Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate Arrives For Switch On August 28, 2018

Jenni Lada

Published: May 10, 2018 08:28 am

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Nintendo Switch owners outside of Japan will be getting their first Monster Hunter game very soon. Capcom has announced Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate will arrive in the west on August 28, 2018.

Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate is an HD port of Monster Hunter XX, the expanded version of the game released on the Nintendo 3DS in March 2017. It was released on the Nintendo Switch in August 2017 as Monster Hunter XX – Nintendo Switch Ver. Some of the new additions included Ahtal-Ka, Barioth, Barroth, Valstrax and new Deviant monster variants (including for the Fated Four) being added as monsters to hunt. Some notable Deviant forms are Bloodbath Diablos, Boltreaver Astalos, Elderfrost Gammoth, Nightcloak Malfestio, Rustrazor Ceanataur and Soulseer Mizutsune. This means new equipment and quests tied to them. It also added Alchemy Style and Valor Style, as well as G Rank missions.

Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate will come to the Nintendo Switch on August 28, 2018 and be playable at E3 2018.

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Jenni Lada

Jenni is Editor-in-Chief at Siliconera and has been playing games since getting access to her parents' Intellivision as a toddler. She continues to play on every possible platform and loves all of the systems she owns. (These include a PS4, Switch, Xbox One, WonderSwan Color and even a Vectrex!) You may have also seen her work at GamerTell, Cheat Code Central, Michibiku and PlayStation LifeStyle.