I'm not talking about making MH World, I'm talking about not releasing an existing game that they've already done most of the localisation for.
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I'm not talking about making MH World, I'm talking about not releasing an existing game that they've already done most of the localisation for.
lyrick
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Maybe someone should see if they're willing to talk about Xbox One X improvements or why the lack of showcase on the Xbox Showcase/Daily thing.
It's possible Capcom may have gotten themselves into an exclusive franchise marketing deal.
wonderful103
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You poor souls. Let it go. Monster hunter is different now. Local play is all but a dream
Night Angel
Member
Oh, well then yeah. I agree that it's stupid they aren't localizing, something they've been failing at for years.
Well, I kinda felt like that was the case already. I bet this has Sony written all over it.
Night Angel
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Reneledarker
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Being a MH fan in the West is living in constant uncertainty. First, after bringing MHP2G (Freedom Unite) they decide to skip MHP3, and I am like, ok, I will move to your new console to keep playing your games. Then they do this with MHXX, sight, is not about being salty, is just that as a MH fan I just want to play all the games.
Shame none of the other hunting games captured the combat of MH, they went for the flashiness but forgot about the substance that makes MH such a unique game, with all the flaws it has.
Shame none of the other hunting games captured the combat of MH, they went for the flashiness but forgot about the substance that makes MH such a unique game, with all the flaws it has.
If they want people to move to a new console, that's not a move calculated to "build their western audience" people aren't moving to a new console for a game they haven't played yet.
Whatever the reason, that ain't it. If anything you want it releasing on the most reasonably possible consoles if you want the audience to grow.
Jo Shishido's Cheeks
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Just a week ago I thought I had Pokemon Stars and Monster Hunter XX coming to me this year :'(
OrbitalBeard
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Also, not that it was expected, but World is confirmed to offer no local MP.
Even with Sock's tweet, it still says, "We have nothing to announce for Switch currently."
My hunch is that they don't want to take too much of the spotlight off their new HD game even if they want to bring XX over to Switch at some point? Maybe they want to announce it later? Am I being unreasonable or something?
I think they are leaving money on the table should they truly decide to never bring it over. I don't see them doing that either.
My hunch is that they don't want to take too much of the spotlight off their new HD game even if they want to bring XX over to Switch at some point? Maybe they want to announce it later? Am I being unreasonable or something?
I think they are leaving money on the table should they truly decide to never bring it over. I don't see them doing that either.
I could be completely wrong- its happened many times before- but I find it hard to believe Capcom is going to permanently abandon what made it a phenomenon in the first place.
Air Zombie Meat
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I don't play MH locally, I play it online but thanks for the concern. Just want to get the game that they're releasing in japan. Would be happy with just the 3ds version tbh.
You might be right. I still find it hard to believe they would go through the effort of porting XX over with no future plans for the series and just being content to get a few hundred thousand more copies out of japan.
OrbitalBeard
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You're not being unreasonable but these types of posts were pretty common during the Portable 3rd era.
Capcom has no issue leaving money on the table, I can assure you of that.
(to be fair, this would be a lot more lost $$$ than a PSP title would net in the west in late 2011)
You are. It's called Monster Hunter: World. Ha, ha!!
I take it as priorities changed somewhere down the line and since they were working on XX, they figured they'd get something out of it on the cheap.
Capcom also ported a fighter to Vita before they bailed iirc.
But according to the rumor portable series will continue on Switch so that's different.
While XX was a somewhat reasonable assumption, anyone who pays attention to gamefreak's decisions knew that Stars had 0 chance to be on Switch.
On translation topic, them not bringing over XX is increadible bullshit. Capcom is the worst with this. So far in the MH series they havent brought over Dos, P3rd and 4 and now it seems XX is joining them. This is reaching Ace Attourney levels.
It appears Capcom simply made a numbers decision: new install base B > old install base A. Seems unnecessarily risky to me to abandon the smaller, loyal group A for a shot at the larger, fickle group B, but I'm not a business person.
Though I kind of like the idea of all of us group A GAFers struggling through the Japanese XX translation. Sounds lulzy.
Though I kind of like the idea of all of us group A GAFers struggling through the Japanese XX translation. Sounds lulzy.
I wasn't just trolling when I expressed those doubts and even if they do make separate Switch games its meaningless to me if they only release them in Japan.;_;
As many others here have said, I own a PS4 and plan to get MH:W there (though I am a bit salty that I have friends who will get it on PC instead and my PC may not even run it) but I ALSO want MHXX because I've grown to love MH as a handheld franchise.
I'm not giving up hope yet, certainly not in the middle of E3. "We have nothing to announce for Switch currently" could literally mean "We're not announcing it today, we're announcing it tomorrow." But at the same time I'm not holding my breath.
I can't really imagine them abandoning the portable franchise in Japan though, and what would be really tragic in my eyes is if they have two concurrent MH franchises - console and handheld - and the West only gets the console ones. Heck, I'm still disappointed we haven't gotten any of the Felyne Village games.
