They've made a few but all of the movies are secondary to the games. They never really made any attempt to tie the games to the movies.
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Let us calmly discuss the Monster Hunter 4chan rumor about PS4 and Switch
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They've made a few but all of the movies are secondary to the games. They never really made any attempt to tie the games to the movies.
And_Gignac
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MH5 will be a flop if true, then.
Jaded Alyx
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I have no way to prove this of course, but I would bet any amount of money that if there were a multiplatform Switch/PS4 Monster Hunter, the Switch version would sell the most in the West by far.
Diablohead
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If true I like how portable is by the main team still, 5 can go do its thing.
AquaWateria
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OfficerRaichu15
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Especially with the portability factor yes.
DriftingSpirit
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Soon.
Vyse The Legend
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Ray Barnholt, ex-1up writer and now a developer, pretty much said the rumor is true on Twitter.
Monster Hunter G came out on PS2 and had a demo for 3, but that ended up on Wii... So, yeah, he is basically saying Switch is not getting 5.
Monster Hunter G came out on PS2 and had a demo for 3, but that ended up on Wii... So, yeah, he is basically saying Switch is not getting 5.
Complications of localization. I remember the Capcom forums people were desperate to hear any news at all about a localization to a point they were even hoping Sony would at least step in and bring it over. There was even Operation Cherry Blossom to show there was support for Monster Hunter in the west on Capcom Forums. But nothing ever happened.
http://www.capcom-unity.com/ask_cap...nter-portable-3rd-hd-ver?post_num=6#505539741
http://www.capcom-unity.com/ask_cap...nter-portable-3rd-hd-ver?post_num=9#505552287
Also Monster Hunter Tri was originally planned for the PS3 but got moved to Wii "Due to high development cost of titles for PS3, we have decided to switch the platform to which we release our Monster Hunter 3," Capcom managing corporate officer Katsuhiko Ichii said." https://web.archive.org/web/2008102...rbes.com/feeds/afx/2007/10/10/afx4204151.html
From these two things people came up with rumors that Nintendo made some deal with Capcom for Monster Hunter and money hatted them. They never really did. However, Nintendo often did help them out with things like marketing and such.
Father_Brain
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There's been *some* cross-promotion (you can get a free digital copy of The Final Chapter with RE7, IIRC), but they haven't made any great effort to synchronize film and game releases, let alone to make the games resemble the films more (RE6 was very clearly pandering to Western AAA audiences, but not in a way that overtly echoed the film franchise).
Eolz
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That's not what I'm reading.
He's saying that buying XXS is giving money to Capcom for 5, but doesn't guarantee that 5 will be on the same platform. Which is true, but isn't linked to that rumor at all.
edit: that's also a bad jump to conclusions, since 4 was always going to be on an handheld first. People were hoping for 4U to be on WiiU for sure (me included), but it would have been a port if that happened.
I doubt that MonHun 5 will be based around the 3DS...
edit 2: oh MonHun G Wii, not even talking about 3G? Well lol. That's even further away from the rumor we're discussing.
That's not what he's saying, though? Monster Hunter G was also ported to Wii. The tweet specifically mentions the Monster Hunter G that was on Wii.
Also the Monster Hunter 3 Demo you mention was only included with the Wii version. PS2 never had the demo.
He references MH G Wii which had the MH Tri demo and was very clearly priming the pump for Tri.
I'm not understanding
Father_Brain
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Monster Hunter G was ported to Wii in Japan before Tri came out there, so I'm pretty sure he's implying the exact opposite (though whether that's based on inside info or his own conjecture, I can't say).
And there was never any PS2 demo of Tri, as it was announced for PS3 originally. You must be confusing the original release with the Wii port.
Yeah, it seemed to be implying the exact opposite. Its a pretty clear case of laying ground work for future releases.
They did it with Wii and they did it with 3DS.
I think it would all depend on Nintendo by that point. I don't think they'd be stupid enough to give up $$$ support for core MH in the west because they were "betrayed" (as this rumor suggests) in Japan with the franchise, but if NoJ legitimately feels the way the OP outlines, I could see it souring that financial relationship if they decide to intercede.
This is all assuming any of this rumor is actually true though.
It literally came with a demo for Tri. What other purpose for the re-release was there?
Eolz
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People bought FF 0 HD for the game itself, certainly not the FFXV demo.
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Unrelated, but this one of the main issues I see coming up with DQXI. Nintendo pays for localization and marketing of main DQ games on their supports, while S-E does that themselves for spinoffs on PS support. Would they be ready to do the localization of a mainline game without anything in return again?
SporeCrawler
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Again, nobody cared about MHG on Wii so you tell me. It was a weird release whatever their intentions were. Maybe to charge $$ for a demo? I don't even know.
Father_Brain
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The rumor claims that they didn't even pay for exclusivity, just to keep it off Switch, so... yeah.
