Three names slipped into a survey for you to pick from — Monster Hunter: Adventure, Monster Hunter: Departure, Monster Hunter: Traveler — the Capcom x TiMi Monster Hunter mobile game might actually be happening.
Flash back to November 2022: Capcom officially announced a partnership with Tencent's TiMi Studio Group to co-develop a Monster Hunter mobile game. The PR speak was textbook — leveraging Capcom's hit IP with TiMi's mobile expertise to deliver an 'unprecedented Monster Hunter experience on smartphones.' A Sino-Japanese dream team, sounds great on paper.
But after that announcement, radio silence — until now. Players recently received a survey titled 'MH: Adventure' (怪猎：冒险) through QQ's mobile game subscription channel, and the community went absolutely feral.
The survey is packed with intel. It references not just the mainline Monster Hunter titles, but also the 'Monster Rider' RPG spin-off Monster Hunter Stories, the Niantic-developed AR game Monster Hunter Now, and the now-defunct MMO Monster Hunter Online (jointly developed by Tencent and Capcom). The real bombshell? Three candidate names were listed: Monster Hunter: Adventure, Monster Hunter: Departure, and Monster Hunter: Traveler.
Naturally, this sent the speculation machine into overdrive: Is it a faithful mainline-style mobile game? A new Stories IP spin-off? Or could it even be an MH Online revival?
The Stories IP has had a rough mobile history. Two previous spin-offs — Monster Hunter: Explore and Monster Hunter: Riders — both shut down due to Capcom's poor live-service management. As for Monster Hunter Online, the Tencent-developed PC MMO that launched with much fanfare, it too was shut down on December 31, 2019, citing 'operational issues.'
One hot debate in the comments centers on how much Capcom actually contributed to MH Online. Some players claim it was essentially a Tencent self-developed title — 'Capcom just sold the IP and handed over nothing else.' But others pushed back, citing an interview with MH Online's Chinese producer Tao Weishi, who confirmed that the 'Ougi' (ultimate arts) system in OL was co-developed alongside Monster Hunter X's 'Hunter Arts.' So Capcom's involvement wasn't negligible. That said, the core combat mechanics clearly weren't shared — the game's producer on the Japanese side was Ono Yoshinori, and you could feel the gap in hit feedback and action design compared to mainline titles.
On which direction the mobile game should take, the community consensus is leaning toward the Stories-style RPG approach. As one commenter put it, 'You can't expect to replicate console action-game quality on a phone — trying to force it will most likely result in garbage.' Others broke down the fundamental economics: monster modeling is expensive, action design costs are high, F2P monetization struggles to recoup investment, and limited depth means short game lifespan. 'Even on PC, NetEase's Justice Online lost most of its playerbase within three months — the game was essentially a half-finished product with a few hundred hours of content at best.'
The real entertainment, though, is the comment section's shitposting. Nobody's buying the three proposed names — players are memeing 'Monster Hunter: Launch' (怪物猎人：启动), a callback to the legendary 2018 MH World WeGame incident. Others suggested 'Monster Hunter: Unite' as a cheeky nod. One user wondered, 'Is the Tencent exec who's obsessed with MH actually Pony Ma himself?' given Tencent's track record with the IP: MH Online shut down, WeGame's MH World delisted, the MH movie flopping both critically and commercially — fail after fail, yet they keep coming back.
One commenter delivered the sharpest take: 'Even if Tencent's boss genuinely loves the series, every single collaboration has ended in disaster. The real mystery is why Capcom keeps agreeing to partner up — unless it really is just "they offered too much money to refuse."' That said, Monster Hunter Now's global success has proven the MH IP is viable on mobile. Maybe the third time's the charm for TiMi and Capcom?
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