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Monster Hunter Portable 3rd announced
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GrotesqueBeauty
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Wasn't that an expansion of an already existing title?DMeisterJ said:
Wolf Akela
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Dascu said:
Worldwide? Where was it mentioned?
I NEED SCISSORS
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Graphics look excellent. And Japan must really love all the "___ x ___" stuff.
Wolf Akela
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I dunno, I'd rather wait for a solid confirmation. Siliconera might have taken more meaning than they should have when Capcom threw the "Monster Hunter Freedom 3" term.
PuppetMaster
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Awwww hells yes!!
Of course I would prefer to hear about a new PS3/360 MH game. But I'll take this too!
Graphics look fairly consistent with the Tri version, and pretty amazing for a PSP game. Good step up from the 2G I say. I'm glad they are going with new towns and new maps and not just directly porting over the Tri stuff. Looks like this is the real deal, and Tri was almost a prologue for this.
Also I'm glad that a couple of the upper level MHP2G monsters are back! Plus looks like we get everything from Tri too. But it looks like water monsters like Lagi, and Navaldeux are cut which is a shame
Of course I would prefer to hear about a new PS3/360 MH game. But I'll take this too!
Graphics look fairly consistent with the Tri version, and pretty amazing for a PSP game. Good step up from the 2G I say. I'm glad they are going with new towns and new maps and not just directly porting over the Tri stuff. Looks like this is the real deal, and Tri was almost a prologue for this.
Also I'm glad that a couple of the upper level MHP2G monsters are back! Plus looks like we get everything from Tri too. But it looks like water monsters like Lagi, and Navaldeux are cut which is a shame
Kurosaki Ichigo
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Well, I like how Famitsu and Jump teased announcements about SRW and Tales while this one was kept secret.
So June is 360 MH Frontier, August is PSP MH Diary...must be October for MHP3? Kinda surprised if siliconera localization news are confirmed, seems pretty quick.
So June is 360 MH Frontier, August is PSP MH Diary...must be October for MHP3? Kinda surprised if siliconera localization news are confirmed, seems pretty quick.
AKingNamedPaul
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Really looks great. Loving the samurai theme, the long sword needs some more love.
Kurosaki Ichigo
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Capcom PR
http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/news/html/e100316.html
http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/news/html/e100316.html
It doesn't specify regions, maybe siliconera jumped the gun on this one and its only talking about the japanese announcement while using the western name.
SecretBonusPoint
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Wow, pretty big graphical upgrade it seems!
This fucking handheld I swear! You amaze me, PSP.
Edit: Oh shit its a Dragon-Bear O___O
This fucking handheld I swear! You amaze me, PSP.
Edit: Oh shit its a Dragon-Bear O___O
D.Lo
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What a weird situation. It's not like a PSP downport will hurt sales of the Wii game in the west because people were waiting for the PSP version or whatever, basically no-one cares about PSP anymore outside Japan.
But still, MH3 is still the ONLY major 3rd party sequel to a last-gen franchise ever to be released on the Wii, and it has to be prefaced with a connection to an already announced sort-of-sequel/upgrade on another platform that does honestly suit the game much better. It's one of those things where it feels like it could hurt the Wii game yet people would then skip the PSP one anyway.
Then again, MH3 just won't sell anyway, was at the Aussie preview launch thing the other day, and it's too just difficult for many people to understand its appeal.
But still, MH3 is still the ONLY major 3rd party sequel to a last-gen franchise ever to be released on the Wii, and it has to be prefaced with a connection to an already announced sort-of-sequel/upgrade on another platform that does honestly suit the game much better. It's one of those things where it feels like it could hurt the Wii game yet people would then skip the PSP one anyway.
Then again, MH3 just won't sell anyway, was at the Aussie preview launch thing the other day, and it's too just difficult for many people to understand its appeal.
ShinNL
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That's not entirely correct. The whole reason Unite didn't sell as well as they hoped was because almost all 'fans' were playing the pirated, fan-translated version. I was really fed up with the community, pirating so blatantly. They kept saying nonsense like that they will buy the game when it gets released in the west. Well guess what, most were still playing 2G and not Unite when it did get released! Hmpf, I wonder why!?I NEED SCISSORS said:
Fan translations are one of the biggest reasons why people weren't buying the game. I hate it when those same people dare to call themselves fans.
Anyway, this is good news. MHP needed some sort of reboot as it was getting cluttered.
Those who are saying that this is a form of RE4'ing: you're dead wrong. This wouldn't be any different than PS2 + PSP versions, except that Tri is being released on the most popular console of this current generation. Now if they announced a HD version of Tri, that would be RE4'ing.
To be honest, I don't like people HD begging. I don't like Wii begging either (downgrades). Begging is just a form of showing you can't afford (more) consoles.
