Maybe XX was the production name before any logo art was made.
Also if the drama behind the scene was as big of a deal as it sounds, its no surprise gossip like that is all over the place. You think people never gossip about work drama? Or that since gossip is part of the rumor that it discredits it?
Details about World (
taken from the OP of the other thread):
Hunters can now hunt freely without being held back by the main objective/quest, even if the quest is complete. Hunters can hunt freely without any limits now.
You mean like no time limits? Missions don't have the same format, so do you think since you aren't bound by them, someone might think they were gone?
More clarification on maps/zones: "It's not open world game, but all the maps are massive and wide open, without any loading screens
"
Sounds like a change in the game that someone would describe as open world, but not Open World™
Multiplayer is online-only, there is no local co-op
totally in the rumor
Also there does seem to be a focus/change in combat with grappling hooks, using environments, mounting(?) and a focus on the West.
Just like the name of MH5 (mentioned in the rumor) changing to World, monsters and weapons could have been added later. Even the way Sony was the one who showed it off at their conference points to there being some type of deal with Capcom with this game.
Not all the details are accurate, but there is a good amount of it besides stuff that became true, that it seems more than just a coincidence of someone pulling it all out of their ass. That doesn't confirm all the gossip by a long shot, but there are enough details that are accurate enough that they plausibly had some inside info, which makes some of the other info seem more plausible, especially the non-gossipy stuff.
What happens if there is a MH Portable? People'll just say, "Yeah, but Sony isn't
desperate for Japan, so that rumor is still bullshit."