I would love underwater combat to come back, if they do it right. So many cool monsters that you can't really fight on land, and being completely underwater invites so much creativity with designs

Possibly an unpopular take here, but I truly think they should tackle underwater combat again. Give it another fair go, as long as it's not at the expense of other things. Monsters like Lagiacrus just...lost something without the ability to fight them underwater. Not to mention creatures like Ceadeus and Dire Miralis seemingly off the table for who knows how long without its reintroduction. That and as someone who's been playing since MH1, I cannot begin to tell you how satisfying it was to follow Plesioth into the water to kick his ass, instead of doping around with frogs and sonic bombs trying to get him to get back on land. Only for him to dive right back in again! Honestly it was so cathartic to follow the fricker to his turf.

It was surprising finding out people didnt like underwater content. Always loved that addition and also playing as your palicos later on

As a German, I've never seen that German 3U advert

"With a more experienced and *Critical Eye*". Was that pun intended or not?

“Brute wyverns fight with big bulky bodies” just say it how it is bro, they are all shaped like a T-Rex

One thing I forgot to mention was that you can also mine Durambros when you break it's tail. What did you think of the video? Did I miss anything you want me to clarify on or see in a future video? if so, let me know!

Those underwater fights gave me anxiety

OMG this is way too good! Thank you so much for doing this, it brings so many memories, you deserve A LOT more views. Monster Hunter Tri on the Wii is what introduced me to the series and I spent 900 hours on it (300h offline and 600h online), and even left World of Warcraft for it. I remember buying a Nintendo 3DS SPECIFICALLY for MH3U, and I played it all over again and it was the very perfection so far, the only unfortunate thing is that I couldn't play it online, but I enjoyed my time playing the campaign all over again with a bunch of new additions weapons and monsters. I'm playing MH4U right now on the 3DS and I'm so happy to say the online is still active with a lot of people, which is so god damn impressive.

Tri was also my introduction to the series, half the fun was figuring the game out. Barroth's charge gave PTSD but served as the reason I took the game seriously, and then I made everything out of him. After finishing tri I thought it was alright, until I went online and got hooked. Extra info; tri introduced monster stamina and reworked flinches & topples so flinch locking wasn't as 'easy' as 2nd gen, it also made the AI's moveset a bit more random; though abusing turn rate was still possible. Amazing video btw, if YT becomes your career you certainly have a strong foundation.

Ah, I miss Tri and the underwater combat, kinda sad i started monhun just before the death of Tri's online play on the wii but damn, do I have fond memories of this gen even tho i never got to fully experience it. #LagiacruzForNextGenMonHun (i miss my Lagia Blade D:)

MH3's volcano is my favorite fire map in the series, due to it having amazing views in the background. I don't know why they didn't bring that volcano instead for generations.

I started in 3u. After buying a wiiu at launch on a whim i needed something to actually play on it even months later. Bought 3u on launch day and have been addicted to the series ever since.

26:00 I did not expect to hear German at all in this video! For a second it felt like I legit got an ad for 3U haha I love your work btw, watched all the previous MH videos and cant wait for more!

Man.... I MISS the Underwater Combat so much! Admittedly, YES! T'was Clunky AF, but there was always JUST something about fighting a Leviathan like Lagiacrus in it's Home Turf that really managed to get my Blood boiling! It was Fun, definitely anxiety inducing & as Good as it was Bad on a technical level. Personally I hope they'll bring it back for a Future title & I bet they could probably get it to work pretty Dang well if they give it a real try! Cause I really do wanna fight Lagia again in Modern graphical fidelity but I also REALLY really do wanna fight him in his Home Turf. The Leviathans in Tri were SO Awesome just cause of that for me! ❤

Capcom removing deep Bowgun customization really makes me mad, that’s probably one of the coolest additions added to Monster Hunter

I thought I had heard all the ways to say Lagiacrus. This video proved me wrong.

I love leviathans so much. They are BEYOND cool.