Yeah, I really hope those quick and easy downscaled textures on the Tri monsters are place holder. They're way too saturate (obvious to accommodate for the bloom in Tri) and the detail doesn't show through when the monster is more then 2 metres away from the camera. The team really needs to sit down some artist and have them redraw them all from scratch.Tenbatsu said:
sillik said:
I'm at work, so no video.. Is it implied in the trailer that most of the old monsters are out?
Kuran said:
Yo!
Soneet said:
I think localization time hurt the game more than anything. I'm willing to bet that a bulk of the import sales would cross over to the Western release had they been released within the same window of time.
TheChewyWaffles
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Anyone else sick to death of "announcement of announcements"?
PuppetMaster
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sillik said:
I'm sure there will be elder dragons. Just because something was not in the trailer does not mean it will be in the full game.
All the MH trailers are like this. Even the Tri ones. They leave out some of the last secret monsters so that it will be a genuine surprise.
slidewinder
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Is this that game with all the kawaii kitties where you can buy them dresses and stuff?
Soneet said:
Excellent. I could have guessed judging from the colors and theme used here, as it's decidedly different than Tri's. I'm loving the Japanese Samurai-era theme a lot, as it's definitely different from the more tribal theme of past Monster Hunter titles and makes the game stand on it's own more. Giant bear/reptile hybrid monsters? Sweet.
slidewinder
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Whoa fuck, if so.duckroll said:
PuppetMaster
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spindoc said:
No. Pretty much all the Tri monsters are in except the water ones based on the trailer. But even Roarudorosu made it into the trailer even though he is amphibious. So I am holding out hope that other amphibious types like Lagi will be in the game too.
Some MH2 & 2G exclusive monsters are in the game too like Tigarex and Nargacuga made it into the game. This means the Tigarex & Nargacuga armor and weapon sets seem to have carried over too. But otherwise the armor and weapons look straight out of MHTri.
In the trailer they show 2 of the brand new monsters. Some kind of armored hedgehog. And the wolf dragon thing.
They show going into battle with TWO AI cats in full armor.
PuppetMaster
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Oh I just noticed giant hedgehog thing was eating honey! He is like a giant Poo bear!
Gun lance is back which is awesome.
Guild hall has a giant Daruma in it.
Oh and you can walk around town with your cats now!
Gun lance is back which is awesome.
Guild hall has a giant Daruma in it.
Oh and you can walk around town with your cats now!
Great news for PSP/MH fans, and I can't believe it took this long. Timing is still a bit weird..since they had waited this long I just assumed they had some sort of agreement with Nintendo. Apparently not. :lol
Interesting how they are trying to position this as different from Tri..maybe trying to convince people they have 2 different main series going on at the same time? Interesting.
Interesting how they are trying to position this as different from Tri..maybe trying to convince people they have 2 different main series going on at the same time? Interesting.
Its sad that underwater combat is not in the PSP game, I was hoping that they will improve and create more monsters for it. There were only like 4 main water monsters in MH3, sort of underutilized. If there is no MH3G, I hope underwater combat will still be in MH4.Kuran said:
Mr. Pointy
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This will be the second PSP I'll buy this year, depending on whenever RE Portable comes out.
BertramCooper
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I really don't understand why people think this is somehow "RE4-ing" Monster Hunter Tri. It's not a direct port, and it's being announced roughly seven months after Tri's release in Japan. Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the PS2 port of RE4 announced before its Gamecube release?
It seems obvious that Capcom simply wants to continue to make Monster Hunter a multi-platform series, and given the current market, it's totally understandable.
It seems obvious that Capcom simply wants to continue to make Monster Hunter a multi-platform series, and given the current market, it's totally understandable.
SecretBonusPoint
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MH3 for summer, Portable 3 for Winter! Thats my lineup. Anyone think the Capcom USA rush to localise this around the same time sort of strengthens the belief that 2011 will be DS2 vs PSP2? FF13 Agito looks like it might make yet another platform change if it isn't out this year :lol
HOWEVER, going from MH3 dual analog camera control back to THE CLAW might be a bit hard. At least theres proper online in there this time though!
HOWEVER, going from MH3 dual analog camera control back to THE CLAW might be a bit hard. At least theres proper online in there this time though!
Xater said:
This. I try every outing in the series, rage at the shitty camera and vow not to be fooled again. Yet, another demo comes out for the next one in the series and the cycle repeats.
Goddamn it, Biohazard Outbreak team! JUST MAKE A NEW FUCKING OUTBREAK! AT LEAST I CAN FUCKING ENJOY THAT SERIES THAN THIS ONE! ARGH!
Dascu said:
Considering Japan is the only place (maybe Europe, but def. not America) with a massive following of the series, as here in America it's niche and the fans are hardcore (some enough to turn other people away from the series, but that's another topic): Nintendo of Japan got what they wanted out of the deal already. Maybe Nintendo America/Europe aren't too thrilled, but I can't see it cannibalizing sales in America any worse than they would be already for the series.
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