History VideoGame / MonsterHunterStories2WingsOfRuin

** Whether a monster is defeated and slain or defeated and retreats, the materials you collect from it are pretty much the same, including materials like internal organs that it shouldn't be able to live without. Further, it will count as slain in your field guide battle record even if it only retreated.
** The game implies that many of the monsters you "slay" (and yes, collect inordinate numbers of materials from) are not actually being killed. Notably Kayna refers to the Aptonoth you first fight as "good training partners," and other early fights as simply "getting past" monsters in the way rather than killing them. Further, a early subquest boss is noted to be a individual that local Riders have fought for training for years, and tasks you with doing the same despite it too being counted as "slain" when beaten. Most explicitly is the late game story quest where you have to defeat a [[spoiler:Nergigante. You will get materials from it and the monsterpedia will record it as slain, and the text under its boss entry will even state how slaying it powered up your and Cheval's Kinship Stones, but in the scene itself the Nergigante gets right back up, weakened but in one piece. Cheval even tells Yoomlana in the next scene that they did not slay the Nergigante. Further, in the post-game there is a quest where Lilia has you search for a Kirin den. Despite the quest requiring you to "slay" the Kirin, after you do Lilia will state that now that she knows what is living in the den she won't give permission to anyone but you to enter it, implying the Kirin is still alive. All in all, "slaying" in the game's story can count as nothing more than defeating or otherwise driving away the monster, at least when no actual body is seen in a cutscene afterward.
** Among the many monsters that you can hatch and obtain as Monsties are Deviants. In-lore, Deviant Monsters are supposed to be stronger than average monsters that have survived life-threatening experiences and come out of it with new adaptations as a result, and yet it's possible to hatch them. The most outlandish one by far is '''Bloodbath Diablos''', which is explicitly stated to hold a burning grudge against Hunters, a fact that doesn't prevent you from using one as Monstie.
** Another hatching oddity: apparently Palamutes are born wearing armor.

''Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin'' is a RolePlayingGame SpinOff of the popular ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' series, developed by Creator/{{Capcom}} for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch and UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}. The game was announced in the September 2020 Nintendo Direct Mini, with a trial version released on June 25, 2021, and the full game releasing on July 9, 2021.

* CallBack: After seeing how Red's old Kinship Stone powers up in a different way, Navirou reminisces that his old partner’s Kinship Stone upgraded by cleansing the Black Blight.

* IdenticalGrandson: During the Nintendo Direct reveal, many viewers thought the male protagonist and their grandfather were the same character (due to a flashback scene of Red riding a Rathalos when he was the protagonist' age), to the point where Capcom had to explicitly point out during TGS 2020 that they were two different characters.

** The game implies that many of the monsters you "slay" (and yes, collect inordinate numbers of materials from) are not actually being killed. Notably Kayna refers to the Aptonoth you first fight as "good training partners," and other early fights as simply "getting past" monsters in the way rather than killing them. Further, a early subquest boss is noted to be a individual that local Riders have fought for training for years, and tasks you with doing the same despite it too being counted as "slain" when beaten.

** During a cutscene where the main characters and Avinia are searching the Lavina Mine Cave, the player character is visibly shivering because of the cold, while Avinia is perfectly fine. This doesn't change even if the player is wearing an armour-set that has the ''Cold Res'' skill, which in-game protects them from the being impeded by the cold.

** During a cutscene where the main characters and Avinia are searching the Lavina Mine Cave, the player character is visibly shivering because of the cold, while Avinia is perfectly fine. This doesn't change even if the player is wearing an armour-set that has the ''Cold Res'' skill, which in-game prevents them from feeling cold.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Rather Subtley done at the Pit of Remembrance due to how a Nergigante was present for its openning. [[spoiler: The Nergigante was present due to the pits being produced by another Elder Dragon and he was poking around to see if there was a free meal]]

* DevelopersForesight: Some Monsties react to particular buff-types by changing their model or appearance similarly to how the monster would in actual Monster Hunter game. For instance, if a Velkhana gets an Ice Attack up buff, they'll create their ice mantle, If a Nergigante gets an All Element Attack Up buff, they'll sprout their black, hardened spikes, and if a Teostra gets a Fire Attack Up buff, they'll turn on their flame aura. These are all cosmetic, but it's still a neat touch.

