- Sorta confirmed. In the second demo, we can see that Magnamalo "activates" different parts of its body, doing stronger attacks with that body part, much like the Hyper mechanic from Generations.
- Snake Wyvern based off the Tsuchinoko.
- Fanged Beast based off the Baku.
- Fanged Beast/Elder Dragon based off the Kitsune.
- Mizutsune fits the bill for a Kitsune-themed monster, but is a Leviathan and a returning monster.
- Elder Dragon based off of Orochi.
- Fanged Beast based off of the Nue.
- Bird Wyvern based off of a Tengu.
- Close. Bishaten is based off the tengu, but it's a Fanged Beast instead of a Bird Wyvern.
- Leviathan based off of an Umibozu.
- The Monksnail, while not a fightable monster, takes the role of the Umibozu, being a creature that looks like a massive water drop rising out of the sea with bioluminscent lights on its shell that resemble Glowing Eyes of Doom. Even its name alludes to the yokai, with Umibozu literally meaning "Sea Monk."
- Confirmed. It's Wind Serpent Ibushi, seeking out its mate Thunder Serpent Narwa. The sound frequency of their communication is driving the other monsters crazy.
- Nerscylla — To compete with the new Wirebug mechanic.
- Mizutsune — Due to the Japanese-style new town.
- Oh fuck yeah he's back!
- Amatsu — Same as above, and the Wirebugs could provide new ways to attack it.
- Sunbreak Title Update 5 brought this bad boy back. Can you weather the storm?!
- Ahtal-Ka — Would fit with the Wirebug theme.
- Zinogre — Would also fit with the Japanese/youkai theme of this generation's monsters, being based off of a raiju. It would likely come in a potential G/Master Rank expansion, since those tend to bring Zinogre back.
- Why wait? It's coming with the initial release.
- Gore/Shagaru Magala — One of the latest trailers showed that Apex Monsters can appear in the Rampage, so it's not too much of a stretch to assume that the Frenzy Virus - and therefore the Magala family of monsters - isn't too far behind.
- Apex Monsters in this game are not the same as in 4/4U and aren't related to the Frenzy Virus. In Japanese, they even have a different name - Nushi, meaning Boss or Master, rather than Extreme. They're also limited to a very small number of monsters, specifically Arzuros, Rathian, and Mizutsune at release with Rathalos, Diablos and Zinogre planned for the future major updates.
- Took 'til Sunbreak, but he's coming back. Get your Nulberries ready!
- Valstrax — The new vertical freedom introduced with this game would pair well with the Argent Comet's battle style of using its wings like jetpacks.
- Bazelgeuse — There's a suspicious lack of "invader" monsters in this game, so why not bring back the one all the World players dreaded the most?
- He's back. Shit.
- Deviljho — It is stated that Magnamalo uses the Rampage to feed itself, it wouldn't be surprising if this large gathering of monsters sooner or later gets the attention of a very large and MUCH hungrier pickle.
Alternatively, the "kingdom" she claims to come from is actually the Hunter's Guild, which hasn't really had much presence in this game as all the other NPCs in the game that we've seen are Kamura locals.
- The Hunter's Guild is treated in-lore as a multi-national organization with various communes, kingdoms, republics, and other nations scattered throughout the world. It's quite likely she's from an actual kingdom. Given the style of her clothing, it's possible there's some connection to Yogomi, who is a long-lost member of a noble family from a distant kingdom as well...
- Confirmed, well the part about the Kingdom Rondine comes from being where the expansion takes place.
- A spinoff of this theory: Rise is a Stealth Prequel to Portable 3rd.
- Possible though unlikely due to Rise being implied to take place in the Old World but featuring monsters from the New World.
Kagero's character and past is shrouded in mystery but we find out a few things about him over the course of the main campaign through dialogue with him and other villagers: Firstly, Kagero is not native to Kamura and originally arrived some time ago in a critical condition and his life was saved by Zenchi the Doctor (the Felyne who is seen with him on sale days). Master Hojo is said to have been the one to mentor him when he started his career as a merchant, meaning he was not already a salesman back then before he came to Kamura. Kagero himself lets slip on a few occasions that he likely has knowledge and training with weapons frin the past, and update 2.0 has him challenge the player with a request hunt after which he almost blurts out something implying that it could have been a hunting request that somehow made its way to him but he chose to pass it off to us so he'd never have to take up arms himself again.
Kagero being so determined to leave his past behind him could be more than simply a retiree trying to live a peaceful life. Something big must have happened to cause Kagero to not only retire but also choose to live in anonymity for the rest of his life - like ending up in a foreign rural village in critical condition with a baby in tow. The exact circumstances of why and how he ended up like this and Yomogi's original family are still up in the air, but perhaps it's also linked to Kagero's retirement and decision to keep his face hidden from everyone. Perhaps Kagero is concerned with being recognized in case people link him to the incident and ask uncomfortable questions of not only him but also Yomogi, and he feels it's safer that way.
- Kagero's face is apparently hidden because he sustained a rather nasty wound to the face which has since turned into a prominent scar, which if corroborated by several of the older members of the village. While he may indeed by the Wyverian who brought Yomogi to the village, his reason for hiding his face is known. It's possible that other members of the village don't know the truth, and while Hojo and Fugen may know for sure who he is, they took the opportunity for the little-known recluse hunter to start a new life unnoticed. For the rest of the villagers, that one hunter just kind of disappeared one day, and a while later a new merchant with quirky habits decided to show up.
