Game key card: Full version download of the game via the Internet required.

Game key card / software key card differ from regular game cards as they do not contain the full game data. Instead, the game key card is your "key" to download the full game to your console via the Internet. Once downloaded, you can play the game by inserting the game key card into your system and launching it like a regular physical game card.

The third instalment of the RPG series "Monster Hunter Stories" is here.

The Rathalos twins, born by a twist of fate. Monster Hunter Stories is an RPG series set in the Monster Hunter world. Become a Rider and raise your own favourite monsters and become one with them.

The story: Azuria and Vermeil: two lands on the path to destruction. When all hope seems lost, an egg is suddenly discovered. Inside is a Rathalos, a species thought to be extinct.

But the faint glimmer of hope quickly fades and the darkness of despair returns.

Not just a single Rathalos hatches from the egg, but twins. They bear the mark of the sky scales on their bodies, an inevitable reminder of the terrible civil war that took place 200 years ago.

Nature is once again teetering on the brink of destruction and countless monster species are threatened with extinction. In the shadow of these dark times, the flames of war are once again being fuelled.

Two lands, two Rathalos. Buffeted by the winds of fate, a Rider and his faithful Rathalos set off on a journey in search of the truth.