That’s as per prominent leaker Dusk Golem, who recently claimed in a series of Discord messages (via ResetEra) that Capcom will be announcing another major game before this year is over, and that the game will be releasing sometime in 2024. As per the leaker, that game isn’t going to be a Resident Evil game (previously, they have claimed that Resident Evil 9 will launch sometime in 2025).

One game that could be likely to be announced in the near future is the next mainline Monster Hunter title. In a recent video celebrating the series’ 20th anniversary, the company seemingly teased its next mainline instalment. Leaks have also claimed that the game will see a simultaneous release on Nintendo’s rumoured next-gen console.

Of course, another question is when Capcom will be making this alleged announcement. The Game Awards, scheduled for December 7, might be a suitable stage.

One of those, a known insider has claimed, will be the next mainline entry in the Monster Hunter franchise. The game was recently teased by Capcom in a video celebrating the series’ 20th anniversary. According to Universo Nintendo’s Felipe Lima, who has a track record with accurate Nintendo leaks in recent months, Monster Hunter 6 (or whatever Capcom chooses to call it), will see a launch on the next-gen Nintendo console, which is allegedly due out in the second half of 2024.

“Next mainline Monster Hunter will be released on Switch [next-gen], yes,” Lima wrote on the Famiboards forum.

Even though Monster Hunter World never came to the Nintendo Switch, Capcom has enjoyed quite a bit of critical and commercial success with Monster Hunter Rise, which originally launched as a Switch exclusive. Given the fact that recent reports have claimed the Switch’s successor will be able to output visuals comparable to PS5 and Xbox Series X/S – with support for 4K/60 FPS gameplay, DLSS, and ray tracing – it would make sense that Capcom would want to ensure that its next Monster Hunter game also hits Nintendo’s console.

Recently, Lima also claimed that Far Cry 7, which is allegedly targeting a Fall 2025 launch, will also see a simultaneous Nintendo Switch 2 release. In fact, according to another prominent insider, you can expect to see plenty of major AAA multiplatform games being announced for the Switch successor- read more on that through here.

Naturally, the publisher didn’t outright confirm that this is from the next Monster Hunter, and the armor set is generic enough to quell suspicions of being from a new monster. Nevertheless, when you consider all of the armor sets from previous titles, there’s little else this could be than the tease of a new title.

When it will be revealed remains to be seen, so stay tuned. Monster Hunter Rise is the latest mainline title in the series, with its expansion, Sunbreak, receiving its final update in Primordial Malzeno. It’s available for Nintendo Switch and PC and was recently released for PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S.

LMAO the Discord devs changed it

Monster Hunter Paradise was just a placeholder name for literally any hypothetical game pic.twitter.com/NXwNoA32Jt

— Lutyrannus・ルウティラヌス (@lutyrannus) July 24, 2022

Original story follows:

Monster Hunter saw a massive reversal in its fortunes with the launch of Monster Hunter World. While the series had always been huge for Capcom in Japan, with the 2018 game, it saw incredible global success and sustained sales. Monster Hunter Rise has launched for PC and the Nintendo Switch since then, and both games have also received a large-scale expansion each- but if you’re waiting for the next mainline Monster Hunter game that serves as a proper follow-up to World– well, we might have some interesting news on that front.

Recently, Twitter user @neonaga99 mentioned in a tweet (via ResetEra) that’s since been deleted that while using Discord’s backend while using its developer mode, they were able to access information for placeholder events scheduled for the coming months. Interestingly, one of these invited users to redeem codes for Monster Hunter Paradise. 

That process itself doesn’t actually work, of course, but the game’s name is very explicitly mentioned, while PlayStation, Xbox, and PC are all mentioned as platforms.

That a full-on follow-up to Monster Hunter World is in development isn’t exactly a bold prediction, given how well the 2018 game continues to sell. Interestingly, a Monster Hunter 6 was mentioned in Capcom’s massive ransomware leak in 2020, so clearly, a new mainline Monster Hunter game has been something the company’s planning for a while.