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I've got my own particular tale about a hamster and a vacuum cleaner, but it's probably for the best I don't share it here (I was eight years old, me and my friend were very stupid and it's not something I'd ever do again. The hamster lived, though). This tale's a bit more savoury, and it's about Monster Hunter World's best new beast. It's called the Paolumu, and it's just about the greatest thing I've seen in Monster Hunter World so far. A flying wyvern that stalks the Coral Highlands, it's half hamster, half bat and 100 per cent nuts - and exactly the kind of far-fetched creation that makes me hold Capcom's long-running series dear.
During a recent trip to Capcom's headquarters in Osaka, I got the chance to sit down with art director Kaname Fujioka, lead artist Sayaka Kembe and sound director Hideki Hosoi to talk about how exactly Capcom goes about making its monsters - and discovered the lengths they go to in their creations.
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