My brain is tellin me that its time to re-watch a 2 and a half hour series on a game I've never played

1:38:51 "didn't have much differences from your typical zinogre" shows a slam with a mile long radius

"Some of these monsters made it over Like lavasioth and hypnocotriece." And in modern days we can add espinas too.

Now that Espinas is in Sunbreak, I'm reallly REALLY hoping we get a few more monsters from Frontier. There were so many unique designs!

The smithy for this universe must have been Hephaestus, because turning all these godlike creatures into weapons to kill other god like creatures must've been pretty stressful... like I can just imagine you bringing him the carcas of guan zarumu and imagine him going "Im f*cking tired of making weapons from gods fiver"

54:45 I like how wind progression goes something like: 1) A short stun. 2) A longer stun. 3) An incredibly long stun. 4) Throwing you across the map. 5) Straight up killing you.

Having zero knowledge of Frontier before now, I am genuinely upset mainline never got the Tonfa weapon! They look and sound really fun along with adding a fast blunt option.

Neat, now I don't have to worry about autoplay screwing up my Frontier stuff.

"The Frontier series had controversial monster design because they weren't as grounded" Me: Aww well they can't be that bad! Look at that new elder he looks so g- "Now what if this new monster was a purple monkey who wielded a gunlance and had the face of a MH developer?" Me: ...what?

After watching this series, I have a new respect for this game. I wish there was some way to play it.

As a Korean who had a chance to experience Frontier first-hand, Espinas is still my all time favorite monster in the series due to how threatening it is. How the monster transitions into phases is very interesting, because at first the monster don't even acknowledge you while you are slashing him. That is up until a threshold where he get super mad and his charge speed becomes like a freaking jet. So, the only way to dodge is the fly jumping. Good times.

Me: *playing MHRise* hmm i wonder if there was something i could listen in the background while i hunt for the next couple of hours SuperRAD:

Had to come rushing back to this video after the announcement. It’s a great day to be a monster Hunter fan

Watching this after Espinas gets revealed for Monster Hunter Rise hits different

Cant wait for MH Online next and Explore

New SunBreak trailer made me rewatch my favorite yearly vídeo

I love that feeling of dread you get after fainting over and over again to a difficult monster than eventually after a good amount of tries you finally beat it and you feel amazing. When a monster crushes your will to play but you keep trying again and again until you crush it, is what monster hunter is to me.

Inagami actually had a third feature: its kickass theme

I really deadass played this while grinding magnamalo parts at like 2am in the morning 10/10 content my dude

Props to you, this must’ve taken a looooot of work and research to gather all this info. On a side note from the outside looking in, frontier just looks like a clusterfuck of content. I wonder how long it would take for you to start from the very beginning and see EVERYTHING

"Weapon length I could see in the mainline series" bruh you showed dual blades that were long sword length, that was ridiculous, i hope to baby jesus that never comes to mainline.

To be honest a lot of the "Base" monsters from frontier were pretty solid. It was just when they started making things like "uber black demon rathian with god nukes" that everything started getting ridiculous. Seriously, some of the creatures in frontier had more particle effects then a damn bullet hell boss by the end.

How many monsters do you want in this game? "Yes"

I started with Tri. And was obsessed as a kid. When I found out about MHF, Ray Gougarf and Lolo Gougarf were being released. I remember looking at their designs and over the top fight and going "wow this looks amazing, I hope it comes to console". I never did play MHF, but all the monsters were so cool looking, the fights looked absolutely brutal, but thats was the appeal I got out of it. It's a shame I'll never be able to play it. But then again, I wouldn't have the time to nowadays...

one thing i absolutely adore about Frontier is their absolutely beautiful armor designs. *almost* everything had such an mmo feel to them but they were all so awesome to look at

So weird, this dude makes really good videos, and gets a ton of views 90.9k subscribers. Love watching your MH videos.

Rewatching after fighting Espinas in Sunbreak really makes me hope we see Akura Vashimu or other frontier monsters soon

I've watched your series on this like five times but the fact you have condensed it like this is great, perfect background noise while farming on Rise. To this day this series is the only part of MH I've not played. People can't say nothing about how crazy the frontier monsters are now because Rise has some interesting ones 🤣 Keep up the good work man

MHF is the perfect example of judging something before you try to get to know it. I hated it because of the designs but after this video, I have huge respect for this game. Getting to know about it's history and what it's been through, I can say that the designs don't bother me anymore. This game has many so many features, cool monsters, content, amazing armor designs and weapon designs, new gameplay elements, and much more. It's not a Monster Hunter game but if you can see and get past comparing it to other things, it would much easier for you to like it or at least respect it.

