Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin Announced For Summer 2021 Release On Nintendo Switch

Today’s most recent Nintendo Partnered Direct Mini already kicked off strong with the announcement of one Monster Hunter entry set to arrive this spring for the Nintendo Switch, Monster Hunter Rise. The game is posed to be a definitive mainline installment for the Capcom-developer franchise and answers to the cries many Switch fans have been asking for since Monster Hunter World never arrived to the system.

Following the announcement, Capcom shares that was not the only Monster Hunter title coming to the platform later in 2021. In that, the firm disclosed that a new release for the Monster Hunter Stories subgenre will also be taking a new release later on in mid 2021. The series originated as a Nintendo 3DS entry later arrived to Android and iOS under a year after the game shipped.

Announcing Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin, the newest entry is illustrated to be a continuation of the 2017 title. You can watch the announcement trailer in the video below:

“Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin puts players in the role of a Monster Rider who befriends iconic monsters from the Monster Hunter series as they embark on epic adventures together,” the brief synapse for the game given by Nintendo reads. In tow for the summer scheduled release for Monster Hunter Stories 2, Nintendo states that more information will be spared later on leading to the launch for the game.

As for the current installment in series, Monster Hunter World, the game’s chances for a Nintendo Switch port is not on the table according to Capcom. While ambitious, the firm tells that the game “can’t be done on Switch”, then referencing that a new entry will be developed specifically for the hybrid handheld console: that happening to be Monster Hunter Rise. You can read the full report by heading here.

Are you excited to continue the story of Monster Hunter Stories next year?

Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin is coming to Nintendo Switch sometime in Summer 2021.

Source: Nintendo