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"Monster Hunter Portable 3 Vita" Spotted On UK Games Retailer Play.com

Alexios

Alexios

Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
Castor Krieg said:
I don't care either way, but are you talking about "explicitly announcing" as showing MH4 on 3DS, because that's not explicit at all. Did they up-front say: "There won't be a MH game for Vita"?
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He's clearly talking about the PS3 there...

Now, it did get the port of 3rd, but I'm sure that wasn't what people wanted when saying they want a MonHun on PS3 instead of Wii.
 
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Father_Brain

Banned
mclem said:
...except Vice City Nights *isn't* on the Play website. It's just a mockup someone made.

I was giving Ben Parfitt the benefit of the doubt a while back when I was trying to figure out why his number for Vita sales didn't mesh up with the chart-track numbers, and now I'm wondering if he's just trying to find positive news deliberately without doing proper research.
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I wouldn't mind so much if Eurogamer and MCV labeled it as a rumor and explicitly noted that there was no way to confirm that the other three listings were ever actually on the Play.com site, but of course, they didn't.
 
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mclem

Member
Father_Brain said:
I wouldn't mind so much if Eurogamer and MCV labeled it as a rumor and explicitly noted that there was no way to confirm that the other three listings were ever actually on the Play.com site, but of course, they didn't.
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It has crossed my mind that it's actually a sneaky get-out clause for embargoes. As they've mentioned on Twitter in relation to this, they're allowed to report on information in the public domain. So if someone knows some embargoed information, they fake some other identity (ideally - as it was here - a faceless corporation) revealing it, then they can break the embargo without breaking the embargo.
 
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gofreak

GAF's Bob Woodward
Everyone's reporting on this now, but why? Edge, even Gamasutra. It seems very weak evidence.

edit - unless mcclem's post is the case anyway ^^
 
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mclem

Member
gofreak said:
Everyone's reporting on this now, but why? Edge, even Gamasutra. It seems very weak evidence.
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I'm wondering if it might actually be true, and they know it is, but were embargoed; the flimsy evidence is not the *reason* for posting the news, it's a *loophole* to do so.

Still very sceptical that anything other than MH existed on Play, though.

Edit: Woo, journalism!

checking with respective publishers now...
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(Admittedly, I expect it of a "Do not comment on rumours" form, but it's something!)
 
P

Pie and Beans

Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
MonHun and Type-0 I could buy as happening and making this leak possible, but Vice City Nights makes this an absolute no-go nonsense rumour/fake I think.
 
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Castor Krieg

Banned
Alextended said:
He's clearly talking about the PS3 there...

Now, it did get the port of 3rd, but I'm sure that wasn't what people wanted when saying they want a MonHun on PS3 instead of Wii.
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The franchise in Japan is build on the idea of Ad-hoc play with friends, PS3 version was clearly a cash grab, and ended us such (was it 400K LTD?).
 
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gofreak

GAF's Bob Woodward
Some response comments, or non-comments:

Tales publisher Namco Bandai told Eurogamer: "As yet we haven't announced Tales of Innocence R for Europe."

A spokesperson for Final Fantasy publisher Square Enix said: "We can't comment on rumour or speculation."
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Eurogamer has also added all these games to their own games database. Huh? Is that typical for paper-thin-rumour games?

The picture on their store is now also one of a leaking tap. Trying to tell us something?

Or maybe wishful thinking :p But the gusto with which they've jumped on this seems...weird.
 
ShinNL

ShinNL

Member
Castor Krieg said:
I don't care either way, but are you talking about "explicitly announcing" as showing MH4 on 3DS, because that's not explicit at all. Did they up-front say: "There won't be a MH game for Vita"?
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Nah, I was talking about how gullible fanboys can be even when a company states otherwise. This gullibleness is the same reason why some people will expect a Vita version no matter what. That is what I was trying to say. Irrational logic.

Maedhros said:
What if they end being true?

Public crow eating.

But yeah... these look fake as hell...
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And who will be eating this crow? Because almost everyone is open for the idea of a Vita MH, but then there's crazy people who say it will come to Vita 100%. Even if you like or dislike the Vita, it's a bad mindset to have in both cases. If the game never comes, you'll set yourself for disappointment.
 
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Kyoufu

Member
Soneet said:
Nah, I was talking about how gullible fanboys can be even when a company states otherwise. This gullibleness is the same reason why some people will expect a Vita version no matter what. That is what I was trying to say. Irrational logic.
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Capcom said the series is multi-platform. History also suggests it is multi-platform.
 
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mclem

Member
Maedhros said:
What if they end being true?

Public crow eating.

But yeah... these look fake as hell...
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I'm trying to think how to start a debate about my suggestion earlier with the Eurogamer guy, but I'm trying to think how to couch it in terms that don't sound like I'm accusing *him* of faking the image to leak things... in 140 characters.
 
T

Takao

Banned
Principate said:
It's common sense, they wouldn't say they were not planning to release a Mon Hun on the Vita otherwise, besides it IS a timed exclusive regardless, even if MH3PG comes anyway.
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Capcom never said that, and even if they did it would be an obvious attempt at trying to not undermine the 3DS game.

Yes, it's true SCEJ's boss did say we'd have to ask Capcom where the Monster Hunter be at, but at the same time Yoshida said that major third parties tend to operate on a multi-platform level.
 
ShinNL

ShinNL

Member
Kyoufu said:
Just checking. Also, we should play MH3G if it has online this autumn :p
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I'm very worried about it:

1. Being online or not
2. Being released anytime soon

Autumn is a guess right? MHFU for example took forever to localize, also in the same long unannounced manner. I don't think Capcom understands how many Westerners are interested in MH if they take us seriously.

