At their smallest, you might see one that looks like a rabbit with a fruit bush growing off its back or a snake that glides through the air on wispy wings. These are beings warped to intertwine the elements of nature into the bodies of otherwise normal animals. Wild Hearts takes us to the land of Azuma where mankind must contend with magical forces that allow for the existence of creatures known as Kemono. It presents a gorgeous and vibrant world full of fascinating creatures mixing beast and nature together in various ways, and the tools you use to chase them take the game from a Monster Hunter knockoff to an amazing game that can stand on its own in this field.

Wild Hearts does more than bring its own flavor to the monster hunting genre.

Many hours later, my questions have been answered.

I wondered if its Karakuri gadgetry would amount to much more than a gimmick and if that gimmick would be fun. When Koei Tecmo and Electronic Arts announced Wild Hearts as a cooperative giant monster bopper, I wondered immediately how much it would be able to set itself apart from Monster Hunter.

Song in the our wild hearts trailer