{"id":44854,"date":"2025-02-26T17:57:14","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T08:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=44854"},"modified":"2025-02-26T17:57:16","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T08:57:16","slug":"monster-hunter-wilds-amusing-bug-that-made-everyones-characters-look-ugly-when-holding-a-shield-gets-patched-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/monster-hunter-wilds-amusing-bug-that-made-everyones-characters-look-ugly-when-holding-a-shield-gets-patched-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Monster Hunter Wilds amusing bug that made everyone\u2019s characters look ugly when holding a shield gets patched out\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>During <strong>Monster Hunter Wilds\u2019<\/strong> first open beta test round at the end of 2024, players discovered one hilarious detail \u2013 their characters would look cartoonishly angry and misshapen when holding a shield. This seems to have been fixed in the meantime, as director Yuya Tokuda previously promised.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While it would be unreasonable to expect your hunter to wear a refreshing smile or poker face while fending off monsters x times their size, Monster Hunter Wilds players couldn\u2019t help but notice that their characters looked kind of ridiculous while holding shields in the game\u2019s initial beta period. Even the prettiest and most baby-faced characters would develop a deep, exaggerated frown, cartoon-like angry eyebrows and an impressive chin, as if they\u2019d suddenly started mewing.&nbsp;<\/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\">\u3010\u8a71\u984c\u3011\u30e2\u30f3\u30cf\u30f3\u65b0\u4f5c\u3001\u30ad\u30e3\u30e9\u4f5c\u6210\u306e\u81ea\u7531\u5ea6\u304c\u9ad8\u3059\u304e\u3066\u30af\u30aa\u30ea\u30c6\u30a3\u306e\u9ad8\u3044\u7f8e\u5973\u3092\u4f5c\u308b\u30d7\u30ec\u30a4\u30e4\u30fc\u304c\u7d9a\u51fa<br>\u2193<br>\u305f\u3068\u3048\u30ad\u30e3\u30e9\u3092\u3069\u308c\u3060\u3051\u7f8e\u3057\u304f\u4f5c\u3063\u3066\u3082\u3001\u76fe\u3092\u69cb\u3048\u305f\u77ac\u9593\u306b\u9854\u9762\u304c\u30d6\u30b9\u306b\u306a\u308b\u81f4\u547d\u7684\u306a\u30d0\u30b0\u304c\u898b\u3064\u304b\u308a\u30d7\u30ec\u30a4\u30e4\u30fc\u963f\u9f3b\u53eb\u559a<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3%E3%83%AF%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u30e2\u30f3\u30cf\u30f3\u30ef\u30a4\u30eb\u30ba<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YBaXlOICqL\">pic.twitter.com\/YBaXlOICqL<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u6edd\u6ca2\u30ac\u30ec\u30bd (@tkzwgrs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tkzwgrs\/status\/1851926584745246998?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 31, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In a pre-launch community update in December, Monster Hunter Wilds director Yuya Tokuda said (as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/game.watch.impress.co.jp\/docs\/news\/1649245.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GameWatch)<\/a> that the idea was to make characters look determined while holding a shield, but that it was not his intent to make them look like <em>that<\/em>. As such, he assured players that the bug would be addressed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The developers delivered on what they promised it seems, as <a href=\"https:\/\/news.denfaminicogamer.jp\/kikakuthetower\/250225c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Denfaminicogamer<\/a> confirms that the full game introduces a much more \u201cdignified\u201d facial expression for characters holding a shield.&nbsp;<\/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\">\u3010\u6717\u5831\u3011\u76fe\u3092\u69cb\u3048\u305f\u9014\u7aef\u30d6\u30b5\u30a4\u30af\u306b\u306a\u308b\u4e0d\u5177\u5408\u304c\u88fd\u54c1\u7248\u3067\u306f\u4fee\u6b63\u3055\u308c\u3066\u308b\u6a21\u69d8!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3%E3%83%AF%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u30e2\u30f3\u30cf\u30f3\u30ef\u30a4\u30eb\u30ba<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AF%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u30e2\u30f3\u30b9\u30bf\u30fc\u30cf\u30f3\u30bf\u30fc\u30ef\u30a4\u30eb\u30ba<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MHWilds?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MHWilds<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4QjKEBFpxb\">pic.twitter.com\/4QjKEBFpxb<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u30e2\u30f3\u30cf\u30f3\u30ef\u30a4\u30eb\u30ba\u307e\u3068\u3081\u3001\u6700\u65b0\u60c5\u5831\u3010\u30a2\u30a4\u30eb\u30fc\u901f\u5831\u3011 (@MHRisekouryaku) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MHRisekouryaku\/status\/1894349124876546540?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Monster Hunter Wilds will be released on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2246340\/Monster_Hunter_Wilds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>) on February 28.\u202f\u202f<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of Monster Hunter Wilds hilarious OBT bugs has been patched out in the full-game, reviews confirm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":44857,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-44854","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 - 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