History VideoGame / WildHearts

* SpringJump: One of the early basic karakuri you learn is a spring, which (by default) launches you horizontally and gives you a few invulnerability frames. They can be upgraded to launch you further. And since they're cheap and useful, it's easy to find your battlefields strewn with dozens of them that allow you to chain jumps together.

* DropTheHammer: Called a "mallet" in this game. They're big and, surprisingly, rather bendy.

The big difference between Wild Hearts and the ''Monster Hunter'' franchise is its building mechanics. With a system reminiscent of ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}'', players can bring up a simple submenu during gameplay to build stuff like crates and springs, which can then be combined into more complex structures to aid the player in/out of battle. For example, two pillars of three crates transforms into a wall that you can hide behind, leap off, or trick a kemono into attacking only for it to get knocked back. Building is collaborative, with one player's buildings being semi-permanent and usable by others.

* GameGourmet: There are plenty of ingredients laying around and purchasable, from meats to plants to spices and herbs. With the drying rack and pickle jar karakuri, you can whip up little delicacies that boost your stats during a hunt.

* ArtificalBrilliance: If you place certain Karakuri in the village hub, particularly the vines that allow you to zipline across places, you may occasionally find [=NPC=]s using them for themselves.

** There are also story changes that occur to the locales themselves: between chapters, one island goes from temperate to frozen-over over due to a powerful ice kemono's presence. When your main hub has several buildings destroyed during an attack, the destroyed sections remain so throughout the following hunts until rebuilding efforts are complete.

* CuteMachines: Tsukomo are little robot orbs that may or may not be sentient. They follow you around, make cute *clunk* noises, help out in fights, do little dances, and generally try to tug at your heartstrings.

* GreenAroundTheGills: Suzuran has a bout of seasickness when she travels with you by boat to the second area. It's played for comedy.

* SubsystemDamage: Like in MonsterHunter, attacking some body parts repeatedly will break them, which allows you to collect them and also reduces the monster's ability to attack with them.
* SupportPartyMember: Your Tsukomo, a little karakuri orb with sentience (?) that follows you around during single-player hunts and provides support. Their damage output isn't high, but they can distract monsters and spew out healing mist.
* UnbreakableWeapons: Unlike MonsterHunter, your weapons don't degrade, lose sharpness, or break. Any weapon you own will last you forever, regardless of how many monsters you plunge it into.

* WanderingMinstrel: Mujina appears to be this, a mysterious itinerant bard.

The game takes inspiration from the MonsterHunter franchise and is structured in a similar way. Players can take missions to hunt particular kemono, collect their body parts, and use them to craft better weapons and armor, then rinse and repeat. There are five weapon classes to pick from at the start, with more unlocked later in the game.

The big difference between Wild Hearts and the ''Monster Hunter'' franchise is its building mechanics. With a system reminiscent of VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}, players can bring up a simple submenu during gameplay to build stuff like crates and springs, which can then be combined into more complex structures to aid the player in/out of battle. For example, two pillars of three crates transforms into a wall that you can hide behind, leap off, or trick a kemono into attacking only for it to get knocked back. Building is collaborative, with one player's buildings being semi-permanent and usable by others.

* Multishot: The bow's horizontal mode fires one, then two, then three arrows in sequence.

Reception has been generally positive [[note]]not counting early review-bombings[[/note]], with most pointing out its derivative nature (whether in a good and/or bad manner), its fairly low monster count, and its numerous performance issues and bugs upon release, but also praising the building mechanic, the combat, and some Quality-of-Life features that [[MonsterHunter MonHun]] fans will appreciate.

''Wild Hearts'' is a video game for PC, Playstation 5, and Xbox Series X/S that released on February 17th of 2023. Developed by Omega Force (makers of the ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' and ''VideoGame/{{Toukiden}}'' series) and published by Creator/ElectronicArts, it's a roleplaying/action/monster hunting game set in Sengoku-era Japan with a fantasy twist, and the kemono (ie monsters) follow the familiar "animal plus element" formula -- gorillas who shoot fire, ravens that drip poison, and so on.

