Monster Hunter Wilds may be on hard times, but the Pokémon-inspired Monster Hunter Stories 3 seems like it's checking every box RPG players want

I don't want to say it'd be impossible for Capcom to screw up "Monster Hunter, but Pokémon," because in the decades since Pokémon's debut on the Game Boy we've never really seen an imitator come close to its level of success. Still, combining one of Japan's other best-selling game series of all time with the hook of catching monsters instead of killing them and you've got what folks in the biz call a sure thing. With Monster Hunter Stories 3, Capcom finally seems to be giving its RPG spin-off the scope and budget it deserves to really pop off...
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