Not just faceplates, there's also menu themes for the 3DS (not just N3DS).
What spoilers? They're not going to show secret stuff 3 days before release.
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Monster Hunter 4G Direct announced for Wednesday
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Not just faceplates, there's also menu themes for the 3DS (not just N3DS).
What spoilers? They're not going to show secret stuff 3 days before release.
Xion_Stellar
People should stop referencing data that makes me feel uncomfortable because games get ported to platforms I don't like
I'm hoping they announce the US release date because we got Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate just 3 months after Japan so we should get it between January and March.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Fuck the wait for a Western release is killing me
The Elite
BOSS
I am eagerly awaiting a New 3DS/Super Smash Wii U release date Direct.
EAGERLY AWAITING.
Curious to see how this plays on a New 3DS though.
Sammy Samusu
Member
Lucent Nargacuga / Tower teased two days before the MH3G release date: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooCsR0trv1w
And I'd rather not spoil all the new armors, weapons, monsters, maps, etc.
Nope, we got Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate 1 year and 3 months after Japan, only the Wii U version was released 3 months after Japan.
MH4U is definitely a Feb. / March release, so roughly 4 months after Japan... which isn't all that bad, all things considered.
DrROBschiz
Member
This media overload coming out of Japan is making this wait really hard lol
Pretty much my most hyped upcoming release next to bloodborne
Pretty much my most hyped upcoming release next to bloodborne
I don't quite understand this, what spoiler? the story is never told before the release (and honestly it isn't that important) and please don't tell me that knowing the monsters is now a spoiler...
its like knowing the chracters of smash, you can know them but the real deal is playing them, same as the monsters, you can know them but until you play them you cannot trully know them
Haunted
Member
believe!
SirPainsalot
Banned
Go for it. Would love a discussion topic about it.
what localization announcement?? this has been anounced since january! its going to be named Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate and is releasing "early 2015"
Welp, I've been living under a rock then > <
dampflokfreund
Banned
Agreed
Yes, please do!
Yeah, a Smash Direct would be totally Nintendo... such a disappointment, I'm disappointed too with their after E3 treatment. Except the MK DLC and N3DS(+Xeno) its just a whole lot of nothing.
The Collector's Edition has a March 31st, 2015 release date, to be more specific.
Ohhhh its coming near the end of March, perfect for me then.
that's a placeholder though, like most retailers like amazon do all the time, no that is not the release date, but that should be the latest it could release
sixteen-bit
Member
Is this already a forgone conclusion?
except Amazon, Best Buy, and Gamestop all have the same date... which means it's not a placeholder, it's a tuesday, and placeholders are usually generic like the 1st or 15th. 3 major retailers don't just get together and randomly pick a date which just so happens to be a tuesday... not official but I'd say 99%
Cosmo Clock 21
Banned
Previously the HD version existed because Capcom thought it was necessary for the game to sell in the states. 3U kind of dispelled that myth since the 3DS version outsold the Wii U version, and the primary benefit of online play is gone in gen 4, so there's no longer a priority for it to exist anymore.
eerrrm no... its has been confirmed even by Yuri from Capcom unity, that's just a placeholder..
how can it be seen? because its the end of the month, all placeholders from amazon and other retailers are done on the last day of the month, exactly like when amazon puts a date of 31 december, 20XX when they don't know the release of something that is released on that year
an example? this: halo 5
Seriously. We need some release dates for Wii U games right about now.
Well, I certainly hope you are right! The sooner this is in my 3DS(hopefully New 3DS), the better!
DrROBschiz
Member
Thats a Placeholder but you can rest assured it will release by or before that date.
The earlier the better
sixteen-bit
Member
If that's true why didn't the PS3 HD version ever come stateside?
there were huge rumors that it was because of some licences in the ad hoc party usage within the PS3 that made Capcom just hold the release and never come overseas
DrROBschiz
Member
3U failed on WiiU because it was on WiiU
If they had released a co-op online hunting game on 360/PS3/PC etc who knows what would have happened
Its the Same thing that happened with Tri on the Wii. Great game but they backed the wrong horse.
Too Little too late and always on the wrong platform is the MH console legacy.
I am completely convinced that MHP3rd would have been the top selling console MH ever in the west for the simple reason of being on PS3. Shame we never got to know for sure
MiguelMexMIstery
Member
First DLC character for the game.
Tri outsold most of it's comparable PS3/360 efforts in the west, like Lost Planet 2 and Dragon's Dogma. By a lot. I'm not sure why you're so convinced PS360 would've magically blown up western Monster Hunter sales but it's pretty baseless.