I used to be one of those people who thought all of frontier's monster designs were terrible, but after watching this, there are so many I'd love to see in the main series.

11:05 thats just dual longswords!

"I'm putting a lot of effort in saying Zee instead of Zed" Every canadian and french player approving...

Imma sleep to this then watch it about 5 more times while playing rise later

Who else watching this now that Espinas got confirmed for Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak

Nice work on compiling all of this together. Besides MH Freedom and Tri, Monster Hunter Frontier played an important role in of making me a fan of this series. Because of the influence it had, I hope that I can one day experience what this game has to offer in some way, whether it's bringing over the monsters to the mainline games or they make some spinoff series(Hopefully released internationally).

I would love to see frontier monsters make it into more MH games

Man this movie long videos are just what I needed to pass these 2 hours

I really liked how over the top Frontier was, shame it's oficially dead now

The theme for this series is basically "but faster and stronger"

Espinas confirmed for Sunbreak time to watch this again lmao.

Can’t wait for my favorite flagship monster to return. Thought it was over for frontier, glad a new generation can finally fight espinas

if u are were today, we all know the reason Welcome to mainline espinas!

Now im sad and mad, it sucks that this game never came to the west and now its unplayable. I hope it gets revived.

gotta love the fact this video is only 1 hour shorter than his compil of the ENTIRE MH SERIES.I mean CMON. Frontier alone had more than 2/3 of the ENTIRE SERIES’s worth of content !

Not the insult the video or anything (I often actively watch it as well because I like Frontier and your "documentaries") but I trained myself to fall asleep in three minutes or so to this particular video. I'm doing this for about three months already, you literally helped me sleep while my finals, thank you for this Superrad

Damn, really sad I could never play this, and it seems I probably won’t get the chance to. I honestly love the crazy over the top style of this mh game and wish there was a western alternative. I would have loved to put all my time and effort into a singular mh title as well, with mountains of content, I love the gigantic scale of progression. Really hope something like this happens again.

hate it that we never got the chance to experience this masterpiece

Love how they added so much from frontier ideal wise to the mainline games and side games. I know folks rag on frontier but it had alot of great things I would like in the mainline games like tonfas because tonfas cool and fave weapon.

Even though I've never played this part of the series, I gotta say I actually love how they turned the crazy element up to eleven, and gave us some of the most awesome Elder Dragons ever: Laviente - Not an Elder Dragon, but a Dalamadur-sized, ecosystem-eating colossus that is fought by up to 16 people at once, and comes in three different varieties: Normal, Violent and Berserk. Duremudira - Also technically not an Elder Dragon. Guardian of the Sky Corridor, Kushala copy and possible remnant of the Ancient Civilization. Shan'Tien - An epic cross between Lagiacrus, Amatsu and with a bit of Fatalis. Four phases, each with its own theme, with the last being ABSOLUTELY GODLY. Garuba Daora - Kushala, but with gold dust and crystals too. Dhisufiroa - Alatreon, but more specialized and more awesome. Three phases, each with awesome themes and it even plays dead. Harudomerugu - LIQUID METAL DRAGON. Unknown (Black Rathian) - The queen(?) of rage and hatred. Its Solstice theme actually OPENS with the "Quest Failed" music. Guanzoromu - A regal dragon that literally commands lesser wyverns called Egyurasu to fight alongside it - at least until it starts its second phase by eating one and powering up. Zenith White Fatalis - Possibly the original Elder Dragon. Its ultimate attack is so powerful that it doesn't cart you...it VAPORIZES you. What's worse, the only way to even face it is to survive the Hunter's Road. I hope some of these guys are moved over to the main series like Lavasioth was...

From time to time i come back to rewatch the monster hunter videos. Great beside playing monster hunter

Double posting to comment on the end of the video where they say "things are cherry picked from Frontier with no credit to the original." The Espinas trailer for Sunbreak was called "A New Frontier." Hopefully whatever internal culture is at Capcom is changing?

