Monster Hunter Wilds is really putting the Chatacabra through it in the weapon showcases, and fans are almost feeling bad for the beastie

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It's hammer time!

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Monster Hunter Wilds fans are beginning to feel sorry for the poor old Chatacabra, as it's being used as a punching bag in all the new promotional videos showing off the game's revamped weapons.

Capcom is hyping up the Monster Hunter crowd with new weapon videos for Wilds every few days. Take the video just below, for example, released just yesterday, which shows off the revamped Switch Axe in Monster Hunter Wilds, complete with several brand new chain attacks, and even a weapon skin that teases a brand new monster for the new game.

To date, there have been 12 weapon reveals for Monster Hunter Wilds via Capcom's social channels, including the bow, heavy bowgun, and the great sword. The thing is, all the weapon videos have used the Chatacabra, a new creature for Monster Hunter Wilds, to demonstrate the destructive prowess of the weapons, and series fans are starting to feel slightly sorry for the poor beastie.

As ever, this is coming about through some downright brilliant fan art from Twitter users. You can see a few fantastic examples just below, all of which paint the Chupacabra as a victim of Capcom's weapons rollout. This is all before it gets slaughtered on repeat in the actual game itself, mind you, so it's not like things are getting better.

Speaking of the weapon reveal videos though, some Capcom fans have remembered that the developer did this exact thing just a matter of months before 2018's smash-hit Monster Hunter World launched. This is giving fans hope that Monster Hunter Wilds is around six months away from launch, and history does show that Capcom's enjoyed historic success releasing Monster Hunter and Resident Evil games in the first few months of the year.

Read our full Monster Hunter Wilds interview with game director Yuya Tokuda for more about the future of the franchise.

Hirun Cryer
Hirun Cryer

Hirun Cryer is a freelance reporter and writer with Gamesradar+ based out of U.K. After earning a degree in American History specializing in journalism, cinema, literature, and history, he stepped into the games writing world, with a focus on shooters, indie games, and RPGs, and has since been the recipient of the MCV 30 Under 30 award for 2021. In his spare time he freelances with other outlets around the industry, practices Japanese, and enjoys contemporary manga and anime.