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[truth-lasers]

Just got this PR from Capcom.

London – January 5, 2010 – Capcom®, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games today confirmed that it has entered into a distribution agreement with Nintendo for its forthcoming Wii title Monster Hunter Tri, the next instalment in the multi-million selling series. Under the terms of the agreement Nintendo will be responsible for the sales, marketing and distribution of Monster Hunter Tri throughout European and Australian territories with Capcom remaining as publisher. Monster Hunter Tri is scheduled for release this coming April and will set the bar in the action/adventure genre with the introduction of new features and gameplay elements as the Monster Hunter franchise makes its debut on the Nintendo system.

Monster Hunter Tri is one of the most strikingly beautiful games ever created for the Wii and brings to life a living breathing ecosystem where man and monster co-exist. The title’s single player story mode sees gamers taking on the role of a hunter whose village is beset by a series of violent tremors that threaten to destroy it. Charged by the village chief to discover the source of the earthquakes players will embark on a series of quests where they must face gigantic beasts that inhabit both land and sea.

Living the life of a hunter need never be a solitary experience with the option to form a team of up to four hunters via the game’s custom online Wi-Fi mode; alternatively the game also offers a two player split-screen Arena mode. Even solo players do not have to face Monster Hunter Tri’s challenging quests alone as they will be ably accompanied by Cha-Cha, an AI hunting partner whose skills will prove invaluable.

“Nintendo has identified Monster Hunter Tri as a key title for the Wii platform in 2010,” stated Michael Pattison, Senior Director Marketing, Capcom Europe, “We are really excited about partnering with Nintendo to further develop this franchise.”

Laurent Fischer, Managing Director, Marketing & PR, Nintendo of Europe, commented “Monster Hunter has a huge and passionate following in Japan and we are looking forward to introducing the Monster Hunter Tri to a whole new audience in Europe as the series makes its first appearance on the Wii.”

 

[Nuclear Muffin]

Heh, interesting partnership. Capcom is the publisher but they're not actually doing any publishing activities :lol

 

[ksamedi]

Well if anyone can make the series big in Europe, its Nintendo.

 

[Sagitario]

Well, this can only do good to the franchise IMO...

 

[AKingNamedPaul]

“Nintendo has identified Monster Hunter Tri as a key title for the Wii platform in 2010,” stated Michael Pattison, Senior Director Marketing, Capcom Europe, “We are really excited about partnering with Nintendo to further develop this franchise.”

Smart move nintendo
Monster hunter is an amazing game, it just needs a chance.

 

[iamaustrian]

great
I hope Nintendo publishes the hell out of it

 

[frankie_baby]

this isnt the first time nintendo have "published" for capcom in europe they've done it with quite a few games in the past, hopefully should mean a big marketing campaign and hopefully will be a big hit, i've not played a mh game before but i shall be getting this

 

[grandjedi6]

Heh, interesting partnership. Capcom is the publisher but they're not actually doing any publishing activities :lol

This isn't the first time NoE has done this. Hell, its not even the first time they've done it for a Capcom game.

 

[Kenka]

A Professor Layton level of success would be... interesting.

 

[Aru]

Heh, interesting partnership. Capcom is the publisher but they're not actually doing any publishing activities :lol

Translation

 

[Luigiv]

Well looks like my gut was wrong. I was expecting a May release... Not that I'm complaining .

 

[Nemo]

This is free to play right? Might give it a shot then

 

[Luigiv]

This is free to play right? Might give it a shot then

Hopefully. But, oddly enough, Capcom has still yet to make up their mind despite the game being so close to launch.

 

[Phife Dawg]

Good news.

this isnt the first time nintendo have "published" for capcom in europe they've done it with quite a few games in the past, hopefully should mean a big marketing campaign and hopefully will be a big hit, i've not played a mh game before but i shall be getting this

Yeah, worked incredibly well for Zack and Wiki.

Just joking of course, unlike ZaW this should see decent amount of marketing. I also hope that this means no pay to play online is a done deal.

 

[frankie_baby]

Good news.


Yeah, worked incredibly well for Zack and Wiki.

