Capcom’s Sunshine expansion because the Monster Hunter Rise will launch on June 30, on Nintendo Switch and Windows PC, the publisher announced on Tuesday in a live presentation. The DLC will include a new story, a new locale, new monsters to battle, and new Master Rank challenge quests.
Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak will cost $39.99 for the standard version of the game, with the deluxe edition, featuring layered armor sets, gestures, and hairstyles, running $49.99. Capcom warning Monster Hunter Rise players that they will need about 13 GB of storage space to accommodate Sunshine– Centralized software updates for the game.
Capcom introduced several new and returning monsters in Tuesday’s stream, including the Fanged Beast Garangolm, which attacks with both fire and water; Fanged Wyvern Lunagaron, covering its body in ice to act as armor; Blood Orange Bishaten, while sounding delicious, throws exploding pines; and Astalos, the Flying Wyvern returns to be able to generate electricity to power its attacks. Players will battle these creatures in SunshineThe new citadel of, and in the woods and mountains nearby.
The publisher also introduced the new Elgado Outpost hub, complete with a canteen, command post, and a host of NPCs, merchants, and quest givers. Capcom describes the Elgado Outpost as a “bustling maritime stop” and home to a laboratory that researches the unusual monster activity that plagues the nearby kingdom.
This is Capcom’s official description of the story of Sunshinewith the promise that more information will be available before the DLC launch in June:
The threat to the Kingdom is closely linked to powerful beings inspired by Western horrors known as the Three Lords. This staff includes the newly revealed Garangolm, Fanged Wyvern Lunagaron, and Elder Dragon Malzeno. In addition to these nightmarish new enemies, other monster variants and returning fan favorites including Blood Orange Bishaten and the mighty Astalos will appear to challenge hunters in the Master Rank quest. more difficult. Studying the behavior of the Three Lords will take hunters across the Kingdom to exciting new locations, including the newly announced Citadel. This locality boasts snow-capped peaks smothered in lush forests teeming with new endemic life forms. At the center of this vast area is a long-abandoned fortress that serves as a bastion for the monsters it was built to ward off.
Capcom says it will give players the base version of Monster Hunter Rise Prepare for the challenges of Sunshine. The company will distribute powerful Defender series weapons for all 14 weapons, useful Black Belt hunter armor, and Guild Cross sets to harvest items.
Monster Hunter Rise released for Nintendo Switch in March 2021 and for PC in January this year. In Polygon’s original review of the gamewe praise RiseEnhanced portability, powered by the new Wirebug, and accessibility for newbies. “Monster Hunter Rise take the accessible platform Capcom has built World and expand on it without breaking what makes Monster Hunter fun, including deep combat and a sense of progression as you defeat, skin, and dress a monster for the next fight,” reviewer commentator Ryan Gilliam said. “If World is the first step into a new era of Monster Hunter, Rise take it even further. ”
