


She then gives the player two items – Red’s old Kinship Stone and Guardian Ratha’s egg. It turns out that Ena was a close friend of Red, the legendary rider, who is also the young rider’s grandfather. Guardian Ratha, the protector of the island, then entrusts Ena with an egg, before flying off with the other rathalos.Īfter completing a couple of story quests to learn the basics of battling and stealing eggs, the rider will finally meet Ena at Guardian Ratha’s den. Once out of their sights, Ena finds her way to Guardian Ratha’s den to meet up with the rathalos. The cinematic opening starts dramatically with a festival celebration in the village, while hunters chase after young Wyverian girl, Ena. Players start by creating an original character – a young rider from the Mahana Village. Of course, fans of the original will be pleased to see familiar characters, such as the Channeler but with better graphics. While Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin is a sequel to 2017’s Monster Hunter Stories on the Nintendo 3DS, it has a totally separate storyline and new players can jump into this without fear of missing parts of the lore. Once hatched, the baby monster will become the rider’s buddy, or Monstie, and together they will fight other monsters. Instead of hunting monsters, and killing or capturing them for research upon defeat, a rider stalks the monster back to its cave, to steal its egg while it sleeps. The Monster Hunter Stories spin-off is the J-RPG younger brother of the main Monster Hunter franchise where players take on the role of riders instead of hunters. 2021 is a good year for Monster Hunter fans, with Monster Hunter Rise out in March, followed by Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin just four months later.