Xion_Stellar
People should stop referencing data that makes me feel uncomfortable because games get ported to platforms I don't like
Yeah I was thinking about the Wii U version when I said that as for the release date I'm betting March because February is already packed with some heavy hitters and MH3U also came out in March.In which case this might mean that Capcom will have another Monster Hunter Booth at C2E2 like it did last year in which case I would gladly attend again.
Sammy Samusu
Member
A new elder dragon approaches:
Ridley
sixteen-bit
Member
Considering the Namco connection, I'm hoping for Klonoa or Mappy myself.
Mappy is more iconic, but considering recent events like Ferguson, I could see why they wouldn't want to put him in a game. Klonoa would just be awesome, and he's had several cameos in games already, like a playable character in Moto GP.
Smiles and Cries
Member
announce =NEW= WiiU bundle with MonHun 4G faceplates and new CPU and More Ram for ultimate 1080p/60fps HD hunting pls
ah Japan gets all the good stuff
ah Japan gets all the good stuff
Maintenance
Member
GTFO with that new Wii U bullshit, I will seriously sell mine and never look back if they do this crap with a home console.
DrROBschiz
Member
sörine;133141973 said:
Because of he kind of game it is?
Online co-op hunting game would have killed on those systems because they didnt have the infrastructure hangups the wii had and a more active online player base.
People like to rag on Resident Evil 5 but the online co-op carried it.
Tri was great but you didnt have the same massive online crowd and hardcore base attached the system. It sold well purely to the rabid MH fanbase and even then we complained about its terrible setup for online play.
ok, tomorrow I'll do it
ON TOPIC: I hope they'll confirm the western release date, even if so far it seems another Japan only direct
DrROBschiz
Member
Since its japan only i am kind expecting a recap of recently revealed monsters along with the reveal of that new one.
Then another collab.... Special edition talks, dlc talks, and Boom WiiU Version (not happening but would be awesome)
I'm not sure that the game being multiplayer-focused is a guarantee that it would have done better with more active total online userbase. If that was the case, then games like Chromehounds or White Knight Chronicles would have lasted a lot longer than they did. I just don't see how it would have done so much better on those two that would have justified the higher cost.
Hero of Legend
Member
I looked at the Direct history and there's nothing preventing a proper Direct from being this week still as at least once there was a game Direct and a proper one a few days apart (eg Aug 2013).
PotionBleue
Member
In Nintendo Voice Chat: Goodbye Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection the person from GameSpy clearly mentions the biggest Wii online titles (Mario Kart Wii, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Monster Hunter Tri) had a population toe-to-toe with some of the biggest franchises like Battlefield that we supported in terms of concurrent players in the evenings (~13 minutes). What more massive do you need?
Not to mention that Tri didn't even use Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, as it was done through Capcom's own servers and software. And even though Nintendo hosts the servers for MH3U, Capcom still did all the network programming themselves.
DrROBschiz
Member
Does this guy back it up with actual numbers because i think peak population numbers and stats for all of those games mentioned exist
Cosmo Clock 21
Banned
Are you aware of the complete lunacy that is P3rdHD's online implementation? There's hella kludges due to the fact it's a low-effort port of an PSP game.
Also I'm sure MH3 sold like it did because of the pre-existing fans and not because it was on the system with the higher install base and had a large marketing campaign financed by exclusivity
DrROBschiz
Member
Thats just prove of the complete lack of effort on Capcom's part which is BAFFLING since they have made other games that work just fine.
Is the MH team completely isolated from the development resources the company owns?
Also yes you are right
Hardcore MH fans DID carry the numbers for Tri but thats not what Capcom was shooting for lol. They absolutely put the game on there for the shallow reason of the Wii having a higher install base.
I've been thinking this was true for some time now...
considering how good the team has gone (not only in terms of quality and quantity, but also on the sales they have gotten on the games), i think this should be perfectly ok.
now, one thing to consider is the fact that Monster Hunter has been since the PSP times a heavily focused portable game, the mechanics of the saga fits perfectly for handhelds, and may be that is another reasin why it doesnt sell as good as the console counterparts
I think because, above all, the want MH to be a B-Budget game. Since Tri wasn't a port but rather a brand new game, it'd be hard to justify putting out a non-HD game on an HD console.
Not to mention that with the PSP entries erupting as big as they did, the Wii was a better system to put the game on so that the work involved with downgrading assets would have been as minimal as possible.
BodiesWithoutOrgans
Member
when the last time us or europe got a nintendo direct nothing since E3
DROP THEM BOMBS IWATA
DROP THEM BOMBS IWATA