Over the offbeat Monster Hunter Rise, Monster Hunter Wilds represents a more direct follow-up to Monster Hunter World, the breakout hit that catapulted a long-niche series to global stardom. That success was validating, according to longtime series producer Ryozo Tsujimoto, and he believes the lessons Capcom learned from World's record-shattering turnout, which now represents over 25% of the total sales of this 20-year-old series, have put Wilds in a much better position to capitalize on its newfound audience.
Speaking with The Guardian, Tsujimoto says "it was a challenge to bring the series to a global level that it hadn’t had up to that point. There are certain things you have to have in place to be a global level hit that we previously hadn’t been doing."
