During its recent Spotlight event, Capcom announced that paid DLC for Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection – Additional Side Story: Rudy – is out now for $9.99. The DLC is also available through the Deluxe Edition of the base game, which comes with a host of other goodies, including layered armor and hairstyles.
As its name implies, the DLC revolves around the protagonist’s trusty Palico, Rudy. The story involves a legendary Felyne who saved the world in the past and happens to be an ancestor of Rudy’s. Said ancestor, Navirou from Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Destruction and the original Monster Hunter Stories, meets Rudy face-to-face, leading to an entirely new adventure.
As part of the DLC, players will also get to take on the cover monster for Monster Hunter World, Nergigante. Navirou seemingly has some connection with the Elder Dragon, and players will have to take it on themselves to learn more (though it can’t be used as a Monstie).
Along with this, Capcom has also revealed more details about the latest free update for Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection. Among other features, the update allows players who have already finished the story to take on a more difficult version of the final boss. New, stronger Royal Monsters will also start showing up throughout the world. This new tier of difficult monsters can be spotted thanks to a crown on their head and in the Monsterpedia.
For players looking for even more challenging encounters, the update allows Calamitous Elder Dragons and Invasive monsters to also show up as Royal Monsters as well.
The addition of Royal Monsters was announced back in March, shortly after the release of Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection on PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and Nintendo Switch 2. Producer Ryozo Tsujimoto had described them as “extremely powerful versions of monsters” that offer players “even more challenging battles.” He recommended that hunters should reach level 90 before taking these monsters on, and bring the “strongest Monsties and strategies to defeat them.”
Unlike traditional Monster Hunter games, Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection is a turn-based RPG that revolves around Riders who can befriend monsters and turn them into Monsties – a portmanteau of Monster and Bestie. In the latest entry of the Stories series, players take on the role of the royal heir of Azuria and its lone Rathalos Rider as they try to discover the secrets behind crystals taking over the environment, known only as “The Encroachment.”
This phenomenon has also caused political tensions among neighboring kingdoms, and the story is kicked off in earnest when the kingdom of Vermeil launches an invasion against Azuria despite the ruler’s sister serving as a ward and hostage. The protagonist, along with their friends, must then embark on a mission to go beyond the northern Meridian and discover the secrets behind The Encroachment and hopefully find a way to stop it.
For more details about Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection, take a look at our review, where we gave it a score of 8 out of 10.
