Monster Hunter Wilds director wants to create the series' biggest ecosystem yet by pushing the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S "to the max"

Jun. 14, 2024

“I want to use the specs of the hardware to the max in order to depict as convincing a living, breathing world”

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Monster Hunter Wilds' director is keen to “use the specs of the hardware to the max” forCapcom’s new game.

“To be honest, it was always clear in my mind that was the direction I wanted to take it,” the director told the outlet. “Any Monster Hunter game where I’m director is always going to be focusing on the ecosystem element. As the hardware generations we’re working on get more and more powerful, I want to use the specs of the hardware to the max in order to depict as convincing a living, breathing world as I possibly can.”

Additionally, it’s worth pointing out that Monster Hunter Wilds is a new-gen exclusive game - it ditches the PS4 and Xbox One entirely. Tokuda is likely alluding to the current-gen PS5 and Xbox Series X/S when he talks about the “hardware generations we’re working on” getting increasingly powerful and using the “specs of the hardware to the max.”

You can also check out our extensiveMonster Hunter Wilds previewfor a look at how the game is dramatically changing up the series.

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