Wild Hearts trailer shows off Koei Tecmo’s Monster Hunter-like
EA and Koei Tecmo debuted the first full-length Wild Hearts trailer, showcasing the action RPG’s gorgeous, colorful world and some of the beautiful and deadly creatures you can expect to find in it.
Your goal in Wild Hearts is taming, well, the wild. The trailer’s narrator says the world has slid into ruin thanks to the Kemono, monsters the size of small mountains and creatures with electrified manes and breath of fire who roam the wilderness of Azuma unchecked. That’s where you step in.
While Wild Hearts undoubtedly takes inspiration from Capcom’s hit series Monster Hunter, Koei Tecmo is doubling down on combat. Familiar weapons such as longswords and bows turn up in the trailer, but with a twist. The narrator says you have an inventive spirit and, over time, you create new combat aids – things such as wooden bombs, towers infused with electricity, and elaborate traps to corner your foes.
How you go about developing these didn’t come up in the trailer, but it did show what looks to be a unique take on weapons as well. Swords infused with lightning and other elements are no stranger to Monster Hunter, but in Wild Hearts, the main character wielded not just an electric katana, but one with a segmented blade. Other modified weapons also made an appearance, so it seems there’s more to Wild Hearts’ combat than initially meets the eye.
Wild Hearts is set to release Feb. 17, 2023, for consoles, excluding Nintendo Switch, and PC.
Written by Josh Broadwell on behalf of GLHF