After Street Fighter, Monster Hunter Wilds is Primed for…

As Monster Hunter Wilds travels down its post-launch roadmap, the game continues serving the many hunters that have stuck with it since its successful launch. Despite initial worries that Monster Hunter Wilds would be light on endgame content, a sizable portion of the player base has stuck around to enjoy the first Title Update, and now an additional major update that rounds out spring. Preliminary information on the summer-bound Title Update 2 has already been announced, so there is plenty more monster-hunting action to look forward to, even before Wilds’ expected expansion arrives.

That interstitial patch deserves highlighting as well, since Capcom has rolled out the red carpet for Monster Hunter Wilds’ first crossover. Fellow Capcom title Street Fighter 6 has lent MH Wilds some cosmetic content, but the real star of the show is Akuma, one of Street Fighter’s most popular series regulars. This antagonistic martial artist has moved to the Monster Hunter universe as not just a layered armor set, but as himself, complete with special battle actions that Monster Hunter has never seen before. Because of this, the idea of future MH Wilds crossovers is even more exciting, and Capcom has the perfect franchise ready to fulfill this potential: Dragon's Dogma.

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By Liam Ferguson

Monster Hunter Wilds and Dragon’s Dogma Seem Made For Each Other

Capcom has made extensive use of its large library of intellectual property in past Monster Hunter cosmetic collabs, but one modern franchise has surprisingly been absent from the festivities so far. Dragon's Dogma is the one other series in Capcom's library that is a dead ringer for Monster Hunter’s sibling series, sharing significant influences in their battle mechanics and aesthetic. Monster Hunter has more abstract anime influences, and Dragon’s Dogma emphasizes going on more involved RPG adventures, but both inevitably end up with parties of diverse combatants taking down giant monsters, and that deserves to be acknowledged.

What Would Go Into An MH-Dragon’s Dogma Crossover

If the Street Fighter crossover is any indication of how Monster Hunter Wilds’ crossovers are intended to play out, there's a lot of fun MH could have in bringing in Dragon’s Dogma elements. DD’s Pawns, Rook in particular, could show up as quest NPCs and assistant hunters in the crossover’s quests, and at least one notable layered armor set with a burning hole over the chest representing DD’s Arisen could be the reward. Other additions like Handler and Palico outfits, accessories, and gestures would come as well, but the main event would have to come in the crossover’s gameplay.

How Monster Hunter Wilds Could Recreate Parts of Dragon’s Dogma

Monsters And Hunters Alike Can Emulate Dragon’s Dogma

Thanks to their shared concept of monster-hunting in an open world, there are many ways that Monster Hunter Wilds could adapt Dragon’s Dogma into a special quest. Lowballing it, Monster Hunter could set up a quest paralleling a hunt for DD’s titular Dragon, likely ending with some kind of Elder Dragon confrontation. Matching Akuma’s special actions, players can either gain cooperative moves akin to what an Arisen can do with their Pawns, or they can gain access to a few combos and abilities from Dragon’s Dogma 2’s Mystic Spearhand Vocation. However, this is, again, the more subdued result.

If Capcom wants to get audacious with this crossover, it can pull a Monster Hunter World move and bring in an entire guest monster as the climax of a distinct endgame quest chain. The Dragon is, once again, a good candidate, but even sporting a special gimmick that allows players to climb on it like in Dragon’s Dogma, it risks being too similar to Monster Hunter’s own Fatalis and equivalent Elder Dragons. Plenty of other candidates are available, including a Hydra, the Gazer, or even Daimon from Dragon's Dogma's Dark Arisen expansion. No matter what Monster Hunter Wilds incorporates, a Dragon's Dogma crossover would work too well to pass up.