On July 31, 2025, Capcom revealed a new entry for its Monster Hunter Stories series titled Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection, which is slated to be released in 2026.
Monster Hunter Stories is a series of turn-based JRPGs where, instead of hunting monsters like in the mainline Monster Hunter franchise, you tame them so they can become your friends (a.k.a. Monsties) and help you fight bigger monsters.
This new instalment will take Monster Hunter Stories in a bold new direction with a new world to explore, a grim story filled with war and strife to experience, and a host of new Monsties to tame and ride.
Here is everything you need to know about Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection.
When is the release date for Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection?
When is the release date for Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection?
Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection will release on March 13, 2026.
During Nintendo Direct September 2025, Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection was confirmed to be released on March 13, 2026.
When is Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection up for Preorder and what is its price?
When is Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection up for Preorder and what is its price?
Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection's pricing and pre-order is unavailable at this time. However, it is available for wishlisting.
Pre-orders have not gone up yet for Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection, so there's no word currently on how much it will cost.
That being said, the game is available for wish listing at various online retailers such as Steam.
What will the gameplay and story be like in Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection?
What will the gameplay and story be like in Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection?
Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection will be a turn-based monster-catcher JRPG like its predecessors.
The story will be set 200 years after Monster Hunter Stories 2. It will center around two kingdoms that are on the brink of war, a mysterious, dangerous force turning life into crystal, and a protagonist who is the owner of the last few remaining Rathalos in existence.
Monster Hunter Stories games usually have you travelling the world, exploring towns and landscapes, traversing dungeons, and fighting giant monsters.
While delving dungeons, you can swipe eggs from a monster's nest and hatch them so they can become tamed monsters nicknamed Monsties. By using the skills of Monsties, you can overcome environmental puzzles and defeat hordes of beasts in action-packed turn-based battles.
Turn-based battles in Monster Hunter Stories games are unique as they incorporate rock-paper-scissors-style attacks where certain attacks can beat out others, and deal extra damage to the enemy.
In addition, if a Rider builds their Kinship gauge by winning in these rock-paper-scissors-style clashes, they can unleash special Kinship attacks where they team with a Monstie to deal extravagant damage to enemies.
As confirmed by GameSpot's Tokyo Game Show 2025 preview, we now know that this game will indeed continue this aforementioned gameplay structure set by its predecessors, Monster Hunter Stories and Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin.
It will also incorporate new weapons like the Long Sword and new gameplay mechanics like the Wyvernsoul Gauge. The Wyvernsoul Gauge is a special meter underneath an enemy's health bar that goes down when you damage them.
When the Wyvernsoul Gauge is empty, you can perform a Syncho Rush, which has all four party members, both Riders and Monsties, gang up on an enemy monster to beat it into a bloody pulp.
As for the story, Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection will be set 200 years after the events of Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin, and will feature a more mature, grim story than its generally light-hearted predecessors.
In this time period, Monster Hunter's most iconic monster, the Rathalos, has gone extinct, and a mysterious phenomenon classified as Crystal Encroachment is threatening to transmogrify the land and all lifeforms into lifeless crystals or crazed mutants.
To make matters worse, tensions between the neighbouring kingdoms of Azuria & Vermeil begin to flare up as each realm bears witness to the birth of twin Rathalos, which are thought to be extinct.
These twins aren't ordinary Rathalos, however, as they bear the marks and elongated horns of the legendary Skyscale Rathalos, a harbinger of doom that caused a civil war 200 years ago.
To prevent a full-scale disaster, one of the Skyscale Rathalos was put to death, and the other was put into the care of the heir of Azuria (a.k.a. the player).
With these looming threats overhead, you must investigate the cause of the Crystal Encroachment for ways to cure it, and protect the land from a potential bloody war sparking between Azuria and Vermeil.
What monsties will Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection have?
What Monsties will Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection have?
Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection will feature all kinds of monsters from the Monster Hunter series as playable Monsties, including Rathalos, Velocidrome, Legiana, Anjaneth, Magnamalo, and more.
It will also include new monsters from Monster Hunter Wilds like Chatacabra and Rey Dau
One of the main selling points of the Monster Hunter Stories series is getting to tame and ride iconic monsters from the mainline Monster Hunter series, and Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection will be no different.
So far, it's been confirmed that Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection will include classic Monsties like Rathalos, Velocidrome, Legiana, and Anjanath.
The game will also include monsters from the mainline games, such as Magnamalo and Rakna-Kadaki from Monster Hunter Rise, Chatacabra and Rey Dau from Monster Hunter Wilds.
Of these new monsters, Magmamalo Rey Dau is confirmed to be one of the game's new Monsties. In addition, monsters from previous games will finally become tameable Monsties after being only enemies for years, like the infamous Plesioth.
What platforms will Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection be released on?
What platforms will Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection be released on?
Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection will be released on Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC via Steam.
Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection will be released on various platforms, including Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC via Steam.
That first is particularly special because this game will be the first title in the Monster Hunter Stories series to release on Xbox consoles. This is great news for Xbox JRPG fans, as now they can experience one of the best Pokémon-like titles out there.
If Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection sells well on Xbox, perhaps it will convince Capcom to port the rest of the series onto Xbox consoles as well.
If we're really lucky, Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection may show up on Xbox Game Pass as well.
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