Only 1 year later we got Espinas in Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak!

I heard about this 8 years ago and ALWAYS wondered what it was and where you could get it.... this video is finally brought me closure

This really makes me appreciate what monster Hunter world did for the franchise in making it popular in the US. After seeing everything that was in frontier I would hate to miss another game like it just because of it being Japan exclusive

When home resonance kicks in Non-jokey comments aside, I found you recently based on your NV retrospective, now watched all your retrospectives and have moved onto these monster hunter vids, I have never even played Monster Hunter :D

If you're looking for people who played MHOnline, I still have most of the core English community on Discord, and I'm sure most of us would be happy to help :)

I like how every time we see someone with a long sword they are never attacking the tail

I cannot wait to watch this whole thing! The next couple hours are going to be great 👍🏻

A paired monster that never leaves each other’s side and fights the hunter together is a really cool idea I hope the MH team will explore more in the future. We already got something like this with the great izuchi and his minions, imagine how epic it would be for the flagship monster of gen 6 to be a carapaceon that can molt from its exoskeleton during the fight and the shell becomes another monster with its own unique attacks and behavior.

I was lucky enough to play this when it was available on the ps3, (Taiwanese Version of course). I miss this game so much and its sad it wasn't brought to the west. It definitely would've lasted a lot longer with Western support.

Hypnoc and Lavasioth were actually a joint creation from the normal MH team and Frontier for the main series however they were added for Frontier first. So technically they were supposed to be in normal MH first and then Frontier second. Espinas was also supposed to be in MHFU alongside these two. At least that's what I heave heard anyway.

by now you can actually play it again, which is so cool

I would like if they made a more mmo like Monster Hunter like Frontier again. One with timed events like World to go along main series.

SUPER late to the party, but my main buzzkill with Frontier was its control scheme. Instead of WASD or arrow keys or just... any keybinding to 'move left/right/forward/back', they made the mouse like a god damn steering wheel. Moving the mouse left or right would rotate a compass on the bottom of your screen, then moving it up or down would move your hunter toward or opposite the direction of the compass. like... I didn't even interact with any NPCs, I went looking for an option to change this, couldn't figure out the japanese (and my translation software refused to even see it), and bailed.

These videos are honestly amazing. It's so nice to be able to learn so much about my favorite series and see all the different monsters that we might not see in a long time. Love the videos man so informative

Time to rewatch this masterpiece

Amazing effort thanks you all involved

I really hope a new frontier game gets made I miss it

I hope we get a video based on MH Online as I know nothing about it

You've earned yourself a subscription from me. I've been on a MH kick with the release of Rise, reading about old games, wanting to go back and finally play Generations Ultimate, and even considering giving the original a shot. And Frontier has always mystified me ever since I first stumbled upon it doing research back when I first got into the series. It was great to finally learn a bit more about the game that always seemed like the most strange and mysterious part of the series. And I gotta say, a lot of the issues with the game, such as the endless escalation in both monster and player power, seem like mostly symptoms of being an MMO. Without a regular reset between games, you have no choice but to build higher and higher. But that said, this also seems to have given the game a lot of really unique features that it's a shame that it's now dead. It's also disappointing to hear that it's unlikely that the content will ever come over to mainline MH. The recent games have felt like they could use, say, some new weapons, and Tonfas + Magnet Spikes would be a good additon. Back in the day I always thought Tonfas seemed too flashy, but frankly they'd fit in fine in a post-MHW era.

Thank you for this, these videos have helped carry me through some long work shifts and I love the long form versions so I dont need to keep checking my phone while on the clock

I really liked these history videos. I often wonder about how my favorite game series changed over time, but the best videos we usually get are just gameplay compilations for each entry. So having a really long video detailing aspects that are both similar and different is quite nice.

This stuff is so cool, I really hope they bring a lot more into the main series. Considering the progression from Gen > World > Rise has already turned our hunters into anime protagonists, Frontier's craziness would fit right in. Hell it might provide the proper challenge to match our power level, as the poor old Rathalos and Tigrex and other OGs are just being bullied by the hunters at this point.

great series! now I have an incentive to rewatch all of it again.

