Monster Hunter Rise already topped the charts in Japan during its opening week – with more than 1.3 million physical copies shifted and four million copies shipped worldwide, Capcom has now unveiled its latest milestone.
All told – more than five million copies of the latest entry are now in the wild (including physical and digital sales), with cumulative series sales of more than 66 million copies on December 31, 2020, since the original’s debut game in 2004.
If you don’t have this game yet, what are you waiting for – we gave it an excellent nine stars out of ten and described it as another “stone-cold classic” for Nintendo Switch:
“New mechanics, monsters and a beautiful setting make Monster Hunter Rise a new high-water mark for the franchise. The Wirebug, Switch Skills, Palamute and carefully thought-out monsters shake things up enough to keep the game feeling fresh for hunters with previously spent thousands of hours. continues with the series, and while the package can be somewhat intimidating for newcomers, it might be the ideal place to start if you’re serious about getting into the franchise, and with an unparalleled four-player multiplayer experience, the new Rampage quests are one explosionAfter spending some serious time with the game, it’s very easy to say that Monster Hunter Rise is one of the strongest newcomers in the franchise to date, and yet another stone-cold classic for the Nintendo Switch. “
A new update is also planned for the end of the month – this will bring the game to version 2.0 and add more monsters.
Are you one of the many millions of Switch players who picked up Monster Hunter Rise in the first week? How have you found it so far? Leave a comment below.