em>Monster Hunter<&sol;em> game reaches the shores of North America&period; Next month<em> Monster Hunter Stories<&sol;em> will arrive in retail stores and the Nintendo eShop on September 8th&period; The next few weeks can feel lonely and empty for hunters&comma; so the eShop holds a treat in the form of a <em>Monster Hunter Stories<&sol;em> demo that allows players to experience the first few hours of gameplay for free&excl;&excl; Plus all the save data will be able to be transferred into the full game if you purchase it&period; Even if you haven&&num;8217&semi;t played any previous games in the franchise&comma; this demo is definitely worth trying out&period; And if you are a seasoned hunter&comma; you have all the more reason to download the free demo and experience this new way of hunting&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Right away the opening scene sets up the entire premise of this story-driven game&period; You are a child of a village who lives in peace alongside monster companions&period; Some of the villagers earn the right to become a Rider and use the Kinship Stone to enact a bond between themselves and their monster&period; As fun as this sounds&comma; you learn quickly that a dark presence lurks in the shadows&colon; a presence that has the potential to end the village&period; The cinematic graphics look amazing on Nintendo&&num;8217&semi;s 3DS and looks all the more phenomenal when using the 3D function&period; Every scene and area looks more in depth and the monsters appear more life-like in 3D even with the adorable bright color schemes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"281" data-videoid&equals;"r46Jbq-ZNok" title&equals;"Monster Hunter Stories - Official Nintendo 3DS Trailer"><a placeholder href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;r46Jbq-ZNok"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;r46Jbq-ZNok&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover" alt&equals;"Monster Hunter Stories - Official Nintendo 3DS Trailer"><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Multiple changes are in place since <em>Generations<&sol;em>&period; The main difference is the fighting style&period; Originally&comma; players hunt in real-time and are forced to take heed of their environment&period; In <em>Stories<&sol;em>&comma; hunters fight in turn-based fights alongside their monster companion&period; Based on the simple early fights found in this demo&comma; the new way of fighting is both fun and less stressful&period; Now&comma; there is time to think through each attack instead of having to run away from the monster in order to view it&&num;8217&semi;s attack style&period; Since everyone playing this game will be new to this style of playing&comma; there are a couple of fighting tutorials that explain the process simply and quickly&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>One of the best new elements to this game is the anime style characters&period; Creating the playable avatar is fun to try out&period; And the hard work of deciding on the face&comma; eyes and hair pays off because the graphics show off your avatar hunter in close ups that were lacking in previous <em>MH<&sol;em> games&semi; Now&comma; the cutscenes and playable portions of the demo&comma; and presumably the entire game&comma; give adorable shots of your avatar&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s a feature that long-time monster hunters will greatly appreciate&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A bonus for playing through the demo is in the form of a gift&period; After using the save data in the demo and adding it to your full game&&num;8217&semi;s save file&comma; you will be rewarded with a costume for your Felyne mascot &&num;8211&semi; Navirou&period; This demo will most likely help persuade you to join the ranks of monster hunters and experience the world of fantastic monsters and humans &lpar;of course you can&&num;8217&semi;t forget the lovable poogies&rpar;&period;  You can learn more about <em>Monster Hunter Stories<&sol;em> demo by visiting the official <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;monsterhunterstories&period;nintendo&period;com&sol;"><strong>website<&sol;strong><&sol;a>&period; Have you played the demo yet&quest; Leave us your thoughts in the comment section below&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;