{"id":12851,"date":"2022-05-26T10:31:23","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T01:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=12851"},"modified":"2022-05-26T10:31:24","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T01:31:24","slug":"20220526-12851","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220526-12851\/","title":{"rendered":"The \u201cMonster Hunter claw grip\u201d was trending on Twitter in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Written by. Nick Mosier based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20220525-203914\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a> (original article&#8217;s publication date: 2022-05-25 16:10<\/em> <em>JST)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br>The way one holds a controller can vary from person to person. There are even players who change their grip depending on the game they\u2019re playing. And with some games, special grips are needed to get the most out of its control scheme. In Japan, one of these special grips is known as the \u201c<strong>Monster Hunter grip<\/strong>,\u201d perhaps better known as the \u201cclaw grip\u201d in the West. And for some reason it was trending on Twitter in Japan.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u30e2\u30f3\u30cf\u30f3\u6301\u3061\u3068\u306f<br><br>\u30b3\u30f3\u30c8\u30ed\u30fc\u30e9\u30fc\u306e\u30b9\u30c6\u30a3\u30c3\u30af\u306e\u90e8\u5206\u3092\u89aa\u6307\u3067\u52d5\u304b\u3057\u3064\u3064\u3001\u5341\u5b57\u30ad\u30fc\u3084\u4ed6\u30dc\u30bf\u30f3\u3092\u4eba\u5dee\u3057\u6307\u3067\u64cd\u4f5c\u3059\u308b\u64cd\u4f5c\u65b9\u6cd5\u3002<br>\u300c\u79fb\u52d5\u3057\u306a\u304c\u3089\u4f55\u304b\u3092\u3059\u308b\u300d\u3053\u3068\u304c\u53ef\u80fd\u3067\u3042\u308b\u304c\u6545\u306b\u3042\u307e\u308a\u306b\u3082\u4fbf\u5229\u3059\u304e\u308b\u305f\u3081\u3001\u30e2\u30f3\u30cf\u30f3\u306b\u9650\u3089\u305a\u30d5\u30ed\u30e0\u30b2\u30fc\u3084FF14\u306a\u3069\u306eMMO\u306a\u3069\u3067\u3082\u5fc5\u9808\u30b9\u30ad\u30eb\u3068\u306a\u308b\u6301\u3061\u65b9\u3002 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qYuYJ2k2I8\">pic.twitter.com\/qYuYJ2k2I8<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u6e90\u306e\u7409\u7483\ud83e\udd80 (@Rulia_Hermitaur) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rulia_Hermitaur\/status\/1529034571031138305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 24, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Monster Hunter grip is a way of holding the controller where players use their left thumb to control the analog stick and their index finger to use the d-pad buttons. This makes it possible to perform actions while moving and is known for its versatility among gamers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the early days of the <em>Monster Hunter<\/em> series, there was no target camera like we enjoy today. Players had to manually adjust the camera, and this was done via the d-pad. Using a traditional grip of placing your index finger on the L trigger makes it difficult to move your character and adjust the camera at the same time, which is a problem the Monster Hunter grip alleviates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the grip has been around since the first generation of <em>Monster Hunter<\/em>, it didn\u2019t really start to spread until the PSP generation. With 2007\u2019s <em>Monster Hunter Freedom 2<\/em> and 2008\u2019s <em>Monster Hunter Freedom Unite<\/em>, what we call the claw grip became known to players in Japan as the Monster Hunter grip.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"680\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220525-203914-001-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220525-203914-001-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220525-203914-001-1-600x340.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220525-203914-001-1-380x215.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220525-203914-001-1-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220525-203914-001-1-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220525-203914-001-1-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220525-203914-001-1-696x394.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220525-203914-001-1-1068x605.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220525-203914-001-1-741x420.jpg 741w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>In the past, the Monster Hunter grip was considered a necessity for <em>Monster Hunter<\/em> players. But as time marched on, the utility of the grip lessened. That\u2019s because in 2011, <em>Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate<\/em> gave us the target camera. With this, it was now possible to point the camera at a monster with the press of a button, reducing the need for constant manual camera control. Even in the replies to the tweet posted above, we can see a fair number of players that didn\u2019t know about the Monster Hunter grip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the Monster Hunter grip hasn\u2019t gone away completely, as even now, players use it for games outside of the <em>Monster Hunter<\/em> series. One major example is FromSoftware titles. As one Twitter user <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/1986battery\/status\/1529298930109861888\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">explains<\/a>, they use the grip when playing <em>Elden Ring<\/em> so they\u2019re able to change their selected items and incantations with the d-pad while still being able to dodge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another user <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bulletjda\/status\/1529020236237746176\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">claimed<\/a> that the grip spread among <em>Call of Duty: Black Ops 2<\/em> players, and there has been evidence that some <em>Final Fantasy XIV<\/em> players use it as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the beginning, the Monster Hunter grip was born out of necessity for <em>Monster Hunter<\/em> players. It\u2019s interesting to see how nowadays it\u2019s become just another option for players to use as they see fit across a variety of games. Twitter was full of players looking back nostalgically on the grip and others explaining how they still use it today. At any rate, it doesn\u2019t look like the Monster Hunter grip will be going away anytime soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The \u201cMonster Hunter claw grip\u201d was trending on Twitter in Japan as players waxed nostalgia and talked about how they still use it today for games like Elden Ring and Final Fantasy XIV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12854,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-12851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The \u201cMonster Hunter claw grip\u201d was trending on Twitter in Japan - AUTOMATON WEST<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The \u201cMonster Hunter claw grip\u201d was trending on Twitter in Japan as players waxed nostalgia and talked about how they still use it today for games like Elden Ring and Final Fantasy XIV.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220526-12851\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The \u201cMonster Hunter claw grip\u201d was trending on Twitter in Japan - 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