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{{Infobox video game
|title = Monster Hunter 2
|image = Monster Hunter 2 Coverart.png
|caption = 
|developer = [[Company:Capcom|Capcom]]
|publisher = [[Company:Capcom|Capcom]]
|director = Kaname Fujioka 
|producer = 
|designer = Keni Kinoshita<br/>Tsuyoshi Nagayama<br/>Shintaro Kojima<br/>Yōichirō Ikeda<br/>Kouki Fuse<br/>Yuya Tokuda<br/>Eri Sawada<br/>Tomotsugu Shimono<br/>Junya Kumabe<br/>Katsuhiro Eguchi<br/>Yuji Matsumoto<br/>Naoto
|programmer = 
|artist = 
|writer = 
|composer = Masato Kohda<br/>Yuko Komiyama<br/>Shinya Okada<br/>Akihiko Narita<br/>Hajime Hyakkoku
|series = ''[[Software:Monster Hunter|Monster Hunter]]''
|released = {{vgrelease|JP|February 16, 2006}}
|genre = Action role-playing game
|modes = Single-player, multiplayer
|platforms = [[Engineering:PlayStation 2|PlayStation 2]]
}}

{{Nihongo|'''''Monster Hunter 2 (Dos)'''''|モンスターハンター2 (ドス)|Monsutā Hantā Dosu}} is a [[Engineering:PlayStation 2|PlayStation 2]] game made by [[Company:Capcom|Capcom]], and the sequel to ''[[Software:Monster Hunter (video game)|Monster Hunter]]'' and ''[[Software:Monster Hunter (video game)#Monster Hunter G|Monster Hunter G]]''.

==Gameplay==
Along with the various species of monster returning from the first ''Monster Hunter'', ''Monster Hunter 2'' contains many new monsters, such as the metallic wind dragon Kushala Daora, the [[Biology:Lion|lion]]-headed dragon Teo Teskatoru (named Teostra in the North American and PAL versions of ''Monster Hunter Freedom 2'') and his female counterpart Nana Teskatory (named Lunastra in the North American and PAL versions of MHF2), the primates Babakonga and Dodobrango (Congalala and Blangonga in MHF2), the bull or minotaur-like monster Rajang, and the [[Biology:Chameleon|chameleon]]-like dragon Oonazuchi (Chameleos in MHF2). With new monsters also comes the prospect of new weapons and armor.

''Monster Hunter 2'' has an improved weapon tree and upgradeable armors. As in all ''Monster Hunter'' games, armor pieces can be worn to obtain skills and abilities. A new feature in ''Monster Hunter 2'' is the use of gems. Gems add skill points to complement those added by armor and weapons. Gems are created by combining ore and/or monster parts. Gems can be attached and detached from armor and weapons that have special gem slots.

==Related games==
''[[Software:Monster Hunter Freedom 2|Monster Hunter Freedom 2]]'', released in Japan as ''Monster Hunter Portable 2nd'', is a partial port of ''Monster Hunter 2'' for the PSP. ''MHP2'' adds new features and includes several changes to the original game, such as the removal of some of the time flow elements and the removal of the [[Biology:Octopus|octopus]]-like monster Yama Tsukami. (Later added back in ''[[Software:Monster Hunter Freedom Unite|Monster Hunter Freedom Unite]]'', an English version of ''Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G''). Also some features such as the Forest & Hills map at night and Teostra in the Swamp zone have been removed from ''MHF2'', which would return in ''Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G''. 

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