* HandicappedBadass: Razewing Ratha was born with unusually small, black wings, that it seems unable to unfurl, rendering him incapable of flight. In spite of that he's still a ''Rathalos'' and his condition is a sign of a doomsday prophecy, that when the wings do eventually grow and unfurl disaster will befall the land.

* IdenticalGrandson: During the Nintendo Direct reveal, many viewers thought the protagonist and their grandfather were the same character (due to a flashback scene of Red riding a Rathalos when he was the protagonist' age), to the point where Capcom had to explicitly point out during TGS 2020 that they were two different characters.

* OldSaveBonus: Having a ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterRise'' save will net you a set of Kamura Garb layered armor, modeled after the ''Rise'' player character's default gear.
** Players can transfer saves from the demo to the full game.

** The game implies that many of the monsters you "slay" (and yes, collect inordinate numbers of materials from) are not actually being killed. Notably Kayna refers to the Aptonoth you first fight as "good training partners," and other early fights as simply "getting past" monsters in the way rather than killing them. Further, a early subquest boss is noted to be a individual that local Riders have fought for training for years, and tasks you with doing the same despite it too being counted as "slain" when beaten. When you do apparently kill a rampaging Anjanath you had hoped to calm, the player character reacts as if it is a somber, unusual event to have killed a large monster.

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''Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin'' is an upcoming RolePlayingGame SpinOff of the popular ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' series, developed by Creator/{{Capcom}} for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch and UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}. The game was announced in the September 2020 Nintendo Direct Mini, with a trial version releasing on June 25, 2021, and the full game releasing on July 9, 2021.

* ModestyShorts: Due to the player character being a 14 year old, shorts are worn underneath for armor sets and layered armor that have skirts and such to prevent [[PantyShot panty shots]].

* OlderThanTheyLook: This applies to Wyverians in general, as always, though it's a bit more dramatic for Ena and Alwin, as detailed in their [[Characters\MonsterHunterStories2WingsOfRuin character entries]].

* GoodBadBugs: In normal gameplay, Anjanath doesn't become obtainable until after the player arrives in Loloska. However, in the game demo, [[https://youtu.be/Wu1hHCXV6L8 it's entirely possible to obtain an Anjanath as early as Hakolo Island]], allowing players to just transfer it over to the full game. The only downside to this is that the Anjanath in question will be missing some animations and not deal any damage in the demo, though it's perfectly usable in the full game.

* OlderThanTheyLook: Due to being Wyverians, Ena and Alwin are old enough to have known the protagonist's grandfather, Red, despite looking fairly young. (Ena, in particular, is not much taller than your explicitly-early-teens protagonist, and has a similarly "teenaged" physique, despite possibly being outright old enough to be your ''grandmother''.) When they first meet, Ena even mistakes the protagonist for him (albeit this is stated to be due to the protagonist's eyes reminding her of Red rather than necessarily meaning she knew Red when he was 14).

* TheBusCameBack: Several characters from the first game return such as Navirou, Lilia, Avinia and Reverto.

* HulaAndLuaus: While the setting is handled with a good deal more respect than most "classic" examples (it is your hometown, after all!) Mahana Village and its inhabitants are still Extremely Pacific Islander[[TradeSnark ™]] and will go out of their way to make sure you don't miss this fact.

* TimeSkip: There's been one since the first game, though the exact amount of time that's passed is a bit vague; it's been long enough that Avinia and Lilia have gone from being kids to being very obvious working adults who seem to be either in their later twenties or perhaps even early thirties (given their high rank and expertise), which would suggest upwards of 20 years have passed. On the other hand, Navirou is still Navirou, and while Reverto is ''slightly'' older and wiser-seeming, he doesn't look like full decades have gone by.

* HeroicLineage: The protagonist's grandfather was a legendary rider and esteemed leader of their village and they wish to follow in his footsteps.