Just joking of course, unlike ZaW this should see decent amount of marketing. I also hope that this means no pay to play online is a done deal.

nintendo europe did actually advertise zack and wiki and correct me if i'm wrong but i believe it did relatively better in europe than it did elsewhere

 

[Shiggy]

nintendo europe did actually advertise zack and wiki and correct me if i'm wrong but i believe it did relatively better in europe than it did elsewhere

It was a slow burner, it got a reprint only recently.

 

[Tenbatsu]

You guys out there in Europe got to play this game.

 

[Sadist]

Reminds me of the Tales of Symphonia deal during the Cube era.

Good stuff.

 

[Phife Dawg]

nintendo europe did actually advertise zack and wiki and correct me if i'm wrong but i believe it did relatively better in europe than it did elsewhere

Never saw any, not that I expected huge marketing for a small niche title but if my memory serves me correctly I didn't even get a promotion e-mail.

 

[jufonuk]

I have never played a monster Hunter Game before, what can I look forward to? or most importantly why should i buy it? <-- if any one can let me know

 

[[Nintex]]

April will be quite awesome if the rumored Sin & Punishment 2 date is true.

 

[Easy_D]

April release? Fuck yes! Hope it's free to play, not that I wouldn't mind paying just to give it a shot, totally interested in the game

 

[wrowa]

Hm... now I wonder whether the western versions will use friendcodes.

 

[SilverLunar]

Now imagine if it gets a Professor Layton like advertisements...

 

[legend166]

Now we can't use this as an example of a third party game selling well.

DAMMIT.




Seriously though, pretty interesting. I might buy this. Is it worth it for the single player or is it more about the multi?

 

[Tenbatsu]

Seriously though, pretty interesting. I might buy this. Is it worth it for the single player or is it more about the multi?

Single player offline is fine, however it is pretty short, maybe only bout 15 - 20hrs. If the online is free, you can even tackle all the quest alone, provided you are skilled enough
However, it is more fun playing with people.

 

[Luigiv]

I have never played a monster Hunter Game before, what can I look forward to? or most importantly why should i buy it? <-- if any one can let me know

You can hit dinosaurs over the head with giant swords. What else do you need to know?

Seriously, though; If you're a fan of both demanding Hack & Slash games (eg Demon's Souls and too an extent Ninja Gaiden, Devil May Cry) and loot orientated RPGs (eg Diablo, Torchlight), you'll probably like Monster Hunter.

Single player offline is fine, however it is pretty short, maybe only bout 15 - 20hrs. If the online is free, you can even tackle all the quest alone, provided you are skilled enough
However, it is more fun playing with people.

I highly doubt a first time player could do that. I sunk 40 hours into the original MH (Not counting all the rage quitting I did) and I still had about 10 missions to go (which could have easily added an extra 10 -20 hours given prep work and and countless retries). Given MH3 has about same amount of content as the original I'm sure a first time player will need more then 20 hours to complete it (though given the gentler difficulty curve and reduced grind, probably not as much as I took on MH1).

 

[ElFly]

You can hit dinosaurs over the head with giant swords. What else do you need to know?

Seriously, though; If you're a fan of both demanding Hack & Slash games (eg Ninja Gaiden, Devil May Cry, Demon's Souls)

Dunno about Demon's Souls, but MH3 doesn't have the frantic pace of NG or DMC, at all.

 

[jufonuk]

You can hit dinosaurs over the head with giant swords. What else do you need to know?

Seriously, though; If you're a fan of both demanding Hack & Slash games (eg Ninja Gaiden, Devil May Cry, Demon's Souls) and loot orientated RPGs (eg Diablo, Torchlight), you'll probably like Monster Hunter.

I love Ninja Gaiden but not too much of an RPG fan but i will give it a go you have sold me on this

 

[Luigiv]

Dunno about Demon's Souls, but MH3 doesn't have the frantic pace of NG or DMC, at all.

Yeah, I know, but I still believe MH combat appeals to the same taste for calculated and controlled combat.

Edit: Edited that line as to not give newbies the wrong idea. MH doesn't always leave the best first impression on everyone so it's best I don't give anyone false ideas. I highly recommend watching some gameplay videos first so you at least know as to what you're getting into.