I wish they would bring the leviathans back Too bad they had this scrap my best boi Lagiacrus Tri, as you mentioned, brings 15 new monsters to the franchise, but I consider some of them to be either creative side grades or refined upgrades to existing monsters Barioth = Nargacuga Jaggi, Baggi, Wroggi > Raptor Dromes Agnaktor > Lavasioth Gigginox > Khezu I also think that underwater would be a nice comeback to later games, if they can improve the controls

I’ve bought a switch, for rise alone, and when they release the switch pro, I’ll get that for rise alone

Wierd how the brought back Tigrex to portable third and with a new subspecies, but not in 3 Ultimate. Everything else came, except Amatsu but thats more understandable since it was the Final boss of that game And akantor and ukanlos too i guess

Personally, Thank you RAD. Ever sense you showed up in the mhgu lore chat you have become one of my fav mh youtubers.

My precious Ice Agnaktor ignored again... It is a cool monster y'know?

3 Ultimate is the game that got me into the series. I played on 3DS, so I had no online, but I still completed the entire game up to and including G-Rank Lucent Nargacuga. It holds such a special place in my heart: I still have the Port Tanzia music stuck in my head.

Not much to say here, mostly leaving a comment for the algorithmic other than I also bought a Wii U exclusively for MH3U. I remember being really upset because I was a poor uni student and couldn't afford it, only to get a tax return from a job I'd had in a gap year which more than covered the purchase. One day I'll try figure out what the deal was with medium bowguns - it really seems like nobody ever really "mained" them in Tri, so noone cared that they never came back. Never been much of a gunner (excluding bows)

What an amazing video, loved it 😁

I'm from Germany and the german AD caught me off guard :D

That suscriptores numbers are criminaly low, this quality content deserves MUCH more

You deserve, at least, as much subscribers and views as Arekkz ! Your videos are very interesting ! And they make me nostalgic ^^ I really love this content !

I just found this series and I think I made it to the this episode before I even blinked. So binge-worthy.

I really loved underwater fighting.

Keep up the great work!

I love p3rd. Monster hunter always was one of my favorite games, but p3rd did everything right. The music, the art, the difficulty, controls, everything felt fair. And i genuinely believe that Tri is the best looking monster hunter game to this day and the closest we have got to those intros. World has awesome graphics, but missed the style and color. And GU is oversaturated and has the the "remaster" problem (when the upscaled game looks more dated due to it being upscaled)

I love your videos man! Keep up the good work!

Those MHTri commercials hit me with a pretty huge wave of nostalgia

As someone who started the series on 3U and spent over 1000 hours in the game, this video is exactly what I wanted to see! I didn’t even know that the blights were introduced in the 3rd gen. Another amazing video!

This was the generation that molded me into the Monster Hunter I am today.

Yes, 3rd gen is the best generation. I'm really looking forward to the frontier series (or 10 hour frontier video)

I played 3U after playing 4U, and I enjoyed it, though the grinding was really bad sometimes. for some of the giggnox weapons, you need like 4 of a 10% drop or something like that. regardless, I really liked it. I have no strong opinions on underwater combat, though I like underwater environments, underwater combat made plesioth not terrible, and I would like to see the mechanic return. the way elder dragons were handled is also unique, all elder dragons in 3rd gen are really big and have their own arena. I imagine elder dragons left more of an impression on people who started with 3rd gen than people who started with other gens. a lot of 3rd gen monsters were also kindoff replacements for first gen monsters, such as qurupeco replacing kut-ku, uragaan replacing gravios, nibelsnarf replacing cephadrome, etc. I honestly prefer the 3rd gen counterparts to the older ones, and I really wish generations didn't favour the older monsters so much and had more 3rd gen monsters. well, they'll get their time eventually. also, I'm not 100% sure, I could be wrong or I could be partially right, but I believe tri was the first time they started using the engine MT framework, wich they've been using ever since, with world still using the same engine, though modified.

fun fact: you can actually roll off all blights. each blight just has a different duration and rolling will reduce that time

Tri was such a GEM!! just think how different it is than the 2nd gen.. the new engine was so goood and all of the new design choices were a step in the right direction for sure.. it really was a shame they had to scrap some weapons and the somewhat low roster count. but man.. the new monsters really did shine. the elder/boss monsters in particular.. i can remember it vividly, the trailer for mhtri.. it really was a step into the future and i just wanna thank Capcom so much for all the time n effort

Was watching the video, until the Moga earthquake storyline, because there was a small earthquake in my island. Geebus, these videos are getting quite immersive.

