Key Takeaways
- Monster Hunter Wilds is changing Insect Glaive, Switch Axe, Lance, Sword & Shield weapons with big updates.
- Insect Glaive and Lance are getting big reworks due to declining popularity in the series.
- Monster Hunter Wilds to feature hitstop at launch and potential return of Wire Bug or Clutch Claw.
One of the beauties of the Monster Hunter games is the vast array of weapons. With 14 to choose from, each with a vastly different style of play, players are free to express themselves as they set out on the hunt.
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However, players of four particular weapons may need to get used to some “big changes,” as speaking exclusively to TheGamer in Osaka, Capcom confirmed it is shaking things up a little for Monster Hunter Wilds.
Monster Hunter Wilds Is Changing Four Of The Game’s Most Notorious Weapons
When talking about Wilds’ weapons, game director Yuya Tokuda told us:
Some weapons will also have a big change. Insect Glaive, Switch Axe, Lance, Sword & Shield are the weapons that will have big changes when we have the final product version. So we hope everybody looks forward to that.
It comes as no surprise that these weapons are the ones to get the biggest reworks, with the likes of the Insect Glaive and the Lance falling in popularity as the series has progressed.
Tokuda-san’s comments on the Insect Glaive line up with senior features editor Eric Switzer’s feelings about the weapon as he previewed Monster Hunter Wilds in Japan. He felt that the Insect Glaive was significantly different from the game’s open beta test, with the weapon having a more fluid flow and better-connecting animations between attacks, noting that the Vaulting Dance is back.
The aforementioned beta test was one of 2024’s biggest gaming events, registering a peak of over 460,000 players and outperforming Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Helldivers 2. The beta also paved the way for a pair of datamines that revealed returning monsters such as the Lagiacrus, Gravios, and Gore Magala.
In our interview with the Monster Hunter Wilds team, they also shared that the game will have the much-requested hitstop at launch and that the Wire Bug or Clutch Claw could return in the future. You can read our full interview here.
The unbridled force of nature runs wild and relentless, with environments transforming drastically from one moment to the next. This is a story of monsters and humans and their struggles to live in harmony in a world of duality.
Fulfill your duty as a Hunter by tracking and defeating powerful monsters and forging strong new weapons and armor from the materials you harvest from your hunt as you uncover the connection between the people of the Forbidden Lands and the locales they inhabit.
The ultimate hunting experience awaits you in Monster Hunter Wilds.