Monster Hunter Wilds doesn’t exactly have a traditional chat communication, much like its predecessor, Monster Hunter Worlds. Players often had to communicate with pre-made phrases or custom stickers. Still, the limitation didn’t stop some players from getting resourceful and creative. Custom stickers in Monster Hunter Wilds are now being used for multiple purposes, from throwing random accusations at President Donald Trump to feet pics solicitations. Of course, there are also practical gameplay uses.
Some of you might have already seen such a cultural phenomenon in-game, but for those who haven’t or have shied away from Monster Hunter Wilds‘ co-op, then one player posted a series of examples. outsidergames from TikTok managed to capture one of the most interesting custom sticker exchanges in Monster Hunter Wilds.
Some of the wilder custom stickers have the text “Trump killed Epstein,” to a tamer “Hail Satan” while others are gooner gamer jokes that are all too common in some forums and comment sections. Here’s the example:
Now that the post has blown up on TikTok, it’s only a matter of time before more hilarious (or unhinged) custom sticker communications pop up for Monster Hunter Wilds‘ co-op component. Custom stickers allow for more freedom compared to the usual pre-made text since you can customize the words.
Of course, custom stickers also tend to have less censorship since the game considers them as images. Some are worried though, that Capcom might do something about the custom stickers if they get too wild for Monster Hunter Wild.
How Wild can It Get?
The more concerned players are already predicting a censorship effort from Capcom– especially with Monster Hunter Wilds‘ popularity. The custom sticker feature could get erased or heavily moderated. While the custom stickers have been around for Monster Hunter World, Wilds is a different beast since it’s currently Capcom’s most popular and most successful game.
So while custom sticker trends tend to be harmless at the moment, it might not take long before we start seeing more inappropriate words or maybe even racist remarks that people online love to throw around so casually while being anonymous.
Capcom might have to step in to address such concerns and to keep Monster Hunter Wilds safer, which, by the way, has an age rating of T or 13+. Other players are complacent that Capcom won’t do anything because the publisher even failed to take action against inappropriate or offensive user names in Monster Hunter Wilds.