If localizing is already that bothersome for them, the chance of them adding online seems smaller. But since 3DS has no way to ad-hoc or Xlink, I hope they understand that without online, MH3G changes greatly in value (at least for me).
 
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Kyoufu

Member
Soneet said:
I'm very worried about it:

1. Being online or not
2. Being released anytime soon

Autumn is a guess right? MHFU for example took forever to localize, also in the same long unannounced manner. I don't think Capcom understands how many Westerners are interested in MH if they take us seriously.

If localizing is already that bothersome for them, the chance of them adding online seems smaller. But since 3DS has no way to ad-hoc or Xlink, I hope they understand that without online, MH3G changes greatly in value (at least for me).
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In 8-4 We Trust. MHFU was done by someone else (Capcom in-house?) and they took their sweet time. I believe it was a Nintendo magazine that listed it as an Autumn release, not exactly confirmation but if 8-4 are handling the localisation then I would believe it. Online could go either way, but Capcom did say the western markets need it to be successful so here's hoping.
 
ShinNL

ShinNL

Member
Kyoufu said:
In 8-4 We Trust. MHFU was done by someone else (Capcom in-house?) and they took their sweet time. I believe it was a Nintendo magazine that listed it as an Autumn release, not exactly confirmation but if 8-4 are handling the localisation then I would believe it. Online could go either way, but Capcom did say the western markets need it to be successful so here's hoping.
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Ohhh, I completely missed this 8-4 rumor then :eek:

Edit: lol, I had to Google a bit. I didn't know 8-4 was the name of a localization group.
 
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fernoca

Member
mclem said:
I'm trying to think how to start a debate about my suggestion earlier with the Eurogamer guy, but I'm trying to think how to couch it in terms that don't sound like I'm accusing *him* of faking the image to leak things... in 140 characters.
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Just link him to Amazon's french website; which lists Kid Icarus Uprising for the Wii U along the option to sign-up to receive updates about when it will be available.
JO2Hs.jpg
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Guess that way they'll also contact Nintendo and await confirmation.
 
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scy

Member
I just hope to see some sort of western confirmation for some release. I mean, it's probably inevitable but I'd like the certainty of it, y'know?
 
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frankie_baby

Member
Im thinking if nintendo do have any kind of a deal with capcom its likely to be an any platform but vita (maybe psp too) as they probably wouldnt see the pc, 360 and ios games as a real threat though due to that they cant really go shouting its exclusive
 
Chuckpebble

Chuckpebble

Member
Soneet said:
Ohhh, I completely missed this 8-4 rumor then :eek:

Edit: lol, I had to Google a bit. I didn't know 8-4 was the name of a localization group.
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They have a podcast. New episodes are generally accompanied by a thread here. You should check them out, its pretty good. They had a Lumines guy on last episode.
 
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Saint Gregory

Member
Soneet said:
Yeah sorry, I didn't fully typed it out. Xlink Kai and Ad-Hoc Party service on PS3. Those were the tools used to go online with MH on PSP.
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Are those tools available to go online with local play PSP titles in the US? I never thought of looking into something like that and I'd feel pretty stupid if they were available all this time :/
Kyoufu said:
Yeah any region PSP game will work.
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Oh lord, what have I been missing. Sorry for the derail!
 
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fernoca

Member
Yep.
For Ad-Hoc Party, you just download the application on the PS3 and set things up. The PS3 needs to be wired to connect online (i.e. not wi-fi) while using Ad-Hoc Party though.
 
ShinNL

ShinNL

Member
I don't know about Ad-Hoc Party, but Xlink Kai actually did something you couldn't do in real life. When I was on Hong Kong, I tried to connect to someone with Monster Hunter Portable 2, while I have Freedom 2 (EU version). It didn't work. Xlink Kai skipped this game ID check and just sends over the WiFi signals, so in Xlink Kai you could play with any region as long as the game data works. It was super awkward that we couldn't play IRL when we thought we could, since we played so much over the internet.
 
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KimonoNoNo

Member
Kyoufu said:
In 8-4 We Trust. MHFU was done by someone else (Capcom in-house?) and they took their sweet time. I believe it was a Nintendo magazine that listed it as an Autumn release, not exactly confirmation but if 8-4 are handling the localisation then I would believe it. Online could go either way, but Capcom did say the western markets need it to be successful so here's hoping.
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Oh I completely forgot that one of the 8-4 guys teased, that there's something big on it's way to the vita.
 
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Saint Gregory

Member
fernoca said:
Yep.
For Ad-Hoc Party, you just download the application on the PS3 and set things up. The PS3 needs to be wired to connect online (i.e. not wi-fi) while using Ad-Hoc Party though.
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This part will actually cause me some problems because the PS3 I use most in my house is on WiFi. There's another in my livingroom that I can set up though so I'll probably just dedicate that one to doing this.

Thanks for the info everyone :)
 
DCharlie

DCharlie

And even i am moderately surprised
Oh I completely forgot that one of the 8-4 guys teased, that there's something big on it's way to the vita.
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through out the rumours i can say that 8-4'ed rumoured working on MH3ds and JohnTV's hint that something big is coming for vita will be totally and completely unrelated.

holy shit, so many people who want this to be fake..
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well, i think it's 6 of one, half a dozen of the other.
 
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fernoca

Member
shagg_187 said:
More like no one is bothering to see what the source is. They have one link to back it up and that is Monster Hunter. Others, they are taking it as word of mouth and GAF photoshop skills.
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And is not even GAF Photoshop skills since the pic with the "4 leaked titles" was posted on 4chan around half an hour before here.
 
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