Summary
- Players are using Monster Hunter Wilds’ custom stickers in… interesting ways.
- Although the stickers are mostly humorous, there’s concern over potential moderation issues.
- Wilds previously failed to censor racist and offensive usernames.
Monster Hunter Wilds is a roaring success for Capcom, peaking at over 1.4 million players on Steam despite the well-documented performance issues on PC.
An interesting feature of Monster Hunter Wilds is the ability to create stickers for use in-game. You can combine the game’s roster of stickers with custom text. You can probably see where this is going. Capcom’s rudimentary swear filter may stop the most offensive words from appearing on the screens of players, but stopping the Internet from creating inappropriate stickers is a Sisyphean task.
A Creative Use of Stickers…
Numerous videos have cropped up of some of the sticker combinations players have created. OutsiderGames has compiled some of the more humorous stickers on TikTok (above).
I’m a particular fan of the sticker that depicts a palico with its first raised in the air, as if they’re rocketing off to space. The felyne is calling all 1.4 million Monster Hunter Wilds players to action with a universal rallying cry: “Let’s goon!”. Truly a universal motivator for all of the brave hunters currently facing down gargantuan monsters.
Another depicts a hunter saluting with the caption “Trump killed Epstein.” A fairly benign sticker, but you can see the potential for less harmless political rhetoric to be spread using this mechanic. Just wait until you start hearing about the legions of unsuspecting people who were radicalised by Monster Hunter Wilds stickers.
Another sticker shows a hunter holding a love heart that reads “Feet Pics?” and another depicts a figure with open-palmed hands outstretched, with the caption “Lemme Squeeze.” I imagine these solicitations will become a trend with Wilds’ stickers.
Although mostly harmless, this sticker system is indicative of the ongoing poor moderation of Monster Hunter Wilds. It’s not a problem for solo players, but multiplayer players could be exposed to things they aren’t comfortable with. For example, there’s evidence that Wilds failed to censor racist and offensive usernames during its beta.
For now, it appears that players are just having fun with the sticker system, but it will be interesting to see if Capcom tries to introduce some form of moderation to the system.
- Released
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February 28, 2025
- ESRB
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T For Teen // Violence, Blood, Crude Humor