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A newly released trailer shows the Great Sword using “Boost Action,” a new system tied to “Ascension,” the expansion believed to be coming to Capcom’s hit action title Monster Hunter Wilds. On 5ch’s hardware/industry (Geha) board, reactions were mixed: some users were excited for the stylish new moves, while others said the animation still feels dragged down by Wilds’ original sluggish combat, raised concerns over the director being replaced by someone from the Exoprimal team, and worried about monsters being recycled. The game’s sales also became a talking point, having reached 11.4 million units sold one year after launch.

Boost Action introduction video

Boost Action [Great Sword]

Source: youtu.be / Original article here

28AnonymousSep 2, 2026 16:47

What's with this lame-looking gauge?

33AnonymousSep 2, 2026 16:49

Re: #28
Better than a health gauge that goes haywire whenever a big attack is incoming, but still lame…

*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hardware/Industry (Geha)) thread “Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascension — First Reveal of New ‘Boost Action’ Feature Video!“.

With Sony signaling plans to end PlayStation disc manufacturing in January 2028, a class-action lawsuit is underway arguing that what buyers of download games actually receive is not ownership but merely a “license to use.” According to reports, Sony’s lawyers are arguing that no “reasonable consumer” would be misled into believing they own a digital copy. On 5ch (Japan’s largest anonymous message board), the thread covering this story splits between those who say “they keep it vague because calling it a rental would kill sales” and those who counter that “other companies don’t disclose it either, so it’s unfair to single out Sony” — with the discussion eventually spilling into Japanese copyright law concepts like the distribution right and exhaustion.

As Sony signals plans to end physical PlayStation disc manufacturing in January 2028, some are calling for clearer disclosure that what buyers of digital (download) games actually hold is “merely a license to use the software, not ownership.”

Unlike a disc, digital copies can’t be lent out or resold secondhand — and if a service shuts down or something goes wrong with your account, you could lose the ability to redownload or play the game altogether. Advocates say that risk needs to be made clear to buyers.

Amid all this, reports say Sony’s lawyers argued in a class-action lawsuit over PlayStation digital game purchases that no “reasonable consumer” would mistakenly believe they “own” a digital game. Put more bluntly: if you’ve got a functioning brain, you should already know you don’t actually own it.

Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here

(“Fūrinkazan” — a famous four-character motto, “wind, forest, fire, mountain,” associated with the warlord Takeda Shingen — is this poster’s chosen handle.)

(“Shiozuke-kun,” roughly “Salted-kun,” is this poster’s chosen handle.)

*This article is compiled from excerpts and summaries of the 5ch “Hardware/Industry (Geha)” board thread “Tane: ‘Why doesn’t Sony label download games as rentals?’”

In an interview with ascii.jp, Nihon Falcom president Toshihiro Kondo revealed that the company is moving away from its previous PS5-focused release strategy and will now treat multi-platform releases as the default going forward. The shift comes after Switch and Steam versions proved effective at pulling in new players. On 5ch’s hardware/industry (Geha) board, some users welcomed the policy change, while others pointed out the contradiction of claiming to “go multi-platform” while still skipping an Xbox release — sparking debate over Xbox’s tiny market share in Japan, the limited resources of small-to-mid-size third-party developers, and Falcom’s past struggles breaking into Nintendo hardware.

— The Switch and PS5 versions of this title come bundled with a download code for ‘Trails in the Sky FC’ as a first-print/pre-order bonus. Could you tell us the story behind including that?

Also, are there any plans for HD remasters of ‘Trails in the Sky SC’ or ‘The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 3rd’ (hereafter, ‘the 3rd’)?

Kondo:

Source: ascii.jp / Original article here

*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hardware/Industry [Geha]) thread “Falcom President: “Until now we’ve focused on PS5, but going forward multi-platform releases will be the standard”.”

The Monster Hunter series has a long history of picking up insulting nicknames on 5ch’s gaming board for its various ports and spin-offs — “Busuzawa” (a jab at a past Vita port), “Buhicchi” (mocking the Switch port), and “Half-Rise” (implying Rise is a stripped-down cash-grab). This thread set out to debate whether anything could ever top those, but partway through someone brought up the new game’s actual, official product name: “Monster Hunter Wilds Premium Deluxe Edition.” Despite not being a made-up insult at all, its sheer length and pomposity had everyone laughing that it beat every nickname fans had ever invented. The thread also veered into predictions for Switch 2 sales and how Rise’s popularity stacks up against Wilds’.

*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hardware/Industry, “geha”) thread “Monhan RICE ← Will an insult ever top this?“