The big difference between Wild Hearts and the ''Monster Hunter'' franchise is its building mechanics. With a system reminiscent of VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}, players can bring up a simple submenu during gameplay to build stuff like crates and springs, which can then be combined into more complex structures to aid in/out of battle. For example, two pillars of three crates transforms into a wall that you can hide behind, leap off, or trick a kemono into attacking only for it to get knocked back. Building is collaborative, with one player's buildings being semi-permanent and usable by others.

Reception has been generally positive [[note]]outside of early review-bombings[[/note]], with most pointing out its derivative nature (good or bad), its fairly low monster count, and its numerous performance issues and bugs upon release, but also praising the building mechanic, the combat, and some Quality-of-Life features that [[MonsterHunter MonHun]] fans will appreciate.

''Wild Hearts'' is a video game for PC, Playstation 5, and Xbox Series X/S that released on February 17th of 2023. Developed by Omega Force (makers of the ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' and ''VideoGame/{{Toukiden}}'' series) and published by Creator/ElectronicArts, it's a roleplaying/action/monster hunting game set in Sengoku-era Japan with a fantasy twist, and the ''kemono'' (what the game calls its monsters) follow the familiar "animal plus element" formula -- gorillas who shoot fire, ravens that drip poison, and so on.

The game takes obvious inspiration from the MonsterHunter franchise and is structured in a smilar way. Players can take missions to hunt particular kemono, collect their body parts, and use them to craft better weapons and armor. Rinse and repeat. There are five weapon classes to pick from at the start, with more unlocked later in the game.

The big difference between Wild Hearts and the ''Monster Hunter'' franchise is its building mechanics. With a system reminiscent of VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}, players can bring up a simple submenu during gameplay to build stuff like crates and springs, which can then be combined into more complex structures. For example, once the recipe is unlocked, two pillars of three crates transforms into a wall that you can hide behind, leap off, or trick a kemono into attacking. Building is collaborative, with one player's buildings being semi-permanent and usable by others.

More complex structures, called Dragon Karakuri, include tents, campfires, forges, zip lines, giant fans, and pickle jars, amd let you customize each map. The game encourages you to place tents in certain places by reducing their cost at those locations, but beyond that, buildings don't have to be placed at certain "nodes". Each zone has its own "budget" for these Dragon Karakuri, and enhancing your budget by is a key mechanic.

Reviews on release were mid-to-high amongst professional reviewers, with most pointing out its derivative nature, its fairly low monster count, and its numerous performance issues and bugs, but praised the building mechanic, the combat, and some Quality-of-Life features that [[MonsterHunter MonHun]] fans will appreciate. User reviews were much worse.

''Wild Hearts'' is a video game for PC, Playstation 5, and Xbox Series X/S that released on February 17th of 2023. Developed by Omega Force (makers of the ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' and ''VideoGame/{{Nioh}}'' series) and published by Creator/ElectronicArts, it's a roleplaying/action/monster hunting game set in Sengoku-era Japan with a fantasy twist, and the ''kemono'' (what the game calls its monsters) follow the familiar "animal plus element" formula -- gorillas who shoot fire, ravens that drip poison, and so on.

* DeathOfAThousandCuts: Some weapons, like the bladed wasaga and claw blad, work this way.

* NonMaliciousMonster: Are kemono bad, or is living alongside them simply difficult? Suzuran even acknowledges that an early major event ([[spoiler: the Earthbreaker's attack on Minoto]]) is just the result of kemono doing what comes naturally -- expanding its territory and looking for "food."

* AbnormalAmmo: One karakuri is a sort of launcher that launches small kemono. How useful it is to you depends on how much you're willing to try and heard the little guys.

* {{BFS}}: True to genre conventions and its inspiration, there are some very big swords in this game. They're called ''nodachi'' but don't look like real nodachi -- more like giant cleavers with some embellishment.

* CuteBruiser: You're welcome to use the game's rather detailed character creator to make a very small, very cute hunter who can go the distance with giant lava monkies.

* FantasticVermin: Some of the very small, non-threatening critters are essentially just a vermin with extra bits, like a lizard whose tail is a plant, or a squirrel with flowers on its back.