Whatever happens, this will be the True Final Boss of the game. This will play out in one of three ways:
- A: The Kamura Hunter & company will arrive just before Narwa gives birth/hatches her egg. This newborn serpent will have the combined powers of both its parents and will fight you immediately after being born, much like Xeno'jiiva.
- B: The Serpents will undergo a Fusion Dance; either a metaphorical one where the two's powers are combined like the Seltas and Seltas Queen, or a literal one where Narwa absorbs Ibushi and powers herself up
- C: The process of mating will somehow enhance Narwa, either merely by performing the mating rituals with Ibushi or by carrying the baby.
- It's B. After Ibushi comes to harm, he flees to Narwa, who then eats him and absorbs his powers.
... In that it protects the ecosystem from bigger, scarier things than itself.
In the lore of Rise, the Rampage has happened before and (apparently) steamrolled right through a woefully unprepared Kamura Village. Magnamalo was also part of that devastation, but the fact that there were no reports of Ibushi and Narwa indicates that something must have happened so that their mating didn't go off without a hitch. Additionally, Magnamalo creates its hellfire from eating prey, meaning it must feed to grow stronger.
Perhaps Magnamalo fed on the Rampage in order to gain enough power to stop Ibushi and Narwa, or at least prevent most of their offspring from reaching adulthood. This would explain it jumping in to fight Narwa the Allmother after she absorbs Ibushi's power, only to lose. Due to the village being more prepared as well as the Kamura Hunter's interference, it wasn't strong enough to take her on, but with the Hunter's guidance it can still inflict some major damage on her.
Since Narwa and Ibushi are one of the few monsters that can be considered truly sapient, it would make sense they might have some sort of parallel to human mental disorders. We know from the Relic Records that previous Rampages only lasted temporarily, and previous Narwa and Ibushi couples went their separate ways after the deed was done. Our Narwa, however, declared herself a goddess and made the Rampage last indefinitely in an attempt to Take Over the World, if not the universe, then consumed Ibushi to become the Allmother when he failed to stop the Kamura Hunter. So it's not too much of a stretch to assume she might not be all there.
Narwa has always have the genes for wind-controlling organs like Ibushi has, it's just those organs are dormant but can be activated by drinking some special chemicals within Ibushi's body, said chemicals will in turn react with chemicals within Narwa's body, activating her wind organs (signified by the bright spots at Narwa's belly) and enhancing her electric organs, allowing her to use wind-based attack and strengthening her electrical attack.
- Within the Monster Hunter lore, Dragon energy is considered an anomaly to all known science. It is created and manipulated through biological means, but how that comes to be and why it seems to affect certain monsters and their powers, specifically weakening or sealing away their elemental energies, is completely unknown. It also has the unusual ability to cause mutations in living organisms that then get expressed immediately rather than just through their offspring. For example, Deviljho is said to have eaten so many Elder Dragon corpses that the gradual accumulation of Dragon energy over its lifetimes gives it the ability to use Dragon energy itself. So Narwa absorbing Ibushi's Dragon energy doesn't stand out as odd in-setting. It's more likely that the male and female members of their species express genes differently, and that by absorbing Ibushi's Dragon energy she was able to activate the variation that she normally lacks. Having it triggered by an unknown chemical within Ibushi's body would actually be more complicated and less in-line with similar abilities seen in other monsters.
We've already seen the water-based Amatsu from Portable 3rd, the wind-based Ibushi that can also use the dragon element, and the thunder-based Narwa. So if such an expansion were to happen, or even just a totally different Monster Hunter game directed by Ichinose in a future generation or as a spinoff, it would follow that there will be two more similar dragons that use fire and ice to complete the elemental pentalogy.
- Jossed, the closest thing we get to this is Aurora Somnacanth and Magma Almudron, and even then, they're just apex-tier leviathans.
Minoto believes that many foreign countries will seek out Kamura Hunter after their work in stopping the Rampage is finished. Rondine and her company has revealed that her Queen is interested in inviting Kamura Hunter over. It is possible that the expansion will be about the Hunter receiving quests from the Queen herself.
- The preview for Sunbreak shows an unknown Elder Dragon shows it landing on European-inspired ruins, which could be seen as solid evidence that it will involve this much-hinted kingdom.
- The newest trailer from The Game Awards 2021 has the player being escorted by Rondine's sister to a new location named Elgado which appears to have a more European aesthetic. She does however refer to Elgado as an outpost, meaning it might not necessarily be located in their home kingdom (although it's also possible to have outposts within one's own country that are stationed far away from the main military base, such as in remote areas or coastlines like Elgado is shown to occupy).
- Confirmed when Sunbreak released.
As per its description, "Within this jewel from the Allmother dance father wind and mother lightning", it has the essence of both Ibushi and Narwa, what shapes like an orb and has the essence of both parents? A newly fertilized egg that hasn't the chance yet to form an embryo. Also it refers to Ibushi and Narwa as father and mother, respectively.
- Confirmed. The March 2022 Digital Event shows that Lunagaron goes on its hind legs when enraged.
- Jossed. Malzeno's only two ailments are dragonblight and bloodblight.
- Confirmed. The final boss, Gaismagorm, is called the Archdemon of the Abyss and is essentially Satan as an Elder Dragon.