 

[RuneFactoryFanboy]

MH's combat is a lot slower and less flashier than NG and DMC. Even though you swing around inhumanly big swords and crap, I want to use "more realistic" to describe it because your actions have recovery times and you won't be doing any crazy backflips/walljumps ect.


Anyways, how can this game be 4 months away and still not a word of pay-to-play?

 

[gogojira]

Good to see Nintendo getting behind this. I wonder if they'll do it for America, too? I'm also interested in the whole pay-to-play thing, which I have no interest in participating in. I wonder if it'll be in the US version -- hopefully not.

 

[Fritz]

You guys out there in Europe got to play this game.

Definitely will, promised. Nintendo better does this game justice, it's freakin gorgeous!

 

[ivysaur12]

Remember when NOE wasn't cool?

 

[oracrest]

I hope it does well, Monster Hunter deserves all the success in the world.

Its a great game. Great art design and direction too.

 

[Sadist]

And on the same day, this appears: (watch out, weird Babelfish translation)

Capcom stigmatizes also Wii

After SEGA who claimed that they maybe won't making more mature games for the Wii, it is now Capcom France that is saying that "the future for us is on the XBox 360 & PS3 and that the Wii users who bought Resident Evil 4 at the beginning now turned to the HD consoles."

http://66.196.80.202/babelfish/tran.../134840/2/Capcom-stigmatise-aussi-la-Wii.html

 

[Shiggy]

Unofficial official date: April 30th
Press release should be out in a few days if everything goes well.

 

[Dascu]

Unofficial official date: April 30th
Press release should be out in a few days if everything goes well.

Would you happen to know if the online is free to play or not?

 

[Shiggy]

Would you happen to know if the online is free to play or not?

Wasn't it already confirmed that online fees were dropped?

 

[Vilix]

Great news, and smart move on Nintendo's part. Now, when the heck is it gonna be released in the US?

 

[slaughterking]

Unofficial official date: April 30th
Press release should be out in a few days if everything goes well.

Yay for not releasing the game in march!

 

[Dascu]

Wasn't it already confirmed that online fees were dropped?

Woohoo! It's party time.

 

[Cow Mengde]

Serious question: Why is it that whenever a "big" 3rd party game comes out for the Wii, Nintendo should be the one to market and advertise the game when companies like Capcom can afford 20 million advertising for Lost Planet on the PC/360?

 

[Shiggy]

Serious question: Why is it that whenever a "big" 3rd party game comes out for the Wii, Nintendo should be the one to market and advertise the game when companies like Capcom can afford 20 million advertising for Lost Planet on the PC/360?

Nintendo succeeded in marketing Zack & Wiki, that's why Capcom wants them to publish one of their titles again.

 

[Cow Mengde]

Nintendo succeeded in marketing Zack & Wiki, that's why Capcom wants them to publish one of their titles again.

I just realize it's even more stupid when we know Capcom will port the game to other consoles as well. I can't believe Nintendo actually agree to this.

 

[Vilix]

Serious question: Why is it that whenever a "big" 3rd party game comes out for the Wii, Nintendo should be the one to market and advertise the game when companies like Capcom can afford 20 million advertising for Lost Planet on the PC/360?

Considering that Sony and Microsoft have been helping with the marketing of key third party games, Nintendo should be doing the same. I'm glad to see it.

 

[Shiggy]

I just realize it's even more stupid when we know Capcom will port the game to other consoles as well. I can't believe Nintendo actually agree to this.

The same happened during the GameCube era with Resident Evil 4.

 

[Luigiv]

Unofficial official date: April 30th
Press release should be out in a few days if everything goes well.

It's like Capcom is just trying to spite me and my May 2010 prediction ...

 

[Cow Mengde]

Considering that Sony and Microsoft have been helping with the marketing of key third party games, Nintendo should be doing the same. I'm glad to see it.

Oh, if that's the case then fine. I thought it was only Nintendo who was stupid enough to do this.

 

[upandaway]

Oh man oh man.

By the way, do you think I'll be able to log into the European servers with the US game? Is it dependent on my Wii's setting or the game's?