I wasn't expecting to see an german commercial of 3 ultimate in this part of your series xD By the way, the commercial for tri was pretty awesome^^

Despite Quarupeco being annoying I'd like to see it come back. He was fun in some ways

Tri’s soundtrack is beyond beautiful! So nostalgic!

Good series

Good stuff man

That german MH3U commercial really caught me off guard. Had the hardest case of nostalgia

I have many fond memories with all the generations that I played, but especially the 3rd, as I started with Tri. I almost didnt buy 3U because of reasons, but I did, and have no regrets. I got to meet some new faces, and say goodbye to some that would not return soon, while preparing for 4U. Great video! I'm binging all of them this week, waiting for the new Frontier one!

i really wished they would bring back the shakalaka companions, i loved how much personality they had

Monster hunter Tri was initially announced for the Ps3 but they changed it to the wii since at the time Capcom was in serious financial states and developing games on Wii was much cheaper than on Ps3, at least thats the reasoning I remember Capcom saying back in the day.

Thank you for your work!

Nostalgic watching these. Started playing mh with siblings. Imported our psps from Japan and a copy of mhfu each. Clocked it and then imported mhp3rd and played that heaps together too. Those days were very special looking back

That monster hunter tri trailer was fantastic

The monster hunter tri ads were hilarious

23:45 Hey, you have a palico too. Cool!

Omg same! I bought a Wii U just for this game! I loved Tri and couldn't wait for the next one!

Mh3u was my first monster hunter ever and I fell in love with it immediately. But I had it on the 3ds and I had to solo everything becuse none of my freinds played monster hunter. But I had such a fun time with it

This is the gen I really dove into

I would love another shot at water combat!

I'm a fan from the very late MHGU and World, but I'm so overwhelmed when I know there was the underwater exploring and boss fight in previous games! So I got a 3DS tri in hand! Also I can't wait for the upcoming MHRise!

I've never even been a big fan of monster hunter but these are great.

The generation I got into Monster Hunter. Ahh love this series. Hopefully Lagiacrus will come to Rise even if Ivory since no water combat or change Lagi's moveset. I had 3U on 3ds and my ex gf's brother had it on Wii U and we played together a lot.

I'm a new fan of this franchise, with mhw being my first mh game. good video, I like it a lot

Luhgiacruise? Luh-fucking-Giacruise?! I’ve never heard lagiacrus pronounced like that but hats off to you for making it happen

God Stygian Zinogre and Abyssal Lagiacrus look incredible Also thanks for this series, I remember playing the 4U demo over and over on my 3DS when I was like 14 and was so hyped to actually kill the Gore Magala, for the first time I'm tryna get into the series, catching up with World and gonna get RISE later on

I absolutely don't miss underwater combat at all.

this is cool

Im Happy this series got recommended to me out of nowhere

I started with Tri but since it was my first actual action game, I was wrestling with even basic stuff like moving the camera. Not a great start when the game sports the most camera focused mode ever, underwater. It ended up being my most frustrating gaming experience ever. That said, I later picked up 3U, played it with friends and actually grew to become a massive fan of Monster Hunter. The target cam is a huge part of why I even made it this far lol That said, I actually fire up Tri from time to time just to experience bowgun crafting again. Mixing and matching for unique ammo combos was such a cool idea only hindered by limited monster pools and probably also very exploitable. I'd love to see a refined version of it.

I love underwater combat and I know the motion values and shit where messed up in 3u but it’s just so much fun

I started with freedom unite but portable 3rd was the first mh game i really got into

I started with MHW but once I got addicted and wanted to play the old games I started with MH3U and fell in love with the Leviathans and underwater combat and felt right at home in it, ended up getting about halfway through G rank but never finished, was considering getting a WiiU so I could try multiplayer and finish off.

