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Monster Hunter XX (Double Cross) for 3DS announced, launching March 18, 2017 in Japan
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The only reason I don't want to post a thread about the rumor is that I don't know how long before the MH direct it appeared.
It's not my screen capture, so it's not my time zone, which is fairly close to Japan.
I just like the bit where it says huge internal strife at Capcom.
After having read the actual post and not having found any inconsistencies, I agree that there should be a thread for this
I also don't know how to make them, so it would be nice if someone else could do that
https://twitter.com/mochi_wsj/status/791881573096263680
Speaking of WSJ guy, Capcom is currently seeing "difficulties" of making games multiplat between Sony platform and Nintendo's because of multiple differences between them (like hardware themselves, bushiness standpoints and such).
Speaking of WSJ guy, Capcom is currently seeing "difficulties" of making games multiplat between Sony platform and Nintendo's because of multiple differences between them (like hardware themselves, bushiness standpoints and such).
Herb Alpert
Banned
Cough Cough third party moving from PS4 to switch cough cough
I kid I kid If this rumour was true it wouldn't be about Capcom
Brawly Likes to Brawl
Member
Look up the Osborne Effect. No company is ever going to tell the truth about whether or not there will be an enhanced version of a new product down the road.
true that
what a bunch of shit. willingly dumbing down the combat (because that's what it sounds like to me) for the west? naw fam
it's Capcom tho. they might just go ahead and pull this shit with MH5
DrROBschiz
Member
I really hope that 4Chan leak is horse shit
but who knows
Ive been clamoring for MH to spread to everything anyways so MH PS4 is pretty exciting
I want to see it on damn near everything
but who knows
Ive been clamoring for MH to spread to everything anyways so MH PS4 is pretty exciting
I want to see it on damn near everything
Like I said before, they're better off working on their next big release while Switch's install base increases.
This is why big IPs are rarely launch titles and in this case, a transitional period for Monster Hunter which is going from 240p to 720p+ with a significant boost in graphical fidelity you really can't expect them to put resources into remasters that have very limited selling power. It just doesn't make sense.
DrROBschiz
Member
Yeah buts its an annual franchise
I dont see any reason why they wouldnt push a cross gen port of MHXX on the thing
And your annual MH release for 2017 is MHXX.
I wouldn't rule out a port or something to serve as a starting point maybe later in the year but I think they're better off serving 3DS in 2017 with MHXX and then MH5 for PS4/Switch in 2018.
AsylumBlue
Member
They should collab with Guerilla Games on a full-blown "Monster Hunter" game. GG can handle the tech, and as a tie-in with "Horizon," feature a robo-dino or two. Do it, Sony!
DrROBschiz
Member
Capcom has the people, the resources and the skill to make a different kind of Monster Hunter game to compete in the high end HD, open world space
Dragons Dogma is damn close to what a new age MH game could look like.. kind of?
And of course you have the iteration on all the MMOs including the New Frontier and MHO
They have this weird diversity in their development strategies that hasnt quite bled into the Core series
Maybe that 4Chan rumor is real and maybe it isnt but if it was real I would only see it as a net positive to the growth of the series as a whole
Stairouais
Member
Aw yiss, I can already feel the shitty DS4 shoulder buttons getting stuck while hunting.
pretty done
Member
Didn't they already dumb everything down in MH4U, then even more in MHG? Dumbing it down for that 3DS base.
Not that I don't believe you, but do you have a link for this?
Since that one is actually news, I'd like to break off a thread.
The rumor doesn't make sense. Didn't capcom say that the 3ds games sold surprisingly well in the west?
In game graphics for Switch.
DrROBschiz
Member
They did say that?
Oh damn
No Switch version confirmed then i suppose.... Dreamstompers scored on this one
OrbitalBeard
Member
I'm speaking on this rumor specifically, not that Monster Hunter won't ever arrive on new platforms.
The rumor claims Monster Hunter 5 is being paid for by Sony to help their chances in Japan....but it's being designed with the west in mind.
This doesn't make sense.
One thing is for sure though....when speaking of Japan, Sony needs Monster Hunter a lot more than Nintendo...so I really could see them going in hard at the negotiating table.
Hardly. MH4U arguably made shit way more complicated than it needed to be in the endgame with how apex monster hunting works, and MHG tried to fix that somewhat with how deviant monsters work. The combat is deeper than ever, though MHG made some setups more viable and noob-friendly than others.
Depth is not an issue at all, believe me.
No? What did you feel was dumbed down?
DrROBschiz
Member
Are people just referring to the difficulty?
Cuz MH4U had some nice spikes with some of the endgame content
Cuz MH4U had some nice spikes with some of the endgame content
xxbrothawizxx63
Member
So according to the rumor, would portable for Switch be an entirely separate game or a chunked version version of MH5 with the traditional structure?
Switch not getting a version with the new mechanics would be a tragedy.
Switch not getting a version with the new mechanics would be a tragedy.
We already went over this in this thread and I posted about it in the Media Create thread. Quoting myself from there
So, not as definitive as it could sound from crinale's previous message, I would say it's not even a news deserving its own thread, since it's just "not including Switch games in our FY forecasts for now", which means that can change once stuff is announced, and not a "We won't have titles for Switch's launch" kind of statement. Also, I believe people should read this and NOT the original message, in order to avoid confusion / drama of any kind.
Oh, I'm not even going to bother for that. It's normal for a company to exclude revenue from a platform they're not 100% guaranteed will be out in the fiscal year (nor guaranteed how much it will even sell). Thanks.
I don't think anyone here believes the latter portions of that rumour.
Except it's not really "news" - it's just some unconfirmed rumor that doesn't make much sense for a number of reasons that have already been mentioned.
I find it bizarre that so many people are assuming the 4chan "leak" to be real based on such flimsy evidence. Granted, Sony fans have jumped on *every* "MH is coming to PSP/Vita/PS3/PS4" rumor that has appeared in the last number of years, so I guess it should've been expected :|
So why believe any of it?
If only the series got this much support from western Sony fans back when it was on Sony hardware!
belteshazzar
Member
Man, I really want this to come to the US. I was considering getting Monster Hunter Generations during the Target sale coming up this next week or during Black Friday, but I think I will wait to see if this superior version will be released here.
I know its just a rumor - but i would rather have a dedicated thread than this MH XX thread being all about a potential MH5 for PS4.
This is a good point.
If people want to keep discussing the rumor, break it off to a different thread so this can be about XxX_MonsterHunter_XxX.
If people don't find it worthwhile, we should just move on.
Exactly :| At any rate, let's be honest here: for a lot of western gamers, Monster Hunter is just a game they want on "their system" because it means their system will sell boatloads in Japan. And this goes for Nintendo and MS fans as well as Sony ones. So I understand the interest/drama. Still, these "rumors"--which hardly ever pan out--get tiresome over time...
Octavianus
Banned
Still no Monster Hunter Stories though.
A Japanese stream wasn't going to announce a western release date of a game that's already out in the country.
Sammy Samusu
Member
Speaking of MHS... If you care about MH you should watch the anime.
I just watched episode 3 and HOLY SHIT.
Mr. Pointy
Member
I'll make it, just give me a bit.
Conkerkid11
Member
I love this post.
Is the anime a different story than the game? Sometimes these tie-in series use the same story that the game does, and I don't want to already know what happens in the game before it even comes out here.Speaking of MHS... If you care about MH you should watch the anime.
I just watched episode 3 and HOLY SHIT.
Sammy Samusu
Member
I got my copy in the mail some days ago but I haven't had the time to play it yet.
But yeah, I believe both anime and game share the same story. Don't know for sure though.
Great post.
A+++
