Summary
- A streamer impresses the community by battling a creature with the musical Hunting Horn in Monster Hunter Wilds while using a saxophone controller.
- The Hunting Horn has become a popular song-playing blunt weapon, capable of mixing powerful hits with rhythmic melodies.
- A second open beta for Monster Hunter Wilds was extended by 24 hours after the PSN outage, and the game is set for release on February 28, 2025.
A streamer has shared their comical battle against a creature in Monster Hunter Wilds by using a unique, musical weapon in-game. To add to the feat, the player also used a saxophone as a controller, which has unanimously impressed the community. Monster Hunter Wilds‘ Hunting Horn has become a popular song-playing blunt weapon to use during the game’s beta test, capable of mixing powerful hits with rhythmic melodies and designed to look like a saxophone that has seen better days.
Monster Hunter Wilds is the successor main title to 2018’s Monster Hunter: World, and is scheduled to be released on February 28, 2025. One of the defining features of the new entry is the various biomes on offer within the open world and the Seikret mount, which allows players to carry two weapons while hunting. As a bonus for fans, Monster Hunter Wilds has extended its second open beta by 24 hours on all platforms. This decision came after the prolonged PSN outage on February 8 caused major disruptions to players for the entire day, and the game’s second beta test will now conclude on February 17.
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Posted on Twitter by DrDootPhD, the streamer shared a 36-second video with their followers, in response to the community asking if they would use a saxophone controller to wield the Hunting Horn in-game. The streamer is seen delivering a series of well-timed blows to the Chatacabra monster, while elegantly playing their real-life saxophone, similar to one The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild player who beat the final boss using an ocarina controller, a popular quirk among the Zelda community.
Monster Hunter Wilds Player Battles Chatacabra With a Saxophone Controller
The Twitter community showered the streamer with praise for the amazing battle, and some fans hoped the player would eventually share how to set up the keybinds for it. The player encouraged them to stay tuned. In addition to the saxophone controller, gamers have used interesting items as controllers for a very long time, including one Elden Ring player that used a retro Bop-It toy as a controller, and Monster Hunter fans were excited to use the Hunting Horn as their weapon of choice once the game debuts its full release.
Just over two weeks away from the action-RPG’s launch, Capcom has released the PC benchmark and updated spec requirements for Monster Hunter Wilds to prepare players for the best experience possible. The PC benchmark is currently free to download on Steam and the revised spec list covers everything fans need to know, from the minimum graphics card requirements to presets for 1440p and 4K resolutions.
- Released
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February 28, 2025
- ESRB
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T For Teen // Violence, Blood, Crude Humor