How Capcoms Monster Hunter went from niche franchise to global sensation
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Capcom is a member of an ever-shrinking club in the video game industry: major game developers from the 80s that are still in business today. Although the company never produced its own major hardware platform, its enviable portfolio includes some of the most significant franchises around: Mega Man, Resident Evil, Street Fighter, and Devil May Cry. But of all the companys heavy-hitters, theres one franchise that couldnt escape a small niche in the US until 2018, anyway, when it became the best-selling Capcom title of all time. Monster Hunter has long been popular in its Japanese homeland, but 2018s Monster Hunter World propelled the franchise into the mainstream in western markets. Lets take a look at how this incredible transformation happened.