Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate: Dat G-Rank - Getting the Horn

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in the third of a short series of articles, Rich Stanton guides you round the world of Capcom's masterpiece. We've taken you through the pouch (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-05-02-monster-hunter-3-ultimate-dat-g-rank) and the armour (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-05-09-monster-hunter-3-ultimate-dat-g-rank-rockin-the-wroggi-set) - and this week it's time to look at the weapons.I'm as proud to be Scottish as the next ex-pat, but until Monster Hunter I'd never quite understood the bagpipes. I'd thought they existed merely to punish the recipients of posh Caledonian dinners, when in fact it's a genius combination of buffing tool and impact weapon - a kind of magic hammer.The hunting horn is one of Monster Hunter's oddest weapons, and my set of bagpipes is called Rinforzato. Magnificent, isn't it? The word echoes the Italian for reinforcing or emphasising, and it's videogame for harmonising death-bludgeon. Each attack produces a certain colour of note - blue, red or white - and linking these together in short strings unleashes a thwomping great attack that ends with your hunter in position to play.

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