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This week on Retronauts. I'm your host for this one, Bob Mackie, and this week we are talking about Monster Hunter, the very unique co-op RPG that took about 15 years to catch on in the States. Not very long ago, it was scorned and mocked in the West by all but its most devoted fans. And today, it's a global hits. And the most recent release was Capcom's fastest selling game to date. So a lot has changed. And today we're here to ask what happened and also to trace the history as much as we can in 90 minutes. Before I go on any further today, who is here with me remotely? Hey, it's your Palico, Kat Bailey, host of Acts of the Blood God. Very nice. And newcomer to my episodes, at least, who else is here? This is Brian Clark from One Million Power. And when I get angry, I yell really loud, run around like a maniac for a while, and then just get real tuckered out. I feel like one of us should be actively grilling meat in the background here. But that music would just drown out all of our voices.

It's unfortunate. But yes, Monster Hunter, big topic. Something I've had on my mind for Retronauts for years.

All these anniversaries keep passing us. Unfortunately, I missed the 20th anniversary. So now we are

here on the 21st anniversary of Monster Hunter. And before I go on with my personal stories, I want to ask everybody out there, where did you first encounter Monster Hunter was your experience with this franchise? Let's start with a new guest to my episodes, Brian. Sure. I first played Monster on, sorry, I'll sometimes have trouble translating the Japanese names to the

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