Monster Hunter Stories and Puzzles & Dragons collaboration and trailer revealed

The Monster Hunter series has another new collaboration effort this year, this time with strategy RPG Puzzle & Dragons X for the 3DS!

A few of the monsters from the spin-off turn-based RPG Monster Hunter Stories will show up in Puzzles & Dragons X as bosses, including Rathalos and Nargacuga. Players will also be able to attain Rathalos and subspecies Azure Rathalos “Soul” armor for their main character through completing a collaboration quest in game.

View the trailer here:

The Monster Hunter series has many bonus downloadable content (DLC) projects with companies in the past, varying from costumes to weapons to even playable modified bosses.

DLC includes various:

• Anime series (Attack on Titan, Evangelion, Fate/Stay Night, Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, Yu-Gi-Oh!)
• Fellow Capcom IPs (Devil May Cry, Ghosts ‘n Goblins, Okami, Street Fighter)
• Nintendo IPs (Super Mario, Starfox, The Legend of Zelda)
• Other notable games (Metal Gear Solid, Taiko: Drum Master)
• Non-game related companies (Pizza Hut, Universal Studios Japan)
• And many more not listed here!

Puzzles & Dragons X comes out on July 28th, and Monster Hunter Stories comes out in Japan on October 8th.