Damn, you just keep pumping these videos, chill out hahahaha Great video as always though! Personally I started with 3u, and as you said, underwater combat was just a thing that sorta fitted in with the rest of the game. As I had no prior experience with the series, I didnt know underwater combat was a new thing, although I totally think they nailed the verticality aspect of the combat in 4/4u and wouldnt trade the climbing system from those games by the underwater combat in a lifetime! Although I dont think it is broken or anything, its just more slow and less fun in my opinion, since both you and the monsters have more limited move sets. I also have trouble judging the distance of my attacks while underwater, but maybe thats just me... I would also like to point out that I never played portable 3rd, but have been on the fence for years. On the one hand I have part of me that says its not worth the time investment since I already have way too many hours clocked in at both tri and 3u to justify playing 3rd, especially since a lot of stuff like the monsters and misty peaks made a comeback in 3u. The thing is that portable 3rd just has a special aura to it that makes it extremely appealing to me, and I cant forgive myself for not knowing yukumo village like the back of my hand since it looks so lovely hahahaha There is also the fact that if I were to play it I would probably force myself to import the psp version and then get some english patch on it, which is slightly more troublesome than just going to a second hand store and grab a copy of freedom unite for example... Anyway, Im just rambling. Great video, and cant wait for the 4th gen rundown!

11:56 Get it? Get it?! Come on guys you get it, right? Right?

The 3u ad confused me I was looking on my phone and thought i got an youtube ad xD Didnt expect german xD

Jhen moran was the best. I grew up with the game and he is still my favorite monster to fight.

Quick question for 3U! I noticed how you have the target icon on main screen like in GU on the upper right and I’m wondering where in the settings can you apply that??

Best gen. Loc Lac was the best city... and underwater combat was amazing and is totally underrated.

Nice content sir new subscriber here

11:45 Deviljho is one if not my favourite monster ❤

Yakumo village kek its yukumo good vid tho I learned so much about gen 3 cause I only played MHP3rd during gen 3 :) also I noticed GEN lack lots of elder dragons lol dunno why mh3u cut monsters present in mhp3rd like tigrex/b.tigrex Akantor , Ukanlos and Amatsumagatsuchi

It took me about two years how to figure out how to get on a quest because I didn’t realize where I needed to go to depart😂

R.I.P Stan Ellsworth, AKA "Ironbeard McCullough" from the Monster Hunter Tri commercials has passed away.

I remember in Tri having to point the wiimote at an aptonoth and drag it to the notebook to register it in hunter notes. It never worked right so glad they did away with that nonsense with 3u and onwards. Totally agree with deviljho as the best addition. And damn how good would Peco look in worlds fidelity.

Honestly, i had an idea on how they could revive underwater combat Instead of the hunters swimming, just limit the hunters to walk on the ocean's floor. This way underwater combat is still similar to normal combat, the only difference is that now leviathans or any other sea creatures are able to sort of "fly" by swimming. It's like you fight a Rathalos but instead with a Lagiacrus underwater

Lagiacrus is sort of the Aquatic Rathalos, in the sense that is the main monster of that realm.

I just noticed that you mentioned Barioth being a Thunder Monster in 11:06

Best Generation to date for me :,)

God bless the English Patchers of MHP3rd, thanks to them, I can play the game without any doubts of what I'm doing.

This is where I started to love this game after playing the bad demos on 3ds

from my best knowledge the only game that had the unstable area where a new moster could show up was only P3rd and not Tri

Yeah if it werent for tri Im not sure I wouldve tried another mh entry and well I am incredibly thankful for that

Aw dude, you didnt mention that Tri was the first (and I think only) Monster hunter game to have split screen co-op. Though it wasnt very good and you could only do Arena quests.

3u is my intro to monster hunter and it’s really shaped my wishes for future games. Which is another way of saying GIVE US GIGGINOX BACK CAPCOM I DON’T WANT TO DEAL WITH KHEZU AND HIS OST AGAIN Also I miss water combat... to an extent. It’s a shame what became of Lagiacrus in Gen (I personally hated it) and the unknown fates of cedeaus and miralis just make me sad. They’re such cool monsters and a reworked water combat system would be hype... but not as much as my favourite monster gigginox returning

You can fight Deviljho in offline mode last quest you unlock if i remember correctly

3rd generation became more anime. I'm glad it became that way because realistic gritty graphics don't translate well in older and weaker consoles. Now that we have better consoles its become a perfect time to bring back the realistic gritty design.

also got my Wii-U for the same reason :)

give us water combat back. theres no reason for it not to be there. its a great mechanic removed for no reason. been pissed at capcom since 4 came out lmao

"which is bullshit", I love it