The Japanese read: “casually messatsu extinct species” and suddenly, the Monster Hunter fans are dicey out. The clip is basically the Akuma from Street Fighter doing his famed Raging Demon in Monster Hunter World. And the internet has, indeed, decided to share their THOUGHTS.
So, let’s spell it out for the fighting-game illiterates: Messatsu is Japanese and it means “annihilation”; it’s the special phrase Akuma yells out when he does his super-powerful Raging Demon. So, in spirit, the demon-fighter is just Capcom-style removing monsters from existence, entirely in keeping with his character. The replies are a gorgeous medley of hype, confusion, and outright accusations of lying on whether it’s even in the game.
Some highlights: According to ZartanLucifer, fashion hunting is on the agenda with “CAN’T WAIT TO MAKE MY AKMA LOOK SS4.” WilliThunder_ says, “Chun-Li armor, please and thank you.” Meanwhile, PsYChOGhOsTs_15 is lamenting that the event is probably locked behind HR21, and are just getting started. Oh, the trials.
The Brazilian community loses their minds as Djaojao and Hugh0o almost applauded that in-game meme reference. A rough translation of their exchange goes: “They actually made the meme!” “It cracked me up so hard! lolololol.”
Not entirely convincing. “There’s no way you can do this in game,” ranges MysteryGii0, as diggerdong55 accuses them of “misleading people with content again.” Oof. Banzaimike1985, however, returns to the favor with a stream-of-consciousness starting at about 2:43 that features actual gameplay clips, so.. checkmate?
And here’s where it gets spicy since the game even had most of the Street Fighter collabs with Ryu and Sakura armor sets. But Akuma bringing his entire moveset? That’s something serious. SPELLFRFX says, “please add movesets just like this” for future crossovers, and honestly? Mood.
The timing is interesting, as the pack of players has just now stumbled across the final update for Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak on the platform. Coincidence? Or is Capcom mocking the World guys who never quite jumped onto the Rise bandwagon? Calling Monster Hunter Twitter an agent of God for just enough information to go completely wild theorizing, and yet concrete nothing from Capcom. Classic tease.
Now, can we talk about how Akuma would 100% hunt monsters for fun? Like, canonically this man fights for the thrill of battle. User drakeon8165 totally nailed it with “He would totally do that too.” Bro would see Fatalis and be like, “finally, a worthy opponent” and throw hands.
Whether this turns out to be an actual event in the game or a killer concept video, it’s clear that Monster Hunter fans are starving for new content and will truly comb every single pixel of this tease. Well, if you’ll excuse me, I need to go practice my Shoryukens, just in case.
