Monster Hunter Wilds Switch 2 Demo Players Have Big One Complaint

Monster Hunter Wilds Switch 2 Demo Runs Great, But It's Brought Up One Complaint Published Oct 21, 2026, 6:27 AM EDT Sam Woods is TheGamer’s Senior Reporter. He’s been in games journalism since 2020 and has undertaken a variety of roles in that time. These have included roles such as SEO Editor, Managing Editor at DualShockers, and Global Head of Gaming, and he's also been seen on the BBC. He was promoted to the Senior Reporter position in 2025 following a series of high-quality reports and exclusives for TheGamer. Since 2020, Sam has written over 3,000 articles and specializes in telling the stories of the people behind the games. He’s interviewed the biggest game directors, some of the industry’s top talents, told the stories of how indie games came to be, and spoken to players about what really makes them tick. He’s also interviewed some of the world’s biggest musical artists to find out how the medium has inspired their work, and TV and Film actors about their roles in video game adaptations. He even hosted a PAX panel in 2021 and made a documentary in 2024 surrounding the creation of a Disney game. Alongside this, Sam focuses on breaking news. He got the scoop on Perfect Dark’s cancellation, provided context on some AI drama, and revealed that Lady Dimitrescu’s actress would love to step back into the character’s giant shoes. These articles have been picked up by the biggest gaming sites, including IGN, GameSpot, and PC Gamer. He also loves to dive into the numbers behind the games. Sam’s journey in games journalism has taken him all over the world. He’s covered Gamescom in Germany, Summer Game Fest in Los Angeles, and Tokyo Game Show in Japan, each on three occasions. He’s been learning Japanese since 2024 with the intention of identifying and translating Japanese-language news and bringing it to English-language audiences first, something he’s done countless times. Sam’s first review was 2020’s Battletoads reboot, and he’s since reviewed games in The Legend of Zelda, Super Mario, and Pokemon franchises. Sign in to your TheGamer account Monster Hunter Wilds' Switch 2 demo is here. It follows Resident Evil Requiem, Onimusha: Way of the Sword, and Pragmata as Capcom perfects its ability to port its graphically intense triple-A titles to Nintendo's latest console. Overall, the Switch 2 port of Monster Hunter Wilds has been well received, and players are having a good time, but one complaint keeps resurfacing: Wilds' art style isn't very good, and the handheld console's fidelity only makes it worse. Monster Hunter Wilds' Switch 2 Port Is A Miracle, But It Doesn't Look Great Since its demo launched yesterday, various threads have appeared on Reddit discussing the art style of Monster Hunter Wilds. These threads typically start by saying how impressed they are that the game runs on a portable console, then dive deep into the art style Capcom created. "It definitely shows some of the visual shortcomings and compromises of Switch 2," one comment said, replying to image comparisons of the Switch 2 demo and the PS5 Pro version of the game. "The lower draw distance on Switch 2 here is notable. And the Switch 2 really lessens foliage density. But it's still massively impressive that there's even games to compare here." Many shared this view, but it opened a wider discussion about the direction Capcom took with Wilds' art. "Art style and theme just isn't that good, honestly. They leaned toward realism too much," said PaoLakers. "World and Rise look so much more colorful and alive than Wilds. Honestly, it's kinda depressing to run around in Wilds. Lots of bland environments." Zutt3n added, "It’s not really the 'filters' or colors, it’s the artstyle itself. Saturation and stuff is not gonna change that. The old games with their painted backgrounds are still peak for me when it comes to MH aesthetic." It's hard to argue with this assessment. As a big Monster Hunter fan myself, I find Wilds' art a little uninspiring compared to the games that came before it. At this year's Tokyo Game Show, we spoke with the Monster Hunter Wilds team, including Genki Sunano, producer for Monster Hunter Wilds on the Nintendo Switch 2. He outlined the challenges the team faced, especially in the wake of the game's poor PC launch. "It's definitely been a new level of challenge considering we just about got the PC to where it needed to be. We've been working on the performance of the game continually," he said. "When it came to adding Nintendo Switch 2, we reviewed everything we could about how the game processes internally and all aspects of performance, and made as many tweaks and improvements as we could." Released February 28, 2025 ESRB T For Teen / Blood, Crude Humor, Violence, Users Interact, In-Game Purchases Developer(s) Capcom Publisher(s) Capcom Engine RE Engine Genre(s) Action, Adventure