The Monster Hunter (モンスターハンター, Monsutā Hantā) franchise is a series of fantasy-themed action role-playing video games that started with the game Monster Hunter for PlayStation 2, released in 2004. Titles have been released across a variety of platforms including personal computers, home consoles, portable consoles, and mobile devices. The series is developed and published by Capcom.

The games are primarily action role-playing games. The player takes the role of a Hunter, slaying or trapping large monsters across various landscapes as part of quests given to them by the locals, with some quests involving the gathering of a certain item, which may put the Hunter at risk of facing a certain monster. As part of its core gameplay loop, players use loot gained from slaying monsters, gathering resources, and quest rewards to craft improved weapons, armor, and other items that allow them to face more powerful monsters. All main series games feature multiplayer (usually up to four-player cooperative), but can also be played single player.

List of Monster Hunter Species:

Note: If you find a tag in here that's not a species, please remove it!
Note 2: Species with a "*" after their name may be aliased in the future (see topic #28397). Used for wiki updating purposes.

External Links:

• Official Website
• Official Twitter
• Wikipedia article

See Also:

• capcom
• video games