In their "Japan Report". They also go on a rant against Nintendo and Capcom for MH3.:lol
Realistically, the only reasons Capcom would push Monster Hunter 3 over to the Wii have nothing to do with the innovative control schemes or the Wii's emphasis on "fun" over "graphics" and everything to do with easy money.
the Wii has yet to actually produce a hit piece of software with actual substance. For close to a year, people have been buying the Wii as an investment in some vague awesomeness to come.
Is Monster Hunter 3 that awesomeness? I would say "probably not". If "high development costs" were in any way the reason the game was shifted from the PlayStation 3 to the Nintendo Wii -- if the developer isn't willing to pay a lot for their new game -- then what are the chances that they're also willing to think a lot when they make it? Monster Hunter 3 will just be another port-over, most likely with minimal changes to the winning formula, and minimal additions aside from a Wiimote-flapping control scheme and a much more excessively complicated online matchmaking mode.
Was "innovation" just the gateway drug, here? Either way, Nintendo is going to have to start putting their money where their mouth is -- and, on a different scale, they're going to have to put their mouth where their money is.
On Nintendo's recently announced online call center:Hmm -- okay, Nintendo, just include some Sudoku puzzles and thirty-two variations on a minigame where you inflate a balloon by belligerently shaking the controller on a separate disc in the Monster Hunter 3 package, and maybe we can call it even.
Now, if only connecting the Nintendo Wii to the internet were easier than assembling a custom-made stereo circa 1968 . . .
That Nintendo is opening an old-fashioned call center is more or less a confession that something's wrong, and a glimmering promise that they're going to be concentrating more on online content in the future. What's next? A Nintendo Wii with a hard drive (to store all these downloadables) and 720p HD support? Maybe next year
Thinking about the possibilities, it's kind of mildly hilarious how easily Nintendo was able to play the entire world like an accordion -- they've set us back a generation, basically, and no one minds. I don't even mind, honestly. They've made us think that the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 might be too ahead of their own time, and here we are thinking, man, the Wii would be great if it had a hard drive and HD support.