History VideoGame / MonsterHunterRise

''Monster Hunter: Rise'' is the second base entry in fifth generation of the ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' series. It was released worldwide on March 26, 2021 on the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, with a PC port via Steam dropping on January 12, 2022.

On December 1, 2022, it was announced that ''Rise'' was coming to Platform/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/PlayStation5, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, and Platform/XboxSeriesXAndS on January 20, 2023, with the ''Sunbreak'' expansion arriving later on April 28, 2023.

* WhamShot: After the quest that kicks off High Rank, the cast have managed to beat back the Rampage, only for an unknown flying monster to descend from the mountainside; [[spoiler: Ibushi, the Wind Serpent.]]
--> '''Minoto''': What's that!?
** ''Sunbreak'' has a chilling, non-cutscene example in the penultimate Urgent Quest before [[spoiler:[[FinalBoss Gaismagorm]].]] The quest is, strangely, to hunt a Lunagaron, a monster that'd already been the target of a previous Urgent Quest. Then you get to the Citadel and find [[spoiler: that not only is the area being swarmed by Qurio, the map is ''littered with monster corpses, and even the endemic life ''(other than any Great Wirebugs you've already planted)'' are nowhere to be found'']].

On December 1, 2022, it was announced that ''Rise'' was coming to UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/PlayStation5, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, and UsefulNotes/XboxSeriesXAndS on January 20, 2023, with the ''Sunbreak'' expansion arriving later on April 28, 2023.

On December 1, 2022, it was announced that ''Rise'' was coming to UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/PlayStation5, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, and UsefulNotes/XboxSeriesXAndS on January 20, 2023, with the ''Sunbreak'' expansion arriving later in Spring of 2023.

** Hazard Quests, introduced in Sunbreak, involve fights against a souped-up monster with significantly higher stats and an altered moveset designed to be much more challenging. If you raise your Anomaly Research level high enough, you can also unlock quests against similarly powered-up versions of the Risen Elder Dragons.
** Sunbreak's Title Update 5 introduces "Special Investigations", attainable only by reaching level 300 investigations for each associated afflicted monster. Like the EX Deviants from Generations Ultimate, these fights are intentionally overtuned with only a BraggingRightsReward for when you win.

** This game reverts the method of obtaining Decorations back to the easier pre-''World'' method, i.e. you craft Decorations with materials instead of finding them in the wild. However, since -- like in ''World'' -- having even a single Decoration for a particular skill will activate the skill, some Decorations and skills have been nerfed.

** Critical Draw has been toned down compared to previous games. The upside is that it now applies in duration form as opposed to only applying to the draw attack; the downside is that it now caps at +40% Affinity instead of giving +100%.
** Level 1 decoration slots have become less valuable in general, as just about every key skill that used to be a level 1 jewel has been bumped up to level 2 or 3. While this does make room for more quality-of-life skills in builds, it also makes it harder to fit in the important ones.
** In exchange for becoming available as a decoration, Critical Element now requires three ranks to max out, and the damage bonus caps out at 15% compared to the minimum of 25% it had in ''World''.
** Like Critical Element, Master's Touch also had to sacrifice some power to become a decoration, now only triggering on at most 80% of critical hits.

* DamageDiscrimination: Monsters currently being ridden by a Hunter will not damage other Hunters with its attacks.

* InfinityMinusOneSword: Just like in ''Icebreak'' for ''World'', ''Sunbreak'' gives your character a free set of Defender and Black Belt armor and weapons that are designed to carry you through most of the base game, but quickly become obsolete once you reach the ''Sunbreak'' content.