* MasterOfThreads: Karakuri, when summoned, frequently look to have glowing green threads throughout, and pressing and holding the left shoulder button (on console controllers) show a path to the target monster that looks like long, waving threads. These are Divine Threads, which are identical to ''ki,'' and your character is implied to be a natural master of them, thanks to the little karakuri embedded just next to your hear. In gameplay, they're usually just called "thread."

* PowerUpFood: Like MonsterHunter, eating provides buffs that you'll want during your hunts. Most food seems to provide a bonus to your health, but other buffs include resistance to elements, more stamina, more damage, better dodges, etc.
* RainofArrows: The bow weapon has an option to fire a dozen or so arrows, all at once, in a nice high arc.

* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: The Steward of Minato ''wishes'' she could be this, and feels more than a little embarassed that her position is totally ceremonial and carries no real authority.
* SpringJump: One of the early basic karakuri you learn is a spring, which (by default) launches you horizontally and gives you a few invulnerability frames. They can be upgraded to launch you farther. And since they're cheap and useful, it's easy to find your battlefields strewn with dozens of them that allow you to chain jumps together.

''Wild Hearts'' is a video game for PC, Playstation 5, and Xbox Series X/S that released on February 17th of 2023. Developed by Omega Force (makers of the VideoGame/DynastyWarriors and VideoGame/{{Nioh}} series) and published by Electronic Arts, it's a roleplaying/action/monster hunting game set in Sengoku-era Japan with a fantasy twist, and the ''kemono'' (what the game calls its monsters) follow the familiar "animal plus element" formula -- gorillas who shoot fire, ravens that drip poison, and so on.

The big selling-point for Wild Hearts is its building mechanics. Like VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}, players can bring up a simple submenu during gameplay to build items like crates and springs, which can then be combined into more complex structures. For example, once the recipe is unlocked, two pillars of three crates each creates a wall that you can hide behind, leap off, or trick a kemono into attacking. Building is also collaborative, with one player's buildings being semi-permanent and usable by others.

More complex structures, called Dragon Karakuri, include tents, campfires, forges, zip lines, giant fans, pickle jars, and lots of decorations, let you customize each map. The game encourages you to place tents in certain places by reducing their cost at those locations, but beyond that, buildings don't have to be placed at certain "nodes". Each zone has its own "budget" for these Dragon Karakuri, and enhancing your budget by spending materials is a key mechanic.

Reviews on release were moderate, with many reviews pointing out its derivative nature, it's fairly low monster count, and its numerous performance issues and bugs. Comparisons to the very well-liked and long-running MonsterHunter series weren't good. At the same time, reviews praised the building mechanic, the combat, and some Quality-of-Life features that [[MonsterHunter MonHun]] fans will appreciate.

Not to be confused with SayonaraWildHearts.

* AttackontheHeart: It's not explicitly stated, but your first confrontation with a kemono leaves you with a wound that damages your heart. That's why the little karakuri that Mujina gives you has more-or-less fused with it.

* DeathofaThousandCuts: Some weapons, like the bladed wasaga and claw blad, work this way.
* DroptheHammer: Called a "mallet" in this game. They're big and, surprisingly, rather bendy.

* GreenAroundtheGills: Suzuran has a bout of seasickness when she travels with you by boat to the second area. It's played for comedy.
* MasterofThreads: Karakuri, when summoned, frequently look to have glowing green threads throughout, and pressing and holding the left shoulder button (on console controllers) show a path to the target monster that looks like long, waving threads. These are Divine Threads, which are identical to ''ki,'' and your character is implied to be a natural master of them, thanks to the little karakuri embedded just next to your hear. In gameplay, they're usually just called "thread."
* ParasolofPain: One weapon option is essentially a battle umbrella.

The big selling-point for Wild Hearts is its building mechanics. Like [[Fortnite]], players can bring up a simple submenu during gameplay to build items like crates and springs, which can then be combined into more complex structures. For example, once the recipe is unlocked, two pillars of three crates each creates a wall that you can hide behind, leap off, or trick a kemono into attacking. Building is also collaborative, with one player's buildings being semi-permanent and usable by others.