The Evolution of Monster Icons in Monster Hunter
Ever look at a monster icon and think: "Wow, that looks neat."
Well buckle up, because I will now proceed to spew garbage design analysis for about 20 minutes covering each generation of iconography. Enjoy!
CHAPTER LIST
0:00 Intro
1:33 Generation 1 & 2
4:35 Generation 3
7:05 Generation 3 Expansions
9:31 Generation 4
12:05 Generation 5
15:29 Rise & Sunbreak
17:31 Outro
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Corrections: - The original Monster Hunter actually had a different icon set, with higher resolution icons that containted more detail, but more of less conveyed the same appearence as the future portable entires and generation 2 - I forgot to mention that most icons I picked in the generation 4 section, came from Monster Hunter Generations, and not 4 Ultimate. They more of less contain the same icon set, just a different monster roster.
I really love how the Monster Hunter icons are able to so cleanly condense the complicated monster designs down to such striking and readable iconography. I've also noticed the general similarity some have to old Meso American art, and that just makes me like them more.
@enriquegarcia2790
12 сағат бұрын
It's honestly the only respectful representation we've had from, just about anybody so yeah thank you, I love them too.
What I love even more is that, for the casual inhabitants of this world, these icons are the only thing they will ever see of those monsters mythical beasts
I remember buying every single monster infos in mhfu, reading the description and staring at the monsters icons for hours
Sunbreaks icons are gorgeous
I love how every aspect of Monster Hunter has so much thought put into it. Everything seems to mesh together beautifully in every entry.
I think the Tri icons were going for a Pacific islander vibe. Huge outlines is pretty standard for stuff like tattoos and sail markings but they look a little too clean for me to definitively say that's the inspiration, it's just the vibes I get. If they wanted something very traditional they should have added some scuff like in Rise and I can imagine them going hard on that if they ever do a Tri remake or a successor to Tri with the pacific islands vibe.
Wow, this was an incredibly well put together video. The monster icons have always been, well, iconic to the franchise and I love to see them get the attention they deserve
Very cool video on a little talked about topic. I liked your presentation and editing as well. Would like to see more MH content in the future! My personal favorite Icons would have to be either Gen 1/2 for the nostalgia and roughness of the art style, Gen 3 for its uniqueness, Gen 4 because I love pixel art, or Gen 5 for its clean readability and yet still stylised depictions. Ah god damn, I love 'em all!
The icons are really good in each game, I remember when the elder dragons didn't get icons. When you would see a elder dragon quest with a question mark you knew that quest would be an adventure The 5th gen gave us great adventure quests in world
Dunno why but I absolutely love the Icons of MH, just like the renders, maybe because they manage to show the aspect and personality of a complex creature in just one image. Thanks for speaking about this topic +Online you can find some fanart of Rise icons in world style and vice versa, they are absolutely stunning
Actually, 1st and 2nd gen don't entirely share the same icon set! For example, the Raths are different in MH1 & MH2
@bonaquador
2 ай бұрын
Darn, you're right. A bit embarrising on my part.
Nice video! I’ve always had a soft spot for the original icon artstyle, where it didn’t reveal everything about the monster from first glance. Made it very interesting to hunt them and see how they differed from how I imagined!
No matter the generation its always fun to try and guess what the monster looks like compared to the icon when you hunt it, at least for me lmao
Great video! I really enjoyed the breakdown
Great video keep doing what you're doing man
Very Good video! Incredibly made with a lot of really good opinions! I'm definitely subscribing for more! I will say one correction: Is that Barioth is not in Monster Hunter 4 ultimate. The icon is from GU! Other than that small error AMAZING VIDEO!!!!
Wow ice borne had the cleanest monster icons
People dont talk enough about monster icons.
Tri's has to have the best art style
The Barioth icon you showed was from Stories I believe, not 4 Ultimate. Its second appearence was for Generations Ultimate/Double Cross.
Yo, how did I miss this video lol
It's a shame you only used the PSP icons for Gen 1 and 2 as they have less detail put into them.
"sake of ecological balance" me who has, one several occasions, hunted a monster simply to try out a new weapon type or weapon upgrade:
I always thought the wings on Rathalos' gen 1 icon were his back spikes
these icons sure look cool as a pfp
@Sylvr-evolved
6 сағат бұрын
it sure seems that that is your opinion, based on your pfp
Say do you think you could do a retrospective on Elegy of madness for AQW ? There isn't a video around that goes into the entire storyline due to how dense it is and easy to get lost if you miss one paragraph. It would beamazing to have one vid that finaly covers the whole thing.
@bonaquador
Ай бұрын
Sure can. The script has already been written.
@naciabell7903
Ай бұрын
@@bonaquador Oh nice! glad to hear and im greatly looking forward to that!
@naciabell7903
Ай бұрын
@@bonaquador Sorry for 2 post. But it's one of thebest AQW stories in my opnion. It's just. Very difficult to get the whole story due to it being so densly written. So im very happy to hear that your doing this!
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Man you should have looked at the raths in mhf1
I absolutely love the MHRise icons, I was never a big fan of the mosaic stamp-like designs from the older generations, they were always kind of ugly to me and in some cases completely unreadable, even in world most were misses more than hits for me, where as the new ones are easily readable and manage to fit so much of the monster's character into the small designs, as my first game and introduction to the series I really didn't know what I was getting into half the time, but the icons were almost like a prelude to what I was facing. Personally I like this current style, and I know they wont be using the same Japanese style for Wilds but I hope they ditch the weird mosaic stamps and keep the "hand drawn" aesthetic.
Going from Tris icons to 3Us pixel icons was really bad. I get it's pixel art because it's easier to make out on a smaller screen, but they should have imported the Tri icons for the HD version on WiiU.
First comment yet again! Keep em coming brotha 😎
Great topic, though i do feel it's presented very opinionated and speculative. But i can see how it would've been more difficult to produce otherwise
Is all that can fit in a square are good Which is why I don't play rise
Am I the only one who despises the rise icons? I really liked the game but those icons are atrocious. To be fair, they are more consistent. There are just a few that really bug me, like diablos.
@Yugioh.Mobilenetwork.Schmomels
2 ай бұрын
me too
@magnabueno5360
2 ай бұрын
I really like them, but Basarios, Pukei Pukei and Royal Ludroth are victims
@spacewhalemilk
2 ай бұрын
@@magnabueno5360 Yeah, overall they are good but the ones they f*cked up are really f*cked up. I forgot about basarios.
@thechugg4372
2 ай бұрын
@@magnabueno5360Basarios deserves to know what it's like to be the victim for once, damn rock!