Monster Hunter Stories, Capcom's first - and wonderfully successful - stab at adapting the series' classic monster battling action into a family friendly turn-based RPG, is, as per today's Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase, getting a Switch remaster sometime this "summer". Seperately, Capcom has confirmed it's coming to PS4 and PC too.

Switch owners have, of course, already had a chance to sample the Monster Hunter Stories series when its acclaimed second outing launched on Nintendo's platform in 2021. However, Nintendo's latest Direct has revealed the original game - first released for 3DS back in 2016 - is getting a thorough spruce-up for modern audiences.

Monster Hunter Stories 1 casts players as a Monster Rider, setting them loose in a colourful, cartoony rendition of the series' universe to indulge in some classic RPG-style questing and Pokémon-esque monster collecting, battling, and rearing - and very good it is too.

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