Summary
- The hype for Monster Hunter Wilds is real, and gamers are currently going through the beta ahead of its February release.
- That said, when the game does release, players will only be able to edit their Hunter or Palico once for free.
- After that, additional edits will presumably cost a small fee, similar to other modern Monster Hunter games.
Just 18 days separate gamers from the next major February release, Monster Hunter Wilds. Originally unveiled in 2023 at The Game Awards, Wilds is the next big entry in Capcom’s popular action RPG series.
Currently, the game is in its second beta testing phase, and Capcom recently confirmed that it will be extending the second week of the beta by an additional 24 hours, on account of PSN being down over the weekend.
That said, in more unfortunate news, it appears that the next Monster Hunter game is continuing a rather troubling trend — charging for the ability to edit your character.
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As first spotted by Games Radar, a recent tweet from the Japanese Monster Hunter Wilds account indicates that players will be granted one free token to edit their Hunter and an additional free token to edit their Palico.
It’s unclear exactly how much it will cost to edit your character after that, but if past Monster Hunter titles are any indication, it should run players around $2.99 for a single edit voucher.
It’s a rather unfortunate trend that has impacted players of the most recent MH games. In Monster Hunter: World, the PlayStation store has listings for one, two or three character edit vouchers, with Rise, as well as the Iceborne expansion pack also following suit. Even the lighthearted RPG, Stories, has paywalled the ability to edit a character.
In other words, it’s almost assuredly par for the course when it comes to the modern Monster Hunter experience. Still, that hasn’t precluded fans of the franchise from calling out the practice. “Why not just let players make their characters the way they want?” one player wrote in response. “To make that extremely limited is just nonsensical.” They’re not wrong, but that’s just the reality we live in.
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