Monster Hunter Wilds sold over eight million units in its first three days, becoming the fastest selling Capcom game to date.

Still, despite all the mishaps, barrel bombs remain a valuable tool in the hunter kit—and not just for capping off a hunt with a hefty chunk of burst damage. One of the magical things about Monster Hunter is that you can find new applications for almost anything.

Capcom's Ryozo Tsujimoto — who heads up the Monster Hunter team — says that the company "is going through a golden era" right now, and that it "has to do everything we can so that this lasts one more year, one more year,"