This is another huge mystery. Especially since the script is the same between both versions of the game, if you pay for one script, you're basically paying for both.
The rumour is bad in certain ways.
Like for one, Sony doesn't look at just one region when they make any deal. PS4's strengths are in its potential to sell software globally, including emerging markets that previously weren't accessible or as big as they are now and that's a big reason why you see some decent PS4 support from Japan.
Yeah, I don't really see who this rumor harms even if it does sound like Sony and Capcom being stupid.
People who want a "console" MH tailored to modern "console" sensibilities would get just that.
People who want the franchise as is would also get just that.
Don't see the issue for consumers.
People who want a "console" MH tailored to modern "console" sensibilities would get just that.
People who want the franchise as is would also get just that.
Don't see the issue for consumers.
Didn't it still sell like 250k? It was easy money and got at least some of the audience on to the Wii.
WhiskerFrisker
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But...why just Switch? I just can't see Sony doing that for such a petty reason.
The only thing I really see people from that camp wanting is better graphics. I don't know if they want the gameplay to go away just to have better fidelity.
Perhaps. I thought it was also common to complain about the systems, controls, etc. But those could be different people, yeah.
Around 236k LTD. Not bad I guess when all things considered. Maybe I'll have to take back what I said. That demo did some work.
Graphics Horse
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Oops sorry for bumping the wrong thread lol
I don't think it's about existing camps, if they have ambitions of reinventing the game and selling like something like a Far Cry in the West, however realistic or not that is.
I don't think it's about existing camps, if they have ambitions of reinventing the game and selling like something like a Far Cry in the West, however realistic or not that is.
Given the ergonomics of the 3DS, yeah controls definitely were another thing people complained about, and I think those arguments were totally valid even if I didn't share them. Not too sure about the systems though.
Surface of Me
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Yeah Id imagine it be like SFV if true. No other consoles, but PC would be fine. Then again Ive heard Sony pays Spotify not to be on Xbox so who knows.
That's OK. I lock for you.
Anyway I don't think the rumor makes sense. Like I definitely believe in tweaking, but I could imagine I would write "teh new one suxxor" if I were unhappy about it leaving the platform (and the whole "senior person upset and leaking" framing of the rumor fits that conceit). I guess we'll see soon, though I imagine making the entire series multiplatform has been the objective for a while and I still don't understand why they can't do that.
I think the segmented world stuff is annoying and no longer really serves a purpose.
This doesn't say what you think this says...
If Switch gets it then Nintendo probably wins Japan.
SuperSaiyanWithDreads
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"Everyone in this scenario gets something"
Except Xbox, and PC gamers...
Except Xbox, and PC gamers...
DangerMouse
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Agreed. Plus you'd want the real MH team if you were paying for it.
Also, I think it makes much more sense that it would be Capcom wanting a potential PS4 Monster Hunter to be at least slightly more westernized (even if the details in that rumor might be more exaggerated than Capcom would really be doing) for some more worldwide appeal rather than Sony which is not averse to Japanese titles.
I do think it's entirely possible that, at least in multiplat fashion, Sony is interested in having the next mainline Monster Hunter at least be available on their system this time though. Especially since the number of MH-inspired titles aside from God Eater and Toukiden have shrunk considerably.
It reads and sounds like a fake 4chan rumor so that's what I'm going with. I think the most generous interpretation is that the poster's friend had passed along a ton of rumors, gossip, and speculation from a bunch of different sources of varying quality and the MHXX title was something that ended up being legit. The least generous interpretation is that the poster found out about the name and leaked it along with a bunch of BS he made up himself.
WhiskerFrisker
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Every time I browse the Media Crate, which is about once or twice a week, I just read about how Sony is getting a thrashing by the 3DS. I'm sure they new they would lose Japan already.
InvincibleFist
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So, the traditional series would continue, but under a different name? Did Sony simply pay for the name "Monster Hunter 5?" What's the value in that? More importantly, is there really a market for a dumbed-down, "westernized" Monster Hunter? I don't see why either Sony or Capcom would believe this to be the case. Who would be developing it if the regular Monster Hunter team would still be working on the "portable" series? What western development studios do Capcom work with? The current Dead Rising team, perhaps?
This rumor makes no sense to me. If true, it sounds like an expensive mistake.
This rumor makes no sense to me. If true, it sounds like an expensive mistake.
They get thrashed by 3DS because it's got, among other things, Monster Hunter. Pokemon/MonHun/Mario is basically the trifecta. The only big Japanese game 3DS didn't have was Dark Souls. If Switch gets that along with the trifecta, it's gg in Japan.
To me that would make it seem like Sony is threatened in some way by Nintendo but why would they be?
Animal Crossing.
It's been "gg" in Japan for a long, long time, which is why the wording "desperate for Japan" makes no sense to me.
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