EA and Koei Tecmo reveal their new magic monster hunting game

pcgamer.com:

Wild Hearts(opens in new tab) is a new hunting game unveiled today by Electronic Arts and Koei Tecmo, but it's not a hunting game as you might expect: Instead of bears, wolves, and tigers, players will travel to the fantasy realm of Azuma to hunt «giant nature-infused beasts» ranging from mutant squirrels to a winter wolf called Deathstalker.

Naturally, you're not going to go after these sorts of creatures with a Remington 12-gauge you picked up at S-Mart. No, you're going to need something special—specifically, machines called Karakuri that are created from lost, ancient technology. As you can see in the trailer, they're capable of some pretty impressive feats. Need to fly somewhere? Want a giant jack-in-the-box with a pop-up mallet that clocks monsters in the face? Maybe you're just after a big bomb? Whatever you need, it seems, the Karakuri can deliver. Swords, bows, and other implements of old-timey mayhem will fill out your arsenal.

As for why you're going to all this trouble, it's not just for kicks and gross trophies. Azuma was once a peaceful place, where the Kemono lived in peace with the people. But now, for reasons unknown, they're on the rampage, threatening the world and those who live in it, and it falls to you to restore balance to the realm.

The whole thing bears more than a passing resemblance to Capcom's Monster Hunter(opens in new tab) games, but Koei Tecmo vice president Yosuke Hayashi said that developers are aiming for a different sort of experience with Wild Hearts—although at this stage, the two games still sound (and look) very much alike.

«With Wild Hearts, not only did we want to showcase the evolution, infusion and real threat caused by Kemono, but we also wanted to create a game where