I love coming back to these videos and just recapping on the games I never got to play, but thanks for making these videos :)

Thanks for the really detailed video, frontier was always such a mystery to me. I remember I stumbled across a trailer for frontier back in 2010 and I found it so fascinating how crazy it looked compared to tri and freedom unite. I've always been curious about this game and you went over every little detail, I really appreciate it, thanks for the video.

I was definitely one of those people that disliked Frontier due to it's Monster design and shift away from the core gameplay, but this has given me a newfound respect for the game and the unique mechanics. I would love to see more of the Frontier Monsters make it to mainline in the future (wild I can even say that now!) just brought more in line with the slightly more grounded design choices of the mainline series. I'd actually love to see Tonfas added too, I could see these working great with Wirebug attacks. Thank you for the hard work in putting this all together, it's helped shine a light on a unique and interesting title.

OH MY!!! OK, considering the fact that I heard these videos multiple times while playing, I can't imagine how much time that translates to!

After playing I’m coming back to watch, Magnet Spike has become my favorite weapon!! Edit:After obtaining a max level Ravi weapon and getting a ZP set Frontier is basically my favorite game right now! Sure Zeniths and Mousous as well as Arrogant Dura are tough as hell but that builds the myth!! Hope some of you other fans get to experience this true gem of a game

thank you for the effort to produce such a good video, that was my entertainment during the week

Magnamalo and Valstrax would like to have a word with "grounded designs found within the mainline series" lmfao

1:00 and now Espinas in Rise Sunbreak

Awesome video, it’s crazy how even just going through the most basic facts of all the updates and monsters took almost 3 hours

You a real G. Giving me something to watch during my long work day! Love your content!!

Very nice. These were very informative. I'll enjoy watching them again.

Me: nOoOoooOo u can't one shot me with an arena wide move!!!!!! White Nargacuga: hehe punchy punch goes wooooosh

bro im binging through your videos and absolutely loving it

I've watched this series of videos several times over now and all I can say is that these are some of the MH community's more legendary videos!

Never played Frontier, but I hear about it a lot from friends. I was wary about this video but I heard the first 15 seconds and already liked it.

Maaaan the ending feels bitter sweet

Thank you so much for satisfying my curiosity with all the research, footage and explanations. You even talked about the community/playerbase opinions, showed off locales/maps and showed the main hub I wonder what happened to the development team and whether they were absorbed into other MH projects at Capcom?

So I literally just started the video but dude thank you so much for making this Ive been in love for the series for a while now, definitly not a veteran but Ive been playing since MH3U, and ive wanted know so fucking bad why some people hate frontier and why some love its different takes on the monsters and formula. This is literally all I wanted to find, a clear concise objective look at the game. Thank you for that.

I knew it! I had been wracking my brain if the weapon size upgrade was something I misremembered or not since the people I asked told me it wasnt a thing. But there it is, there it finally is!

Yep, I'm here like the others after that sunbreak reveal. However I do genuinely wish more frontier monsters would be added into the mainline. As well as some from the other MH games not easily accessible, like MH Online or MH Explore. (Please Capcom give magnet spike back tho). So many great designs that the rest of the fan base would love to fight and see.

I really appreciate this as a way to get a sense of all that Frontier had to offer and what we missed out on. My information hoarding brain is satiated. It's so in depth, this could nott have been a simple video to make.

Good video, currently playing Frontier on the Renewal server, so getting to know the history is nice.

Thanks! I always wanted to play this but was never able to... I think a lot of those monsters would fit in rise nicely !

Time to watch all of this without any regret

I remember being 15 or so when I learned about frontier for the first time. I tried every solution I could find and understand to try and get any kind of access to it, searching forums for months in desperation to test myself against a wild, intense, testing entry in a series I already loved at that point. Somewhere in this process I remember I managed to figure out how to sign up for it's official email updates. Every single one I'd put through a translator to read everything I could, everything that I wanted a piece for myself so badly. I remember the strange, melancholic sadness of loosing my limited connection to it when one of those emails finally revealed it was going away. I felt that same feeling again, both sadness and satisfaction, a sense of connection and much more disconnect when I read the chat messages in your village tour when those people who did get to experience it finally had to let it go.

Thanks for making this videos, specially this one, I discovered many things about Frontier, even though I did played it (around 2 to 3 hundred hours).