I'm not giving up hope yet, certainly not in the middle of E3. "We have nothing to announce for Switch currently" could literally mean "We're not announcing it today, we're announcing it tomorrow." But at the same time I'm not holding my breath.
I can't really imagine them abandoning the portable franchise in Japan though, and what would be really tragic in my eyes is if they have two concurrent MH franchises - console and handheld - and the West only gets the console ones. Heck, I'm still disappointed we haven't gotten any of the Felyne Village games.
NintendosBooger
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Can't blame Capcom, really.
They're in muddy waters. Every other year there's buyout chatter. Old franchises underselling. I sense that MH World is their last shot to make a big impact in the West, and they don't want to blur the message or cause any confusion by bringing another MH here.
But who knows, maybe they do it? One can never read minds, and such.
They're in muddy waters. Every other year there's buyout chatter. Old franchises underselling. I sense that MH World is their last shot to make a big impact in the West, and they don't want to blur the message or cause any confusion by bringing another MH here.
But who knows, maybe they do it? One can never read minds, and such.
It might pay off, but that is a big might. Though I 100% think we are going to see the return of 2 series going on at the same time with a World style series and a Classic style series
I'll concede you *might* have a point on this if you concede Nintendo made it clear today that Switch is replacing 3DS and has a steady stream of software lined up.
Deal?
I'll concede you *might* have a point on this if you concede Nintendo made it clear today that Switch is replacing 3DS and has a steady stream of software lined up.
Deal?
Deal. Nintendo did good today.
Could still be PR speak, but if we get XX it won't be this year probably (though I was kind of expecting not if we didn't hear anything by now). I'm staying cautiously optimistic because it seems insane to skip it now versus 2 being a follow up to a game that wasn't a big hit IIRC in NA(/EU?( and MHP3 coming after the PSP was basically dead outside of Japan and SCEA seemingly being a pain about HD Remasters, but the 3DS is still getting good support while the Switch is a hot new system ripe for a Monster Hunter to land on and get a lot of eyeballs on. I could see that they had the gears in motion to be this way for awhile and seriously underestimated how much of an opportunity it'd be to get XX on Switch ASAP.
And they probably really are not going to start anything localization-wise until the Switch version is out, and that's August. So, yeah, plausibly first half 2018.
EDIT: Seriously, yeah, the more I think about this the plan probably really is "don't do shit until the Japanese Switch version is out." In which case we'd PROBABLY get it but in... like... June. So we'd wait a year from a year, over a year when going from the 3DS version's release. Which DOES sound typical of Capcom to be honest.
Claude Augario
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With Capcom's embarrassing Switch support, I shouldn't be surprised that they would actually abandon an in-built audience like this.
I'll concede you *might* have a point on this if you concede Nintendo made it clear today that Switch is replacing 3DS and has a steady stream of software lined up.
Deal?
The significant amount of 3DS software was weird, and was probably greenlit when they weren't sure Switch was the next 3DS, but them going 'hey this thing is gonna get pokemon' confirmed that's where they're headed.
Sammy Samusu
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What are you talking about?
We are discussing how we can't play MHXX HD because Capcom decided not to localized it.
Solve this issue for me with a PS4 please. I have one and I don't see how that is helping me.
Not to derail but I mentioned in the Media Create thread that I thought it was notable Shinya Takahashi spoke of how he was relieved Switch was being accepted as both console and handheld.
You were the best HBG specalist I've played with, all the way back to 3 Ultimate on the WiiU.
I'm sure we'll cross paths again.
Alternatively, maybe it's not being worked on at Capcom, and was contracted to someone instead.
For the record, I still think its more likely than not that Switch will continue to get the series..but admit today is the first time I've questioned that a little.
Dividing up your series' base depending on where you live is not a smart decision.
I can solve that issue with a Switch actually. Thank god for region free systems.
Isn't that standard operating procedure admittedly? Though given how little there SHOULD be to localize it'd make sense anyway. And probably still be a case of "we need to wait on the Switch version's release."
Yeah...
I was going to make a point of buying MH World and playing on my brothers Xbox but I'm not sure I feel comfortable supporting it now. Not even sure I want to buy MH Stories.
Oh cool are you giving out Japanese lessons too?
TBF that's what they do right now with regionalized servers (not bringing over the portable games is still real stupid)
Just remembered we'd have to start our characters over, right?
Hype... draining... out of body...
Gotdatmoney
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I'm pretty convinced we aren't getting it on the Switch in the West now. Which sucks. Japan still gonna get MH on switch though.
That's more to do with all the licensing deals they do for quests in Japan, isn't it? It's certainly not a technical issue that's preventing them from accomplishing that.
Air Zombie Meat
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That was my reaction at first but losing my save...not sure I want to deal with that and the language issue.
It probably is. That would make the most sense.
I was just saying they already do split their base by region and really always have.
Thanks so much. I remember the fun times we had. Like after hunting 3U Super Event Brachy with a team full of GAF folks, I've never been troubled by Brachydioses ever since.
I live in hope those hunts will be back someday.