GameTech: Monster Hunter Rise makes an impressive jump to Nintendo Switch 

The latest instalment of the Monster Hunter franchise provides hours of fun gaming, and is well worth a go on Switch if you can't wait until the PC version becomes available later in the year 

A scene from Monster Hunter Rise. 

Have you been keeping track of Capcom’s most successful game franchise? These days, that isn’t Street Fighter, or even Resident Evil. It’s Monster Hunter, a series that has risen from acquired taste to, well, acquired by millions.

At 16m copies sold, Monster Hunter World was a huge hit, but the next entry in the series has skipped PlayStation and Xbox consoles and instead gone to Nintendo Switch. It’s called Monster Hunter Rise – and as expected, it has risen up the charts like it’s on a wirebug.